SIWI World Water Week 2024 is fast approaching! This year, experts from around the globe will explore the theme ‘Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future.’ At FINISH Mondial, we are thrilled to contribute our innovative insights on finance and solutions in sanitation, water, and hygiene by leading and engaging in a variety of discussions. Whether you plan to attend in person or online, we warmly invite you to join our sessions (detailed below). We are also eager to connect, collaborate, and exchange ideas with you. If you are curious about our projects, considering a partnership, or have ideas to share, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact us at finishmondial@waste.nl to arrange a meeting. We look forward to connecting with you soon!

Live Talkshow: Pioneering Pathways – Harnessing Private Capital for WASH Impact in the Global South

Sunday 25 August – 14:00-14:20 | on-site and online

Explore the quest to draw private capital into the WASH sector in developing markets, focusing on the journey of Global South’s pioneers. We’ll tackle investment risks, navigate the SME-centric ecosystems for financial sustainability, and strategise on structuring investments for impactful, sustainable financing for SDG6.

with Suresh K Krishna from Yunus Social Business, Carolina Latorre from the Take-a-Stake team and Pamela Bundi from our FINISH Mondial Kenya team

Live Talkshow: Financing the Future – Pioneering Sustainable Investments in WASH and Waste

Tuesday 27 August – 11:00 -11:20 | on-site and online 

SMEs are vital to the WASH supply chain and to achieve SDG6. Yet, they often lack access to funding. In this talkshow we will be following the journey of social innovators who are investing in WASH SMEs in India and Africa and hear stories of juggling risks, navigating through imperfect ecosystems and bullet-proofing new strategies to structure investments for impactful, sustainable financing for SDG6.

with Kajetan Hetzer from WASTE

Invitation only: Transformative roundtable discussion on driving sustainable WASH investments in Africa

Wednesday 28 August – 11:00-12:30  | on-site

According to the UN’s 2023 Africa Sustainable Report over 60% of Africa’s population lacks access to basic sanitation services. Closing the financing gap is critical to overcoming this challenge, ensuring clean water and sanitation for all. Drawing on 16 years of experience working across four African countries, our FINISH Mondial team (India, Kenya and The Netherlands) will discuss and explore collectively with key African stakeholders how to effectively collaborate and mobilise private sector investment to ensure sustainable WASH financing. This roundtable will be hosted together with our partner Cardano and the Take-a-Stake team from WASTE.

Workshop: Strategies for Attracting Private Investment in WASH – Advancing SDG

Wednesday 28 August – 14:00-15:30  | on-site

In this workshop we will be delving into how to attract private investment to the WASH sector in developing markets. Learn from Global South pioneers, assess investment risks, explore SME ecosystems, and craft strategies for structuring sustainable investments to achieve SDG6. Engage in hands-on exercises for real-world application.

This event will be hosted by the Take-a-Stake team who will be joined by representatives from FINISH Mondial, the UNICEF Innovation Hub, Cardano, Yunus Social Business, The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund and Banka Bio.

Main session: 5-Key Lessons for Strengthening Sanitation Markets

Thursday 29 August –14:00-15:30    on-site | online

The FINISH Mondial team will be appearing as speakers on this exciting journey hosted by UNICEF and LIXIL as part of their Make a Splash! Partnership. You are invited to join us as together we share 5 key lessons from 5 years of strengthening markets to reach 10 million consumers. Through storytelling and role play we will share practical insights, from working beyond supply and demand interventions to leveraging public-private promotions.

Full Programme SIWI 2024

 

 

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