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26.11.2024
Lunch and Learn | Germain Gauthier, trustee of the Uptime Catalyst Facility
À propos de cet événement
Le 26 novembre 2024 de 13:00 à 14:30
Sciences Po - 1 pl. Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin
The Impact Studio is delighted to invite you to a series of Lunch&Learn events, dedicated to the four main dimensions of Impact: environmental, social, value sharing and power.
This format is a great opportunity to engage in qualitative discussions with speakers on innovative, impact-driven topics, initiatives and models.
The format will be the same for each session:
- Lunch&Learn is limited to 15 participants
- The Lunch&Learn takes place between 13.00 and 14.30, with 30 to 45 min of presentations + 30 to 45 min of Q&A
- The language spoken is specified on each Lunch&Learn
- A vegetarian lunch is provided by Impact Studio for participants and speakers
- Moderation provided by Impact Studio
While nearly one in four people worldwide lacks access to safely managed drinking water (according to WHO/UNICEF), Uptime is committed to improving sustainable access to potable water in communities in developing countries. Its primary goal is to ensure that water supply systems operate continuously and meet the needs of local populations, even in contexts where infrastructure is often fragile.
The Uptime model deserves our attention: Uptime pioneers innovative funding models for sustainable rural water services, emphasizing empirical, data-driven evaluations of service providers across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Their results-based approach ensures efficient, scalable delivery of resilient water systems.
If you are interested in innovative financing or development projects, this Lunch&Learn is for you.
Germain Gauthier
Since June 2024, Germain serves as Secretary General at Resilience France, a platform fostering public-private exchanges on major risks and resilience since 1982. He has been a non-executive director there since 2019.
In January 2024, he became a Senior Advisor at Flack & Cie, specializing in international project financing and M&A, and since September 2023, a Fellow at ECDPM, a think tank focused on Europe-Africa policies for sustainable development.
Since 2022, he has been a member of MEDEF International's Task Force Hydrogène, advising on project financing since 2018. He has also been a trustee of the Uptime Catalyst Facility since March 2021, a UK foundation supporting sustainable water services.
An experienced professor, Germain has taught finance at Sciences Po since 2006, focusing on advanced project financing, ecological transition, and financial market instruments within master’s programs.
As places are limited, a waiting list is automatically created. This event is strictly reserved for students of the School of Management and Impact. The room in which the Lunch & Learn will take place will be confirmed to enrolled participants after verification of student status.