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Barry M. Jackson selected Programme Manager of the Global Sanitation Fund
Mr. Barry M. Jackson, a British national with extensive experience in sanitation and in pro-poor financing for development, was announced today as the first Programme Manager of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council’s (WSSCC) new financing mechanism, the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF). Mr. Jackson will join WSSCC in September after 19 years at the […]
Global Sanitation Fund Takes First Steps Forward
Launched on 14 March 2008 by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), shortly after confirmations of contributions from donors totaling more than $50 million, the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) is taking its first concrete steps in Nepal, Madagascar and Uganda. Scoping work is under way in the above countries, discussions with the governments […]
Netherlands donates US$ 44 million to Global Sanitation Fund
The Netherlands have kick-started the Global Sanitation Fund with US$ 44 million, Dutch media reports. The Fund was launched by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) on 14 March 2008. WSSCC Executive Director Jon Lane said in a radio interview that he hopes the fund will operate with US$ 100 million a year. […]
WSSCC launches Global Sanitation Fund on 14 March 2008
Geneva, 7 March 2008 – The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is launching on 14 March 2008 in Geneva the Global Sanitation Fund, the first global financing mechanism to increase expenditure on sanitation and hygiene. For more info see the article published earlier in Source Weekly Read more about the launch here
