3 October 2008 - For the first time ever, the Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative included a high-level session focused on safe drinking water and sanitation

 

The 2008 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting included, for the first time ever, a session focused on "Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation". The high-level panel explored sustainable, community-led solutions to the global water and sanitation crisis. In particular, the panel focused on decentralised solutions, such as “point of use” technologies for household use, or community-based “micro-utilities” that can deliver safe drinking water as a service with modest capital expenditures.

Programme participants included:

• Tralance Addy, President and CEO, WaterHealth International
• Jon Lane, Executive Director, Water Supply and Sanitation
  Collaborative Council
• Maria Mutagamba, Minister of State for Water, Uganda
• Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Arghyam Trust
• António Guterres, Former Prime Minister, Portuguese Republic, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

To view the hour-long programme, please click here.