IWA announces advisory board and task force for sanitation

The International Water Association (IWA) has announced the establishment of an advisory board and task force for its Inclusive Urban Sanitation initiative, to provide guidance, feedback and direction on the initiative’s priorities, activities and performance.

IWA’s Inclusive Urban Sanitation initiative aims to reshape the global agenda on urban sanitation over the coming years, especially in low- and middle-income countries. It forms part of IWA’s work to promote inclusive, resilient, water-wise and sanitation-secure cities.

The advisory board and task force consist of sanitation experts, regulators, strategic partners and members from various global regions in order to secure a balanced geographical representation and address a wide variety of sanitation challenges.

The advisory board is made up of 11 high-profile individuals who will act as advocates for inclusive urban sanitation and provide strategic support and guidance for the initiative. The board will focus on expanding the initiative’s outreach and engagement with the broader water and sanitation sector, and in particular with public sector agencies. It will also oversee the work of the task force.

The task force comprises 22 individuals who will provide support to the initiative by discussing and proposing a common framework and guidelines for achieving inclusive urban sanitation, and contributing to the dissemination activities related to the project, including through concept notes, case studies, position papers, blog posts and more.

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Meet the Advisory Board

	Name	Organisation	Country
	Patrick Ty	Manilla Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System	Philippines
	Mathi Vathanan	Housing and Urban Development Department, State of Odisha	India
	Jennifer Molwantwa	Water Research Commission	South Africa
	Margaret Maina	Limuru Water and Sewerage Company	Kenya
	Sylvain Usher	African Water and Sanitation Association	Côte d’Ivoire
	Yvonne Magawa	Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Regulators Association	Zambia
	Kate Medlicott	World Health Organization	Switzerland
	Neeta Pokhrel	Asian Development Bank	Philippines
	Osward Mulenga Chanda	African Development Bank	Côte d’Ivoire
	Thammarat Koottatep	Asian Institute of Technology	Thailand
	Damir Brdjanovic	IHE Delft Institute for Water Education	Netherlands

 

Meet the Task Force

Name	Organisation	Country
Diego Polania	Colombia Regulatory Agency	Colombia
Hitesh Vaidya	National Institute of Urban Affairs	India
Sharmistha Debnath	Department of Public Health Engineering	Bangladesh
Recca Tharmarajah	National Water Services Commission	Malaysia
Allan Nkurunziza	Kampala Capital City Authority	Uganda
Beatrice Chiwala Chibwe	Lusaka Water and Sanitation Company	Zambia
Priscillah Oluoch	Malindi Water and Sewerage Company	Kenya
Funke Adepoju	Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission	Nigeria
Charlotte Adjei	Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources	Ghana
Jay Bhagwan	Water Research Commission	South Africa
Ibra Sow	Pan Africa Association of Sanitation Stakeholders	Senegal
Aditi Dwivedi	CEPT University Center for Water and Sanitation	India
Najib Lukooya Bateganya	Cabinet EDE International	Senegal
Hasin Jahan	WaterAid Bangladesh	Bangladesh
Annabell Waititu	Big Five Africa	Kenya
Srinivas Chary	Administrative Staff College of India	India
Peter Harvey	UNICEF	Nepal
Abishek Sankara Narayan	Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG)	Switzerland
Kirsty Carden	University of Cape Town	South Africa
Charles Niwagaba	Makerere University	Uganda
Juliet Willetts	University of Technology Sydney	Australia
Srikanth Mutnuri	Birla Institute of Technology and Science – Pilani	India

 

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How to get involved

This initiative consists of a project team led by the IWA Secretariat as well as an Advisory Board and Task Force.

In addition, there are opportunities for IWA members to get involved and help shape the outcomes of this imitative and contribute to its mission of achieving inclusive sanitation. IWA members can:

• Attend upcoming webinars from this initiative, more information will be posted in due course on the IWA Learn section of the website.
• Engage with the initiative on IWA Connect Plus where you can share knowledge, lessons learnt and insights on regulating for inclusive sanitation from different contexts
• Get in touch with one of the project team members based within the IWA Secretariat (Suresh Rohilla) if you are working on any similar projects or initiatives that have synergies with this initiative or likewise if you have any relevant case studies you wish to share with us.
• Submit your inclusive sanitation story! iwa-network.org/sanitation-stories
• Join the discussion online using #SanitAction to promote inclusivity for resilient, water-wise, and sanitation-secure cities!