National workshop on village level operation and maintenance of handpumps, 21st to 25th February, 1994 : workshop report

The objectives of this workshop were: i. to build up knowledge, and establish a uniform platform for further discussion, through the introduction of the VLOM concept, a short presentation of the current rural water supply situation in Cambodia and presentation of field experience; ii. to consider specific topics in discussion groups, for the purpose of highlighting problems encountered in the field, and determining where special attention is needed (out of which recommendations and guidelines were to be prepared for consideration in plenary session); iii. to formulate and present a general framework for VLOM in Cambodia based on the presented VLOM concept, the outcome of the discussions on specific topics, and the plenary session; iv. to prepare a proposal for a strategy for the introduction of VLOM in Cambodia, also as a discussion group and plenary exercise; and v. to agree on a set of recommendations and a statement of support for the Cambodian framework for VLOM hand pumps. The workshop also discussed the current status of the introduction of new hand pump technology.