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1 | Stakeholders E-Consultation - Proposed Interactive Dialogues Theme 1: Water for Health- UN 2023 Water Conference | |||||||||||||||||
2 | This file compiles inputs from from international organizations, parliamentarians, local governments, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, civil society, scientists, academia, women, youth and other stakeholders as contributions to the preparatory process for the 2023 United Nations Water Conference. The United Nations does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information provided through this e-consultation. Our office reserves the right to delete any content/input that is not aligned with the United Nations Charter and/or the principles and purposes of the 2023 United Nations Water Conference. | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Name of Organization | Country of Residence | Region | Sector | Organization Website | Considering the proposed theme of “Water for Health”, can you specify the most important challenges and shortcomings that hinder progress in this area and that should be discussed during the UN 2023 Water Conference? | What are the transformative actions that need to happen, and by whom, to overcome the challenges and to create better conditions to accelerate progress in achieving “Water for Health” and that must be promoted at the UN 2023 Water Conference? | Considering the theme “Water for Health”, what are the changes your organization can contribute to, and what other stakeholders would you need to collaborate with to bring about the needed changes for improved enabling conditions and accelerating progress in this area? | Considering the proposed theme of “Water for Health”, what evidence can you share of new ways of working/new approaches/partnerships that have proved to support accelerated implementation of SDG 6? Please indicate name of the initiative/approach, and if possible, evidence of the results achieved, leadership provided, stakeholders involved and ways of collaboration. Please add links to relevant webpages. | By submitting this form, I agree to have my inputs made publicly available. I understand that my name and contact details will not be publicized. | ||||||||
4 | GIZ | Bolivia | Latin America and the Caribbean | Non-Governmental Organization | www.giz.de | to reduce the number of dead and illness people affected for water related illness. Water quality is a key issue and support for continuous monitoring should be provided by developed countries. | integrate water for health as a part of the climate finance mechanisms and support to developing counties | awareness raising, political transformations, enable condition at subnational level | water quality monitoring and river basin health and resilient are sound approaches to undertake | Yes | ||||||||
5 | Th Cologne | Germany | Europe | Education & Academic Entities | www.cotac.com | The issue of using harmful chemicals in mining has affected many developing nations in africa especially Ghana. | Educational campaigns should be held on the regular basis to ignite the sense of the need to keep these water bodies safe | Communal meetings with the primary people whose main source of livelihood is engaging in illegal mining | Collaborative work between those in authority to help curb the situation | Yes | ||||||||
6 | QOLAC | Bangladesh | Asia | Business & Industry | qolac.com | QOLAC working for SDG 6. QOLAC also signatory of the UN Global Compact and CEO Water Mandate? https://unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/participants/142797 https://ceowatermandate.org/about/endorsing-companies/ | Yes | |||||||||||
7 | MURNA FOUNDATION | Nigeria | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | https://www.murnafoundation.org | WASH Program need be introduced in all Primary Health Centers across Northern part of Nigeria | Political Interest in contributing to make WASH program accessible in all Primary Health Centers across each States of Northern Nigeria, for lives of the common person to be improved | Murna Foundation is capable of Advocating to relevant stakeholders, sensitizing the public through creating awareness workshops, media outreach both social and print media to get the message across | UNICEF working with the Government and Civil Society Organizations, the program need to be scaled up, adequate funds available to relevant bodies to make the program achieve its objectives | Yes | ||||||||
8 | I give a name of myself.Well,I contribute like stakeholder but not like organisation because it should contribute | Burundi | Africa | Indigenous Peoples | www.uniproba.org | Proper water is equal to good life. There is great challenge in our country emphasized on the water.Our community aaford this difficult situation due to the lack of helpers,Batwa indigenous peoples don't have the means to prepare proper water,when they fetch it,they drink and this is a mad water from the swamp.And this cause death to my community.Raise this community | The transformative actions that are needed to happen are build the proper water for the Batwa indigenous peoples, mobilization to the indigenous peoples about the role of preparing proper water before drinking on the duty of their families, supporting Batwa with materials in which they may conserve water.The local NGO and international ones without leave behind State should interfere. | Thank you so much.I am very happy to see that UNIPROBA interfere in different domains including water.But this step is not advancing well due to the lack of means.If UNIPROBA and every stakeholder has the enough means ,it or he should help this helpless community to overcome this unpleasant stuations,my dear indigenous you know that none needs to live badly however the conditions give him the key. | Thank you so much.The good way is to collaborate by the local NGOs and no local NGOs I mean international ones.And the State must take the first place to direct all of them.If you have a project,you are welcome to accomplish it.The doors are still opened.Save your peoples should be your mother.Contact as if it is possible,we are here for guiding and directing you. | Yes | ||||||||
9 | Human Right 2 Water | UK | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | www.humanright2water.org | We have moved backwards in this area since the global pandemic, with priority to vulnerable people left behind as a secondary issue. The 'survival of the fittest' attitude that has followed has delayed the progress that was being made. The current shortage of funds, in the context of other disaster events, has resulted in a lack of prioritisation of the vulnerable as everyone is feeling the pain. | The accountability of governments needs to improve, integrating human rights standards, and then knowing how to implement and monitor these standards. It requires a combination of capacity building and monitoring of disaggregated indicators. | HR2W is well placed to assess the current situation in each country relative to international human rights standards, and then develop human rights indicators. It requires partnership with the local NHRIs, and stakeholders at the community level to represent marginalised groups, the local community and local authorities. | HR2W has been working on the implementation of 'Human Rights Based Indicators' (http://humanright2water.org/policy-briefs/) in Mexico and Kenya (http://humanright2water.org/kenya-water-programme/) to test this approach. It is based on our LNOB tool for mapping, and requires strong engagement with stakeholders and local authorities to understand the main challenges and people that are being left behind. Partnered with KNCHR, we have developed model county action plans for Kenya. | Yes | ||||||||
10 | NGO: ADET | Togo | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | https://www.giving.way/donate/adet | Water is crucial for heath promotion | Water challenges are numerous in rural zone. | To overcome water challenges multilateral institutions are important. | Local government, local SDGs committee, local SDGs center with the SDGs 3 dimensions have to be put in place and closer to community, civil society, private sector and academia. | Yes | ||||||||
11 | Porgera Red Wara (River) Women's Association Incorporated (PRWWA INC). | Papua New Guinea | Oceania | Non-Governmental Organization | https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/blog/interview-cressida-kuala-founder-and-ceoporgera-red-wara-river-womens-association-incorporated-prwwa-inc-port-moresby-papua-new-guinea | Water is needed to live a healthy life in an healthy environment. We need water to live on earth and it can not be sold for money as they are sold by food industries/entrepreneurs in supermarkets and street vendors/shops. State Governments must prioritize free water for humanity all around the world to support lives/Livelihood. Governments must allocate fundings for Water Health & Sanitation. | All State bodies for each countries throughout the world must stop businesses/entrepreneurs to sell water and establish a bottom-up level mechanism standard to allocate fundings especially for water to be easily accessed by people in each of the communities throughout the world. | Our Organization can contribute to build mini dams to have access to water in each of the communities within the district and campaing against selling water in the stores and on the streets and promote use of water and control the use of water in an household . | https://web.law.columbia.edu › ...PDF | Yes | ||||||||
12 | Toilet Board Coalition | Switzerland | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | www.toiletboard.org | Digitisation of data and framework for local service providers, utilities and their governments to easily share that data between them. | We need models of data sharing between private operators, municipalities & national governments that share not just the # of toilets installed but their operations, usage, and moving towards public health monitoring. | We contribute a network of local sanitation service providers and partners who are experts in data governance, ethics and data ecosystem development. We would appreciate the giants in the sector - WHO/Unicef JMP to begin looking at the transformative potential of these innovative technologies and approaches and become advocates. | Sanitation & Water for All has proven the most effective mobiliser of national governments around WASH and convener of sector leadership to align on approaches and messaging. The Toilet Board Coalition is the most successful convener of sanitation economy private sector voices and proven in strengthening and growing local service providers to meet the needs of low-income populations without sanitation products and services. | Yes | ||||||||
13 | Kiburan Trading and Events plc | Ethiopia | Africa | Private Philanthropic Organizations | www.kiburan.com | Access to safe drinking water is one of the basic human rights of people across the world. Even though , people are suffering to access safe and clean water during war as well as post war times. We strongly want to address this issue for the safe life of people by accessing safe and clean water. So, what is the role of governments, NGO'S & other stake holders in maintaining access for safe water. | Government bodies should be aware of access for safe drinking water during war time and post war, because denying safe water is violating fundamental rights of human beings. All stake holders must take measure for to achieve the theme water for Health. The access for safe water during war and post war times must become a signed agreement between conflicting parties across the world. | Our organization can contribute to create initiative to distribute clean and safe water for those in need , with the support of other stakeholders. By this action we can save many lives who struggling access safe water to drinking in areas were by conflict are exist. | We are working with stakeholders in our country to address the issue as well as to bring solution for access safe water for Health working on with regional governments an initiative called environmental sustainability for better health. | Yes | ||||||||
14 | Conseil des organisations non gouvernementales d'appui au développement – Plateforme des OSC sur l’Eau l’Assainissement (CONGAD/POSCEAS) | SENEGAL | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | www.posceas.org | Soutenir l’élimination du trachome en tant que problème de santé publique et accélérer les progrès dans plusieurs autres pays où le fardeau de la maladie est + lourd d’ici 2023 | Soutenir au moins des pays africains pour éliminer le trachome en tant que problème de santé publique Financer des projets critiques susceptibles de créer un changement global et massif. Soutenir les gouvernements dans le développement du dossier d'élimination | Développement d'un outil de données WASH / NTD pour accélérer l'élimination du trachome cécitant et sauver la vue de millions de personnes en partenariat avec la Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates, la - Fondation du fonds d'investissement pour l'enfance (CIFF) at la Fondation ELMA UK, l'aide britannique et Virgin Unite | Partenariats pour accélérer l'élimination du trachome, Nul n’est aveugle de causes évitables; les personnes aveugles et non voyantes, participent pleinement à la vie de la société. initiative développé par l'ONG Sightsavers | Yes | ||||||||
15 | WATER INNITIATIVES NIGERIA | NIGERIA | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | www.waternigeria.org | Access to safe drinking water is one of the basic human rights of people across the world. We strongly want to address this issue for the safe life of people by accessing safe and clean water. And how governments, NGO'S & other stake holders can effectively contribute access to safe water. | The transformative actions that are needed to happen are build the proper water for the indigenous peoples, proper and adequate information must be spread across the globe on the need for a safe and healthy water for humanity | We contribute a network of local sanitation service providers and partners who are experts to create more awareness on safe drinking water towards healthy life | We are working with stakeholders in our country to address the issue as well as to bring solution for access safe water for Health working on with regional governments an initiative called Water Initiatives Nigeria for better health. | Yes | ||||||||
16 | ABANTU BLUE ECONOMY ALLIANCE | NIGERIA | Africa | Other stakeholders active in areas related to sustainable development | africablueeconomy.org | I believe the most important challenge/shortcoming that hinders progress in this sector is the inability of governments of different countries, to enforce proper regulations of multinationals who do business in this sector. For example, in the country where i live, due to the exploration of Oil and Natural gas, there are occasional spills in the waters. And government doesn't enforce the clean up. | The political will of government as it regards the purity of it's surrounding waters, must be to a strong degree. Corruption in regulatory agencies must be stopped by all means necessary. | ABEA can partner with environmental agencies to bring about proper capacity development of it's staff so as to deploy technology to monitor incidents across board. | https://www.cgg.com/geoscience/satellite-mapping/oil-spill-detection-monitoring?gclid=Cj0KCQjw94WZBhDtARIsAKxWG--i8NAyWEcaQpgPvfGWDQKyV-f8MhP8VSSbjLRZ3s0wadVPBf5-EmcaAtKlEALw_wcB | Yes | ||||||||
17 | SOCIETE SOMMAC | Congo-Kinshasa | Africa | Farmers | https://dieudonnesommac.com | Elément clé du développement dans les régions arides et semi-arides, l'eau est également un enjeu vital dans les pays riches. Indispensable aux hommes, et nécessaire à l'agriculture et à l'industrie, dont la consommation est en constante augmentation, l'eau ne doit plus être considérée comme une ressource illimitée. | - Gestion durable de l'eau - Eau recyclée - Lutte contre la pollution et amélioration du traitement des eaux usées. ... - Sensibilisation et éducation - Limiter la pollution de l'eau - Avoir une utilisation raisonnée de l'eau à l'échelle individuelle - Traiter les eaux usées | Les cellules et les organes absorbent de l'oxygène par l'intermédiaire du sang et rejettent du CO2 par la respiration. C'est pourquoi il est essentiel de maintenir un volume de sang suffisant pour transporter l'oxygène nécessaire à l'organisme. Nous avons besoin de changé comportement d'utilisation de l'eau et avoir de l'eau potable. Nous allons travail avec les agences des Nations Unies. | Gardez la conservation de l'eau pour assurer l'utilisation de l'eau potable en garantissant le système de gestion et la dynamique afin de faire preuve aux défis. | Yes | ||||||||
