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26.11.2024

Lunch and Learn | Germain Gauthier, trustee of the Uptime Catalyst Facility

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Le 26 novembre 2024 de 13:00 à 14:30

Sciences Po - 1 pl. Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin

Organisé par

Impact Studio / School of Management and Impact
   

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.

 

À propos de cet événement

Le 26 novembre 2024 de 13:00 à 14:30

Sciences Po - 1 pl. Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin

Organisé par

Impact Studio / School of Management and Impact