The Steering Committee decides the policies and strategies of WSSCC, manages the governance process, and is accountable to both the members and the donors for its work.
The Steering Committee includes a Chair, Regional Members, Partner Agency Members, Ex officio Members, Non-voting Invitees, and Permanent Non-voting Observers.
These are the current members:
Chair
Anna Tibaijuka
Regional Members
Peter Cookey, Northern/Middle/Eastern Africa; Victor Chipofya, Eastern/Southern Africa; Umesh Pandey, South Asia; Lwin Khin Maung, Southeast Asia; Latin America (vacant); Rohit Mungra, Small Island Developing States; Akbar Suvanbekov, Central and Eastern Europe/West and Central Asia; Noma Neseni, Open seat/any region of the world; and Barry Jackson, Open seat/any region of the world
Partner Agency Members
Andrew Cotton, Water Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC); Amsalu Negussie, Plan International
Ex officio Members
UNOPS; WHO (until December 2011); and Jon Lane, WSSCC Executive Director
Non-voting Invitee
Jaehyang So, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) Manager
Permanent Non-voting Observers
Donors that currently contribute more than $100,000 per year to WSSCC.
Full details on the committee's composition are in the WSSCC Governance Document.
Elections of the WSSCC Steering Committee
All WSSCC members are eligible to stand and vote in elections for the Steering Committee.