18 | Arava Institute for Environmental Studies | Israel | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | www.arava.org | A major hindrance is the lack for sewage treatment that leads to sewage discharges into the environment. This pollutes freshwater sources for human consumption that then exacerbates public health issues due to exposure to water borne diseases. | There needs to be improved governance on water and wastewater management and regulation and the private sector needs to be encouraged and motivated to work closely with governments in public-private partnerships so as to improve water and wastewater service and access. | We are working at the community level to both treat and recycle wastewater for the irrigation of food crops. This approach both improves the environment and raises standard of living for local farmers and rural populations. | Please refer to the work we are doing at https://arava.org/arava-research-centers/center-for-transboundary-water-management/ | Yes | ||||||||
19 | Apostle Padi Ologo Traditional Birth Centre | Ghana | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | http://www.apostlepadiologo.org | Water pollution. Mining companies discharge chemicals like mercury into water during mining. This brings about diseases like cancer to humanity. Eg. women and children sice some of these rivers are source of drinking water for these category of people. The chemicals also destroy aquatic life like fishes and plants. | There should be enlightenment on the dangers of water pollution by NGOs and the government as well as private institutions to the youth to stop collaborating with foreign nationals to mine in our water bodies. There should also be legislation by UN against waste discharge into water. | We are collaborating with University of Environment and Sustainable Development in Ghana to train the youth in BSc. Water Resource Development to let the youth appreciate water bodies and the need to sustain it. We are sponsoring one youth under this program and we need donors to provide scholarship so we can sponsor and train more. | BSc. Water Resource Development is a program and new initiative by University of Environment and Sustainable Development in Ghana.. Our organization support this initiative because we believe that it will enlighten the youth and change their attitude from illegal mining that creates health hazards for women and children in Ghana. That is why we recommend it for UN to support it's implementation for more youth in Ghana and the world to take part in that program. | Yes | ||||||||
20 | African Water & Sanitation Association | Côte d’Ivoire | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | www.afwa-hq.org | In the Africa continent, the water policies are weak, as well as the regulatory and implementation frameworks. Sanitation has been left behind and the JMPs monitoring framework do not consider the reality on the ground which consist of most of the population relaying on onsite sanitation while the overall entire chain (collect, transport and treatment) is not covered. | - Strong engagement of policy makers to review policies and institutional frameworks - Need of innovative financing mechanisms - develop Partnerships and strong coordination frameworks - Advocacy and Capacity build various actors | - develop Partnerships and strong coordination framework -Knowledge management - Advocacy and Capacity build various actors | - Peer-to-peer learning partnership between different water operators, - Capacity development throughout the African Water and Sanitation Academy (AWASA) - Knowlege management though setting and operating practitionners Community of pratices (CoPs) | Yes | ||||||||
21 | South Asia Rainwater Network(SARNET) | Sri Lanka | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | https://sarainwater.org/ | Interventions that target to address access to clean water provide a range of options to provide safe drinking water such as RO(Reverse osmosis), desalination of seawater etc. Yet how safe are such technologies? Adequate cross-sectional and longitudinal research is needed to identify the health impacts of such technologies. | There have to be governmental authorities that support water quality testing and also support such efforts at community level. | SARNET can share research information on the water for health and coordinate with academics, researchers and donors. | https://sarainwater.org/international-conference-2021/ | Yes | ||||||||
22 | Hydrotec Solutions Private Limited | India | Asia | Science & Technological Community | https://www.arosia.in/ | Challenges: 1. Reaching out to communities, understanding their problems, knowing the water issues (shortage of water, contaminants, capacity to pay, improper treatment, lack of education) 2. Designing a customized solution and long lasting solution 3. Arranging funds to implement the solution. 5. Proper monitoring | Government cannot fund & provide water to all for its limitations. Public private partnership is very important. Govt can facilitate with providing necessary permissions to work, space to set up units, communities reach out programs Private companies can fund and partner with water tech companies some of these programs, for which they receive carbon, water health credits that they can utilize. | As explained earlier, some policy decision where funders get water, WASH credits for setting up such community water and hygiene units. Here govt can facilitate the entire program. We as a technological company can provide customized solution and operation and maintenance support in long run. | We recently developed off grid solar based drinking water kiosk, which reduces the dependence on on grid power, hence reduces the cost of water purification by 60%. These community kiosks are running successfully and saving people from water borne diseases. https://www.arosia.in/konark | Yes | ||||||||
23 | Hygiene Village Project | Malawi | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | www.hygienevillage.org | The fact that water and health is the subject of dedicated targets within the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 6) it is testament to fundamental role in public health and sustainable development. For water, community ownership on resources such as water facilities is a big challenge. Communities continue to rely on governments and organizations for provision and maintenance of the facilities | The members to call upon governments and international organizations to provide strong policies that shall influence communities to take ownership of their water and sanitation facilities by increasing capacity-building and technology transfer to the communities as this shall scale up efforts to provide safe, clean, accessible and affordable drinking water to the communities | Enhance on advocacy programmes including monitoring and evaluation activities to be done by the communities themselves | We embarked on sustainably business models - Borehole Banking that empower community ownership. BB is managed by Water Point Committees from the community. They are trained in Operations and Maintenance of a borehole. Each household is required to contribute a monthly tariff that is calculated to recover the full cost of the borehole by the end of its 15-year life span.www.hygienevillage.org | Yes | ||||||||
24 | Odial Solutions | France | Africa | Business & Industry | www.odial-solutions.com | To make rural water supply sustainable, a profitable business model concerning management of the facilities should be developped. This is only possible if water tarifs are calculated and remain affordable and adapted to costs to be covered. Unfortunately, they are still often decided by Governments and do not reflect the economic situation of the sector. The sector is therefore not sustainable. | Involvement of the private sector in the management of the facilities in rural areas is necessary to guarantee a professional and sustainable access to potable water. But the revenues and profits are too low to allow for private investment. Cost of infrastructures should therefore be born by IFIs and cost of operation and maintenance covered by the tariff. | We have been the first private operator to invest in a rural water supply project in Mali at big scale to get a 15 year contract to manage water points. We proved that investing is not viable at that stage. But we keep on working on the definition of conditions of success for an investment to be possible in the future. We need Donors and Government to realize the reality of the field situation. | We are in the process of developing a new concept to reach sustainability in the rural water supply sector. We created a company, UDUMA, for that purpose. Our experience in Mali allowed us to win a contract at national level in Benin, where the WB is financing the works and we, as private operator, manage the systems for 10 years. We hope this project will be duplicated the same way in other countries. (www.uduma.net) | Yes | ||||||||
25 | AMRA | Côte d’Ivoire | Africa | Business & Industry | amra.inc | Water Lifecycle | Pipe Network Maintenance, Water Threats Detection System, Mineralization Management and Assessment, Government Funds for Water Sustainability | R&D on State of Water Distribution Systems and Mineralization Process | None | Yes | ||||||||
26 | World Toilet Organization | United Arab Emirates | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | https://www.worldtoilet.org/ | The topic of sanitation is clubbed with Water as the result the topic is not getting justice. While allocating budget, sanitation is not getting the priority as the result ensuring safe and sustainable sanitation becomes a challenge both at the Nations and provincial/ state levels. In order to achieve sustainable sanitation by 2030, we request you divide SDG 6 into two separate heads. | These days focus is on cross-sector collaborations and we all are exploring ways to increase impact by collaborating with other SDGs. Water and Sanitation are interlinked. With effective collaboration between water and sanitation realization of SDG goal 6 would be easy and effective. | Water for health can only be achieved when we adopt a holistic approach and work on topics like sanitation and wastewater treatment alongside the water. | We must adopt a balanced approach where water and sanitation are given equal importance. We know both are interlinked one can not be achieved without the other | Yes | ||||||||
27 | Ask for Water GmbH | Switzerland | Europe | Private sector | ask-for-water.ch | Ensuring the technical quality of new infrastructure and supporting it maintenance in rural areas of low and middle income countries. | Oversight, technical supervision, anti-corruption, transparency, accountability. | Bringing stakeholders together to take affirmative action to ensure technical quality and ongoing maintenance support. | Stop the Rot Action Group - blog and initial reports are available here: https://rwsn.blog/2022/04/19/stop-the-rot-evidence-and-action-for-to-handpump-quality/ Action Group has been formed and it active | Yes | ||||||||
28 | Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) | India | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | www.ceew.in | Of late, there has been an improvement in physical access to water and sanitation services in the global south, but this has not translated into an improvement in water availability for domestic and sanitation purposes, especially in rural areas. The reason for this gap needs to be deliberated and discussed further. | Governments, development agencies, scholars, and other stakeholders need to delve into ways to move from the infrastructure and supply focus approach in the water and sanitation sector towards achieving sustainability of services. For instance, source sustainability in the case of the water supply scheme is very important to achieve water security and ensure positive public health outcomes. | Our organization does policy research. We can create an evidence base for the national and provincial governments to ensure that safely managed drinking and sanitation services are accessible to all, especially the communities living in rural areas. This can go a long way in contributing to SDG 6 on water and sanitation and improving public health at large. | We are in the process of publishing an issue brief titled 'How Safe are Drinking Water Services in Rural India? Case for Strengthening the Existing Data and Information System'. This will form basis for discussions and engagements with the larger stakeholders including national and provincial governments. The aim is to ensure that the relevant data and information is available for policy makers to help them decide on actions that are needed to achieve drinking water security in rural India. | Yes | ||||||||
29 | The Water Trust | US | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | watertrust.org | In rural low-income settings, the most important challenges to water for health are addressing management failures that inhibit infrastructure sustainability -- and in turn the objective of basic water access -- and addressing overlooked pathways for contamination and disease, specifically animal feces in the home and unsafe water storage. | The UN and key partners need to recommit to universal basic water access and prioritize establishing a management capability at the community or government level to maintain it. Likewise, there needs to be a reframing of objectives to focus on fecal exposure pathways (e.g., water quality and animal feces within the home) that present higher exposure risks than traditional WASH focuses. | The Water Trust can contribute its expertise with a savings group-based approach to establishing a financially empowered, democratic community institution to save for and pay for well maintenance and repairs. We need to collaborate with government, multilateral and peer NGOs to support the implementation of viable, self-sustaining institutions for rural water management. | Program approach: Self-help groups for sustainable water Context: rural Uganda Summary: In 2016 The Water Trust adapted the Village Savings and Loan Association methodology for savings groups to form groups in a water point catchment that also maintain a separate, designated account to pay for future water point repairs. Today more than 900 groups are active in both development and humanitarian contexts. In the two districts with Self-Help Groups, 92% to 96% of water points had water available. In contrast, 58% to 67% of water points had water available in communities where there was no Self-Help Group. These findings are from a study funded by the World Bank Group, which are shared below: Cross-sectional study: https://www.watertrust.org/_files/ugd/929735_589dadc01b9c4766b9b1407156835a7c.pdf Evidence brief: https://www.watertrust.org/_files/ugd/929735_347913ea881f482c8dbff5755cc0b5a9.pdf | Yes | ||||||||
30 | Republican Public Organization "Young generation of Tajikistan" | Tajikistan | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | www.ygt.tj | The water deficient and short of drinking water problems still exist in remote rural places in north part of our country. Some of our target groups and regions are located in such areas where people suffer from water deficient more than 10 years. Another problem is the quality of water in some other rural areas as far as the populations drink water from the open sources which are irrigating water. | To solve the water deficient problems & to achieve the drinking water in those places, the equal distribution of water issues for remote places should be reviewed. The main reasons and factors of these problems should be defined within some certain (technical) programs as these problems appeared long ago. Government is doing its best; in spite of these efforts problems still remain unsolved. | Our organization started implementation of 3 years project “Child Friendly Schools & Communities in Ferghana Valley” in two regions within 10 rural schools. The main component of this project is WASH. Within this component organization strikes to improve the Situation on diseases related to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene not only in 10 schools, but in 10 medical centers of its target regions. | One of the significant approaches as mentioned above is WASH component of current project which is being implemented in 10 rural schools. Besides it, Public Organization “Youth Generation Tajikistan” was involved in the project where the scope of the зroject identified three main objectives for the YGT: - Promote social acceptance for new water supply and sewage systems; - Improve customer relations and trust; - Change behavior to lower prevalence of waterborne illnesses and overconsumption of water. YGT assisted in building trust between stakeholders. As well, the project included in itself the following aims: to deliver awareness and knowledge among citizens on waterborne diseases and water conservation. During those meetings, it was possible to assess the working force capacity of Dushanbevodokanal (DVK - competence) for the development of a communication strategy and further project implementation. YGT acted as a communication bridge between an international expert and DVK thus, it helped to bring global perspectives and solutions adapted to local conditions and needs. Together with engineering consultant delineated the pilot area and got to know the insights of waterborne diseases on a local level. The scope of the work for YGT was identified which helped further to conduct a survey. Mapping indicated water user associations and community-based organizations. | Yes | ||||||||
