Side events and seminars

Oct 2012 SuSanA side event at FSM2

SuSanA Networking side event at the FSM2 in Durban

The International Faecal Sludge Management Conference (FSM2) took place in Durban, South Africa, from 29 to 30 October 2012. On the evening of the opening day of the FSM2 conference a SuSanA networking side event took place. The event was well attended with over 50 people in attendance. The discussions that took place in an open forum style centered around feedback to the secretariat on people's experience using the platform, suggestions for further improvement and the upcoming SuSanA strategy process was discussed. A few ideas were shared about where the SuSanA network should be heading in the next 5 years and the current discussion taking place on the SuSanA forum about the SuSanA mission statement was also chatted about.

Feb 2012 SuSanA seminar in Marrakech

Re-thinking sanitation from a sustainability perspective: SuSanA products and outcomes

This SuSanA seminar took place at the 16th edition African Water Association’s (AfWA’s) Water and Sanitation Congress on 22 February 2012 in Marrakech, Morocco. It focused on the activities of SuSanA with a special focus on its working group on Operation and maintenance and on re-thinking sanitation to achieve the Millennium Development Goals sustainably.

"Urban sanitation at scale ... discussion continued!"
The SuSanA cities and planning working group organized a working group meeting at the WSSCC Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene on 12 October 2011 in Mumbai, India. The meeting aimed to discuss how the working group could support the Community of Practice (CoP) to be launched by WSSCC during the Global Forum and which tasks it could undertake in future.

Can urban sanitation be sustainable? Learnings from the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)
This side event will share the work that SuSanA partners have collectively performed on making urban sanitation more sustainable. SuSanA will also launch two new publications “Sustainable Sanitation in Cities - A framework for Action” and “Community-Led Urban Environmental Sanitation” dealing with sustainable approaches to urban sanitation.

The learning network’s approach to sustainable sanitation for all (SuSanA)
The learning network SuSanA (Sustainable Sanitation Alliance) showcased its approach and processes for inter-sectoral learning to foster long-term access to sustainable sanitation for all members of society on Tuesday the 19 July 2011 in Session S4 Sustainable Sanitation in Kigali. The presentations from this AfricaSan3 side event seminar, the agenda and further information are all available on this page.

Linkages between Agriculture and Productive Sanitation: Scaling up Ecosan in Africa
This session shared the lessons learnt from a number of encouraging initiatives and discussed with practitioners and African policy makers the opportunities and bottlenecks for scaling up productive sanitation systems where the safe use of excreta contributes to improved health and livelihood in rural and peri-urban communities. The session took place on Wednesday 20 July in Session T4 between 8:00 – 10:00. The presentaitons and agenda from this AfricaSan3 side event are all available on this page.

This side event "Sanitation, Wastewater and Solid Waste Management: Linking the Issues for a Liveable City" was organised jointly by UN-HABITAT and SuSanA. The session discussed key issues in urban management related to solid and liquid waste and how they impact on cities and towns. The first session comprised a high-level Panel to set the political stage, where leading political figures gave their responses to waste management and how it can be moved higher up the political agenda. Other topics included the relevance to climate change and the fragile nature of waste management in small island states. During the second session three publications were been launched: 1) Solid Waste Management in the State of the Worlds Cities (UNHABITAT), 2) Wastewater Management (UNEP & UNHABITAT), 3) Sanitation in Cities (SuSanA-GTZ). During the final session, there will be a discussion on key priorities for the sector.

This side event presented the current and future activities of SuSanA to the Latin-American professionals. In the beginning the SuSanA network has been introduced to the audience. Then the roadmap has been discussed and the results from the several thematic working groups have been highlighted.
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December 2009 - Side event at the WTS, Singapore

In order to showcase its current and future activities the SuSanA organised a side event "Sanitation systems and their links to climate change, food security, and urban development - The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA): A learning network" during the World Toilet Summit (WTS) on 2 December in Singapore. SuSanA partners introduced the network, discussed its roadmap and highlighted results from several thematic working groups. The aim was to inform interested parties to become active in this wide ranging Alliance.

On Monday 16 November a SuSanA-side event focusing on "Tools for Sustainability" took place. The event was visited by approx. 50 people and opened by a keynote speech form the president of the Inter-American Association on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS), Mr. Carlos Alberto Rosito. This was followed by the presentations highlighting materials from working groups on food security, health and hygiene and cost and economics and ended with an interview on how to make the materials more useful and a lively audience discussion.

A special seminar "Organisational co-learning for upscaling sustainable sanitation in Sub-Sahara Africa" was organised by WRC, GTZ and SEI on Johannesburg, Nov 8th, 2009 (Sunday) in Johannesburg, right before the Afrcian Water Week (AWW). This meeting showcased latest experiences, trends and challenges for up-scaling sustainable sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim was to share experiences and to discuss messages to the Second AWW in general, and the sanitation event on Tuesday (10 Nov.) in particular (“Closing the sanitation gap”, by WSP).

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