City-wide inclusive sanitation: WaterAid’s experience Read more about City-wide inclusive sanitation: WaterAid’s experience This presentation provided an overview of WaterAid’s approach, including (i) WaterAid’s framing of citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS); (ii) town-wide modeling: the experience in Sakhipur, Bangladesh; (iii) research and influencing to address the working conditions of sanitation workers (global and in India); and (iv) a study on the functionality of wastewater treatment plants.
WASH Seminar Series: Part 2 – Urban Sanitation Read more about WASH Seminar Series: Part 2 – Urban Sanitation Part 2 of the Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series
WaterAid: A WASH strong COVID-19 response Read more about WaterAid: A WASH strong COVID-19 response In this presentation, WaterAid shared their response to COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific, specifically in the eight countries they work in: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste. Given the changing dynamics of the pandemic, WaterAid has taken a context-specific and phased approach to support government-led action plans, depending on rate of transmission and lockdowns, and prioritizing the most marginalized groups.
WASH Seminar Series: Part 1 – COVID-19 Response Read more about WASH Seminar Series: Part 1 – COVID-19 Response Part 1 of the Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series
Coral Fernandez-Illescas Keywords Principal Water Resources Specialist water ADB Read more about Coral Fernandez-Illescas Dr. Coral Fernandez-Illescas is a civil and environmental engineer with experience in the water and sanitation sector and water resources management arena in international development (Asian Development Bank in Manila and Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC) and academia (Harvard University and Princeton University) since 1997.
Piers Clark Keywords Piers Clark Isle Group water waste and utilities wastewater Read more about Piers Clark Piers has more than 25 years of experience in the water, waste, and utilities sectors. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Isle Group Ltd, a technical, strategy, and innovation consultancy which serves over 200 utilities around the world. Piers was previously Asset Management Director and Commercial Director at Thames Water, one of Europe’s largest water and wastewater companies.
Evariste Kouassi Komlan Keywords Evariste Kouassi Komlan UNICEF water sanitation and hygiene WASH utility management Read more about Evariste Kouassi Komlan Evariste supports 14 countries in East Asia and 14 other countries, states, and territories in the Pacific. Before joining the regional office, he deputized the Global WASH Chief in UNICEF Headquarters in New York and acted as associate director for the Chief WASH. Evariste has 30 years of professional experience in WASH, including consulting, institutional strengthening, innovative financing, and fundraising. He holds MSc degrees in utility management and financing from Delft (Netherlands).
Katinka Weinberger Keywords environment climate change water oceans UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific research for development rural development and food systems environmental dimension into social and economic policies Read more about Katinka Weinberger Katinka Weinberger is the Chief of Environment and Development Policy Section (EDPS) in UNESCAP. As Chief of EDPS, she is responsible for planning, coordinating, directing, and implementing ESCAP’s work program in the area of environment, especially on climate change, water and oceans and provides leadership in formulating and coordinating ESCAP’s response to the 2030 Agenda.
Hong Soo Lee Keywords Urban Development water UCCRTF Read more about Hong Soo Lee Hong Soo Lee is a smart city expert with a background in urban policy, planning, and development. He brings experience to support bank-wide initiatives and projects in urban development. Before he joined ADB, he worked at Seoul Housing Corporation and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport in the Republic of Korea and Urban Redevelopment Authority in Singapore.
Guillaume Dulac Keywords economics engineering project development water environment Read more about Guillaume Dulac Guillaume has over 15 years of experience in international project development as a water and environmental engineer and economist. He specializes in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCAS). His work with Development Finance Institutions (DFI) essentially consists in informing project design and packaging, such as economics and quantitative risk analysis at the project appraisal stage.