cewas Middle East and BORDA Iraq have been running the program “Innovating water, sanitation and waste solutions” since July 2019 with the overall goal of contributing to the creation of a Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management (SSWM) Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Entrepreneurs are supported to collaborate with the Government, humanitarian sector and the private sector in developing innovative solutions to ensure the protection of natural resources and the access of water and sanitation for all. Activities such as training courses, seminars, innovation competitions, business development coaching sessions and other tools will be employed to create the demand and supply of sustainable water and sanitation technologies, activating the market of water and sanitation innovation. The aim is to capitalize the potential of innovators developing nature-based technologies, methods and management systems to the sector, assuring that public and private water and sanitation projects are designed, implemented and operated in a sustainable way.
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