About the Think-Tank
The cewas Think-Tank is the central institution providing backstopping to cewas. Think-Tank members (international senior experts and practitioners) support Start-Ups in the development of their business idea and during its implementation and ensure suitable strategic and practical orientation. Members of the Think-Tank cover a large field of the state-of-the-art competences from the sector and they bring in their track record and network. Besides coaching of cewas Start-Ups, they provide ongoing advice, consultancy and support to cewas SMEs form the Business platform.
The roles and responsibilities of cewas Think-Thank members are described as follows:
- Identify key emerging issues in the water, sanitation and waste sector
- Identify the areas with the greatest need for business development
- Identify main areas where new business should primarily be developed
- Identify directions where new water management services shall be provided
- Provide an outlook on where cewas will stand two years from now and how the water and waste sector will develop
- Coaching of cewas Start-Ups
- Backstopping of cewas SMEs
- Ensure that 'cewas does the right things' (vs. the cewas Training Centre: 'do the things right')
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"
