About the Start-Up Centre
The cewas Start-Up Centre supports university graduates and young professionals to create their own business in the field of integrated (water) resource management and sustainable sanitation. It provides backup and coaching during the entire process from the development of a business idea through to the consolidation in the market. Each year, up to 16 young graduates and professionals (grouped in up to 4 to 6 Start-Ups) get the possibility to follow an intensive one-year Start-Up Programme, which comprises:
- Training and advanced education regarding technological (i.e. sustainable sanitation and water management) and business management issues (e.g. business development, planning and management, financial and legal aspects)
- Coaching by international experts (the cewas Think-Tank) in order to ensure suitable strategic and practical orientation of the business cases
- Teambuilding with the support of external consultants (participants that have shared or complementary interests team up in a Start-Up to develop a specific business case)
- Development of complementary skills (e.g. communication, practical experience in best practice model projects)
- Integration in the cewas network and support for consolidation in the market
- Infrastructure (office sharing community)
Hot Topics
"Involving the private sector to curb water corruption": cewas, together with GIZ and the Water Integrity Network (WIN), organised a side event in order to promote water integrity and curb corruption at the 6th World Water Forum, 16th of March 2012. Read more...
The "Willisauer Bote" published an article about the start of the 2nd Start-Up Programme. It highlights the new possibility of gaining credit points (ECTS) which can be credited for the tertiary education. Download the article here.
The first cewas Forum on Business Development for Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management has been a great success. Download the conference presentations here.
The new cewas agenda for 2012 is out now. Download it here and reserve the dates.
The new cewas flyer is out now. Download it here and share it with your network.
BPD Blog: Why sanitation should be envious of funeral parlours – the challenge of the ‘missing middle’. Read more...
What will the international Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector look like in 10 years from now? The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre has launched a new report scanning the 2020 horizon: An analysis of trends and scenarios in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector.
WSSCC’s new advocacy campaign “GDP for GDP” is focusing on the economic benefits of investing in sanitation.
Find out more on www.wsscc.org.
cewas signs Memorandum of Understanding with ICLEI Africa (Local Governments for Sustainability).
Read the international press release.
Francois Münger, Head of the Water Initiatives Division at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) talks about cewas in a article on "the potential of clean technologies for the water sector".
Have a look at the article of Elina Hiltunen, a forsight expert on "No business like the water business"
