Arup International Development partners with development and humanitarian organisations to help strengthen the impact of their work. They are a specialist, not-for-profit business within Arup – a globally recognised leader in the built environment. Providing strategic advice, technical expertise, and assessment and evaluation, ARUP International Development helps its partners to best deliver at organisational, programme  or project level. To find out more, please visit the ARUP International Development website.

MAPLE CONSULT (Management, Planning and Environment) is a private development consultancy committed to providing cutting edge solutions in institutional development, management and socio economic development issues for the private sector, public sector, bilateral and multi-lateral institutions. The company, established in late 2000, focuses on development issues with expertise in water and sanitation, local government and decentralisation, project management, capacity building. In partnership with international and local consultancy firms, Maple Consult has undertaken key assignments primarily in the water and sanitation sector as well as in decentralisation/local government. For more information please visit the MAPLE CONSULT website.

Tetra Tech provides scientific, sustainable, and industry-leading solutions to tackle the world’s most complex challenges. Service areas include agricultureand economic growth, architecture/engineering services and construction, democracy and governance, energy, environment and natural resources, global security, land tenure and property rights, and water supply and sanitation. Tetra Tech creates practical, environmentally responsible solutions for federal agencies, governments, multilateral banks, and multinational corporations.To find out more, please visit the Tetra Tech website.

Global Water Challenge (GWC) is a coalition of leading corporations, NGOs and other organizations committed to achieving universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. GWC accelerates the delivery of safe water and sanitation through partnerships that catalyze financial support and drive innovation for sustainable solutions. For more information, please visit the Global Water Challenge website.

Partnerships in Practice (PiP) is a UK-based company set up in 2014 that focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of partnership approaches for sustainable development. Although PiP is very new to the world, it builds on the pioneering work of Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation, or BPD which has a long track-record of innovation in partnerships, incentives and solutions to improves the provision of water and sanitation services in un-served and poorly served communities by ensuring that partnerships are effective and appropriately ambitious. BPD has a large repository of excellent resource material developed over the last decade and that is still available here.

Trémolet consulting specialises in the economic, financial and institutional aspects of infrastructure, with a particular focus on water and sanitation. It provides advisory, research and training services to international organisations, development agencies and banks, governments, non-governmental organisations and the private sector. The core focus of Trémolet consulting is linked to its founder, Sophie Trémolet who is an economist and global leader in financing issues; see more at Trémolet Consultingwebsite.

Water For People was set up by members of the American Water Works Association as an international nonprofit development organization in 1991 and has grown to become a leader in social responsibility and innovation in the sector. Water For People is an NGO working in the water and sanitation sector thinking and acting beyond tools and toilets, and beyond today, in order to build a foundation for the future. They are the founding member of the Everyone, Forever movement and work in Africa, Asia and Latin America to bring first time access to those without and to test and scale innovative approaches.