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UNU-MERIT is a joint research and training centre of United Nations University (UNU) and Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
UNU-MERIT’s mission is to provide insights into the social, political and economic factors that drive technological change and innovation. The Centre's research and training programmes address a broad range of policy questions relating to the national and international governance of science, technology and innovation, with a particular focus on the creation, diffusion and access to knowledge.
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FINISH: Unique partnership aims to spur innovation in India’s sanitation sector
While the necessity of improving access to water and sanitation programmes is unquestionable, achieving significant scale remains a challenge for many developing countries. FINISH (Financial Inclusion Improves Sanitation and Health) is a unique initiative that aims to harness and integrate expertise from diverse sectors including financial services, sanitation engineering, health sciences and local development programmes, and to identify mechanisms for more effective inclusion of poor communities in sanitation services. UNU-MERIT’s partners on the project include Indian health insurer TATA-AIG and BISWA, a micro-finance company; WASTE, a Dutch-based international environmental network; Dutch bank SNS Reaal; and Maastricht University’s Faculty of Health Sciences. On 29th August, UNU-MERIT hosted a stakeholder workshop that generated a concrete mix of academic, private sector and civil society perspectives for the further implementation of the research programme. |
An Ecosan (waterless) public toilet in an Indian slum built with a grant from WASTE.
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