13 August 2008 - Barry M. Jackson selected Programme Manager of the Global Sanitation Fund

 

Barry M. Jackson, a British national with extensive experience in sanitation and in pro-poor financing for development, has been selected Programme Manager of the Global Sanitation Fund.

As Programme Manager, Mr. Jackson will manage the further development and operation of the GSF, reaching out to existing and potential donors and working closely with partners and governments where the GSF is being implemented.

 “Of the many aspects of my professional life, my work in community sanitation has always been the most rewarding," said Mr. Jackson, 59. "I believe that this new position with WSSCC is an opportunity to use much of my professional experience to date: as sanitation adviser, policy analyst and project manager responsible for international grants and loans. I foresee that the biggest challenges of the job will be to identify promising approaches to improving sanitation in areas where progress has been slow, and then to make available the most appropriate form of financial support that will catalyse a significant acceleration in both behavioural change and sanitation coverage.”

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