Report of the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize 2022

Co-organized by
City of Kyoto, World Water Council and Japan Water Forum
July, 2022

（Cover photo by World Water Council)

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................... 3
1. Kyoto World Water Grand Prize................................................................................. 4
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Kyoto World Water Grand Prize .......................................................................... 4
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Kyoto World Water Grand Prize 2022 .................................................................. 5
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Outline of the Winner ....................................................................................... 112. Outline of the Project by the Award Winner............................................................... 12
3. Sponsors ................................................................................................................ 14
All information in this report is current as of March, 2022.

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Acknowledgements
As co-organizers of the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize 2022, we would like tocongratulate the Indian NGO Pragati on winning the prize.
We are pleased to announce that the project entitled Renewable Energy for CropProduction & Drinking Water met two newly adopted screening criteria: Harmony
between tradition and innovation, and Sustainable activities that contribute to thedevelopment of culture and community.
It was highly evaluated that the project's efforts at utilizing natural energy had
contributed not only to the solution of water problems but also to the reduction ofenvironmental impacts.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the members of the Prize Jury at thetime, Ms. Yoonjin Kim, Asia Pacific Regional Manager at WWC, Mr. Hiroshi Okada,
Senior Director of SDGs and Citizen Collaboration Promotion, General PlanningBureau, Kyoto City and Ms. Aria Aoyama, Executive Officer (International Affairs), CBCo., Ltd.
Furthermore, we would like to thank the six Japanese corporate sponsors that financially
supported the prize.
Gold Sponsor: CB Co., LtdSponsor: SHIMADZU CORPORATION, TOKEN C.E.E. Consultants Co., Ltd,ORGANO CORPORATION, PENTA-OCEAN CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD, andSAKUSEN KOGYO CO, LTD (random order)
We hope that the efforts of Pragati will serve as a role model for other organizations
who work on solving the water related issues.

Mr. Daisaku Kadokawa
Mayor
City of Kyoto

3Dr. Kotaro Takemura
Secretary General
Japan Water Forum

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Mr. Loïc Fauchon
President
World Water Council

1. Kyoto World Water Grand Prize
1.1 Kyoto World Water Grand Prize
The Kyoto World Water Grand Prize (“the Grand Prize”) is the prestige international award
that recognizes outstanding grass-roots organizations addressing water issues in developing
countries. This Grand Prize was established in 2003 by the City of Kyoto and the World Water
Council in commemoration of the 3rd World Water Forum held in the Lake Biwa and Yodo
River Basin including Kyoto, Japan. Since then, the Grand Prize has been awarded at the timeof the World Water Forum that is convened every three years.
List of past winners
The 1st Kyoto World Water Grand Prize
Winner: Gram Vikas (India)
URL: http://gramvikas.org/Awarding ceremony: 4th World Water Forum in Mexico, 2006
The 2nd Kyoto World Water Grand Prize
Winner: Watershed Organization Trust (India)
URL: http://www.wotr.org/
Awarding ceremony: 5th World Water Forum in Turkey, 2009
The 3rd Kyoto World Water Grand Prize
Winner: Katosi Women Development Trust (Uganda)
URL: http://www.katosi.org/
Awarding ceremony: 6th World Water Forum in France, 2012
The 4th Kyoto World Water Grand Prize
Winner: Environment and Public Health Organization(Nepal)
URL: http://enpho.org/
Awarding ceremony: 7th World Water Forum in Korea, 2015
The 5th Kyoto World Water Grand Prize
Winner: Charité Chrétienne pour Personnes en Détresse(Togo)
URL: https://www.ccpdtogo.org/
Awarding ceremony: 8th World Water Forum in Brazil, 2018

