The goal of Blue Planet Run Foundation (BPRF) is to provide safe drinking water to 200 million people by 2027, through 10 world runs held every two years, starting in 2007.

To achieve this goal, BPRF continues to build out its new platform for philanthropic and project management - the Peer Water Exchange (PWX) - through which hundreds of partners will peer-select and peer-manage thousands of grassroots water and sanitation projects. Our stakeholder matrix shows how PWX addresses stakeholder issues.

The cornerstone of PWX is the human network of global partners, and the processes and technology that connect them. At the end of the inaugural Blue Planet Run in September 2007, we will be looking for new partners who want to scale-up their work and collaborate with like-minded people around the world to solve the world�s drinking water crisis.

PWX needs new members of all types: international intermediaries, local implementers, funders, and observers.

BPRF is looking for organizations with experience in water and sanitation projects which think holistically, are eager collaborators, and want to work innovatively to make an impact in the water crisis. How pwx works shows how the PWX process works and what activities are expected of members.

We are always looking to improve the depth and breadth of our global network, looking for small and large organizations that are interested in long-term relationships lasting beyond one project.

To become a partner, implementer or intermediary organizations need to be invited to join PWX by referral through one of the existing PWX partners.

New referrals will be submitted by current partners after October 2007. Referrals undergo peer review by existing partners and will involve the referred organization. Ultimately the peers, not BPRF alone, will decide whether to extend a formal invitation to join.

We employ a referral and invitation process as this has a reinforcing effect in the peer model of our online network of experts. It also insures that the applicants are known personally and professionally as bona fide members of the global water community who have successfully implemented projects, or are ready to commence their first.

Becoming a peer involves responsibility and duties - to review project applications, take part in dialog and respond to peer requests. The quantity and quality of this effort is what allows PWX (the platform and process) to scale to manage thousands of projects worldwide.

BPRF is looking for funding partners who are eager to see their funding reach its full potential, to enable collaboration in the water sector, and who seek improvement, innovation, and transparency in the funding process.

Funders for water and sanitation projects have many options in using the PWX platform. They can have their funding in water and sanitation determined through PWX, or have their projects managed through PWX or both.

Funders can direct their resources thematically or geographically, using our interactive project map to coordinate funding.

Interested funders can request membership in PWX by emailing or calling us.

Observers will soon become an integral part of the PWX network to help monitor and evaluate projects. We have just introduced functionality for observers to report status of a project they visit. Observers can link to videos and upload photos. This functionality is partially deployed and we will continue to enhance it.