Aqua for All PPP Innovation Program Aqua for All PPP - Innovation Program 2014-mid 2019 Aqua for All, established in 2002, aims to improve the access to safe water and sanitation for people at the Base of the Pyramid in developing countries by supporting innovation and public private partnerships (PPPs). The PPP Innovation Program is a continuation of the previous Building Bridges Program. The PPP Innovation program consists of 2 core activities:

1) The continuation of a fund for PPP initiatives for WASH-services (PPP-Small) 
2) Management of the VIA Water fund to stimulate small scale innovations in 7 African countries.

Originally the period of the PPP Innovation Program was 1 November 2014 - 31 October 2018. A subsidy of 20 million euro was granted by DGIS. This subsidy of 20 million would (at least) be matched with 20 million contribution by others. 

A 'supplement' request was submitted and approved by DGIS for additional subsidy of 4.55 million and extension of the project period until 30 June 2019. Since 2005 Aqua for All has 4 times received DGIS subsidy: 2005, 2006-2010, additional 2009-2010, 2011-2014). 

This Aqua for All program 2014-2018 (including supplement to mid 2019) fits into the Dutch policy objectives on water for development and Public Private Partnerships in the field of international development. Aqua for All:
- connects money, knowledge, ideas, technology and/or networks with those of others;
- helps to develop and increase the impact of innovative WASH ideas, projects and programs; 
- scales-up projects and programs in terms of 'people reached' and the impact on their lives;
- supports its partners with quality control, monitoring, communication and follow-up advice. This PPP Innovation program exists of two tiers:

1) The continuation of a fund for PPP initiatives for WASH-services (PPP-Small). Aqua for All connects, develops, scales and supports ideas and initiatives to increase access and ensure its quality and sustainability. 
2) Managing the VIA Water fund, that focuses on valorization and innovation in Africa. This is a new program that supports small-scale innovations in 7 target countries in Africa. VIA Water focuses on supporting innovative solutions for 12 pressing needs. From 2005 on, Aqua for All received funding from DGIS 4 separate times. The focus of Aqua for All programs has always been on promoting partnerships and innovation in the water sector through hybrid financing. In order to reach this, Aqua for All has profiled itself as a broker between NGO's, the public sector and private parties and has facilitated cooperation in Public-Private-Partnerships. For Aqua for All sustainability is a cross-cutting issue covering the sustainability of access, of services, and the aim to change from aid dependency to financial sustainable communities. Sustainability is integrated in the PPP Small program as an approach to select, develop, implement, monitor and learn from sustainable solutions. Aqua for All works with an obligation of exertion, which means that 100% sustainability should be aimed for in order to provide WASH services for at least 10 years (by use of the Sustainability Compact and Check Instrument). 

With sustainability at project level we mean: Financially, Institutionally, Environmentally, Technologically and Socially sustainable (the FIETS Model). The main objective of the PPP innovation project is' to contribute from the result-oriented innovation and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to the realization of the water and sanitation related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and within that the breakthrough on a number of urgent problems ('pressing needs'). Aqua for All focuses on people at the Base of the Pyramid in African and Asian countries: those who most often lack access to water and sanitation services. Ensuring access to clean water and good sanitation is step one in empowering people with the ability to improve their lives. 

5 x WATER AND POVERTY
1. Water-poor communities are typically also economically poor, trapped in a cycle of poverty.
2. Education suffers when children, sick of polluted water-related ailments, miss school.
3. Economic opportunities are routinely lost to the impacts of rampant illnesses.
4. Acquiring water from far away requires valuable time better spent going to school and/or working.
5. Children and women are generally more vulnerable to disease and loss of opportunities.