The Water Credit Forum 2023, a flagship event of Water.org, was held Tuesday in the capital Dhaka with the theme “Unlocking Growth and Driving Development: Opportunities in Water and Sanitation Financing for Households, MSMEs, and Utilities”.
Over 150 representatives from different NGOs, INGOs, multilateral and bilateral agencies, MSMEs, startups, infrastructure companies and think tanks joined the event.
Md Fashiullah, executive vice chairman of the Microcredit Regulatory Authority, was present as the chief guest.
Water.org shared its plans to ramp up its operations in utilities and infrastructure financing in South Asia and globally, facilitating impact investment into MSMEs and financial institutions, and also explore deeper into the nexus between climate change adaptation through its various programs.
In line with the Sustainable Development Goal 6, Bangladesh aims to achieve universal access to safe and affordable water supply and sanitation for all.
Water.org is an international not-for-profit organization working in 11 countries, reaching over 50 million people worldwide with access to safe water and sanitation.
In Bangladesh, the organization has reached 8 million people and mobilized $400 million in capital through leading financial institutions.
The Water Credit Forum is being organized every year to celebrate accomplishments, forge partnerships and chart future directions of Water.org.