31 | Antenna Foundation | Switzerland | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | www.antenna.ch | Climate change's impact on water services compromises their environmental and health benefits by altering hydrological cycles which directly impact water availability in quality and quantity. Also, limited access or inexistent open-source data must be addressed so then WASH actors can benefit from climate information services to ensure the climate resilience of their projects. | UN Member States should create national favourable environments enabling public-private partnerships to flourish so then national legal frameworks aiming at ensuring access to water for all is supported by the speedy introduction of innovative technologies that can accelerate progress and reach SDG goals. | Antenna Foundation developed the technology WATA, a range of devices to locally produce active chlorine to treat water. Certified by WHO, such technology has proven to be effective to reduce waterborne diseases. In order to accelerate in-country introduction, governments should facilitate technology approval by water authorities and boost investments on industrialisation | n/a | Yes | ||||||||
32 | Juta Mewangi Enterprise (M) Sdn Bhd | Malaysia | Asia | Business & Industry | jutamewangi.com | To strengthen legal frameworks to protect natural resources, including water. water for health from the core of pure sources by measuring the value of natural resources (including water) and recognising them as a new class of assets (natural capital) can help to recognise that they are incredibly valuable to our economy and to better protect them. | Collaboration through Public Private Partnership (PPP) that could closed the gaps between intention and action, and the drivers for moving from individual to collective action, may help to explain why we are continually lagging behind on SDG 6 to deliver “clean water and sanitation for all” by improving the R&D and create the sustainability water supply chains that could benefit to all. | Pure mineral water and clean water are essential for living things | WORLD WATER WEEK 2022 https://youtu.be/ga4luCFR7-E | Yes | ||||||||
33 | UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT | Ghana | Africa | Education & Academic Entities | http://www.uds.edu | The challenges are accessibility, portability, quality, cultural beliefs, usage, conservation, cost-effective ways of treating water, leadership, effective ways to protect water bodies, supply, continuous and proper usage. The supply of water to health centers in Africa is a huge problem, especially in CHIPS compounds in remote villages. In places where it is accessible, the quality is a problem. | Intensify campaigns on protecting water bodies; rainwater harvesting; usage; water-related diseases; effective treatments of water to use in our health centers; intensify research; cultivate a culture of maintenance; effective ways of treating colorless water for consumption. We need to start from the grassroots by engaging local chiefs, youth leaders, women's groups, and research institutions. | We can help educate people on usage, engage local leaders, beneficiaries, chiefs, opinion leaders, research, provision, if there are funds to do so, rainwater harvesting, if there are funds, protect water bodies through massive afforestation, water treatment, supporting CHIPS compounds with water storage facilities, education on constant and judicious use, etc. | We, as a university, have done a lot by sending more than 7000 students to more than 500 communities in deprived areas in the Northern sector of Ghana to contribute in various ways to communities through practical training programs to do research and community development, in which water for health is part of the activities. I coordinated this program for two years from 2017–2019, and I supervised and supported students to provide portable water for some of the communities by maintaining some of the broken bole-holes in the communities and educating them on how to conserve their water bodies by encouraging them to plant trees around the water bodies, weeding around them, and teaching them ways to purify the water with chemicals supplied by the university in collaboration with World Vision. The University has partnered with the district assemblies, communities, chiefs and opinion leaders, churches, mosques, and other organizations that operate in those communities for support to achieve SDG goal 6. We can do more on the water for health if the university gets some financial support, so we are calling on the UN, and other water agencies, financial institutions, and individuals who can give us support in any form. | Yes | ||||||||
34 | Green Climate Fund | S Korea | Asia | The world’s largest climate fund, Set up by the UNFCCC, and serving the Paris Agreement | https://www.greenclimate.fund/ | Reduction of water pollution: area of healthy wetlands and rivers. In addition, brine, Green Hydrogen, wastewater , discharge monitoring, health and productivity impacts of water-borne diseases. health problems related to low water flows and poor water quality | - For each USD 1 invested, WHO estimates returns of USD 3-34, depending on the region and technology. - Drinking quality water supply. - Sanitation. - Reduction of water borne diseases through water disinfection, WASH programmes, and tertiary wastewater treatment; monitoring and evaluation. -integrate social, health and gender sensitive dimensions into water security interventions under IWRM | Transformational planning ,integrated Health National Adaptation Plans Priorities activities for climate resilient, low-carbon & sustainable health systems & services Catalysing climate innovation & technology Enhancing capacities to co-design, co-develop & implement health advisory services Mobilising finance & de-risk & piloting new public & private business models for resilient services. | ensuring access to knowledge and data for vulnerable people and regions, including Indigenous peoples, along with supporting knowledge transfer between vulnerable communities, science, and policy makers | Yes | ||||||||
35 | Soroptimst International | USA | North America | Non-Governmental Organization | Soroptimistinternational.org | Unsafe water kills more people each year than war and all other forms of violence combined yet over 1 billion people including many women and girls are unable to fulfill their human right to have equal access to clean water. The impacts of droughts, floods or pollution continue to affect rural, indigenous and marginalized urban women to a greater extent than the general population. | States need to realize that all forms of pollution including new ones e.g.air/ wildfire pollution will join other pollutants in endangering our rivers, reservoirs, lakes and oceans .posing a danger that the human race will have insufficient access to clean water as well as increase the decline of water availability for other species and ecosystems which we depend on. | Our organization has assisted in enabling women and girls to manage water within their community not to be managed by water. Educating women and girls has also enabled them to work in STEM related fields regarding building resilient structures within their communities to manage water related health issues under SDG6. Better financial support would be helpful | WEWASH Bulgaria-. Some women even started their own plumbing business: Lombok Indonesia Earthquake Recovery through Water Hygiene and Sanitation Project see also the Kenyan Project and the Sarawak project in Malaysia at pp 9-10 in: https://www.soroptimistinternational.org/flipbooks/SI_Annual_Report_2020/?page=10 | Yes | ||||||||
36 | Innovation: Africa | Israel | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | www.innoafrica.org | It is essential to understand how widespread the issue of contaminated water is across Africa and the simplicity of the solution. Governments need to invest in solar energy as a long-term and sustainable solution to this critical issue. | Local governments need to invest in solar water pumping systems to provide clean water to both urban and rural African communities. | Without energy, there is no access to lights or improved medical care and crucially, without energy there is no access to clean water. By harnessing the energy from the sun, Innovation: Africa pumps clean water from just meters beneath the ground in aquifers and through gravitational systems, water flows throughout the villages catering to the needs of up to 10,000 people per village. | By harnessing the energy from the sun and installing solar-water pumping systems, clean water can be available in a sustainable and cost-effective way. Here are the steps iA takes to provide water to rural communities www.innoafrica.org/ia-water. Since 2008, Innovation: Africa has completed over 400 water projects impacting millions of people across 10 African countries. To learn more, visit www.innoafrica.org | Yes | ||||||||
37 | Knights of the International Initiative Organization | moroco | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | https://iodfrf.blogspot.com/ | Awareness about the dangers of dumping waste from factories and buildings and everything that is thrown into the water, and this negatively affects human health and also contributes to reducing fish wealth and poisoning them due to this waste. There must be awareness in this guidance | Establishing several treaties between organizations in all countries of the world to work on combating water purification from everything harmful to it by holding educational seminars for them and making publications as well as establishing a law to prevent the dumping of waste in the water | Comprehensive awareness of the dangers of negligence in water Cooperation with all civil society organizations and stakeholders in the work of water purification Work to establish comprehensive courses for permanent awareness in working to combat water purification everywhere | We, as an organization that cares about the civil society in everything, realized the importance of preserving human health and one of the most important means of preserving human health, and the most important thing available to a person in order to enjoy a healthy life is working to provide healthy water for him. Therefore, we conducted several educational and developmental seminars to raise awareness of the dangers of dumping waste in Water. Indeed, there was a response to the individuals who were trained and made aware that they must preserve the environment around them and healthy water for them that avoids diseases. | Yes | ||||||||
38 | SARNET -South Asian Rainwater Network | India | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | https://sarainwater.org/ | Chlorination is the water purifying method in the public piped water supply system in this area. This has drawbacks that badly affects the people's health. Kidney patients and Dialysis are on the increasing trend. Kindly suggest other low cost and reliable method of water purification. Local People should be able to do it themselves at home if possible. RO Plants and their business not required. | This transformation must happen from international development agencies. Rainwater Harvesting is looked upon as poor option which is not so. Public Piped water supply system is considered as best option. This has to be changed. International development agencies should give promotion for, site specific Rainwater Harvesting methods at local level . | Rainwater Harvesting in shallow aquifer recharging and storage tank form should be promoted at homestead levels. International Development agencies and United Nations agencies are requested their focus on this direction to help us in promoting the subject. | Successful Rainwater rainwater harvesting methods at household level can be shown in India and Sri Lanka. Please visit our website. https://sarainwater.org/ | Yes | ||||||||
39 | FESAN, Chile. Federación nacional de Cooperativas de Servicios Sanitarios Rurales | Chile | Latin America and the Caribbean | Rural Cooperative Community | www.fesan.coop | The challenge is to achieve the SDG6 compliance target for the world's rural population, especially in Africa and Latin America. If we do not meet the targets for drinking water and sanitation coverage in rural areas, it will be difficult to achieve the global SDG6 target. | 1.- Construction of appropriate infrastructure according to requirements of population that demands it, through active participation in the solutions. Ntl Gov + Intl coop. 2.-Training and capacity strengthening in governance and technical and administrative operational management to ensure sustainable operation over time with a safe, continuous service with fair rates. Ntl Gov, + Intl coop + NGO | Training and capacity strengthening in governance and technical and administrative operational management to ensure sustainable operation over time with a safe, continuous service with fair rates. We need cooperation of Ntl Gov, + Intl coop | FESAN works hand in hand with rural and peri-urban communities to ensure the sustainability of their access to safe drinking water and sanitation services through participatory training programs and projects. We improve the operational management and governance of organizations by strengthening their endogenous capacities. IMPACT: We generate a paradigm shift in the communities. They move from subsistence management to sustainable water and sanitation management. The following example illustrates the impact generated in 1.000 indigenous families of Buena Esperanza, San Martín Jilotepeque, Guatemala, 2018. See the project presentation at GWOPA: http://bit.ly/2JBGgkf | Yes | ||||||||
40 | Living Water International | USA | North America | Non-Governmental Organization | www.water.cc | There are many technical, regulatory, environmental, and financial challenges toward achieving SDG 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3. Yet the greatest challenge is whether there is sufficient political will to overcome these challenges by the global community. How can we make "water for health" one of the greatest moral issues of our time? | As a faith-based organization, we are inspired by seeing how faith leaders have repeatedly been able to garner political will to address global issues. Thus our hope is that faith leaders around the world will make the fact that 771 million still lack access to basic drinking water service one of the greatest moral issues of this decade. | As an NGO implementing WASH programs in 17 low-income countries, we are making commitments in several areas. One is by working more closely with district-level governments and faith actors to ensure the most marginalized people lacking access to WASH services are prioritized. In addition, we are placing an increasing emphasis on working toward the environmental sustainability of WASH services. | Approach: Engaging local faith actors in WASH programs to ensure access for all. Part of Living Water's approach to increasing access to WASH services in districts is through engaging local faith actors. This paper reviews an initial conceptual framework and case study from a program in Zimbabwe. We are currently gathering further evidence on the results of this approach and how it can be scaled. https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/Engaging_religious_organisations_in_WASH_programmes_a_conceptual_framework_and_case_study_from_Zimbabwe/9593078 | Yes | ||||||||
41 | Reseau des journalistes pour leau,lhygiene et l'assainissement | Niger | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | https://www.facebook.com/REJEA-107315577889907/ | To bring the population for understanding their right concerning water for Heath. | Sensitising the population to claim their right concerning water and accountability of their leaders. | Sensitizing with evidence in link with Niger regulation, the national and international engagement in which Niger is related in term of the right to the acces to water and the rule of rural collectivity in the management of water services. | Yes | |||||||||
