WASH Finance blog
This blog addresses issues related to financing strategies and mechanisms for water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in rural and urban areas with a focus on the poorest and sustainability. It includes news collected by the editor of E-Source and contributions from IRC innovation programme staff working on the Financing and Cost Recovery theme and the WASHCost Project.
Tender: Review of Water and Sanitation Projects in Sri Lanka [deadline 12 October]
03 Oct 12
Danida wants to contract an experienced team of consultants for review of water and sanitation projects in Sri Lanka funded by Danida Business Finance (previously Danida Mixed Credit) during 2003 – 2012. The review includes the following projects: 1) Colombo Sewerage Rehabilitation Project, 2) Towns South of Kandy, Water Supply Project, 3) Greater Kurunegala, Water [...]
Tender: Review of Water and Sanitation Projects in Sri Lanka [deadline 12 October]
03 Oct 12
Danida wants to contract an experienced team of consultants for review of water and sanitation projects in Sri Lanka funded by Danida Business Finance (previously Danida Mixed Credit) during 2003 – 2012. The review includes the following projects: 1) Colombo Sewerage Rehabilitation Project, 2) Towns South of Kandy, Water Supply Project, 3) Greater Kurunegala, Water [...]
Gates Foundation announces new round of grants for on-site sanitation
02 Oct 12
Reblogged from Sanitation Updates: The Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting innovators to send letters of inquiry for round 3 of the Reinvent The Toilet Challenge. Successful applicants will receive grants to design, prototype and test on-site, self-contained sanitation modules for individual families or neighbourhoods. Self-contained means no [...]
Gates Foundation announces new round of grants for on-site sanitation
02 Oct 12
Reblogged from Sanitation Updates: The Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting innovators to send letters of inquiry for round 3 of the Reinvent The Toilet Challenge. Successful applicants will receive grants to design, prototype and test on-site, self-contained sanitation modules for individual families or neighbourhoods. Self-contained means no [...]
Does external funding for WASH in Schools undermine national and local commitment? Join the debate
01 Oct 12
Reblogged from Sanitation Updates: You are invited to join the second in a series of three e-debates on WASH in Schools, inspired by lessons from the SWASH+ Project. It will take place from 1-5 October on ircwash.createdebate.com The key question that we are raising in this e-debate is: When NGOs, donors and other stakeholders fund [...]
Does external funding for WASH in Schools undermine national and local commitment? Join the debate
01 Oct 12
Reblogged from Sanitation Updates: You are invited to join the second in a series of three e-debates on WASH in Schools, inspired by lessons from the SWASH+ Project. It will take place from 1-5 October on ircwash.createdebate.com The key question that we are raising in this e-debate is: When NGOs, donors and other stakeholders fund [...]
Spanish water fund for Latin America drops to US$ 15 million in 2012
25 Jun 12
The total budget for the Spanish Water and Sanitation Cooperation Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean is forecast to be 15 million Euros compared to 150 million Euros in 2011, says Jaime del Rey Gómez-Morata, head of the fund at the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) [1]. As part of its austerity [...]
Spanish water fund for Latin America drops to US$ 15 million in 2012
25 Jun 12
The total budget for the Spanish Water and Sanitation Cooperation Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean is forecast to be 15 million Euros compared to 150 million Euros in 2011, says Jaime del Rey Gómez-Morata, head of the fund at the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) [1]. As part of its austerity [...]
HSBC launches US$ 100 million water partnership with WaterAid, WWF and Earthwatch
13 Jun 12
British multinational bank HSBC has launched a new US$ 100 million, five year partnership with WaterAid, WWF and the Earthwatch Institute. The HSBC Water Programme will bring safe water and improved sanitation to over a million people; tackle water risks in river basins; and raise awareness about the global water challenge. The programme is backed-up [...]
HSBC launches US$ 100 million water partnership with WaterAid, WWF and Earthwatch
13 Jun 12
British multinational bank HSBC has launched a new US$ 100 million, five year partnership with WaterAid, WWF and the Earthwatch Institute. The HSBC Water Programme will bring safe water and improved sanitation to over a million people; tackle water risks in river basins; and raise awareness about the global water challenge. The programme is backed-up [...]
