The WASH Sustainability Charter is a collaboration between corporations, NGOs, and other stakeholders committed to achieving universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). The Charter outlines best practices across 5 areas - strategy and planning, governance and accountability, service delivery support, financial management, and reporting and knowledge sharing - to promote sustainable WASH programs. Over 100 organizations have endorsed the Charter, which aims to strengthen collaboration and drive innovation in the WASH sector.
Introducing the RotaryGlobalRun4Water, a fundraiser for Rotary, Rotaract and Interact clubs planned for the week of September 30th, 2012 with the goal or raising awareness and funds for clean water and sanitation. We hope you are inspired to join us. Sign up and learn more at http://www.rotaryglobalrun4water.org
By Guy Hutton, Didier Allely and Rolf Luyendijk. Prepared for the Monitoring sustainable WASH service delivery symposium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9-11 April 2013.
Introducing the RotaryGlobalRun4Water, a fundraiser for Rotary, Rotaract and Interact clubs planned for the week of September 30th, 2012 with the goal or raising awareness and funds for clean water and sanitation. We hope you are inspired to join us. Sign up and learn more at http://www.rotaryglobalrun4water.org
By Guy Hutton, Didier Allely and Rolf Luyendijk. Prepared for the Monitoring sustainable WASH service delivery symposium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9-11 April 2013.
For those who couldn’t attend Wikimania, the annual international Wikimedia conference, this panel of top contributors to the wiki community reviews some of the latest developments, lessons learned, and what to expect from Wikimedia in the future.
Adina Levin of SocialText leads a panel that includes Wikimedia executives and other noted wiki experts as they share highlights from Wikimania 2009. The panelists discuss a project that would allow Wikimedia to be more usable for contributers, opportunities to help Wikimedia move forward, and the latest wiki trends.
Yahoo!'s Micah Alpern describes the culture of Wikimania. Sue Gardner, Wikimedia's executive director, covers the foundations priorities and projects. Ed Chi of PARC summarizes his much-discussed research on the slowing growth of Wikipedia, with data, models, and possible explanations. Naoko Komura shows off the achievements of Wikimedia's Usability Project and describes its future plans. Jack Herrick of wikiHow describes his company's efforts to increase contributions to wikis.
The broad wiki community is strong, productive, and inventive, and our panelists are a few of the people who help make it a success. Whether you use wikis for reference, contribute to wikis at work, use other kinds of user-contributed media, or participate in open-source communities, you'll learn a lot from these experts.
The USAID Ghana WASH Project: Sharing Our ExperiencesGhanaWASHProject
Presentation by the USAID-funded Ghana Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project as part of the USAID Joint Dissemination Workshop in Accra, Ghana, February 19, 2014.
For those who couldn’t attend Wikimania, the annual international Wikimedia conference, this panel of top contributors to the wiki community reviews some of the latest developments, lessons learned, and what to expect from Wikimedia in the future.
Adina Levin of SocialText leads a panel that includes Wikimedia executives and other noted wiki experts as they share highlights from Wikimania 2009. The panelists discuss a project that would allow Wikimedia to be more usable for contributers, opportunities to help Wikimedia move forward, and the latest wiki trends.
Yahoo!'s Micah Alpern describes the culture of Wikimania. Sue Gardner, Wikimedia's executive director, covers the foundations priorities and projects. Ed Chi of PARC summarizes his much-discussed research on the slowing growth of Wikipedia, with data, models, and possible explanations. Naoko Komura shows off the achievements of Wikimedia's Usability Project and describes its future plans. Jack Herrick of wikiHow describes his company's efforts to increase contributions to wikis.
The broad wiki community is strong, productive, and inventive, and our panelists are a few of the people who help make it a success. Whether you use wikis for reference, contribute to wikis at work, use other kinds of user-contributed media, or participate in open-source communities, you'll learn a lot from these experts.
The USAID Ghana WASH Project: Sharing Our ExperiencesGhanaWASHProject
Presentation by the USAID-funded Ghana Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project as part of the USAID Joint Dissemination Workshop in Accra, Ghana, February 19, 2014.