42 | Foro Confluencia Solidaria | Costa Rica | Latin America and the Caribbean | Water justice movements | http://confluenciasolidaria.org/ | There needs to be much greater emphasis on the effects of climate change on mental health, and within this area of focus, on community vs. individual response to natural disasters. | There are many coalitions of mental health practitioners, and those focusing on addiction and incarceration, championing community responses to climate change. And there are communities that have survived trauma seeking to support others during times of trauma. Turning to both coalitions of mental health practitioners and to lead communities for guidance to serve as teachers is important. | Longo Mai, our community of Salvadoran refugees in the south of Costa Rica, focused on creating water and food justice in an area dominated by Del Monte pineapple, is a good example: https://foodtank.com/news/tag/longo-ma Here are other examples of networks of communities building solidarity economies: https://neweconomy.net/ These kinds of efforts that promote a solidarity economy, shifting peoples' values to focus on simplicity, faith, and service to each other, are critical to building community health and resilience. | Yes | |||||||||
43 | VIVAT INTERNATIONAL | INDIA | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | https://vivatinternational.org | Non availability of water for drinking, agriculture and animal husbandry | support farmers to arrest rain water by creating water harvesting structures in their farms like farm bunds, check dams, ponds etc. | Our organization can implement water harvesting projects at the grass roots with the help of farmers. | I have the experience of heading a Child Focused Community Development Project for the Bhil Tribals of Banswara district of Rajasthan, India. With the help Community Based Organizations like Farmers Groups, Village Development Committee and Self Help Groups of Women, water harvesting structures were created to arrest rain water. The project resulted in 66% reduction in migration of women and children for work, improved agriculture and irrigation facilities, improved health and sanitation. Poultry farms and animal husbandry became viable. Above all more children got enrolled in School and reduced poverty. | Yes | ||||||||
44 | Manipal University Jaipur | India | Asia | Education & Academic Entities | https://jaipur.manipal.edu/ | Sustainable planning of cities,towns and villages in developing nations. High density in urban areas giving big impact on existing water sources. Essence of time is to create smart villages rather than smart cities.This will reduce the burden on urban areas which are having less recahrge areas attached with climatic change less rainfalls. Cost of transporting water to urban cities is increasing. | ULBs, PHEDs and Ministries are accountable. Regulations are very poor and there is no control and effective monitoring system. Watert audit and rigorous awareness is needed. Wasteage of water by high profile populations, politicians, corporators, industrial units to be fully regularized and controlled. | We are lead academic institution of India and we can create awareness workshop for all stake holders as I my self has worked rigorously for UNICEF in WASH sector in complex emergency scenario in Sudan for 5 years. | We are working with small communities and institute has adopted five villages around the university. Regular visits, awarness to thousands of school children. We are working in creating small water tanks in the nearby rural areas which subsequently focussing on creating extra water in emergencies. Working with rural local bodies who are much aware of the situtaion comparing to urban stake holders. | Yes | ||||||||
45 | Water Energy and Sanitation for Development (WESDE) | Cameroon | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | www.wesde.org | Absence of a “national water policy” and “a national sanitation policy”. | better water pricing -the systematic treatment of industrial wastewater before any spillage. | - public awareness - Advocate with the Government to set up the various water and sanitation policies. Stakeholders some civil society actors, town halls, municipalities. | In the Far North region of Cameroon, WESDE works with highly involved local populations in two areas. The purification of drinking water using the bio sand filter and the fight against water-related diseases by popularizing the Innovative Hand Washing Device with rotary soap. This automatic pedal device has the particularity of breaking the chain of virus contamination | Yes | ||||||||
46 | Social Empowerment and Building Accessibility Centre Nepal (SEBAC-Nepal) | Nepal | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | sebac.org.np | We focus more on increasing access to basic water facilities. The improved water services such as meeting quality standards & sufficient water requirement are compromised to great extent. We should discuss on ways to increase the water service levels to ensure water for health, not just for accessibility. | Users’ committees are largely relied for overall management of rural water systems. Now the time demands for transformative change from users’ approach to system approach by increasing roles of the government, specially of the local government to increase acceleration of the progress. Water safety plan and water quality surveillance by the government are critical for achieving water for health. | SEBAC intends to focus on increasing water service levels in collaboration with the local government. The increased service levels ensure health impact of the people. Capacity building of the local government on water governance, water safety plan and water quality surveillance would help enabling conditions and accelerating the progress. | SEBAC Nepal has developed nearly 600 sustainable drinking water systems over the last 25 years. Post evaluation of the systems have shown that over 80% water systems are well functioning with good water quality. One of SEBAC’s key strategies on WASH sector is to ensure sustainable development of water systems with higher service levels and quality water. It strives to ensure all aspects of sustainability and functionality throughout the life cycle of the systems. www.sebac.org.np | Yes | ||||||||
47 | IRC | netherlands | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | www.ircwash.org | WASH contributes to more than health (econ, climate resilience) and other water issues are critical for health. To be addressed or these dialogues will be counterproductive to the realization of SDGs 6.1/2 and rights to WASH. Its a wider challenge that hinders WASH progress. In health we have not been able to make the case and mobilize the high level support and finance that is needed. | 1) generating high level political support and leadership to WASH, 2) building effective collaboration across sectors e.g. in health, climate (the way climate finance is set up greatly reduces its relevance to WASH and climate adaptation) 3) more support to a long-term agenda of strengthening governments and national WASH systems (capacities, institutions and performance etc). | We can work to strengthen the position of WASH in health sector and communities. Going beyond support for WASH in health care facilities, to campaign for more attention to WASH within strengthened and better resourced primary health care systems. We can also work with partners to strengthen the understanding of WASH with other sectors such as climate and economic development and education. | There is a growing body of evidence that supports the strengthening of national WASH systems (and all their actors and factors which generate overall performance improvements and better service outcomes) as opposed to a sole focus on infrastuction development (an MDG type agenda). After all this is the way in way high-income countries intervene to deliver vital public services (with private sector participation). For example, the UN-GLAAS report in 2019... | Yes | ||||||||
48 | Women's Health and Education Center (WHEC) | USA | North America | Non-Governmental Organization | http://www.WomensHealthSection.com | Protecting Ground Water: Improving sanitation management can have effect on drinking water quality from both surface and vulnerable groundwater sources, particularly when sewage or excreta contaminate drinking water sources. Good practice action for enabling safe sanitation service delivery is essential. | WHEC works with UN System, to promote health systematically, and focuses on eliminating hunger, promoting food security, food safety, and healthy diets, preventing and controlling transboundary diseases, zoonoses, and antimicrobial resistance to protect the livelihoods of farmers from the impacts of plant and animal diseases, and to increase the sustainability and resilience of agrifood systems. | 1. Ensure universal access and use of toilet that safely contain excreta; 2. Ensure universal access to safe systems along the entire sanitation service chain; 3. Sanitation should be addressed as part of locally delivered services and broader development programs and policies; 4. The health sector should fulfill core functions to ensure safe sanitation to protect public health. | 1. Define government-led multi-sectoral sanitation policies, planning processes and coordination. 2. Ensure health risk management is properly reflected in sanitation legislation, regulations and standards. 3. Sustain the engagement of the health sector in sanitation through dedicated staffing and resourcing, and through action on sanitation withing health services. 4. Undertake local health-based risk assessment to prioritize improvements and manage system performance. 5. Enable marketing of sanitation services and develop sanitation services and business models | Yes | ||||||||
49 | University of Saskatchewan | Canada | North America | Student | Usask.ca | Water governance and management approaches in Indigenous communities should be a vital key discussion in the conference. This is because many indigenous communities still struggle in regard to water security. The indigenous-water-relations, water governance principles and legal traditions are often excluded from water management frameworks in projects done in Indigenous communities. | Indigenous forms of water governance and self determination needs to be given attention. Indigenous peoples worldwide have their own system of governance that align with their worldviews and which is often incompatible with the Western/euro-centric system. | Genuine participation of Indigenous Peoples in the governance and management of water in their territories. Indigenous knowledge, principles and worldviews should not be equated with scientific/Western knowledge system. Governments and private water actors should collaborate with Indigenous communities as Nations and not as Stakeholders or public commentators. | Approches and partnerships agreements with indigenous communities should be genuine and free from colonial entanglements. Relationships with Indigenous peoples should be built based on the inherent rights of indigenous peoples to govern their land and water resources. Capacity and funding should be made accessible for Indigenous governments to enact and implement legislations that will ensure water security in their territories. | Yes | ||||||||
50 | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation | USA | North America | Private Philanthropic Organizations | https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/ | Financing of CAPEX and OPEX, professional capacity to deliver safely managed water services, governance and regulation, equity and inclusion | Decision-makers (at the national and local levels) prioritize safe water and support the creation of the enabling environment for accelerated progress using data / evidence; local governments / communities agree on targeted and well-thought of subsidies to expand services to the poor; governments explore different types of performance-based private sector engagement to professionalize services | Themes: district-wide planning for safe water, improvement of operational efficiency, social inclusion, research and learning on different service delivery models, financing mechanisms for CAPEX/OPEX, water resources management Stakeholders: Governments, donors, local and international NGOs, private sector | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Safe Water Strategy (https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/programs/safe-water) | Yes | ||||||||
51 | valerY***** | México | Latin America and the Caribbean | Science & Technological Community | https://outlook.live.com/mail/0/inbox/id/AQMkADAwATY0MDABLWIzYjctNDU2MC0wMAItMDAKAEYAAAOLLQCNT3hDS4EhtvbnHmSoBwCNRBSXvLg3Q5jHw2lNETy9AAACAQwAAACNRBSXvLg3Q5jHw2lNETy9AAYGAHmJdQAAAA%3D%3D | The most important changelle in the world, after the pandemy, the world meet "Human Crisis", we seek take actions, we need search strategies in nutrition, have a problem, the global warming, the poverty, war, insecurity, crisis climate change; the childrens need education for an world best. | "promote actions" First: we need education and culture in all the countries Second: Create strategies for save water Third: do not throw garbage in the oceans | Study and write actions for the planet | My study | Yes | ||||||||
52 | Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation | Zambia | Africa | Government Ministry | www.mwds.gov.zm | Investment in sanitation facilities is always considered a private household matter in peri-urban and rural areas. Hence, it becomes difficulty for poor communities to access funds form NGOs, Civil Societies and Cooperating Partners for household sanitation investment. On the other hand, water facilities are always communal in nature and as a result it is easier to access investment funding. | Governments must provide policy direction that allow financing of household sanitation facilities by households through financial support from NGOs, Civil Societies, Cooperating Partners and Government for marginalized groups. Reduce tax on imported sanitation equipment and related materials. | To inform Policy on Water for Health at national and SADC region. World Bank, German Development Cooperation, SADC Water Division and UN agencies. | Private Sector participation in WASH through Public - Private - Partnerships (PPP) and adequate financing of investments for all types of sanitation facilities at all levels. | Yes | ||||||||
53 | World Federation for Development, Freedom and Peace | Egypt | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | https://www.facebook.com/groups/130871025788860/?ref=share_group_link | The problem may revolve around the controversy between the limited water resources and the increasing need for water in various countries, in addition to the backwardness of water consumption methods and the absence of strategic planning for it in our region. Taking into account the increase in the population growth rate to 3% over its average | All heads of state must be interconnected for a good distribution of the water level and to make a precise plan in order to maintain these ratios and not to over-consume water. | All heads of state must be interconnected for a good distribution of the water level and to make a precise plan in order to maintain these ratios and not to over-consume water. | https://www.facebook.com/groups/130871025788860/ | Yes | ||||||||
54 | National Network of Youth Associations in Guinea-Bissau | Guiné-Bissau | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | http://www.renaj.gw | As deficiências e dificuldades sobre água potável são insuficiência, falta de rede distribuidoras para os povos das regiões. | Investimento na distribuição das águas, criação de condição de acessibilidade por povos indígenas. | A minha organização podem contribuir com educação sobre gestão e consumo das águas de forma sustentável, Não contaminação das águas. | Neste sentido temos só que informar que sempre temos atividades de educação ambiental, saneamento básico. | Yes | ||||||||
55 | New Future Foundation, Inc | United States | North America | Non-Governmental Organization | www.newfuturefoundation.org | Israel’s ability to transform salt water to drinking water | Waste management | Partnernerships for the goals SDG 17 | Biodry2energy.com waste management systems | Yes | ||||||||
56 | Fondazione Proclade Internazionale-onlus | Italy | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | https://procladeint.org | The governements have to be made responsible to provide clean water free of cost as water is a basic fundamental Human right. | Water bodies should not be privatised. Water should not sold. There has to be a UN convention on this and there has to be corresponding national legislations to these effects. | The cleaning of water sources by our organisation. We can network with other organisations for the campaign for Water as basic human right. | Nill | Yes | ||||||||
