Deadline: 16 March 2020
Are you an innovator in a water utility? Would you like support to bring new ideas to life that meet the sanitation needs of underserved consumers? If yes, then apply now for The TRANSFORM: Utilities Sanitation Challenge.
TRANSFORM – a joint initiative between Unilever, DFID and EY – is offering support to water utilities in Sub-saharan Africa to develop innovative ideas to meet the sanitation needs of underserved consumers in urban areas.
They are calling for applications from pioneering water utilities and their partners to create proposals for innovative, scalable urban sanitation solutions.
They believe that utilities are key organisations with the necessary relationships, organisational capabilities and infrastructure to lead the way in sanitation for all. Utilities are well placed to innovate and lead on creating on-site commercial sanitation solutions that people will use, leading to cleaner, healthier communities.
Funding Information
Two successful applicants will be awarded a budget of up to £250,000 in funding, in addition to in-kind support from Unilever and EY over a 12-18 month period.
What is TRANSFORM?
- TRANSFORM is a unique joint impact initiative between Unilever, DFID and EY. To improve the lives of low-income households, they blend funding and expert support to deliver market-based solutions to the world’s biggest development challenges. They have supported 50 social enterprises in 11 countries.
- All three organisations have an ambition to tap into private sector creativity and scalable commercial approaches to solve difficult development challenges.
- TRANSFORM contributes to Unilever’s mission to make sustainable living commonplace, DFID’s goal to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty, and EY’s mission to accelerate the growth of impact enterprises and build a better working world.
Eligibility Criteria
- TRANSFORM encourage joint applications from utilities with their partners (NGOs, academics, consultants, and funders) based in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The funding can be divided between the partners, but the lead applicant must be a utility.
- They encourage applications that include women in their key implementation team.
How to Apply
- To apply, utilities and collaborators must submit an application presenting an innovative, scalable urban sanitation business model or idea.
- Two challenge winners will be notified by 30 April, with full/quarterly/monthly funding dispersal beginning on 25 May.
Interested applicants can download the application form via given website.
For more information, visit https://www.transform.global/modules/market/MarketIdeas.aspx?appid=2&themeId=2
