How does this course work?
It's time to talk and act on finance. This sixteen-hour advanced course provides approaches to strengthening finance for more resilient water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems that can deliver sustainable services to all. It brings together the latest thinking from all over the world.
This course has been created by a partnership of UNICEF, IRC and Water For People, with funding from the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Government of the Netherlands.
Learning objectives
Audience
This course was developed for UNICEF staff and partners who want to learn more about financing the WASH program. It will also be of interest to professionals working for regional and national governments, non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, multilateral and bilateral organizations, private organizations, training institutes, consultants and experts working on strengthening systems.
Structure
This course consists of eight sessions:
- Welcome module
- Session 1: Increasing efficiencies
- Session 2: Maximize the use of existing funding
- Session 3: Mobilize more funding through taxes
- Session 4: Mobilize more funding through tariffs
- Session 5: Use repayable finance
- Session 6: Adopt innovative approaches
- Session 7: An introduction to climate finance
- Session 8: Accountability and anti-corruption strategies
- Test sessions 1 to 8 and certificate
Complete all the sessions in consecutive order (i.e., from sessions 1 to 8) or choose which sessions you want to focus on.
Length
The estimated course duration is sixteen hours. Each session has an average estimated duration of 90 to 120 minutes.
Language
This course is available in English and French.
Course contact
Anu Paudyal Gautam: apgautam@unicef.org
What we have on offer
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 is about ‘ensuring the availability and sustainable management of WASH services for all. Realizing SDG 6 and thus improving standards of life for all is one of the main objectives of systems strengthening. These three online courses are here to help you drive positive change as a systems leader:
- Introducing water, sanitation, and hygiene systems strengthening.
- Introducing finance for sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene systems.
- Advanced course: Approaches to finance for sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene systems.
For more details see the table below.
Course | Details |
|---|---|
Introducing water, sanitation, and hygiene systems strengthening | Description: This course is designed to equip all UNICEF personnel and partners with a better understanding of what WASH systems strengthening entails and your role in it. Format: Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Self-paced and self-guided [partly available offline] Provider: WASH Systems Academy and UNICEF’s Agora platform Duration: 5 sessions/8 hours Language: English/French Created by a partnership of UNICEF, IRC, Water For People and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) |
Introducing finance for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene systems | Description: This eight-hour introductory course provides the insights to accelerate finance for more resilient water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems that can deliver sustainable services to all. Format: Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Self-paced and self-guided [partly available offline] Provider: WASH Systems Academy and UNICEF’s Agora platform Duration: 5 sessions/8 hours Language: English/French Created by a partnership of UNICEF, IRC and Water For People. |
Advanced courseApproaches to finance for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene systems | Description: This course provides approaches to strengthening finance for more resilient WASH systems that can deliver sustainable services to all. From maximizing the use of existing funding, to raising more funding through tariffs or taxes to innovative means as climate finance or blended finance. Format: Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Self-paced and self-guided [partly available offline] Provider: WASH Systems Academy and UNICEF’s Agora platform Duration: 8 sessions/16 hours Language: English/French Created by a partnership of UNICEF, IRC and Water For People. |
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