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Sanitation and Water for All: Addressing Critical Barriers to Universal Access

Sanitation and Water for All partners aim to address critical barriers to achieving universal and sustainable sanitation and drinking water for everyone. These barriers include insufficient political prioritisation, weak sector capacity to develop and implement effective plans and strategies, and uncoordinated and inadequate investments.

Who Are Our Partners?

Sanitation and Water for All partners are organisations supportive of the Guiding Principles and aims of the initiative, that agree to make concerted efforts to adhere to these principles and progress these aims. Sanitation and Water for All partners cannot be for-profit organisations, although they may include not-for-profit associations or networks of for-profit organisations.

Attached is a full list of partners in PDF format. 

Current partners include:

Developing Country Partners - Any Low Income Country government or Middle-Income Country government which is off-track for the water and/or sanitation MDG targets; including regional governmental associations (e.g, AMCOW).

Donor Partners - Governmental donor agencies, or private foundations, providing funding to water and sanitation.

• Austria - Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• France - Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MAEE) and French Development Agency (AFD)
• Germany - Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
• The Netherlands - Directorate General for International Cooperation (DGIS)
• Switzerland - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
• United Kingdom - Department for International Development (DFID)

Multilateral Partners - UN or other multilateral agencies/mechanisms engaged in water and sanitation.

• Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)
• Centre for Low Cost Water Supply and Sanitation (CREPA)
• Global Water Partnership (GWP)
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
• United Nations University (UNU)
• Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)

Development Bank - Global or regional development banks.

• African Development Bank (AfDB)
• Water and Sanitation Program at the World Bank (WSP)
• World Bank

Civil Society Partners - Regional and global associations of not-for-profit CSOs engaged in water and sanitation.

• African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation (ANEW)
• End Water Poverty (an umbrella for 150 NGOS)
  
• Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA)
• Millennium Water Alliance (MWA)

Research and Learning Partners

• Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology (ISF-UTS)
• IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
• International WaterCentre (IWC)
• SKAT Foundation
• Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
• Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
• Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG)
• Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
• The Water Institute at UNC

Sector Partners - International organisation with recognised sector expertise and influence; this may include not-for-profit associations of private sector.

• African Water Association (AfWA)
• AquaFed
• Arab Water Council (AWC) 
• CARE
• Global Water Challenge (GWC)
• International Centre for Water Management Services (CEWAS)
• International Water Association (IWA)
• Plan International USA
  
• Population Services International (PSI)
• United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA)
  
• WaterAid
• Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)
• Water for People
  

Special Note: Individual CSOs do not need to apply to join the Sanitation and Water for All partnership, but can get involved through the appropriate regional and international networks. The process is being facilitated by End Water Poverty, so please send an email to info@endwaterpoverty.org for more information.