2018 - 2022 The Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Fund (AUSIF) To significantly mobilise the financial resources and to develop a pipeline of investment projects that will support the African countries to meet the SDG targets in urban sanitation
The project will promote the adaptation and much wider application of tested approaches as well as support fine-tuning developed business innovations leading to robust affordable and financially and environmentally sustainable sanitation services for urban inhabitants in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on the urban poor. The project will directly target 2 million urban dwellers and indirectly target another 6 million through the implementation of the […]
2017 - 2020 Sanitation technology verification and certification centers for RTs and OPs To establish qualified labs and testing facilities to accelerate the development and implementation of non-sewered resource recovery technologies
The establishment of in-country certification capacity for field testing is the natural progression of the international standard development for RT (OPP1128005) and Omni-Processor (OPP1140663) technology families. Together these efforts promote the birthing of a new sanitation industry in several ways: - facilitate certification and prototype testing of RT and OP technologies in the focus countries, promote the adoption of standards and accelerate the establishment of […]
2017 - 2021 Reinvented Toilet Standard National Recognition To support the recognition of an international standard that will facilitate widespread deployment of low-cost, safe, and effective toilets
The American National Standards Institute supports the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s commitment to solving the global sanitation crisis and is currently supporting efforts to develop an international performance standard for the reinvented toilet in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). As secretariat of ISO project committee 305, the committee tasked with developing the standard, ANSI has begun and conducted significant outreach to experts and […]
2017 - 2020 Scaling-up FSM Innovation in sub-Saharan Africa – preparing investments in the framework of the BMGF-AFD partnership for 4 countries To support countries of Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Burkina-Faso and Niger to develop technical studies and viable project proposals for improved fecal sludge management
To support countries of Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Burkina-Faso and Niger to develop technical studies and viable project proposals for improved fecal sludge management, which will increase access to improved sanitation in those countries and have positive impacts on the health of their populations, especially the poorest
2017 - 2020 City Wide Inclusive Sanitation Engagement in Khulna – Continuation of Support in Two Towns and Diffusion of Best Practices in National Flagship Programs To strengthen, professionalize and scale the fecal sludge management approach in urban centers in Bangladesh by establishing Khulna as a model city
To further strengthen, professionalize and scale the fecal sludge management approach in urban centers in Bangladesh by establishing Khulna as a model city and capacity development for replication at different levels
2017 - 2021 City wide sanitation investment to transform Warangal to trigger city level change and replication To support city-wide sanitation improvements with a focus on FSM
Transforming the City of Warangal in to a model sanitation city with emphasis on faecal sludge management Interventions focused across the FSM value chain focused on equitable and inclusive access to sanitation: • Access - Construction of new household toilets, public toilets on PPP and SHE toilets. • Containment – Conversion of insanitary toilets to sanitary toilets, containment as per scientific design standards. • Transport – Empaneled desludging operators being […]
2017 - 2018 Bridge Funding for Samagra During Business Model, Growth Strategy, Organizational Development To support service delivery in 57 toilet blocks across Pune’s lowest income communities
to support service delivery in 57 toilet blocks across Pune’s lowest income communities, and help implement a replicable and financially viable business that fundamentally increases the number of low income urban residents served
2017 - 2020 Support to African Ministers' Council on Water To strengthen AMCOW’s capacity to develop continent-wide guidelines and frameworks for sanitation policy
To strengthen AMCOW’s financial sustainability, capacity to develop continent-wide guidelines and frameworks for sanitation policy, and to strengthen existing AMCOW-led platforms
2017 - 2018 Technical Assistance for AfDB Urban Sanitation Investment in Kenya Technical and economic guidelines for decentralized fecal sludge treatment facilities
To develop technical and economic guidelines for decentralized fecal sludge treatment facilities in support of AfDB’s urban sanitation investment in Kenya
2017 - 2018 WASH Academy for Rural Sanitation Facilitators (RSFs) To support the training and refresh knowledge of 200,000 rural sanitation facilitators across eight states in India
To support the training and refresh knowledge of 200,000 rural sanitation facilitators across eight states in India using an on-demand IVR driven curriculum
2017 - 2020 West Africa Sanitation Policy and Advocacy Activator To advocate for effective safely managed non-sewered sanitation policies in francophone West Africa
To advocate for effective safely managed non-sewered sanitation policies, aligned with SDG6, in francophone West Africa, contribution to health, economic and gender equality outcomes for the region’s underserved. Since 2017, Speak Up Africa has been working with Niyel, an advocacy and public affairs organization based in Dakar, on the West African Sanitation Policy and Advocacy Activator project. The joint supports other advocates in launching […]
2017 - 2019 Technical Assistance to Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MoHUA), Government of India for Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) (SBM-U) To support the Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban
To support the Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban being implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) through technical assistance for effective program implementation in all of the country’s 4,041 statutory towns
2017 - 2020 Supporting Sustainable Sanitation – Pathways to Scale (Bihar, India) Refinement of market-based sanitation solutions and scale up successful sanitation interventions in Bihar
To support the refinement of market-based sanitation solutions and scale up successful sanitation interventions in Bihar for expansion across India
2017 - 2019 EAWAG Phase 4 - Household Toilet To develop a low power toilet system that is affordable, recycles water for flushing and handwashing, and allows collection of the nutrients
To develop a low power toilet system that is affordable, recycles water for flushing and handwashing, and allows collection of the nutrients in the waste stream for further use.
2018 - 2021 Knowledge-to-Practice - K2P: Mapping and Implementing Knowledge to Practice Utilizing the Global Water Pathogen Project (GWPP) Tools and trainings that allow access to and assist with the interpretation of pathogen knowledge
To create tools and trainings that allow access to and assist with the interpretation of pathogen knowledge to improve the implementation of SDG 6 for safe water and sanitation
2017 - 2021 Swacc Maharashtra Platform: Facilitating CSR Investments in Safe Sanitation Corporate Social Responsibility funding for sanitation projects
To leverage Corporate Social Responsibility funding for sanitation projects by building partnerships among companies, government and NGOs in Maharashtra, India
2017 - 2020 Municipality Network for Sanitation Policy and Advocacy in South Asia To improve national and municipal sanitation policies and ensure sustainable financing in South Asia, focused in Nepal and Bangladesh
To improve national and municipal sanitation policies and ensure sustainable financing in South Asia, focused in Nepal and Bangladesh, by strengthening local governments’ leadership and skills on non-sewered sanitation.
2017 - 2020 West Africa think tank network To cultivate demand driven evidence-based research to inform policies and practices in the field of urban sanitation
To cultivate demand driven evidence-based research to inform policies and practices in the field of urban sanitation with a focus on NSS and FSM in Senegal and other West African countries and municipalities to achieve SDG 6.2.
2017 - 2019 Mobile Septage Treatment System (MSTS) - Product Development for Pre-Commercialization To develop a mobile fecal sludge treatment processor to make pit emptying and treatment more economical
To develop a mobile fecal sludge treatment processor to make pit emptying and treatment more economical in order to improve overall sanitation conditions for the poor in developing countries by reducing their exposure to fecal sludge Pilot trials complete, full scale prototype being built for testing.
2017 - 2019 Creating the first pan-African water and sanitation law and governance platform (RENEWAL); Establishing a water and sanitation legal technical unit (the Blue Phone) To pilot an urban sanitation technical policy support service for sanitation partners and governments and to develop an Africa water and sanitation law and policy analysis platform
To create the RENEWAL platform, the CWSC has research teams located in each of the five pilot countries who are responsible for collecting and cataloguing laws, regulations, and policies across all sectors and jurisdictions, objectively analyzing collected materials, and critically evaluating resources for shortcomings, gaps, inconsistencies, unintended consequences and strengths. As part of the collection process, the University of Nairobi and AfriLaw are conducting Qualitative […]
