Watch the full video (above) of the session on ‘Emerging formal Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Faecal Sludge Management (FSM)’ featuring Dinesh Mehta, Y Malini Reddy, Suresh Kumar Rohilla, Rahul Mankotia and Kartikeya Gajjala.
The seminar had two thematic sessions. The first session ‘Emerging formal PPPs in FSM’ discussed insights from the field to build an understanding of the market potential and risk-sharing strategies developed amongst communities, private entrepreneurs and governments and further deliberated on the ground challenges of bringing and assembling viable private sector participation for a safe and sustainable urban sanitation future.
Speakers for the session:
Dinesh Mehta, CEPT University
Y Malini Reddy, Administrative Staff College of India
Suresh Kumar Rohilla, Centre for Science and Environment
Rahul Mankotia, Centre for Science and Environment
Kartikeya Gajjala, J Sagar Associates
The session was moderated by Anindita Mukherjee, Centre for Policy Research.
This was followed by a session ‘Stakeholder Dialogue on FSM Transition in Indian Cities’ that explored possible solutions to understand the emerging interfaces between markets and regulatory frameworks. The objective of the Dialogue was to attempt to connect the dots between various practitioners and experts in the field, to learn from their experience in states and their experience in implementing and initiating a broader discussion on the potential for an alternative private sector participation in the sanitation value chain.
Speakers for the session:
Anindita Mukherjee, Centre for Policy Research
Prashant Arya, Centre for Policy Research
Sanjay Singh, Population Services International
Amresh Sinha, Blue Water Company
S Ramanujam, Centre for Policy Research
Yogesh Upadhyay, Centre for Policy Research
The session was moderated by Shubhagato Dasgupta, Centre for Policy Research. The second session that followed can be accessed here.
Dialogues on Sanitation Series
This is the 2nd dialogue in a series planned by the Scaling City Institution for India: Sanitation (SCI-FI) initiative with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). This dialogue series builds on the CORP lecture series and seeks to provide a platform for discussing the experiences of the researchers and practitioners on urban sanitation across various thematic areas.
Access the other Dialogue on Sanitation session below:
