The study will be executed jointly with Triodos-Facet, ICCO, Fair & Sustainable and local partners.
The project includes a Feasibility Study with three distinct phases:
- Market study
- Business plan
- Conclusions and action plan
1. Market study
Objective:
The objective of the market analysis is to identify the demand / need for watsan financing on two levels:
- The specific demands for financing of entrepreneurs
- The specific demands of households
- The demand / need of (micro finance)banks for support to overcome bottlenecks to meet the demand for financing of small-scale local watsan services.
Business Plan
Objective:
The objective of the Business Plan is to gain insight in the financial and institutional sustainability and feasibility of the Facility.
Key input for the financial plan and organizational set-up of the Facility is the information collected in phase 1, the market study.
Workshop / Conclusions
Considering the wide interest for this theme, the findings of the market study and the business plan will be shared during a series of workshops. The ideal setting would be the World Water Week in Stockholm in 2011. Launch for investment Objectives of the workshop are to (1) share findings and (2) to obtain feedback and ideas and (3) to interest potential funders / partners for actual implementation of the Facility (provided the results of the study are positive)
The wisdom obtained during the workshop will be incorporated in the conclusions of the Feasibility Study.