10/04/2026
ЁЯОЙ A Big THANK YOU to Our Incredible Participants & Leaders! ЁЯОЙ
UN-Habitat Nepal and CWISAN are truly grateful to everyone who joined and enriched the UN UN-Habitat Nepal & AIT Global Water & Sanitation Center (GWSC) workshop held on 3 April 2026 during the Global South WASH Financing & Sustainability Conference (GS WASH Finance 2026) at The Plaza Convention Center:
ЁЯТз тАЬBeyond Infrastructure: Financing Governance for Inclusive Sanitation ServicesтАЭ
The session was filled with energy, insight, and honest conversations on what it really takes to make sanitation services inclusive, sustainable, and people centered.
ЁЯМЯ Special Appreciation
ЁЯСП Prof. Thammarat Koottatep (AIT GWSC) captivated us with his keynote on The Sanitation Economic Pipeline, highlighting how sanitation financing is much more than moneyтАФitтАЩs about incentives, risks, and smart investment choices that determine who benefits and who gets left behind.
ЁЯСП Mr. Ashok Kumar Byanju Shrestha, Immediate Past President of UCLG ASPAC - United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific and Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN), led the session as Chair with powerful reflections on political leadership, real fiscal trade offs, and decision making at the local levelтАФbringing reality straight into the room.
ЁЯдЭ Collective Learning & Commitment
A heartfelt thank you to all panelists, speakers, moderators, and participants for sharing experiences from across the region and beyond. Your voices reinforced a vital message:
тЬи Inclusive sanitation is not just about building infrastructure тАФ it is about fixing the systems that finance, govern, and sustain services for everyone.
Ashok Kumar Byanju Shrestha, AIT GWSC, UN-Habitat Nepal, ITB Indonesia, KPCIP Pakistan, Uzsuvtaminot
Together, we are moving the conversationтАФand actionтАФforward toward citywide inclusive sanitation that truly leaves no one behind.
ЁЯТЩ LetтАЩs keep the momentum going!
Find news of the event here: https://unhabitat.org.np/featured_news_detail/global-south-wash-finance-conference-2026-financing-governance-must-shift-to-deliver-inclusive-sanitation