57 | International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance | Netherlands | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | https://irha-h2o.org/ | Rainwater is often not considered in rural household water supply. Worldwide 1.3% of people use rainwater for drinking and in least developed countries this rises to 2.4% (JMP2017). That water is also used for personal hygiene and food preparation. Without rainwater, we will not achieve SDG 6 and leave quite some people behind. Rainwater harvested and safely stored enhances water security. | Governments and Development Partners need to recognize the role of rain and rainwater for sustainable development and include the option in their policies and projects. It offers many households a lifeline, that can be optimized with little extra effort and subsidy. Many governments will not be able to provide an SDG proof service, so why not support rainwater harvesting as a safe self supply! | The International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) partners with its alliance members around the world to demonstrate proof of concept and show the utility of rainwater harvesting for life and livelihood, rural and urban. Advocacy and promotion at national level, and policy advice and collaboration with UN, universities and the private water sector are triggered by IRHA and its partners. | Sri Lanka: LRWHF facilitated nearly 49'000 systems since 1997 (lankarainwater.org/); Local Gov, NGOs and private sector. Brazil: One Milion Cisterns (2002-…) Over 1.3 million systems built in dry North East. Government programme implemented by over 750 NGOs led by ASA (asabrasil.org.br) Guinea Bissau: Capacity building for Calabash cistern in 12 African countries (degevuldewaterkruik.nl/) from 2015 | Yes | ||||||||
58 | Drink Local Drink Tap | United States of America | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | https://drinklocaldrinktap.org | I have directly worked with over 40,000 rural people in Uganda providing water (and sanitation services) for more than a decade. What hinders progress is: government will and investment of time/money, coordination, vetting of qualified implementers, funding not reaching proven implementors, lack of TRUEcommunity engagement and ownership, lack of monitoring with a feedback and improvement pipeline. | Alignment by funders and governments on how water projects and programming are delivered. Though there is no cookie cutter approach, there are best practices and those best practices if followed (or exceeded) should be raised up and continuously funded. Second, understanding local knowledge and true community engagement practices and again, funding/requiring it as a best practice. And more... | We could help in sharing best practices for monitoring, real community engagement and using appropriate technology with qualified implementers for projects. We could collaborate with others trying to help governments align in vetting implementors and could help, in collaboration, educator funders of how lasting change really happens deep in communities. | Since 2011, we have invested time and financial resources in partnering with local communities to improve health through WASH. The approach of 'taking it slow', making it personal to a community (culturally), working with district officials, and making sure there is gender balance in decision making and discussions is key. It may sound grassroots because it a human-centered approach and I believe it should be valued and considered innovative. Communities have answers and understand nuances of WASH issues very clearly. | Yes | ||||||||
59 | WASH Africa | Cameroon | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | www.washafricac.org | Water is important for our health and water is needed to provide health care services to the sick. All metabolic activities processes take place in a fluid medium. Every individual need to drink at least 2-4 liters of water to maintain the fluid level, unfortunately, up to 50% of the world's population do not have access to potable water and 4 out of 10 health facilities do not have water | Governments and development partners need to ensure that the population as well as health facilities have access to potable water | Sanitation and hygiene promotions, harnessing water for local communities | No idea | Yes | ||||||||
60 | South Asia Rainwater Network | Sri Lanka | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | www.sarainwater.org | The lack of evidence-based research on the water quality of RO water, desalinated seawater and rainwater for drinking. Investing in water quality testing of RO- reverse osmosis plant water, desalinated ocean water and rainwater is important. Afterwards, the research information should be made widely available to policymakers, donors and practitioners to promote the safest option for drinking. | Medical professionals need to be engaged to share findings about patients suffering from kidney diseases due to consumption of poor-quality of water. | SARNET is hosted by the Lanka Rainwater Harvesting Forum in Sri Lanka(LRWHF). Research on Rainwater and its impact on health in Anuradhapura an area that reports of large numbers affected by CKDU a kidney disease of unknown aetiology will be conducted by LRWHF. Therefore SARNET will be able to share the research findings in collaboration with Lanka RAinwater Harvesting Forum from time to time. | During the inaugural infternational conference the following paper was presented Rainwater Harvesting For Improving Drinking Water Quality, Health, And Well-Being In Rural Sri Lanka: The IDEAS-LRWHF Partnership by Dr Hilmy Sally,Scientific Adviser, International Foundation for Science and Director, Infotech-IDEAS, Sri Lanka. It is available on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct0j2fimcYk&t=11912s | Yes | ||||||||
61 | SONEDE | Tunisie | Africa | Business & Industry | www.sonede.com.tn | Sustainable financial schemes to cover the total costs of the utility (providing safe water for everyone and maintaining the network and other infrastructures). | Improve governance at all levels (water resources, utilities, public authorities and communities), by sharing the best parctices around the world and shift to new paradigms | We can share our exprience in dealing with water scarcity, digitalization, non-conventional water and block tariff. We need to collaborate with donors, private sector companies especialized in new technologies (digitalization, water treatment, equipments, public works) | We van share for example our experience regarding the implementation of a GIS system covering our whole network (55.000 Km) funded by the French development agency. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwPr2zA4g9s | Yes | ||||||||
62 | Morya Samajik Pratishthan | India | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | www.moryapratishthan.org | Water quality and sanitation are very closely related. It is said that where there is cleanliness, there will be health, there will be health and prosperity. We know that for our health we need clean open air, clean surroundings and clean water for drinking along with nutritious food. 1) Awareness and Trening 2) Water lab 3) Water Health Ambassador | If we create trained *Water health Ambassador* and implement water for health program worldwide through them, it can transform the whole world. with the help of NGO and other shareholders thous participating UN Water Conference | We need help in getting necessary training materials and information from the training institutes from the experts so that our organization can contribute to the training of water health ambassadors taking into account the idea of water for health. | Considering the proposed topic of water for health, our organization can conduct Water health Ambassador training. Our organization has experience in providing training for more than 16 years and so far we have provided different training to more than seven thousand youth. | Yes | ||||||||
63 | Pawanka Fund | Nicaragua | Latin America and the Caribbean | Indigenous Peoples | https://pawankafund.org/ | The main challenges are: Developing an understanding of the responsibilities of all sectors to make investments. The most critical shortcoming is that investments in water and sanitation are often not executed to ensure sustainability. | Transforming actions must be led by governments, companies, and developed countries, taking into account a holistic water resource management model. In addition to investing in education related to the subject. | The latest report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to water and sanitation mentions and recognizes that Indigenous Peoples have a holistic approach to water resource management. Therefore, Indigenous Peoples should be integrated into these discussions. | The report of the special rapporteur for access to water and sanitation for 2022 was oriented to Indigenous Peoples and mentions management models developed by Indigenous Peoples that have worked for centuries and are now being adopted by the European Union. | Yes | ||||||||
64 | BIOAZUL SL | Spain | Europe | Business & Industry | www.bioazul.com | the main challenge is how it can be that still no all people have access to water, sanitation and hygiene. An in deep analysis of what has been done and and assessment on the actions implemented, what has work well and not what is still missing .. is needed to plan the future actions specially focused on avoiding dead and illnesses, margilisation, environmental pollution... | Action should be focused on delivering results, they should have the impact expected in terms of increasing health and quality of life of the people and the nature. The transformative actions should be inclusive and sustainable, involving all the value chain actors from the beginning. The real participatory approaches (not thost that are only informative) are key for the sucess and the progress. | Eventhough BIOAZUL is just an SME, we are working hard to communicate the value of water for everyone to understand how the sustainable water management in linked to health, ecosystems, gender, food sovereignty. We work in alliances with all type of stakeholders and we have seen that there are many initiatives but still not well interconnected We could contribute by acting as a catalizer. | Working in alliances is mandatory when trying to deal with complex issues such as water and health. This is why we dediced to be active members of different initiatives such as Water Europe (https://watereurope.eu/), Women Emporwement Principles and also promote R&D&i projects on water treatment and reuse (www.richwater.eu, https://suwanu-europe.eu/, www.water2return.com) | Yes | ||||||||
65 | WASH United gGmbH | Deutschland | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | www.wash-united.org | - since 2010, water and sanitation are recognised by the UNGA and states as human rights. How can we use the human rights to catalyse access to services for those currently left behind at the local level? - menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) was overlooked when the SDGs were drafted. How can we fix this mistake that is causing hundreds of millions of women and girls to be left behind? | Organise a session/side-event on how states can use the human rights to water and sanitation to catalyse access to services for the most marginalised at the local level by organising an exchange on the issue, bringing together NGOs and government representatives. Put a spotlight on the issue of MHH at the UN Water 2023 conference, e.g. a photo opportunity using the Menstruation Bracelet. | We'd be happy to co-organise a learning session on the rights to water and sanitation with partners such as like SIMAVI, SWA, WaterAid and governments. We would also be happy to organise a Menstruation Bracelet activation at the conference. | There is strong evidence that the "Make Rights Real" approach helps to change how local government decision makers think and feel about their roles and responsibilities and how they act. Learn more here: https://human-rights-to-water-and-sanitation.org/ | Yes | ||||||||
66 | Social Economic Development Society [SEDS] | Bangladesh | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | https://sedsbd.org/ | For WASH the main challenge is to get safe drinking water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) due to climate change as water level in the sea rises, the underground water contains saline and arsenic and so contaminated that it can't be used as safe drinking water. So, all these contamination in surface and underground water is so hazardous to people living on the coastal line | The sustainable supply of safe drinking water for the vulnerable mass of the coastal belt region must take some alternative actions like rain water harvesting system for the vulnerable people as well as filtering water in large scale can make the life of people safe to get supply of enough drinking water | We need fund for training , making people skilled to handle rain water harvesting system technology as well as surface water filtering technology must be available to them or government should install saline water filtering plant for the coastal belt people | SDG-6 for clean water and sanitation can well be performed in partnership with government to ensure rain water harvesting system technology as well as surface water filtering technology must be available to them or government should install saline water filtering plant for the coastal belt people | Yes | ||||||||
67 | Alvarez and Marsal | Brazil | Latin America and the Caribbean | Business & Industry | www.alvarezandmarsal.com | The main challenge is, for countries that still seek universal access to water and sewage services, how to reach all regions, including peripheries, slums and rural areas. Also the process of environmental education, whether for the user or for the public sector, is a topic that needs to be worked on. | New technological solutions, massive use of individual systems and a basic sanitation education program for all children | With the purpose of carrying out a social transformation, our consultancy seeks to prepare private, public and municipal companies to address their challenges more efficiently, ensuring that the service is effectively provided to the end user and that the accounts are balanced, contributing so for society, the environment and climate pressure. | We are engaged with clients who seek their transformation to meet the new goals established by the federal government, which are serving 90% of the population for sewage collection and treatment and 99% of the population being supplied with drinking water by 2033. We were involved in the biggest concession in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, supporting the company in the search for financing related to the intensive capital of the concession. | Yes | ||||||||
68 | African Women Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network (AWWASHNet) | Nigeria | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | www.awwashnet.org | Social and behaviour limitations on access to water and healthcare facilities Absent of gender water policy in Lagos state. The government interference in attempting to bring in privatizers Private sector interference through the World Bank loans Lack of women’s inclusion in the water sector Mismanagement, corruption, and lack of accountability in the water sector Lack of community involvement | Management in the water and health sector should be accountable. Government at all levels should see and treat water as a human right and allow water to remain in the hands of the public and not privatizers. Engage stakeholders at the community level. Pressure and direct confrontation from AWWASHNet and other civil society organizations on the government to adequately fund water and health sector. | Educating women to have uniform voices to achieve women’s right to water and access to health facilities. Amplify the women’s voices on water access, and health delivery, and make recommendations to the government on issues. Organizing training for women in communities to be key actors in decision-making Allies: Communities, CAPPA, ERA/FoEN, AUPCTRE, Child Health Organisation, NLC | AWWASHNet has in course of engaging and dialoguing with community women unearthed a broken pipe inside the drainage where women fetch water thereby endangering their family health, Bringing government attention and solution proffered. Building women’s resistance against water privatisation has slowed down the Lagos government’s plans to privatise water through the PPP model. (1) Facebook Women Group Decries State of Water, Sanitation In Lagos Communities – Nigerian Current Lagos Residents Who Use Tainted Water Cry For Help – Independent Newspaper Nigeria The LSWC response to our visit to Agboyi: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2018/02/07/lagos-assures-residents-of-agboyi-access-to-potable-water/. Women Group Urges Badagry Residents To Resist Water Privatisation – Independent Newspaper Nigeria Women storm Alausa, petition Sanwo-Olu over water privatisation - (vanguardngr.com) AWWASHNet, activists warn Lagos govt against water privatisation (sunnewsonline.com) Privatisation not solution; make groundwater pollution free - Vanguard News (vanguardngr.com) | Yes | ||||||||
