Madeleine Fogde on SuSanA at the 13th SuSanA Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda in July 2011
The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) is an informal network of organisations who share a common vision on sustainable sanitation. SuSanA came into existence in early 2007 and works as a coordination platform, working platform, sounding board, contributor to the policy dialogue on sustainable sanitation and as a “catalyst”. At the present time, the secretariat function is carried out by GIZ (German International Cooperation) and the current number of partners is displayed at the bottom of this page.
Participation is open to those who want to join and be active in the promotion of sustainable sanitation systems. The SuSanA invites international, regional and local organisations to join the network, contribute ideas, and to become active partners in the thematic working groups.
Our 2-page flyer gives a summary about SuSanA’s objectives, the working groups and the partner organisations.
contributor to the policy dialog towards sustainable sanitation
All decisions about SuSanA to date were taken within the SuSanA meetings and documented in the meeting minutes which can be downloaded from the SuSanA website here. A SuSanA core group was formed in mid 2008. It can also take operational decisions outside of the general SuSanA meeting dates.
We are the people behind the SuSanA secretariat and website: Philipp Feiereisen, Christian Rieck, Enno Schroeder, Elisabeth von Muench and Rahul Ingle. As agreed in the 5th SuSanA meeting in Durban in 2008, GIZ is responsible for carrying out the secretariat function of the SuSanA.
The SuSanA secretariat facilitates and coordinates the organisation, development and outputs of SuSanA. The main functions of the SuSanA secretariat are to manage the SuSanA website and partners, support the preparation of SuSanA meetings and side events, to network with the working groups, working group leads and the core group, to facilitate the production of SuSanA publications, produce the SuSanA DVD (a partial offline version of the website), manage the online library, quality check case studies, support the working group mailing lists and - since July 2011 - to moderate the open SuSanA discussion forum. The secretariat is the first point of contact for any questions about SuSanA.
The SuSanA secretariat recently updated the SuSanA partner mapping where each SuSanA partner is allocated into one of eight categories. The graphic provides an overview of what types of partner organisations make up SuSanA. It is possible to filter partner organisations by category, using the drop-down “Select by Category” box in the right hand column on the SuSanA partners page.
The structure of SuSanA consists of SuSanA's partners, working groups, meetings and the secretariat. All partner organisations contribute their work and resources on their own expense.
We invite individuals and organisations to join the network, contribute ideas and become active members in the thematic working groups. There are different possibilities and procedures for joining:
The SuSanA secretariat developed the standard set of powerpoint slides to explain SuSanA and to provide both an overview of SuSanA and a common starting point to all presenters preparing presentations on SuSanA. To view the content list, read about tips on using this set of powerpoint slides and to download the set please click here to view it in the SuSanA library.
The SuSanA secretariat has made the log-set available for download and appropriate use. If you have any questions about how, where and when you can use the SuSanA logo-set or if you require a logo in higher resolution, please contact us we look forward to hearing from you.