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Urban Sanitation Finance – from Macro to Micro Level: join the online discussion

NEWS 19th June 2015 | Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) is holding a 3-week thematic discussion on the topic: Urban Sanitation Finance – from Macro to Micro Level

Ugu council in South Africa approves R1 billion budget and prioritises WASH

NEWS 18th June 2015 | SOUTH AFRICA The Municipality Council of Ugu, a district on the South African east coast, approved the service delivery budget of R1 Billion (USD 82031430) for the 2015/16 financial year.

Public Finance for WASH at AfricaSan

NEWS 19th May 2015 | Members of the Public Finance for WASH team will participate at the upcoming 4th AfricaSan conference, to be held in Dakar, Senegal, from 25th-27th May.

London debate around sustainable funding models for WASH

On 29th April 2015, a group of water and sanitation experts gathered in the London office of The Guardian newspaper to discuss the ambitious targets get for this Sustainable Development Goal to be achieved by 2030.

A “Banco del Agua” for Spain?

NEWS: A Spanish opposition party has suggested creation of a "Banco del Agua", a water-sector public investment bank for Spain, modeled on the Dutch Nederlanse Waterschapsbank.

WASH sector financing what is new?

What’s new in financing for WASH? Did the 7th World Water Forum in South Korea bring new solutions to the table? Sophie Trémolet explores the old and new insights the forum built upon in her new blog.

“Domestic resource mobilisation will be crucial”, says Ban Ki-moon

The UN’s Secretary General stresses the need for a financial framework which will enable the world to overcome the multifaceted crises we are faced with today, and so live up to the challenges of the post-2015 sustainable development agenda.

Zero Draft: access to WASH will rely on public finance

The Third Financing for Development Conference will take place in Addis in July. The recently released Zero Draft document recognises that ensuring access to water and sanitation will rely primarily on domestic public resources. [Click to read News]

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