69 | Centro para la Autonomia y Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indigenas (CADPI) | Nicaragua | Latin America and the Caribbean | Indigenous Peoples | https://www.cadpi.org/ | The main challenge is that a good percentage of the world's population still does not have access to drinking water and sanitation, and in indigenous populations this lack is accentuated. The most important deficiency is that many times the water and sanitation systems are not built with cultural relevance, in addition to not considering the water resource. | The main actions must be promoted by the states, in the case of developing countries they must have financing from developed countries. The point of view of the Indigenous Peoples in relation to the care of water and the repercussions on health should be considered. | CADPI can promote alliances with all interested parties to promote knowledge management on water for health from the perspective of the Indigenous Peoples in the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. | The latest report of the special rapporteur for access to drinking water and sanitation mentions many aspects, concepts, and best practices related to water for health from the perspective of the Indigenous Peoples. | Yes | ||||||||
70 | Day Zero Water | The Netherlands | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | https://dayzerowater.org | Lack of cooperation and collaboration; lack of funding; lack of data; lack of information and knowledge sharing; lack of expertise, political and cultural divides. | Establish clear, achievable strategies that promote cross-country and cross-organisational collaboration - led by the UN for accountability. Cross-fertilisation of knowledge, skills and expertise in and between organisations. Access to resources through government collaboration and funds. Potentially via international development funding. | Provision of knowledge and expertise via collaboration with stakeholders e.g. universities, researchers, labs, funders, hospitals and engineers. Developing strategies to improve clean water, sanitation and hygiene facilities as a fundamental human right. | Working with professors and research students in universities. We have used theses findings and research to develop strategies and policies. These findings have influenced new knowledge, innovation and techniques to promote clean water and sanitation initiatives such as hydrological water management. | Yes | ||||||||
71 | Northwestern University | United States of America | North America | Education & Academic Entities | www.hwise.org | Current water indicators are too imprecise to understand how water shapes health; they mask the heterogeneity of water access & use across individuals. Indicators like water stress or the JMP drinking water ladder obscure variation within a country and by, e.g., gender. Second, current indicators are also not holistic enough-- they do not capture non-drinking water uses. | Water security should be measured based on individual’s experiences, just as food insecurity is tracked using an experiential measure (SDG 2.1.2). This is more precise & comprehensive metric that can easily be tied to health outcomes, e.g. child growth & infectious & non-communicable diseases. Nationally representative data using experiential measures is how we see who is left behind. | We would like to help bring a human voice to the water sector by facilitating widespread implementation of an indicator that reveals how water access & use varies by gender, age, ethnicity & other socio-demographic characteristics. We can then tie this information to myriad health outcomes. This requires endorsement of the scales by WHO, UNICEF, & FAO. | We have developed short (3 minutes), reliable, valid, and cross-country equivalent scales to measure experiences of water insecurity (www.hwise.org). These peer-reviewed, open-access instruments (e.g. https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/10/e006460) have been implemented by 100+ organizations in >50 countries. We can share training materials, translations, data from nationally representative samples in 40 countries collected by Gallup World Poll, and evidence from collaboration with FAO & UNESCO. | Yes | ||||||||
72 | 2025 WASH Road Map | France | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | http://www.washroadmap.org/ | A lack of: *prioritisation toward Fragile, Conflict & Violence settings / underfunded emergencies *Capacity & resources of humanitarian actors to respond to ever growing demands for survival WASH interventions *WASH & Health integrated responses & inequity in budget allocation *Resilient WASH services where crises are often predictable *Systemic mechanisms to protect services in conflict area | *Reprioritise/adapt/increase funding toward underfunded emergencies & fragile settings *Finding bolder ways of working in these challenging environments *Equity across sector funding *Support coordination mechanisms *Increase capacity of Humanitarian WASH actors so they can deliver at scale, anywhere and at any time *Protect WASH services in conflict areas (reporting mechanism for attacks on WASH) | The WASH Road Map (RM)'s 36 organisations are collaborating to deliver survival WASH at scale, anywhere, at any time & build resilient WASH services which can withstand crises. RM priorities are *Info & knowledge Management *Capacity Dvp & Professionalisation *Coordination & Partnerships *Resource Mobilisation & Advocacy. They call upon other actors (development, local, private ...) to join the RM | Initiatives 1.1 & 1.2 to optimise collective WASH knowledge management Initiative 1.4 to build a monitoring system integrating quality and accountability as a primary consideration Initiative 1.5 to incorporate research into humanitarian WASH programming Initiative 3.2 to mobilise the private sector and its expertise for WASH interventions Initiative 3.6 to deploy WASH coordination experts in emergencies to support cluster coordination See all initiatives here: http://www.washroadmap.org/initiatives.html | Yes | ||||||||
73 | Japan Brand Communication | Japan | Asia | Other stakeholders active in areas related to sustainable development | https://www.japanbrandcommunication.com | We need more discussion about “living with water”, among them, housing and residence, apartment. Housing includes a combination of healthy water for drink, bathroom, sewerage, sanitation and energy, and is an essential part of life that is related to basic human rights. | As a real action, in the case of Japan, it is necessary to improve the response at municipal government offices, even if only temporarily, to make it easier for people to receive public assistance for livelihood protection for people in poverty, to save the basic human rights to access the water and sanitation in residences or apartment to live. | The key person who can change the behavior of the local municipal city office to save the suffering people in difficulty is politicians and the lawmakers. We will also need the cooperation of house corporate, the real estate industry, and owners of vacant houses. The contribution I can do is to talk about this issue locally and globally. | - | Yes | ||||||||
74 | Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat) | United Kingdom | Europe | Health | www.NGOsBeyond2014.org | ‘Access’ is the greatest challenge for the marginalised and furthest behind women and children who daily spend hours collecting water. Without easy access to water where they live, ‘safe’ and ‘clean’ water is only a far-off dream. Access allows for women’s income-generating activities and children’s education and the health of the women, particularly related to safe motherhood, is improved | They must emphasize reaching those furthest behind and going the last mile now in providing access to safe drinking water, hygiene and sanitation, appropriate to the respective locations. It requires a multi-sectoral approach involving governments, UN entities, NGOs, academia and other stakeholders, with interlinked approaches to related SDGs, especially involving women and communities | We contribute to interlinkages among SDGs 3 - 6. Water stored in funded water tanks in rainy seasons means less time & effort for women and children collecting water in dry seasons. It improves health & increases income-generation & school attendance. Research on impact of rainfall on safe motherhood (SDGs 3 & 6), in collaboration with global NGOs and universities ensures integrated approaches | To provide NCENT women’s group in Mutugunda, western Uganda with water tanks, Commat publishes “Gorilla gazette” (http://ngosbeyond2014.org/gorilla-gazette-newsletter/). Individual endangered mountain gorillas in nearby Bwindi Impenetrable National Park contrast their lives with those of the women. Makerere University is developing a research survey, supported by SafeHands, a UK-based global NGO | Yes | ||||||||
75 | M･E･S.Co.,Ltd. | Japan | Asia | Non-Governmental Organization | https://y-mes.co.jp | Wastewater from medical facilities contains residual bacteria, viruses, disinfectants, antimicrobials, and anticancer drugs. More than 80% of the world's medical facilities discharge wastewater into sewers, rivers, and oceans without treatment. Pharmaceutical ingredients are also contained in drinking water. The impact on the ecosystem is serious. It must not be released into the environment. | Our wastewater treatment system injects and circulates nano-bubble ozone through a nano-bubble generator into a sterilization reaction tank, and later injects chlorine dioxide, which is activated to produce a strong sterilizing effect. The amount of ozone and chlorine dioxide injected is extremely small (2 ppm), so there is no effect on the human body and running costs can be significantly reduced | By using a device that purifies and detoxifies wastewater from medical facilities and treating wastewater within the facilities, we can stop the current situation of polluting the environment and ecosystem. Experimental results of inactivation of norovirus at K University and anthrax at N University have been obtained. We will devise a way to manage this device with a smartphone. | We hope that the people working in the wastewater treatment facilities at medical facilities will be able to maintain their health and that safe drinking water will be available wherever they go in the world. With the cooperation of the United Nations, foundations, and funders, we would like to install this facility in developing countries as soon as possible. https://y-mes.co.jp | Yes | ||||||||
76 | Union of Community Development Volunteers | Uganda | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | www.ucdv.org | As we all know that "water is life", in order to have healthy communities, provision of clean water access and sanitation should be given priority by having adequate resources to address this challenge. Awareness/ sensitization is also very critical and if not not addressed, it can hinder the whole process of enhancing services towards "Water for Health"Governments, development agencies, scholars, and other stakeholders need to delve into ways to move from the infrastructure and supply focus approach in the water and sanitation sector towards achieving sustainability of services. For instance, source sustainability in the case of the water supply scheme is very important to achieve water security and ensure positive public health outcomes. | Resource mobilization strategies, sensitization, Advocacy, Behavior Change Communication (BCC) from up to bottom must be considered in order to overcome the challenges associated with "Water for Health", given priority at the UN 2023 Water conference. | Union of Community Development Volunteers can contribute to the theme of "Water for Health" by having multiple interventions related to water at household, institution and community levels. Being a grassroot organization with vast experience at the local communities, We would like to collaborate with all the different funding agencies, UN agencies, Governments, Universities, Hospitals and others. | In collaboration with various partners, for the last 18 years of its existence, Union of Community Development Volunteers has spearheaded the provision of clean Water access, Improved Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) with the aim of improving the health standards of the less privileged. over 1,000 water sources have been provided benefiting 1.4 million people. Project title: Sembabule Water for Health project, Namutumba Clean Water and Sanitation Projects, Kalungu Water for people project, among others. We have collaborated with different partners ranging from funding, technical up to the beneficiaries on the ground. | Yes | ||||||||
77 | Association pour le Devenir des Autochtones et de leur Connaissance Originelle (ADACO) | Gabon | Africa | Indigenous Peoples | www.adaco-gabon.com | Le manque d'accès à l'eau potable pour tous mais surtout la protection et la gestion de cette ressource par les Peuples Autochtones. | Les Etats doivent mettre en place des politiques communautaires d'accès à l'eau et donner la possibilité aux autochtones de mieux gérer cette ressource. | L'eau pour les autochtones et communautés locales est fondamentale à la vie et elle participe à toute les activités de la vie quotidienne surtout les activités culturelles et spirituelles. | Il faudrait mettre en place des initiatives ou des projets qui valorisent l'eau dans toute ces composantes. Ces projets doivent être liés au patrimoine culturel de chaque peuple et de chaque région. Dans le cadre de la médecine traditionnelle au Gabon, le Ganga ou médecin traditionnel utilise l'eau pour ses potions, bains naturels et décoctions (www.adaco-gabon.com). | Yes | ||||||||
78 | Flanders Knowledge Centre Water | Belgium | Europe | Science & Technological Community | https://vlakwa.be/en/about-vlakwa | Emerging pollutants (such as pharmaceuticals), anti-microbial resistance. | The need of a cross-sectoral approach to tackle this challenge (role of the pharmaceutical sector, doctors, pharmacists, patients, health insurance, waste treatment, waste water treatment, ...). chain problems need chain solutions. Paradigm shift: The water pharmacist - https://h2050.be/en/doordrijvers/bekijk-alle-doordrijvers/water-pharmacist | In Flanders/Belgium we are working on a called Green Deal Sustainable Care where everybody takes actions to tackle this joint challenge: | https://omgeving.vlaanderen.be/nl/green-deal-duurzame-zorg | Yes | ||||||||
79 | The Able Plus Research Center | Pakistan | Asia | Persons with Disabilities | http://aprec.tech/ | The most important challenge, in our view, is the access to safe drinking water by marginalized segments of society (i.e. persons with disabilities, people living below poverty etc.) in developing countries. The non-availability of infrastructure required to cater the needs of these segments is the major hindrance in this area and should be discussed in UN Water Conference. | The adoption of public-private partnership mode in developing Safe drinking water infrastructure is a transformative action need to be taken by the authorities in developing countries. The framework and a working mechanism to develop such a partnership needs to be discussed in UN Water Conference. | Our organization, The Able Plus Research Center (ApRec), can contribute in developing partnerships between public departments and private sector. ApRec can bring other stakeholders together including universities, civil society organizations etc. to develop meaningful engagement in achieving the desired goals of ‘Water for Health’. | The Able Plus Research Center (ApRec) has completed a project to investigate the Safe water and sanitation conditions for persons with disabilities in Universities of Pakistan. The survey involves 80 Universities of Pakistan and results has been presented in a conference held in Peshawar, Pakistan. ApRec is also collaborating with public entities in Pakistan (Water and Sanitation Authority etc.) and international research institutes (Stockholm International Water Institute) to initiate “Sanitation in Public Spaces of Lahore” project soon. | Yes | ||||||||
80 | Meteorological Directorate | Syria | Asia | Governmental Organization | meteo.sy | leadership provided, stakeholders involved and ways of collaboration | Yes | |||||||||||
