28th SuSanA meeting, Stockholm, Sweden

The 28th SuSanA meeting took place on Saturday, August, 24th - just before Stockholm World Water Week 2019. The meeting was jointly organised by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the SuSanA Secretariat.

 You can download the agenda for the 28th SuSanA meeting here.

Session 1: Introduction and overview on recent developments https://youtu.be/sfc85hvCTCk

• Madeleine Fodge (SEI) and Arne Panesar (SuSanA Secretariat): Welcome message
• Madeleine Fodge (SEI) and Arne Panesar (SuSanA Secretariat): Introduction of participants 
• Léo Heller (OHCHR): Keynote - Human right to water and sanitation
• Sofia Murad (WHO): Keynote - SDG monitoring 
• Kitchinme Bawa (AMCOW): Keynote - N'gor Declaration and Commitments- the monitoring process
• Vinod Kumar Jindal (GoI, MoHUA): Keynote - Swachh Bharat Mission
• Franziska Volk (SuSanA Secretariat) and Cecilia Rodrigues (SuSanA Secretariat): Updates and developments from SuSanA 

Session 2: Non-sewered sanitation systems - updates from the FSM sector https://youtu.be/Iju01PINXOE

• Peter Hawkins and Jennifer Williams (FSMA): Linking the new FSM Alliance and SuSanA - Identifying synergies 
• Deepa Karthykeyan (Athena Infonomics) and Roshan Shrestha (BMGF): Updates on the FSM toolbox 
• Roman Ryndin (USTB - CSES): WASH Sector Cox' Bazar Situation Updates
• Heinz-Peter Mang (USTB): Updates from the Reinvent the toilet Challenge & Expo 
• Shobana Srinivasan (BORDA): 'Get your shovels ready' - A pit emptying Challenge 

Session 3: Sanitation for all - including society (community, social and gender aspects) https://youtu.be/uMlDfMtaqpQ

• Rick Johnston (JMP): Update of JMP 2019 global report with a special focus on inequalities 
• Kate Medlicott (WHO): Introduction to the WHO Guidelines on Sanitation and Health 
• Pamela Bundi (FINISH): Access to finance for the poor and ultra poor 
• Mandy Tim (Aqua for All): Announcement of the Sarpathi Sanitation Awards 2019
• Bella Monsen (GIZ) and Jan Schlenk (GIZ): Updates on MHM and WASH in Schools 
• Mwansa Nachula Mukuka (LWSC): WASH Local Solutions Venture for Women (SOLVE) Initiative 
• Doreen Mbalo (GIZ): Announcing Women's network meeting at the SWWW 
• SuSanA Working group leads: Introduction of table discussions 

Session 4: SuSanA Working Groups - Interactive Group Discussion on SDG Interlinkages

Rotating Group Discussions on Capacity Development, Market/ Finance, Climate, Food security, Cities, WASH in institutions, Goundwater and Behaviour change

• Outcomes of the Group discussions

Session 5: Sanitation in cities (including climate aspects)

• Bisi Agberemi (UNICEF): UNICEF Global Framework for Urban WASH 
• Abishek Narayan (Eawag - Sandec): Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) - Introduction and examples from EAWAG 
• Dorothee Spuhler (Eawag - Sandec): From Technology innovation to the plannung of sustainable sanitation systems
• Awa Diagne (World Bank): CWIS in World Bank financed-projects 
• Antoinette Komé (SNV): Making sense of urban sanitation in 20 cities 
• Dennis Malambo (LWSC): Visualization of sanitation and greenhouse gas emission

Wrap-up & Outlook

• Roshan Shrestha (BMGF) and Susanne Dorasil (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ): Closing remarks - Reflection on the 28th SuSanA meeting
• Arne Panesar (SuSanA Secretariat) and Madeleine Fodge (SEI): Evaluation and wrap-up of the SuSanA meeting 

Meeting Evaluation

The meeting was evaluated via digital vote on mentimeter. The results are available on the SuSanA Forum here.

SuSanA exhibition booth at the Stockholm World Water Week

SuSanA was also present at the World Water Week through a joint exhibition booth together with the Fecal Sludge Management Alliance (FSMA), displaying information about sustainable sanitation and FSM. The booth served as a meeting point for SuSanA members and partners and everyone interested in the topic and the networks. During World Water Week, there were also four mingles at the FSMA and SuSanA booth. The first mingle at the booth was hosted by the African Women Sanitation Professionals Network, Women in Water and Sanitation Network and Women for Water Partnerships, and gave women in the sanitation sector the chance to meet and network. Three other mingles were the India Chapter, Latin America Chapter and Africa meeting. 

Pictures of SuSanA at World Water Week 2019 can be found here.

SuSanA Working Group meeting during SWWW'19

Convenors

The SuSanA secretariat held by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)