Introduction to the Global Sanitation Fund

Tuesday 19 August
Lunch Side Event

Convenor: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)

12:05-13:25   Room K21

Jon Lane, Executive Director of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), will give a short presentation about the Global Sanitation Fund, followed by questions and discussions. The Global Sanitation Fund, launched in March, is a multi-donor pooled fund that is part of WSSCC's work, hosted by WHO. Its purpose is to support national efforts to help poor people attain sustainable access to basic sanitation. WSSCC selects countries to be supported according to clear criteria. In each such country, the fund channels money to competent organisations mainly to carry out hygiene promotion, social marketing and awareness raising about sanitation, in accordance with national sanitation policy. Full details are on www.wsscc.org