81 | Womenvai | Portugal | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | www.womenvai.org | Poor access to water, water and air pollution, bad quality drinking water resources affects people’s health, and these health impacts need to be part of the discussion. Water plays an integral part in the provision of menstrual health. Hindering progress in menstrual health, lacking WASH facilities, and the fact that commonly used menstrual health products often contain toxic ingredients. | Health impacts of pollution need to be analyzed in an intersectional way, acknowledging gender, class, socioeconomic dimensions. Action required for researchers and their funders. We need stronger international legislation to prevent (water) pollution & their health impacts. These need to go to the source of the pollution. This needs to happen across ALL consumer products. | Thanks to the Womenvai Academy Program we do work with women in developing regions in this area of entrepreneurship of Water for Health | Womenvai Academy - www.womenvai.org | Yes | ||||||||
82 | Coalition Eau | France | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | www.coalition-eau.org | - Huge gap in the implementation of the human rights to water and sanitation for billions of people. - Low access to WASH, in peri urban and rural areas in particular, that leads to an increase in diseases and health risks. - A lack of targeted policies and budgets specifically for sanitation. - A general lack of prioritisation towards Fragile, Conflict, and Violence settings (emergencies) | - States : Recognise and implement the human rights to water and sanitation, with strong legislations and institutional frameworks, appropriate governance mechanisms and budgets. Special efforts should be made for the sanitation target. - Actors should implement a human rights-based approach in development programs. - Donors : Reprioritise funding toward underfunded emergencies and fragile context | Implementation of advocacy activities in France and at the international level, and support to civil society networks in West Africa | Study Brief (Coalition Eau, 2021) “The Human rights based approach in the water and sanitation sector” : https://www.coalition-eau.org/wp-content/uploads/study-brief-the-human-rights-based-approach-within-the-water-and-sanitation-sector.pdf Solidarités International and ACF (NGO members of Coalition Eau) : Initiative 1.4 of the Humanitarian WASH Road Map, to build a collective monitoring system integrating quality and accountability as a primary consideration at national humanitarian coordination platform level | Yes | ||||||||
83 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Europe | Education & Academic Entities | www.water.ox.ac.uk | A key challenge is sustainable funding operation and management for safe water systems. Significant investment has been made in infrastructure in the past few decades, but a high proportion of those investments will not achieve the health outcomes we expect due to functionality or water safety issues for communities, schools and healthcare facilities. | Unlocking public finance and attracting new forms of funding is required. Current allocations can be more efficient and equitable if directed to larger service areas rather than individual waterpoints. Policy reform is showing how this can be successfully achieved with results-based funding to deliver sustainable services at affordable costs. | Oxford is collaborating with government and enterprise to design, test and modify models that can be adapted to local contexts in both Africa and Asia. This includes professional service delivery models for schools and healthcare facilities where current water provision is inadequate with high but avoidable impacts for girls, boys and the vulnerable. | Oxford collaborates with Uptime which has delivered over US1 million of results-based funding for over 1.5 million rural people in 7 countries in 2022. In 2023, the work will extend to Latin America and India with an estimated 3 million rural people. Oxford has collaborated with the Government of Bangladesh and UNICEF for a model for safe drinking water in schools and healthcare facilities, 'SafePani'. This work has a strong focus on water safety planning and water quality monitoring to address the significant challenges in the coastal zone. | Yes | ||||||||
84 | AquaFed - The International Federation of Private Water Operators | Belgique | Global | Business & Industry | www.aquafed.org | Sector reforms to be deployed quickly. Need to quadruple efforts.. Create the enabling conditions for (public-private) partnerships.Private operators, in their partnerships with public authorities, contribute significantly to delivering performing and good quality, affordable public services in water and wastewater management; The conference should focus on key examples of good practices. | - Direct help and guidance for gov’ts for governance and sector reform - Priority in gov’t budget allocations and priority in IFI and multi-lateral organisations - A non-biassed view on the potential contributions that can be made. - Sharing of good industry examples (digitalisation, affordability mechanisms) - Appropriate training and education, focus on the next generations of professionals | - Share recent experiences with governments and stakeholders on the “new types of contractualisation” - Innovative solutions, including innovative solutions for financing, exist and are being put in place - Good governance, adequate regulation and performant operations management are key. Operators (public and private) can learn from each other. | - It is essential that service providers (private or public) engage in a meaningful dialogue with civil society and with their customers to be able to assess the priorities and demands. - For “Water and health”, a crucial priority lies in developing good water and wastewater management in schools, public facilities, hospitals etc. | Yes | ||||||||
85 | End Water Poverty | South Africa | Global | Non-Governmental Organization | https://endwaterpoverty.org/ | Inequalities in water (and sanitation) access remain entrenched along lines of race, nationality, gender and class within countries, and between countries. A paradigm shift is needed. Water is not only an economic and environmental good, but a fundamental human right and a public service, to which everyone is entitled, without discrimination. | The human rights framework sets out internationally agreed normative standards of available, affordable, accessible, quality, dignified WASH, and human rights principles of equality, participation and non-discrimination. If these principles and standards are applied to water planning, financing and delivery systems, the result is transformative to reduce poverty, inequality and related SDGs. | End Water Poverty is a global CSO coalition with 150+ members in 90 countries, we campaign for WASH justice with members, partners and allies at global, regional, national and sub-national levels, funding local actions across WASH, health, food, housing, gender, civic space, water for livelihoods and environmental justice sectors. | Claim Your Water Rights; Making Rights Real; OHCHR's Human Rights To Water and Sanitation Roadmap, the UN Special Rapporteur mandates, among others, partner to campaign for inclusive, rights-based WASH services, to combat stigma and discrimination and to support and amplify the agency of marginalised groups. WASH inequalities are not accidental. Intersectionality, international human rights, and civic freedom are key to new paradigms and praxis. https://endwaterpoverty.org/claim-your-water-rights/; https://human-rights-to-water-and-sanitation.org/; https://www.ohchr.org/en/water-and-sanitation; https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-water-and-sanitation/about-mandate | Yes | ||||||||
86 | UC Berkeley | United States | North America | Education & Academic Entities | www.berkeley.edu | Gender equality is acknowledged as key but the necessary steps to gender mainstreaming in the water and health space are still progressing slowly. It is still the norm to discuss multiple challenges to water and health, and also their potential solutions, with gender being considered a "special need" or "special interest". This is not progressive. | It is essential for governments, agencies under the UN umbrella, non-profits, and private sector to: fund the WASH sector with all funding having gender-equality potential; create opportunities for women's leadership in the water sector, beyond "participation"; fight harmful norms and stereotypes; prioritize collection of sex-disaggregated (as opposed to "household") data in the water sector. | Academic institutions can direct research towards countering harmful norms and stereotypes and also lead by example in collecting gender-disaggregated data in all research. All UN agencies can collaborate by example in this process -- not just call for these data but actually change data collection practices. | Academics may not be best positioned to answer these implementation questions...though I would say that WSUP is doing excellent work in the pro-poor water and health arena | Yes | ||||||||
87 | ONGAWA | España | Latin America and Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | www.ongawa.org | WHO and UNICEF estimated that, of the 3.6 billion people lacking safely managed sanitation services in 2020, two thirds lived in rural areas, and 92 per cent still practised open defecation. 40 per cent of the world’s population, do not have handwashing facilities at home, like nearly half of all schools. Most of them in rural areas | More political prioritization and budget allocation to impoverished rural communities and marginalized population that are leaving behind (handicaped people, indigenous, women, ..) to achieve universal access to safe water and sanitation. To facilitate the participation of these groups in decision making process, and the desing and implementation of WASH policies and actions | Sharing learnings from our experiencie working with marginalized people. Reinforcing capacities of local goverments Support local communities to demand their water and sanitation human right Rasing awareness and advocacy actions of rich countries | - Escuela de lideresas (Nicaragua): long term process of reinforcing women capacities, knowledges and leaderships in decision making in rural areas. https://youtu.be/8Y2xElL8il0 - Tontines (Senegal): groups of women that assume the leadership in sanitation promotion in their communities. - Menstrual Hygiene Management in rural communities (Tanzania): breaking taboos with women, men, teachers and childen participation https://youtu.be/X-r-lYV0HlY https://youtu.be/YKbxYlW0_Oo | Yes | ||||||||
88 | Superintendencia Nacional de Servicios de Saneamiento (SUNASS) | Perú | Latin America and the Caribbean | Other stakeholders active in areas related to sustainable development | www.sunass.gob.pe | Los principales retos que impiden el progreso en materia de Agua para la salud son: la falta de acceso al agua segura o agua potable y las brechas en saneamiento a la que están expuestas las comunidades más pobres. En tanto, como deficiencias tenemos: la calidad de la prestación de los servicios y la escasa valoración de los servicios de saneamiento. | Las acciones transformadoras son: Mejoras en la prestación de los servicios, la ampliación de la cobertura y el trabajo en educación sanitaria, dichas acciones deberían trabajarse desde las empresas prestadoras de servicios. Cabe resaltar que, en materia de educación sanitaria, también están llamados a la acción los Ministerios de Vivienda, Construcción y Saneamiento y el de Educación. | La Sunass, contribuye al tema agua y salud, a través de su Programa Educativo, que busca crear una cultura valorativa de los servicios entre los integrantes de la comunidad educativa. Ello con el respaldo del sector educación: Direcciones Regionales de Educación, Unidades de Gestión Educativa Local (UGEL), universidades y escuelas profesionales, que aportan en las diversas etapas del programa. | Desde la creación del Programa Educativo de la Sunass (https://www.sunass.gob.pe/productos-sunas/programa-educativo/) hemos logrado involucrar a más de: • 6 218 colegios • 39 271 docentes • 1 308 425 estudiantes • 12 839 padres de familia Todo esto con el apoyo de nuestros aliados estratégicos como Ministerios, universidades, colegios profesionales, empresas públicas y privadas. | Yes | ||||||||
89 | Public Services International | France | global | Workers & Trade Unions | https://publicservices.international | Blended, innovative financing is not leading to more money. Public subsidies to attract private finance is unfeasible in wat/san. Profit maximisation in wat/san is problematic. Private equity & other financial groups specialise in extracting maximum profits. They know nothing about wat/san. These proposals in SDGs will likely lead to a halt of public investments. | Public finances to be strengthened. Water must take a position, e.g., on tax issues at national and global levels; on debt relief; on austerity and conditionalities. Being neutral on these issues means supporting the status quo. Public banks need to have broad mandates to support public infrastructure. Sub-sovereign lending strengthened. Rating agencies to treat municipalities fairly. | Trade unions in public services defend workers’ rights and interests, including Decent Work. We also train and mobilise on Gender Equity; Tax Justice; Trade & Investment Treaties; IFIs; Digitalisation; Migration; Climate Justice, etc. Workers are community members and must mobilise alongside others to create the political pressure for change. | More attention to human rights frameworks, connecting water with other rights : health, education, housing, food. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwil3a6Avrr6AhVshM4BHaCQDHcQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gi-escr.org%2Flatest-news%2Fenough-is-enough-privatisation-and-public-sercices-a-well-attended-conversation-with-current-and-former-un-special-rapporteurs&usg=AOvVaw3fOzQgU6lUwYYvXneyMmoS Creating coalitions across public services for joined-up campaigning to increase political pressures https://peopleoverprof.it/campaigns/our-future-is-public?id=13210&lang=en. Connecting water and climate campaigners. UN needs to open up to more activists who are needed to build the political wills that are lacking. | Yes | ||||||||
90 | Right2Grow | The Netherlands | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | www.right2grow.org | As of today, almost 200 million children under five years old still suffer from stunting, wasting or both. Moreover, 785 million people lack even basic drinking water services while 2 billion people still do not have basic sanitation facilities such as toilets or latrines. | Right2Grow believes that zero undernutrition and zero people without access to basic WASH services, requires a people-centred and community-led approach with stronger emphasis on the most vulnerable and difficult to reach. The nexus between nutrition and WASH leads to a healthy life for all. | By combining WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) with food & nutrition security and care, stunting can be tackled and child health improved. This integrated and sustainable approach focuses on having local communities drive their own behaviour change. | Right2Ggrow focuses on one outcome: child health. This is done by changing behaviour for better health based on the needs of communities. Right2Grow strengthens local voices and partnerships and invest in communities, community-based organisations and civil society organisation to collect their own data and stories on nutrition and WASH. Right2Grow cooperates with communities to hold their nearest relevant government officials to account for what is needed planned, and (often not) delivered. The communities are the drivers of change and demand basic services for WASH and nutrition. With their stories and evidence they can then in turn convince national and international leaders and official to make better choices. Indicators of progress include handwashing with soap at the five critical times, use of hygienic latrines, regularly monitoring child growth, pre- and post-natal care for women, menstrual hygiene, and meeting minimum dietary needs – especially for pregnant and lactating women and children under five. The integration of multiple aspects, the involvement of local communities, governments, and tracking progress make Right2Grow sustainable and impactful. | Yes | ||||||||
