The Centre will be an important starting point and cornerstone of the developments. It will serve as a fundament for knowledge transfer and knowledge creation by housing education and lab facilities and for facilitation innovation and execution of field projects.
The Centre will be the gathering place for all relevant partners, a home for people and knowledge, the place where best practices will be combined. The Centre will facilitate (new) partnerships in programs and projects. The scheme below shows the concept and profile of The Centre. We consider it as an essential component for creating networks, programs and projects that aim to a clean Ganga.
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THE CENTRE of EXPERTISE & ENTREPRENEURSHIP – concept and profile
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a regional hub and a prominent meeting place
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as residence of/for
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- headquarter of activities, interventions in programs and field projects as collaboration engine for long term sustainable impacts
- Indian – Dutch networks or platforms
- citizens, communal and regional networds
- knowledge and research institutes participating in programs and projects
- laboratory and testing facilities, to monitor the (local) water qualities according international (water) standards
- home office for Dutch partners to reduce international trade- and investment barriers
- a SDG-house which is intended to support awareness and action of achieving the UN-Sustainable Development Goals
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where
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- projects are facilitated (matchmaking, interventions, take-offs, control):
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- River cleaning
- Water storage & retention
- Drinkingwater processing & distribution
- Sanitation & sewage infrastructure
- Wastewater processing
- Landfill cleaning
- Solid waste processing
- programs are developed and facilitated, being the best practices combinations of Indian and Dutch calls/ programs for education, research – applied science, innovation and entrepreneurship
- SDG/ ESG-conscious companies with robust strategies appeal responsible investments
- SME’s are supported to realize innovation opportunities
- Entrepreneurs – start-ups are connected to partners and networks
- Indian and Dutch (water and waste) expertise is exchanged structurally
- results of research, innovations and projects are demonstrated
- water and waste based study tracks of Indian & Dutch Universities are combined and international exchange for students is facilitated
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conditions & structure
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- set-up and organized as a public – private partnership
- commitment of strong partners, who share the vision of the long-term role of The Centre in the region related to the water and waste challenges
- business model – best practices of Indian and Dutch Centres -money flows based on services it delivers and contributions it collects
- business models of the projects with good prospective
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