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Water Africa and West Africa Building & Construction Exhibition and Seminars

2^nd – 4^th July 2014   -   Accra International Conference Centre

Invitation To Opening Ceremony And Attendance At Exhibition And Seminar

ACE Event Management, a UK company, will be holding Water Africa and West Africa Building and Construction Exhibition and Seminars at the Accra International Conference Centre from 2^nd to 4th July 2014.  This follows the very successful periodic staging of the shows in Ghana since 1994. (ACE has been staging these trade events since 1993, rotating them among African capitals.) The event has the endorsement of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing as well as the agencies under the Ministry.

The Exhibition will bring together over 80 (eighty) international companies in the Water, Building & Construction sectors worldwide into Ghana. The companies will showcase latest technology, new techniques and new products in these industries.

The Opening Ceremony will take place at the Accra International Conference Centre at 10.00 am on Wednesday 2^nd July. Hon. Collins Dauda, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing will be the Guest of Honour.

The Exhibition is accompanied by two critical Seminars, one on Water and the other on Building and Construction with the general theme “Water, Sanitation and Infrastructural Challenges Facing Ghana In The 21^st Century”, scheduled to take place at the Accra International Conference Centre as follows:

1. Water Seminar                                 –  Wednesday 2^nd July
2. Building and Construction Seminar   –  Thursday 3^rd July.

WATER SEMINAR TOPICS                                            

• Progress Towards the Millennium Goals.
• Financing Water and Sanitation Projects.
• The Role of the Private Sector in Water Supply and Sanitation in Public Private Partnership.
• The Water Industry and the Environment - How They Can Work Together.

• Promoting Water Quality and Sanitation in Urban Areas.
• Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Projects in Poor Urban Areas.
• Advances in Rural Water and Sanitation.
• Water Recirculation and Reuse in Industry

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CONSTRUCTION SEMINAR TOPICS

• Financing Infrastructure.
• Affordable/Low Cost Housing in Urban and Rural Areas.
• The Role of the Public and Private Sectors in Housing.
• Strategies for Energy Efficient Design of Builders

• The Construction Industry and the Environment - How They Can Work Together.
• Development Control in Urban Areas.
• Road and Highways Development
• Challenges Facing Indigenous Building Construction Companies in Ghana.

Speakers at the Seminars will, among others come from the following organisations:

Ghana Water Company Limited

Water Research Institute

Water Resources Commission

Community Water and Sanitation Agency

International Water and Sanitation Centre, Netherlands

Ghana Institute of Architects

Ghana Institution of Engineers

Ghana Real Estate Developers Association

Ghana Contractors Association

Ghana Institute of Planners

Ghana Green Building Council

Ministry of Roads and Highways