91 | United Youth for Peace, Education, Transparency and Development in Liberia (UYPETDL) Inc. | Liberia | Africa | Non-Governmental Organization | https://twitter.com/unitedyouthforp | There is a great deal of political will for water, sanitation, and hygiene across the globe. There is a need to convert that political will into political leadership, and into stronger laws, policies, and budgets at national and local levels. Sector ministers are strong leaders in the WASH sector, but they need more policy and budgetary support from their Parliaments. | Parliaments in every country should launch a Parliamentary WASH Caucus partnership with civil society. Parliamentary WASH Caucuses, informal associations of Parliamentarians, can forcefully advocate within their Assemblies for the prioritization of WASH. There are several such Caucuses already active (e.g. Uganda, Liberia) but more are warranted to accelerate progress toward SDG6. | My organization, in partnership with others including Accelerate Global (John Oldfield) is supporting the Legislative WASH Caucus in Liberia, and is prepared to work with many others in launching Parliamentary WASH Caucuses across the globe. For a Parliamentary WASH Caucus to succeed there must be a strong WASH civil society network, and a Water Ministry willing to partner with the Caucus. | Accelerated progress toward SDG6 ultimately is in the hands of elected officials in all countries. If we are to meet the 100% target of SDG6, we must convert political will into genuine, sustained political leadership which is key to ensure accountability. Parliamentary WASH Caucuses have already proven their success in a small number of countries, and there is an opportunity to replicate and scale those successes. Water ministries are making progress, but the sustainability and acceleration of that progress rely on continuing, growing support from elected officials in their countries at national levels (e.g. Parliament) and local levels (e.g. state governments, mayors, city councils) with strong push from citizens | Yes | ||||||||
92 | ICOMOS Interntional Committee on Underwater Cultural Heritage | Spain | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | https://icuch.icomos.org/ | Creating not only a campaign for more adequate policies that reflect the interests of all stakeholders and specific to our interests include recognising the wellbeing associated with the public’s enjoyment of underwater cultural heritage, but also making people part of the solution. | Including also mental health and wellbeing in the discussion. Health encompasses many aspects of human life, which includes the connection we have with our own past, the roots to our ancestors. The heritage of this past is on and in the sea and river beds. | A large part of mental wellbeing is the sense of identity, since identity can provide a feeling of belonging but also of dissonance, conflict and violence. Humanity has interacted with and lived on and around water for millenia, so underwater cultural heritage provide testimony to many periods and aspects of our shared history such as human trafficking, conflicting relations or gender inequalities | We can help to identify the need for water in the past and the role it plays in society.As 70% of the world’s surface is covered by water, heritage becomes a potential source of knowledge for the identity of communities that can help us understand the motives of current situations shaping individuals and communities' identities, helping to mental health. | Yes | ||||||||
93 | Entreprise Forward and Fellow alumni of Women Deliver | Mali | Africa | Private Philanthropic Organizations | www.womendeliver.org | Enhanced Hydration. Advanced Nutrition. Better Health. Hydration and nutrition are fundamentally important if you are to enjoy high levels of wellbeing. At Water for Health we are passionate about natural approaches to health - particularly focused around hydration, proper body pH balance and quality nutrition. However, many people remain without access to improved drinking water. | However, many people remain without access to improved drinking water. Access to safe drinking water is measured by the percentage of the population having access to and using improved drinking water sources. | At Water for Health we are passionate about natural approaches to health - particularly focused around hydration, proper body pH balance and quality nutrition. Since we understand the benefits that hydration and nutrition can bring, we have sourced a range of products from all over the world. | Yes | |||||||||
94 | PLOS | United States | North America | Science & Technological Community | www.plos.org | To build a strong and openly accessible evidence base for decision-making, information sharing is needed to enable all to meaningfully find and implement solutions. Co-creation of approaches between varied stakeholders for research, intervention planning and design, and implementation that maximize positive outcomes, acceptance (and local ownership where applicable) will be needed for success. | Governing bodies and funders must change how research, interventions, information sharing, and collaborative projects are incentivized, funded, and evaluated to put a larger emphasis on equity and inclusion for all stakeholders. Also, they must incentivize for open sharing of all articles outputs, including support for data management plans, and https://www.go-fair.org/ sharing principles. | We are a non-profit publisher dedicated to driving equitable Open Science principles that connect researchers across communities. We are working with researchers towards truly inclusive global information sharing infrastructures that empower researchers, local/indigenous communities, professionals, and organizations to take evidence-based action on the most pressing issues our planet faces. | In Feb 2022 we published the OA journal PLOS Water with 1) stringent Open Data policies 2) scope criteria fostering more holistic thinking and solutions 3) equitable OA business models and 4) Inclusion in Global Research Policy - a dynamic forum for driving environmental policy and decision-making. https://plos.io/3rjJw94; https://plos.io/3fvDijA; https://plos.io/3RmEZ07; https://plos.io/3E5xKa2 | Yes | ||||||||
95 | Sanitation and Water for All | United States of America | North America | Global Partnership | sanitationandwaterforall.org | Human rights to water & sanitation are core of SDG6. We cant discuss SDG6 without discussing lack of access to safe, sufficient & affordable WASH & the devastating effect on health, dignity &prosperity of billions Main challenges are Lack of Political Prioritization & leadership Fragmentation Weak Systems Funding Gap | Political leadership to prioritize WASH within national, regional &global agendas A stronger enabling environment Innovative ways to secure resources to cover costs of pandemic & kick-start economic recovery &green economy Accountability central for accelerating sustained progress, strengthening collaboration, inclusive participation, & resilience Sanitation & hygiene essential to econ dev | SWA works on mobilizing partners in governments, utilities, regulators, financial institutions, UN, civil society, research organizations & private sector SWA partners believe universal access requires more than building wells or latrines It needs strong leadership &good governance political prioritization participation of vulnerable groups ensuring finance holding each other accountable | SWA acts as a catalyst for change, highlighting the importance of human rights, gender equality, integrity, transparency and mutual accountability in all its work with partners. The SWA Impact Booklet: Celebrating progress and change gathers stories of the impact of the partnership's work. https://www.sanitationandwaterforall.org/impact-swa-partnership-around-world | Yes | ||||||||
96 | One Million Wells | United States | North America | Non-Governmental Organization | https://www.onemillionwells.org | The challenge is to replace existing tools and methods that have failed to make sufficient progress in providing groundwater for health and replace them with tools that have proven to be more effective. For example, borehole drilling equipment currently used has failed to be successful in keeping to the time schedule and therefore should be examined and compared to new tools that are available. | There needs to be a reexamination by the UN of the sources of groundwater. There should be adoption of the use of sources that naturally recharge aquifers with little or minor alteration of natural landscapes. For example, greater use of water in alluvial plains and when that is not sufficient, a re-injection in the aquifer of treated water. Rivers of the world 1 2022.xlsx | We won a Patents for Humanity Award. Our drill can be manual or powered and drills using air lift reverse flow. It does not inject mud into the aquifer. It drills large diameter boreholes suitable for irrigation or drinking water. It is faster drilling, cheaper to use, easier to use, longer lasting and produces a better borehole. We can change the world & save SDG6. We need partners to help scale! | We are an educational and training NGO. We have drilled more than 500 training boreholes and trained more than 450 drillers https://1drv.ms/x/s!AglCyzMf1rkIgqRcDxVSu7n8D0UP3A?e=xQpT1R. We won a Patents for Humanity Award for our invention. https://1drv.ms/x/s!AglCyzMf1rkIgqRcDxVSu7n8D0UP3A?e=xQpT1R. We are drilling in Africa, India, South America, Central America and build our equipment in countries where we work. https://www.onemillionwells.org. | Yes | ||||||||
97 | World Vision | United States | Global | Non-Governmental Organization | wvi.org | We must address the hidden operational costs of WASH systems and make them evident at the design phase. This larger price tag will require strong political will, engagement and financing. Donors and implementers must consider new approaches to attract blended financing for O&M. Also, more permanent sanitation and handwashing facilities should be seriously considered to prevent backsliding. | Additional financing is needed at all levels: stronger government resolve and investment, increased accessibility of affordable WASH loans, better ability for small business to obtain capital for WASH products, and willingness for donors to move from emergency response to development work. In addition, collective advocacy of community members must be harnessed to hold governments accountable. | World Vision works in communities for 15 years. We gain high trust with communities and strong relationships with local governments. We leverage these relationships to advocate for a stronger focus on WASH. At the national level, multiple ministries often are the duty bearers for WASH. Inter-agency conversations should be strengthened to reduce redundancy and increase effectiveness of spending. | World Vision puts communities first and prioritizes equitable inclusion of all community members. This results in a strong community advocating for their rights with the local government. See description of our use of the Citizen Voice and Action model for WASH here: https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-it-s-time-to-bring-equity-to-the-fore-in-wash-programming-100503 WV is committed to leveraging US$1 Billion in funds to achieve our WASH goals as outlined in our FY21-25 WASH Business Plan: https://www.wvi.org/our-work/cleanwater/wash-business-pla | Yes | ||||||||
98 | Women Engage for a Common Future - WECF | Germany | Europe | Non-Governmental Organization | https://www.wecf.org | - (Air) pollution from transport & (chemical) industry pollute rivers & seas, including drinking water resources.This affects people’s health & could be part of the discussion.- Water plays an integral part in the provision of menstrual health. Hindering progress in menstrual health are existing cultural stigmas, lacking WASH facilities, menstrual health products often contain toxic ingredients. | Health impacts of pollution need to be analyzed in an intersectional way, acknowledging gender, class, socio economic dimensions(amongst others).Action required for researchers and their funders. We need stronger international legislation to prevent (water) pollution & their health impacts.These need to go to the source of the pollution(chemicals) and need to happen across ALL consumer products. | Contribute to breaking the cultural stigmas on menstruation. We work with companies producing sustainable menstrual products, would like to include more of them in our partnerships.https://bit.ly/3fudhkE. With our Water & Sanitation Safety Planning Programme ToT are conducted, also trainings on building Ecosan uddt toilets which do not pollute the underground drinking water sources are introduced. | In Kyrgyzstan, WECF and Kyrgyz Alliance for Water & Sanitation partnered with local institutions & international foundations managed to enable the connection of more than 300 households with drinking water supply services and improving the health situation in An-Oston: https://bit.ly/3xW4rCY. Our WSSP programme, based on WHO guidelines implemented in four Balkan countries(Albania, North-Macedonia, Romania & Serbia) among 25 schools, 2700 students, 70 teachers, several water operators and local policy makers-https://www.wecf.org/safe-water-sanitation/.Online “Water Classroom” has been developed. SDGs 6 and 4 are essential for relevant stakeholder involvement and improving the Water and Sanitation situation in rural areas in EECCA. | Yes | ||||||||
99 | Red Agua Pública Región de Murcia | España | Europe | Movimiento social | https://redaguapublica.wordpress.com/ | The price of water for human consumption is high for the poor working population, increasing even more in cities where water is scarce and it must be accessed through desalination plants. The privatization of management and the consequent increase in price, have caused water cuts to poor families to be more common every day, and therefore, the systematic violation of the Human Right to Water. | From the obligation to the States to include in their legal frameworks the Human Right to Water as a fundamental and inviolable right, as well as the defense of public management. Municipal measures to comply with this right are very easy to apply, as we are already seeing in many cities. | Our experience gained since 2011, which through social and political action has achieved the mandatory inclusion in municipal regulations of the prohibition of cutting off water to a family without consulting the Municipal Social Services, and the application of a fee reduced based on a vital minimum. Water outages have been reduced to a minimum, and when they occur, they can be reversed. | It is difficult here to develop the work of years, which continues to monitor the application of the measures proposed by the Public Water Network that have been institutionalized and the demand for 100% public water management. Even so, the evidence of the almost eradication of water cuts to poor families in the municipality is presented as a possible practice that requires the assurance that the water service is 100% public. https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20111213/comarcas/protesta-cortes-agua-familias-20111213.html https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/tarifa-plana-agua-20190322004733-ntvo.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F | Yes | ||||||||
100 | Closing the Water Gap Working Group | United States of America | North America | Education & Academic Entities | https://www.fordinstitute.pitt.edu/2020-2021-working-groups-0 | Increased investment in aging water and sanitation systems; water affordability, quality, governance that is public, transparent, democratic. Promoting regulations for emerging contaminants, expansion & recognition of local capacity, incorporating WASH in climate change financing. The Conference should provide guidelines for evidence-based practice that centers equity & quality in water governance | The UN 2023 Water Conference should provide clear guidelines for evidence-based practice that centers equity and promotes transparency in water governance. Ex. establishing affordability programs & boosting information access. Water quality must also be a priority, to regulate emerging contaminants & create local/national/global networks for achieving technical capacity to implement best practices | Our Working Group conducts research and partners with local organizations that work for clean and public water and aim to improve water governance practices that center equity, quality and transparency. We provide more details of this in the next category. | Locally in Pittsburgh our working group collabs with local water systems on expansions of their affordability programs https://www.fordinstitute.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/assets/2021-22%20Working%20Groups/2020-21%20WG%20report%20REDUCED%20-%20Closing%20the%20Water%20Gap%20Pittsburgh%20Water%20Assistance%20Programs%20Report.pdf https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/juipol/v71y2021ics0957178721000643.html | Yes | ||||||||