The Kyoto Grand Water Prize

KYOTO WORLD WATER GRAND PRIZE

Congratulations to FAN member, Gram Vikas of India who were awarded the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize at the Forum.

Joe Madiath delivers his winning presentation

The Kyoto Grand Water Prize received over 400 applications and 30 were shortlisted to present in Mexico City. The winners, Gram Vikas, were praised for their excellent contribution to building peoples dignity through community-managed rural water and sanitation with poor and marginalized people in Orissa, one of the poorest states of India. Gram Vikas received the prize of 5,000,000 to be spent on furthering the project.

NINE FAN members short listed for the Kyoto Prize

FAN was delighted that nine out of the thirty finalists invited to Mexico were FAN members and that four of them made it to the top ten as semi-finalists! This demonstrates the value of FAN members participation in the Forum and recognizes that FAN members are involved in successful and sustainable local solutions to water-related problems.

GramVikas, India
Building dignity through community managed rural water and sanitation in Orissa                                                     First Prize

Anjuman Samaji Behbood, (ASB), Pakistan
Community involvement in provision of water and sanitation
                                                         Second Place

Gana Unnayan Sangstha (GUS), Bangladesh
CBO turns into development in the SW coastal region of Bangladesh
                                                         Semi-finalist

Maji Na Ufanisi (Water and Development), Kenya
Kiambui Water and Environmental Sanitation KIWESA project
                                                         Semi-finalist

Ulew Che Ja, Guatemala
Traditional forest and natural resource stewardship of the Maya Quiche in Totonicapn
                                                                 Finalist

Bread of Life Development Foundation (BLF), Nigeria
Integrating pro-poor policies into PPP:Lessons from Nigerias water reform process
                                                                                  Finalist

Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), Ghana
The Mole Conference Series: A Rallying Point for Civil Society Advocacy in Ghana                                                                     Finalist

Arab Office for Youth and Environment (AOYE), Egypt
National Community Water Conservation Programme NCWCP                                                        Finalist

Uganda NGO Water & Sanitation Network (UWASNET)
UWASNET NGO Capacity Building Programme / The role of UWASNET in building capacity of NGOs to effectively contribute to the sector goal in Uganda
                                                                                 Finalist

Hideaki Oda, Secretary General of the Japan Water Forum, organizers of the Prize, said that candidates activities were excellent examples of what truly can be done to solve local water issues as a booster for development, using innovation and stakeholder participation. He hopes that all of the local actions presented will be scaled up and replicated in other contexts to help the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.