Where is the money?
Entrepreneurs and investors brainstorm on how to implement effective financing strategies and mechanisms.
Entrepreneurs need funds and investors want what they call “bankable” enterprises and projects, but the money is not always flowing. How can these two worlds meet and the financing gap in the water & sanitation sector be narrowed? As organisations working with both entrepreneurs and investors, this is our core question. Recently, we partnered with the Good Festival to organise a Groundwork Day on this topic.
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WATER ENTREPRENEURSHIP STORY (2)
WASSER FÜR WASSER:
How tap water consumption in Switzerland funds WASH projects in Africa
 Giving tap water a value in restaurants and companies in Switzerland and using the funds collected to support water & sanitation projects in lower-income countries - this is the innovative financing model developed by Lior and Morris Etter, the founders of WASSER FÜR WASSER (WfW). Their approach has a double benefit: in Zambia and Mozambique, water access is improved and in Switzerland – where tap water is perfectly safe to drink – fewer plastic bottles are used. We asked Lior and Morris a few questions. Also check out their recently released documentary!
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Would you like to share your water or sanitation entrepreneurship success story here? If yes, let us know at info@water-entrepreneurship-pact.ch
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OPPORTUNITIES
Famae Challenge
Up to 2 millions euros in awards for brilliant initiatives that preserve water, make it cleaner and accessible to everyone. Deadline: 15.02.2019 Learn more
MOOC: "Water - addressing the global crisis"
The SDG Academy and the Stockholm International Water Institute have teamed up to create this MOOC, which aims to improve our understanding of how water influences our lives and to build the competence needed to navigate the “new normal”. Starting this week! Learn more
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AGENDA
Innovate 4 Water in Kisumu:
The marketplace forum where investors and entrepreneurs meet will be held in Kenya once again. 2 days of matchmaking focused on water and sanitation, entrepreneurship and sustainable investments. 06.- 07.02.2019, Acacia Hotel, Kisumu, Learn more
All systems go - IRC WASH Symposium
A practitioner-focused discussion of how to deliver resilient WASH systems and of how to apply systems approaches to improving service delivery. The symposium is open to practitioners and theoreticians. 12.- 14.03.2019, Fokker Terminal, The Hague, Learn more
Meet the Toilet Board Coalition's global members
Join the Toilet Board Coalition for an evening of inspiration and learn how companies are building the multi-billion dollar Sanitation Economy - where no one has been looking.
17.01.2019, Impact Hub, Geneva, RSVP: secretariat@toiletboard.org
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We are co-organising a full day seminar at the Stockholm WWW 2019. Do you wish to present your work or research? The call for abstracts is closing soon (deadline 20.01)!
Meet the 6 finalists that just joined the small business - large business mentorship programme of the Toilet Board Coalition
The focus of this year’s AGUASAN Workshop will be on service providers that take an inclusive business approach and drive the advancement of the human right to water and sanitation. Six junior professionals that are implementing innovative initiatives are sponsored to participate in the workshop and have the chance of winning funding.
