Introducing WSUP
WSUP is a tri-sector partnership between the private sector, civil society and academia focused on addressing the increasing global problem of inadequate access to water and sanitation for the urban poor and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets, particularly those relating to water and sanitation.
What makes WSUP unique?
- Its role as professional partner to local service providers interested in improving services to the urban poor at scale.
- Its ability to provide not-for-profit professional support from all sectors which is demand driven and targeted.
- Its commitment to finding new and innovative approaches to deliver change.
- WSUP works with and is guided by local service providers, providing specialised assistance in addressing this complex challenge.
- Its members and partners each contribute their particular skills and experience, pooling their strengths for greater effectiveness and reach.
- Its commitment to open and accountable partnerships and to delivering solutions that will last over time and protect scarce water resources.
- WSUP is an effective and forward-looking choice for investing in the lives of the urban poor.
Who are the local service providers (LSPs)?
Water Utilities
Municipal Service Authorities
Small Independent Providers (SIPs):
- Independent private water operators
- Suppliers of sanitation products and services
- Community Based Organisations (CBOs)
- Water Trusts and User Associations
WSUP exists because of what we perceive to be a failure of both governments and markets to provide access to water and sanitation to a huge number of the world’s poorest people. It was established as a result of the frustration of a group of people who could see what needed to be done, but were constrained by the ways in which their own organisations were able to operate.
The result?
A genuine collaboration between the for profit, not for profit and academic communities that seeks to bring the best of each to bear on one of the world’s most pressing problems.
Will Day - Chair of Board of Directors, WSUP
Downloads
Memorandum & Articles of Association [161kb PDF]
WSUP Business Ethics Policy [78kb Word]