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1.2 Kyoto World Water Grand Prize 2022
The co-organizers called for applications for the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize 2022 torecognize outstanding projects implemented in the past and their achievements and impacts.
The criteria of the 2022 edition of the Grand Prize highlighted Kyotoʼs resilience and its
long history of development where people pursued creativity through cultural exchange and at
the same time valued harmony between tradition and innovation, and the idea that activities
harmonized with unique social and cultural dimensions in the project area would ultimately leadto sustainable development. In this context, it aimed to honor a distinguished organization
involved in grass-roots activities in developing countries, make the importance of grass-roots
activities known throughout the world, and contribute to improving the quality of such activities.
Calling for applications and communication
In April 2021, two PR videos were newly created and released. The open call forapplications was communicated using these videos via the websites of each co-organizer andsocial media. As a result, 50 applications were received from 23 countries.
PR videosOne-minute version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jULV9Rb
NQBoThree-minute version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTd5hgloI
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Communication on social media and websites

JWF official Twitter5

JWF official Facebook

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Kyoto City website

WWC website

Screening and final selection
In line with Kyoto's culture of harmony between tradition and innovation, the screening
focused on contributions to the development of culture and community as well as sustainabilityof the activities. After a rigorous screening process by the City of Kyoto, the Japan Water
Forum, the Selection Committee chose Pragati, an Indian NGO, as the winner. The project was
highly regarded because of its efforts to utilize natural energy for the solution of water issues aswell as for the reduction of environmental impacts. The winner was announced on the websitesof the co-organizers, in their e-mail newsletters and through other media.
Outline of the screening process
Call for applications: 7th September, 2020 to 30th April, 2021
Total number of applications: 50 applications from 23 countries
Result of the 1st screening: 30 organizations passed.
Result of the 2nd screening: Three organizations passed.
Result of the final screening by the Selection Committee: One organization won the GrandPrize.
Selection Committee
Chair: Dr. Kotaro Takemura, Secretary General, Japan Water Forum
Vice-chair: Ms. Yoonjin Kim, Asia Pacific regional manager, WWC
Members: Mr. Hiroshi Okada, Senior Director of SDGs and Citizen Collaboration
Promotion, General Planning Bureau, City of Kyoto
Ms. Aria Aoyama, Executive Officer (International Affairs), CB Co., Ltd

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Announcement of the winner on social media and websites

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JWF official Twitter

JWF official Facebook

Press release from Kyoto City

Kyoto City website

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WWC website

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Awarding ceremony at the 9th World Water Forum, Dakar, Senegal
On 25th March, 2022, the awarding ceremony was held at the closing ceremony of the 9thWorld Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal.
On behalf of the winning organization, Mr. Prabhakar Adhikari, Secretary of Pragati,delivered a thank-you speech. Ms. Margret Nakato, Coordinator of the Katosi Women
Development Trust attended as the prize winner of the 3rd edition of the Grand Prize (2012).
She highlighted the importance of developing and sustaining activities in order to build a selfhelp society through grass-roots efforts.
After their speeches, Mr. Adhikari and Dr. Panda, Executive Director of Pragati received
the prize board of JPY2,000,000- from the representatives of the co-organizers, Mr. Kazushi
Hashimoto, Councilor of the Japan Water Forum and Dr. Asma El Kasmi, Vice-president of theWWC. The ceremony was closed by two video messages from the Mayor of the City of Kyotoand CB Co., Ltd representing the sponsors.
Outline of the Awarding Ceremony
Date: 25th March, 2022
Program:
Opening remarks by Mr. Kazushi Hashimoto, Councilor of the Japan Water Forum
Speech by Ms. Margaret Nakato, Coordinator of the Katosi Women Development Trust(Uganda)
Giving the prize to Pragati / Photo session
Speech by Mr. Prabhakar Adhikari, Secretary of Pragati, India
Congratulatory video message from the Mayor of the City of Kyoto
Congratulatory video message from the Gold Sponsor (CB Co., Ltd)“It is a great honor for us to receive this prestigious prize, the Kyoto World
Water Grand Prize. We believe that our steady efforts at involving socio-economic
activities at the field level have contributed to the development of sustainableagriculture and the achievement of women’s financial independence. This prize issure to inspire us to make further efforts towards realizing related SDG targets.”
Mr. Prabhakar Adhikari, Secretary of Pragati*Partial excerpt from the awarding ceremony speech