Human transformation of freshwater ecosystems is rapidly exceeding capacity required to sustain the conditions we need to survive and thrive. Water crises are already impacting people around the globe—from river basins in California and China, to the cities of São Palo and Bangkok. Under current population and growth trends, the 2030 Water Resources Group predicts global water demand will exceed available supply by 40 percent by 2030.
Each year on 22nd of March, UN-Water — the entity that coordinates the UN’s work on water and sanitation, organises events across the world to celebrate World Water Day. The day is an international observance and an opportunity to learn more about water related issues, be inspired to share stories and take
action to make a difference.
Owing to several years of engagement in the water sector, Ambuja Cement Foundation took the initiative to commemorate World Water Day 2017 by hosting ‘A participatory dialogue on cocreating
water positive communities - Exploring Synergies, Sharing Solutions’ where 4th Wheel Social Impact was the knowledge partner.
Monitoring Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage for SustainabilityRyan Rowe
The purpose of this presentation is to shed light on how a new toolkit from the World
Health Organization and UNICEF can help to monitor and evaluate household water
treatment and safe storage projects for greater sustainability.
Engineering A Global Movement In Social Responsibility Ver3Jeffrey Mills
An interactive session with a high school students (10-12th graders) discussing the challenges of providing clean potable water and sanitation services to the world’s growing population. Delivered in April 2010 at 36th annual NSBE National Convention in Toronto, CA.
Presented by IWMI's Barbara van Koppen at a Southern African Development Community (SADC) workshop on ‘Developing a SADC Water Research Agenda’, held on April 8-9, 2015, in Pretoria, South Africa.
Sustainable Village Water Systems Program (Jan 24th)osuglobalwater
This presentation provides a brief overview of how the sustainable village water systems program is impacting the everyday water issues that thousands of Tanzanians face every day.
Water Sustainability Summit What will it take Get in the gr.docxjessiehampson
Water Sustainability Summit
What will it take?
Get in the groups
that you were in last time
The Process We Have Been Modeling Is Happening All Around the World…
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Water Sustainability Summit
What will it take?
Lake Oroville, California - Before Summer 2015
“the use of water that supports the ability of human society to endure and flourish into the indefinite future without undermining the integrity of the hydrological cycle or the ecological systems that depend on it.”
Sounds good.
What’s Gleick’s own critique of this?
“By itself, however, it is too general to offer guidance for water managers, planners, and scientists.
To make decisions about how to allocate and use water resources, other goals and criteria need to be identified.”
We Start with Peter Gleick’s Take on Water Sustainability
Gleick, P (1998). Water in Crisis: Paths to Sustainability. Ecological Applications, 8(3): 571-579
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His seven criteria sound pretty good too. Are we done?
Is this all it takes?
How prioritize these recommendations?
Is this the best way to frame it?
How do his recommendations compare to those found in the other readings?
Peter Gleick’s Take on Water Sustainability
Why do you think this particular article was assigned for everyone to read instead of one of the other 5?
What does water “consciousness” mean?
How do the recommendations in this article compare to Gleick’s?
What ideology is represented in this article?
Discuss…
Clarke - On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement Building Principles
On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement Building Principles
Clarke, T (2008). On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement Building Principles, in Lohan, T, ed., Water Consciousness. AlterNet Books. Pp. 161-167
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Eight Movement Building Principles
Water Integrity
Treat water with reverence and respect
Water Commons
Water must be available to all people and nature
Resist commodification of water
Water Sovereignty
Local communities must be able to control their watersheds
Water Equity
Justice and equity favor public water supply systems
Water Conservation
Use only what we need
Water Quality
Protect ecosystems and human health
Water Security
Prevent water conflicts
Water Democracy
The people become the guardians of water via grassroots, bottom-up activities
Clarke - On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement Building Principles
Do you subscribe to this conclusion?
Clarke, T (2008). On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement Building Principles, in Lohan, T, ed., Water Consciousness. AlterNet Books. Pp. 161-167.
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The Global Dimension of Water Governance: Why the ...
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
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. Background on the WASH
Sector
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
• Why water?
• What types of projects?
• What types of organizations?
• What is “Sustainability”?
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4. Changing Today, For Tomorrow
If every hand pump
installed in Africa
in the past 20
years still
worked, nearly 70
MM more people
would have access
to water.
