Introducing finance for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene systems

This introductory course provides you with the insights to accelerate finance for more resilient water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems that can deliver sustainable services to all. It brings together the latest thinking from all over the world and will provide you with a good understanding of finance as an essential part of sustainable WASH systems. 

This course has been created by the Partnership for WASH Systems in Africa of UNICEF, IRC and Water For People, with funding from the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Government of the Netherlands. 

The objectives for this course are: 

• how finance is essential for achieving universal and sustainable WASH services.
• what finance for universal and sustainable WASH services entails.
• the status of finance for universal WASH services.
• what a finance strategy is and the most important elements in it.
• why finance strategies are the foundation for financing sustainable WASH systems.