Young Water Fellowship, check it out

The dictum of Agenda 21: “Think globally, act locally” is now more relevant than ever. The new global sustainable development agenda is set. Translating the agreed principles to practice is where the challenge lies. If we are serious about an “all-of-society engagement and partnership” as the pathway for implementing the 2030 Development Agenda, substantial investment in the preconditions for local action is a must.

The Young Water Fellowship is a flagship programme in this regard and I am proud to serve on its International Steering Committee. In 2018 through 2020, the Young Water Fellowship programme will focus on social entrepreneurship.

Young Water Solutions (YWS) supports young people from low and middle income countries to transform their innovative ideas into sustainable businesses in the water and sanitation sector and therewith simultaneously addressed two of today’s major challenges: youth unemployment and lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation.

For more information, see http://youngwatersolutions.org