Global Water Challenge (GWC) is a coalition committed to achieving universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). It catalyzes partnerships to fund innovative WASH programs. The WASH Sustainability Charter outlines best practices across strategy, governance, service delivery, finance, and reporting. Over 100 organizations have endorsed the voluntary Charter, which aims to strengthen sustainability across the sector. GWC works to align diverse initiatives and change business as usual through tools like the Charter and by continuing discussions on sustainability.

1. Meeting the Challenges of
Sustainability
January 31, 2012
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2. Global Water Challenge (GWC)
GWC catalyzes high impact partnerships bringing new donors to the sector to fund
innovative and sustainable WASH programs.
Coalition of corporations, NGOs and other stakeholders committed to achieving universal
access to WASH. Members include:
o Corporations: Cargill, Dow, Ford, Kimberly-Clark, Merck, The Coca-Cola Company
o Leading NGOs: WaterAid, Water For People, Water.org, CARE, CRS, etc.
o Foundations: Wallace Genetic Foundation, Case Foundation
Accelerating the delivery of WASH through partnerships that catalyze financial support and
drive innovation for sustainable solutions:
o WASH in Schools: SWASH+, Mexico Schools Program, Support My School, A-WASH
o Women for Water
o Ashoka Changemakers
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3. Changing Today, For Tomorrow
If every hand pump
installed in Africa
in the past 20
years still worked,
as many as 66 MM
more people
would have access
to water.
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4. WASH Sustainability Charter
“To collaboratively promote the delivery of safe water,
sanitation, and hygiene services that produce high-
quality, lasting benefits to consumers.”
• Open-source
• Brought to life by endorsers
• Value-add for all
• Agreed upon best practices
• Strengthened by broad endorsement
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5. The WASH Sustainability
Process
Over 100 Endorsers
• And counting…
Final version was released
• Launched on www.WASHCharter.org
• Notable media coverage
Draft was shared for public feedback
• Feedback submitted from throughout the
sector
Compiled with the support of Deloitte
• With guidance from participants at the Forum
Outcome of the January 2011 WASH Sustainability Forum
• Nearly 100 people
• Over 50 organizations
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6. The WASH Sustainability
Charter
16 principles
5 areas
1. Strategy and Planning
2. Governance and Accountability
3. Service Delivery Support
4. Financial Management
5. Reporting and Knowledge Sharing
Framework | Roadmap | Checklist | Conversation Starter | Commitment
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7. Aligning Diverse Initiatives
• Provides opportunity for consistency
• Leverages and unites initiatives
• Charter is aligned with:
– Triple-S
– Sanitation and Water for All
– Collaborative Monitoring
– WASH Advocates, Global
Water Challenge
– Water Person Years
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8. Changing Business as Usual
Sector-Wide:
• SustainableWASH.org
• Landscape Survey
• WASH Webinar Series
Individually:
• Tool for programming
• Resource for assessment
• Aid in partner selection
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9. Endorsers
Serving Humanity through Empowerment and
a child’s right Development (SHED), Inc.
Africare Sindhica Reforms Society Pakistan
Aguaconsult Solarsido
Agua Para La Vida South African Toilet Organisation (SATO)
An Organization for Socio-Economic Sustainable Environment Development Initiative
Development (AOSED) Global Water Challenge (GWC) Sustainable Sanitation Design
The Aquaya Institute Global Environment & Technology Taakulo Somaliland Community (WASCO)
Behrhorst Partners for Development Foundation (GETF) Tearfund
BIOBOX Moçambique H20 For Life tippytap.org
Blue Planet Network Hazara Development & Advocacy Triple-S – IRC International Water and
CARE Foundation (HADAF) Sanitation Center
Catholic Relief Services Helping Hand For Relief & Development Udyama
Centre for Community Health Research Improve International UGoS
(CCHR) International Development Enterprise, United Force for Development (UFFD)
Climbing for Water Cambodia Upez African Humanitarian Development Project
CLLEEN Water and Power Karnali Integrate Rural Development & (UAHDP)
Community Based Total Sanitation (STBM Research Center (KIRDARC) Village Science
Indonesia) Kenya Community Health Network WASH Advocacy Initiative
Community Water Solutions Liquid Water, Inc Water 1st International
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Living Water International WaterAid
Cowater International Millennium Water Alliance (MWA) Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
CREPA-African Center for WASH Nakuru Defluoridation Company, Ltd. Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group
El Porvenir Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH) (WASRAG)
Engineers Without Borders Australia Portapure Water Services Trust Fund (WSTF), Kenya
Engineers Without Borders Canada Project WET Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council
FairWater Pueblo a Pueblo (WSSCC)
Fantsuam Foundation Pure Water for the World, Inc. Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)
Ghana Young Artisans Movement Rising Star Outreach Water For People
Gramalaya Safe Water and AIDS Project (SWAP) Wellman Waterworks
Guarantee Environment on Water Sark Foundation Welthungerhilfe
Sanitation and Hygiene (GEOWASH) Save the Children, USA Women Collaborative Development Foundation,
Ghana
World Vision
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10. How You can Leverage the
Charter
• Publicly signals commitment
• Provides commonly agreed upon guidance
• Aligns individual approach with sector-wide
conversation
• Delivers competitive advantage
• Strengthens communications
• Offers clear benchmarks for sustainability
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11. Looking Forward:
2012 and Beyond
• Stone Prize (February)
• Release of WASH Sustainability
Landscape Report (March)
• Launch of WASH Advancement Resource
Portal (W.A.R.P) (May)
• Development of Opt-In Charter
Assessments (September)
• WASH Sustainability Webinars (Ongoing)
• Collaboration on WASH Sustainability
Tools (Ongoing)
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12. Join Us!
1. Endorse the Charter, and bring it to life in
your organization.
2. Conduct an internal assessment to determine
the sustainability of your programs.
3. Talk about your data, and learn from it.
4. Leverage best practices and tools that have
been developed.
5. Continue the conversation through
SustainableWASH.org, webinars, and talking
with your partners about the tough
questions.
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