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5. Sustainability Eludes WASH Sector
• Over 50 percent of all water projects
fail, less than 5% of projects are visited
after project completion, and far less
than 1% have any longer-term
monitoring. (1)
• Over the last 20 years, over 180,000
hand pumps installed in Sub-Saharan
Africa have failed
pre-maturely, representing a total failed
investment of between $1.2 and $1.5
billion (2)
• Weak data hides the true scope of the crisis.
In one study in Mozambique, the
government reported that 72% of the
population had water access. Data showed
actual coverage of 21%, with the discrepancy
caused by water point failure. (3)
1. Water.org. http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/
2. The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. http://www.irc.nl/page/48398
3. Water For People. http://support.waterforpeople.org/site/DocServer/Breslin-Rethinking-hydrophilanthropy-012910-web.pdf?docID=1521
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6. 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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7. GWC WASH Sustainability Forum
Objectives:
• Bring donors and implementers
into the sustainability
conversation
• Identify best practices of
sustainability
• Build consensus around elements
of sustainability and establish
charter of principles
Participants
• 96 participants
• 50 public institutions, private
sector leaders, and NGOs
represented
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8. 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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10. 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 United Force for Development (UFFD)
Climbing for Water Enterprise, 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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11. The WASH Sustainability
Charter
5 areas
16 principles
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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12. Strategy and Planning
• Consider solutions that are equitable, environmentally-friendly, and
well-suited to the specific needs and long-term operations and
maintenance capabilities of the local community.
• Align planning efforts with other stakeholders, including
development organizations and national/local governments.
• Meaningfully include consumers and other stakeholders
throughout the planning and budgeting processes.
• Assess full life-cycle risks during planning and develop appropriate
risk mitigation strategies.
• Consider the long-term education, capacity-building, and training
needs of stakeholders.
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13. Governance and Accountability
• Clearly articulate and document roles, responsibilities,
commitments, and expectations of all stakeholders
while recognizing the central role of women in WASH
solutions.
• Promote and deliver programs where all stakeholders are
accountable to each other and operate in a transparent
manner.
• Evaluate the capabilities and capacity of the consumers,
community, and service providers when determining
their roles in ongoing service delivery.
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14. Service Delivery Support
• Develop and promote a local operational infrastructure
(e.g. replacement parts, curriculum, maintenance
capability, supplier network, etc.) that enables long-term
service delivery.
• Prepare the consumers and/or other stakeholders to take
responsibility for the service delivery support processes.
• Establish mechanisms to educate stakeholders and to
ensure that education transmission is sustained over time.
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15. Financial Management
• Utilize financial resources for their intended purposes,
as agreed-upon by all stakeholders, throughout the
service delivery life-cycle.
• Establish a long-term financing plan that realistically
accounts for all phases of the service delivery life-cycle.
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16. Reporting and Knowledge Sharing
• Utilize appropriate and consistent metrics, evaluation
criteria, and tools to monitor and measure performance
relative to long-term service delivery throughout the
solution life-cycle (including post-implementation
phases).
• Share data and lessons learned – both from failures and
successes – in order to provide continuous improvement
throughout the sector.
• Adopt and use consistent financial and operational
reporting frameworks.
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17. 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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18. Benefits of 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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19. From a Document to a
Movement
• Webinar Series
• Survey and Report
• SustainableWASH.org
• WASH Sustainability
Process
• Endorse
• Assess
• Improve
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20. Lessons for Other Sectors
• Start talking with your peers to “build
buzz”
• Don’t worry about the details
• Start small, both in size and scope
• Find the specific need to address
• Engage peers throughout the process
Presentation Prepared by Global Water Challenge
Read pre-amble, time permittingTo help change this, a broad cross section of the WASH Sector came together to develop the WASH Sustainability Charter. The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Education (WASH) Sustainability Charter is a collaboratively-developed mission and set of guiding principles to advance sustainable solutions in water, sanitation, and hygiene education.Open source – It is developed by the sector, for the sector. Rather than one organization, over 60 organizations have contributed, and continue to contribute to the living document through an ammendment process, the first of which will be happening soon. Brought to life by endorsers – It is endorsers that put the Charter into practice that transform this charter from a document into a powerful force for changing the way we, as a sector, do business. These endorsers have already made this document more than ever anticipated.Value-add for all – The Charter was developed to be applicable wherever you are on the sustainability spectrum (NOTE: This exercise will be done earlier in the day). Also, developed to apply whether you focus on water, sanitation, or hygiene education. Agreed upon best practices – The principles in the Charter carry authority, as they represent the combined learnings and experience of the sector as a whole.Strengthened by broad endorsement – The universality of the document advances its role as a common platform for progress. The fact that it has over 150 endorsements cements its value as a valuable common language and universal framework.Quick note on enforcement: The Charter is an aspirational document, not a governing one. It will not be directly monitored or enforced. However, it is intended that WASH stakeholders will encourage and assist each other in applying the Charter’s principles, and ultimately, in improving the sustainability of WASH services around the world. That said, opt-in mechanisms are being developed to allow for robust self and third-party assessment.
