Around 100 staff members of WSA out of 344 convened on Sunday
the 24th November to discuss: organization communication strategy;
WSA soft power and what this entails; conclusions from the HLF and how to do it
better next year; how to take forward the accomplishments of the 2013 HLF and innovative
financing – the key to successfully bringing water for all.
First of all it was a great pleasure and honor for me to be
included within these activities, thus being part of the WSA's way forward.
Second it was declared that Israel will be the special guest
of the HLF 2014 in Cameroon, once again this is a great honor, a great
responsibility and a tremendous opportunity for Israeli companies.
This is the first call for Israeli water, sanitation and
housing companies to attend the forum in November 2014. If we signed 6 LOIs
this year I wonder how many will be signed next……
the beautiful view from my room
the ladies of WSA
Just a few sentences about innovative financing, as
financing is one of the main challenges for water projects in Africa, it is
imperative that WSA find those alternative and innovative products and schemes.
The thing is, that it is within ourselves, once we define why water projects
are especially vulnerable and are not allocated funds, this is where we can
define the solutions, because there is no one challenge which cannot be solved.
For instance if one challenge that water is considered god given and should be
free – you can understand that we should not charge for water but rather for
supply, or better services or, avoidance of health issues and much more. This is
just one out of 14 which we have voiced.
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