A group of organisations have launched an initiative to stimulate investment in business proposals that will lead to large-scale sanitation services for the poor. It will involve creating both a virtual marketplace and organising a matchmaking event in Singapore.

The "Sanitation Business Matchmaking Estafetta" will culminate at the BoP WORLD Convention & Expo in Singapore in 28– 30 August 2014. The results of the Estafetta will be presented during the 2014 World Water Week in Stockholm.

The organisations that have launched the "Sanitation Business Matchmaking Estafetta" include: Aqua for All, Euromoney Water Events, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Simavi, WSP and Waste in association with IRC and the World Toilet Organization (WTO).

For more info go to Sanitation Updates .