There has been much discussion today about sustainability. For me, it is summed up in one simple fact:
Read pre-amble, time permittingTo help change this, a broad cross section of the WASH Sector came together to develop the WASH Sustainability Charter. The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Education (WASH) Sustainability Charter is a collaboratively-developed mission and set of guiding principles to advance sustainable solutions in water, sanitation, and hygiene education.Open source – It is developed by the sector, for the sector. Rather than one organization, over 60 organizations have contributed, and continue to contribute to the living document through an ammendment process, the first of which will be happening soon. Brought to life by endorsers – It is endorsers that put the Charter into practice that transform this charter from a document into a powerful force for changing the way we, as a sector, do business. These endorsers have already made this document more than ever anticipated.Value-add for all – The Charter was developed to be applicable wherever you are on the sustainability spectrum (NOTE: This exercise will be done earlier in the day). Also, developed to apply whether you focus on water, sanitation, or hygiene education. Agreed upon best practices – The principles in the Charter carry authority, as they represent the combined learnings and experience of the sector as a whole.Strengthened by broad endorsement – The universality of the document advances its role as a common platform for progress. The fact that it has over 150 endorsements cements its value as a valuable common language and universal framework.Quick note on enforcement: The Charter is an aspirational document, not a governing one. It will not be directly monitored or enforced. However, it is intended that WASH stakeholders will encourage and assist each other in applying the Charter’s principles, and ultimately, in improving the sustainability of WASH services around the world. That said, opt-in mechanisms are being developed to allow for robust self and third-party assessment.
Over 100 people involved in the development of the draft charterAnother 50 or so in the review~70 endorsers
Those three examples are only a small fraction of the XX endorsers that are employing the Charter to improve the way they work:Donors-Hilton Foundation-WSP-Voss FoundationOthersImplementers-CARE-WATERAid-World Vision-WSUP-WSSCCLocal NGOs-CREPA-Nepal Water for Health-Kenya’s Water Services Trust FundOther Stakeholders-WASRAG-H20 For LifeGovernment, entrepreneurs, and others
Framework - For further conversation, talk in the same termsRoadmap - Help organizations assess areas for improvement and determine how they can operate sustainablyChecklist - Simple tool for ensuring that the conditions for sustainability are createdConversation Starter - Does your team agree with the Charter? Commitment - Publically demonstrates that sustainability is a priorityDesigned to create a community of practice, upon which the sector can unite
How do we lay the framework for a sustainable program? This involves assessing the capabilities of the community, effective coordination, engagement with all stakeholders, including beneficiaries from the beginning, assessing and mitigating risks, and understanding the change management that needs to take place.
Due to the increased focus on sustainability, many new efforts are helping to move the sector forward. The Charter provides the framework to ensure that all efforts are aligned, connectable, and harmonized. Key sustainability efforts that the Charter’s principles are aligned with include:-Triple S, -SWA, -collaborative monitoring efforts, such as the recent Accountability Forum pilot in Honduras-Networks and coordination organizations, such as WASH Advocates and GWC-Emerging innovative efforts, such as the work being done around WPYs
Just as all of these organizations have benefitted from engaging with the Charter, you can too.