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Awarding ceremony at the closing ceremony of the 9th World Water Forum

Mr. Hashimoto, Councilor of JWF, Mr. Adhikari and Dr. Panda of Pragati (the prize winner),and Dr. El Kasmi, Vice-president of WWC (L to R) 1

Ms. Nakato of the Katosi Women Development
Trust making a speechas the past prize winner

Mr. Adhikari, Secretary of Pragati
representing the prize winner of the 2022 edition

Representatives of the co-organizers and thewinners during a photo session

Video message fromthe Mayor of the City of Kyoto

1Photo by WWC

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Video message
from CB Co., Ltd (Gold Sponsor)

Representatives of the co-organizers
and the winners gathering
at the JAPAN booth

1.3 Outline of the Winner
Name of the organization; Pragati
PRAGATI is a non-governmental organization
established in 1994 and based in South Odisha,
India. The organization has a vision “To build aself-help society, free from hunger andexploitation, where everyone irrespective of caste,
creed, sex or language have right to dignified
means of livelihood and through collective action
ensure socio-economic justice and ecologicalbalance”. Pragati has a mission “To facilitate andstrengthen vibrant people’s organizations at
different levels of society that will protect, utilize,
control and manage local resources and throughcollective action, ensure dynamic socio-economicchange for sustainable development by
advocating for pro-poor governance and bring women, children, tribals and downtrodden,
to the mainstream of the society”.
Main area of activities: Koraput, South Odisha, India
URL: https://pragatikoraput.org/

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2. Outline of the Project by the Award Winner
Title of the project: Renewable Energy for Crop Production & Safe Drinking Water
Project period: 2012 to 2018
Project area: Koraput District, Odisha State, India
Number of direct beneficiaries: 1,081 households (1,122 male, 1,176 female and1,907 children)
Objectives and outcomes of the project:
Aiming at promoting enhance income of small and marginal farmers, solar
irrigation systems were installed. As the result, individual and community owned
solar pumps established in 23 villages benefitted 158 farmers growing vegetables
and food crops in 86 hectares of land throughout the year, earning an average ofRs100,000- to 250,000- per annum. It has substantially reduced expenses on useof diesel powered pumps and contributes significantly to reduction in emission ofGreen House Gases.
Aiming at ensuring safe drinking water for rural poor to reduce theirvulnerabilities to water borne diseases, solar powered filtration systems wereinstalled. As the result, 923 households in 21 villages have access to safe drinking
water through installation of solar powered filtration systems which has reduced
water borne diseases and drudgery of women in fetching water.
Comments from members of the Selection Committee“I was impressed by the fact that their simple approach to the solution of basic water
problems at the household level helped to promote green energy and also had a great
impact on each household and the community in terms of increasing householdincome and women’s empowerment.”“Installing solar panels in areas where nature worship and sun worship are deeply
rooted was an ideal approach to solving problems by utilizing tradition, based on anunderstanding of the culture and values of local residents. "“This is a timely project as the international community is currently addressing global
agenda of realizing carbon-neutrality in order to tackle climate change.”

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Photo of the project by the award winner

Barren land prior to installation of solar pump

Farmers growing crops after solar pump installation

Half acre model farm with solar irrigation

Farmer with solar irrigation adopting vegetables

Solar powered drinking water filtration systems

Woman collecting drinking water in the village

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3. Sponsors
We sincerely appreciate following 6 companies which supported the purpose of the Grand Prize.
Gold Sponsor
CB Co., LtdSponsor
SHIMADZU CORPORATIONTOKEN C.E.E. Consultants Co., Ltd
ORGANO CORPORATIONPENTA-OCEAN CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD
SAKUSEN KOGYO CO., LTD(random order)

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