Moderator opens the meeting and introduces speakers/panellists.
Panel discussion: moderator leads speaker/panellist 1 and speaker/panellist 2 in discussion of:
- key features of peer networks in supporting city governments to share learning and exchange knowledge, leading to more informed decision-making and robust planning of water and sanitation service delivery.
- background to the SFD tool, its promotion and global roll out, how it supports achievement of SDGs (particularly 6.2 and 6.3), and linkages to the 2025 Congress themes and strategic tracks, namely:
• theme track 1 (innovation in water and sanitation services management)
• theme track 2 (human right to sanitation: leaving no one behind), and
• strategic track 1 (WOP impact)
• strategic track 2 (enabling WOPs and utilities).
– why and how Gates Foundation include the tool in their sanitation projects and programmes, its widespread use in South Asia (over 200 cities), and its adoption into country sanitation policy – particularly in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Speaker/panellist 2 – Showcasing examples of the power of peer-learning, including the adoption of the SFD tool in India and knowledge transfer to South Africa
Speaker/panellist 3 – why and how the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in South Africa is adopting the SFD tool at a national level, and progress to date with institutionalising the tool into the DWS operating framework.
Speaker/panellist 4 – why and how the SFD tool is being contextualised for South Africa, and how it is being rolled out to 36 municipalities using new digital tools for national scale-up.
Moderator leads audience questions and discussion.
Closing remarks