A good amount of progress has been made since the Charter was first discussed a year ago. While we are excited to see the way things are moving, this is just the beginning:Stone Prize – This prize for innovation, being launched by the Stone Family Foundation, will help to identify pioneering initiatives that are developing sustainable and effective services to get clean drinking water to people who need it. Release of the Landscape Report – This report, an outcome of the WASH Sustainability Survey, will provide a landscape review of the strengths and growth opportunities of the WASH Sector, using the Charter as a framework. Created in collaboration between Deloitte and GWC, this report will hilight the areas of the Charter that organizations from throughout the WASH supply chain have identified as priorities for improvement. This will lay the groundwork for the development of tools and resources moving forward.Launch of WARP – This crowd-sourced database will use provide easy access to tools and resources that can help organizations achieve the principles of the Charter. The WARP will launch with the many resources identified through the landscape survey, and continue to aggregate helpful sustainability tools. The database will be searchable, aligned to the Charter’s principles, and provide ratings for the various resources. Development of Opt-In Charter Assessments – GWC will be collaborating with others in the field to develop diagnostic tools for WASH stakeholders to thoroughly examine their implementation of the WASH Sustainability Charter. These tools will be an excellent mechanism for improving sustainability, as they will take an organization through a process of internal review to identify strengths, weaknesses, and ultimately opportunities to enhance processes around lasting service delivery. These assessments will be entirely optional. It is anticipated that a self-assessment and third-party assessment tool will be developed. WASH Sustainability Webinars – GWC and WASH Advocacy Initative will continue to partner with other stakeholders to host occasional webinars. These webinars will provide a virtual forum for advancing the discussion around sustainability by focusing on a key topic and leading a discussion with experts on the topics. Webinars to date have included a conversation on the options for post-implementation monitoring and another on the ways in which to build sustainability into programs from the beginning. Stay tuned for an update on a webinar coming up soon!Collaboration on WASH Sustainability Tools – As an outcome of the WASH Landscape efforts, GWC will work with leading stakeholders in the development of tools that help address the greatest opportunities for improvement in the sector. If you have tools you are currently working on, or ideas for sustainability resources that do not yet exist, please let us know.
A good amount of progress has been made since the Charter was first discussed a year ago. While we are excited to see the way things are moving, this is just the beginning:Stone Prize – This prize for innovation, being launched by the Stone Family Foundation, will help to identify pioneering initiatives that are developing sustainable and effective services to get clean drinking water to people who need it. Release of the Landscape Report – This report, an outcome of the WASH Sustainability Survey, will provide a landscape review of the strengths and growth opportunities of the WASH Sector, using the Charter as a framework. Created in collaboration between Deloitte and GWC, this report will hilight the areas of the Charter that organizations from throughout the WASH supply chain have identified as priorities for improvement. This will lay the groundwork for the development of tools and resources moving forward.Launch of WARP – This crowd-sourced database will use provide easy access to tools and resources that can help organizations achieve the principles of the Charter. The WARP will launch with the many resources identified through the landscape survey, and continue to aggregate helpful sustainability tools. The database will be searchable, aligned to the Charter’s principles, and provide ratings for the various resources. Development of Opt-In Charter Assessments – GWC will be collaborating with others in the field to develop diagnostic tools for WASH stakeholders to thoroughly examine their implementation of the WASH Sustainability Charter. These tools will be an excellent mechanism for improving sustainability, as they will take an organization through a process of internal review to identify strengths, weaknesses, and ultimately opportunities to enhance processes around lasting service delivery. These assessments will be entirely optional. It is anticipated that a self-assessment and third-party assessment tool will be developed. WASH Sustainability Webinars – GWC and WASH Advocacy Initative will continue to partner with other stakeholders to host occasional webinars. These webinars will provide a virtual forum for advancing the discussion around sustainability by focusing on a key topic and leading a discussion with experts on the topics. Webinars to date have included a conversation on the options for post-implementation monitoring and another on the ways in which to build sustainability into programs from the beginning. Stay tuned for an update on a webinar coming up soon!Collaboration on WASH Sustainability Tools – As an outcome of the WASH Landscape efforts, GWC will work with leading stakeholders in the development of tools that help address the greatest opportunities for improvement in the sector. If you have tools you are currently working on, or ideas for sustainability resources that do not yet exist, please let us know.