Meet the final nominees of the Sarphati Sanitation Award for Promising Entrepreneur 2019!

Many of the nominations were unique, strong initiatives, making a real difference in the improving sanitation worldwide, but eventually a well-considered unanimous choice was made. The Jury decided to select Live Clean Initiatives, Tiger Toilet and X-runner as the final nominees for this year’s Award for Promising Entrepreneur:

• Live Clean () develops and operates public toilet and shower facilities that are clean, hygienic, and affordable in peri-urban areas of Zambia
• The Tiger Toilet () is an innovative flushing on-site sanitation system, and works by vermifiltration (worm-based sanitation system)
• X-runner () is a portable, safe and hygienic dry toilet for urban households in Peru

Are you curious to find out who wins the Award? The Sarphati Sanitation Awards 2019 will be handed out during the opening ceremony of the Opening Ceremony of the Amsterdam International Water Week () (AIWW) on November 4.

The 2019 Sarphati Sanitation Awards Jury & Nomination Committee

The Sarphati Sanitation Awards 2019 will be presented during the Opening Ceremony of the Amsterdam International Water Week on Monday 4 November in the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre. We herewith proudly announce the members of the Sarphati Sanitation Awards Jury 2019: 

• Mrs. Lidi Remmelzwaal is chair of the Supervisory Board of World Waternet. She had a long career in development cooperation and diplomacy and has been Netherlands Ambassador to Mozambique, Ghana, Ethiopia and Jordan. Mrs. graduated at Wageningen University and is Chairperson of the SSA Jury.
• Mrs. Carolien van der Voorden, Head of the Technical Support Unit of Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC). She has contributed to numerous scientific research projects on sanitation and hygiene promotion, monitoring and software.
• Dr Arno Rosemarin, Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). He co-founded the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance in 2007 and is currently managing the SuSanA knowledge platform development project sponsored by the Gates Foundation.
• Dr Claire Furlong, lecturer/researcher in non-sewered sanitation at the Environmental Engineering and Water Technology Department of IHE Delft in the Netherlands. She holds a PhD in environmental engineering for developing countries and has 15 years’ experience in the WASH sector in low- and middle-income countries. IHE Delft has been actively involved in the development of Tiger Toilets. To avoid a conflict of interest she therefore withdraw her vote for the Sarphati Sanitation Award for Promising Entrepreneur.  
• Prof Dr Ir Sybe Schaap, former member of the Dutch Senate and former Chair of the Dutch Water Board Association and the Netherlands Water Partnership. He taught water policy and governance at the Technical University Delft and the Wageningen University for Agricultural Sciences
• Dr. Graham Alabaster, Chief of Sanitation and Waste Management at the Urban Basic Services Branch of UN-Habitat. He has over 25 years’ experience in the water sanitation and solid waste management working in over 30 countries. 

All nominations were thoroughly assessed based on pre-set criteria by the Nomination Committee. The Nomination Committee presented a shortlist to the Jury. The esteemed Nomination Committee for the Sarphati Awards 2019 consisted of experts from the sector and previous Award Winners:

• Sjef Ernes (Chair of Nomination Committee, Aqua for All,),
• Steven van Rossum (World Waternet
• David Auerbach (Sanergy),
• Sasha Kramer (SOIL),
• Aart van den Beukel (Safi Sana),
• Kamal Kar (CLTS Foundation),
• Abhijit Banerji (FINISH society),
• Cheryl Hicks (Toilet Board Coalition),
• Emily Christensen Rand (UNICEF), World Bank, Global Water Practices
• Roshan Shrestha (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation),
• Sjef Ernes (Aqua for All), Steven van Rossum (World Waternet), Valentin Post (WASTE).
• Arne Parnesar (SuSanA) 

For more information about this year’s Sarphati Sanitation Awards () and the first Sarphati Sanitation Symposium 2019 (), feel free to contact us via [email protected] ().