Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is a global, multi-stakeholder membership and partnership organization that works with poor people, organizations, governments and local entrepreneurs to improve sanitation and hygiene at scale.
Our Vision is “A world in which everyone, everywhere is able to practice safe sanitation and hygiene with dignity.”
Our Mission is “To enable all people and especially women, girls and those living in vulnerable situations to practice the
right to sanitation and hygiene across the course of their lives with dignity and safety.”
Founded in 1990, WSSCC’s work contributes to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6, target 2, with far-reaching impacts on related SDG targets for health, education, women’s empowerment, reducing inequality, improved urban spaces and climate change mitigation.
Global Sanitation Fund: implementation
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) will cease to exist as of 31 December 2020, when the organization will become the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF). The Fund will have a new structure and operating model. It is an investment mechanism with an operating model that has be … Read more
World Toilet Day, 19th November, celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 4.2 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. It is about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. Th … Read more
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019 UN-Water 25 June, 2019 The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development will be held 9 – 18 July 2019, and convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. During this time, many water and sanitation events will be he … Read more
Commemoration of World Water Day and launch of UN World Water Development Report UN-Water 18 March, 2019 Commemorating World Water Day, a pivot event will be hosted on 19 March 2019 at the Palais des Nations, home of the United Nations Office at Geneva. During the event, the United Nations World Wat … Read more
World Water Day 2019 – Leaving no one behind UN-Water 17 January, 2019 World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme, ‘Leaving no one behind’, adapts the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that as … Read more
