Global capacity building for water management: Creative private-public partnerships for practical solutions

The UNMDG will not be realized, in part because of lack of capacity. Infrastructural changes to improve water supply management and sanitation are depended on professionals from many disciplines and countries. Current career trajectories for professionals do not allow for great flexibility;

Employment structures are legally and organizationally exclusionary, creating barriers for outreach and volunteer work within ones discipline; collaboration models are few, often based on individual interests and temporary in nature, lacking prospects for continuation and sustainable levels of human resource input. This presentation will address a novel, creative approach for expanding collaborations between private and public entities, enhancing the professional experience of participants and the human capital of organization. The approach uses the career development of individual professionals as the corner stone, while creating enough momentum that long term projects can rely on sustainable levels of expertise.