Various Authors (2010) EcoSan Capacity Building Workshop for Practitioners in Ugunja, Kenya Conference materials

Two ecosan workshops in Kenya, "ecosan Capacity Development Workshop" in Ugunja and "ecosan Vision workshop" in Nairobi, were organised and financed by the GTZ Program on sustainable sanitation - ecosan and the facilitating consultants Laura Kraft (freelance), Martin Wafler, Johannes Heeb (both seecon gmbh, Switzerland) and Ms. Pradnya Thakur (Ecosan Services Foundation, India). The main aim was to bring together sanitation and ecosan experts from […]

Various Authors (2011) Workshop on Emergency Sanitation in Stoutenburg, Netherlands Conference materials

The 2-days workshop "Identifying gaps in emergency sanitation - Design of new kits to increase effectiveness in emergencies" took place in Stoutenburg, the Netherlands from 22-23 Feb 2011. As a response to insufficient sanitation solutions deployed in the emergency situations, emergency and sanitation practitioners from different key organisations came together in Stoutenburg to discuss on how to improve gaps in technologies for the immediate emergency phase, […]

Various Authors (2013) Promoting Innovations and Sustainable Investments - Manila, Philippines Conference materials

The sub-regional conference formally launched the project (RETA 8060) "Promoting Innovations in Wastewater Management in Asia and the Pacific". The list of delegates was comprised of a mixture of government executives, wastewater industry practitioners and private sector representatives from the following countries: Philippines, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Uzbekistan. The project is funded by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) that […]

Various Authors (2013) International Terra Preta Sanitation Conference - Hamburg, Germany Conference materials

The 1st International TPS Conference took place on the 28th to 31st of August 2013. It was well-attended and there were many vibrant discussions about TPS. Resources from the conference are now available on this page. -- Terra Preta Sanitation is an issue of growing concern in the light of water and sanitation, climate change, energy and soil protection. The International Terra Preta Sanitation Conference aims at […]

Various Authors (2014) Integrated Business Models throughout the Sanitation Value Chain with Safe Resource Recovery and Reuse Conference materials

The Integrated Business Models throughout the Sanitation Value Chain with Safe Resource Recovery and Reuse seminar combined the highlights of research on over 60 successful business cases and extracted business models for resource recovery and reuse in developing countries with a discussion on their applicability in a range of settings with practitioners and entrepreneurs. The Sanitation Safety Planning Manual was also presented to illustrate […]

Various Authors (2014) Unclogging the Blockages in Sanitation Conference materials

Conference Themes: The Action Exchange Unclogging the Blockages is about action. The action exchange was organized according to several themes (several are listed below) with experts from each of these subject areas presenting and leading small group discussions with their peers on what are the main challenges and barriers for moving forward. After these initial discussions, the challenges were be presented to larger mixed groups and […]

Gensch, R., Jennings, A., Renggli, S., Reymond, P. (2018) Compendium of Sanitation Technologies in Emergencies 1st Edition

Appropriate and adequate sanitation solutions are crucial for the protection of human health in emergencies. In recent years there has been an increasing number of sanitation innovations, appropriate for a variety of humanitarian contexts and a stronger sector focus on the entire sanitation service chain (from the toilet via collection and conveyance to the final treatment and safe disposal and/or reuse). Building on these developments, the […]

SuSanA (2017) SuSanA Working Group 6 Video Sanitation situation in developing countries

This video presents the sanitation situation in developing countries, some key challenges, concepts and planning approaches that are useful in achieving sustainable sanitation in urban areas. There are more interesting topics and information about urban sanitation that can be found on the SuSanA website.

Hawkins, P. (2017) SFDs in Africa: From Visualization to Action

Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (2017) SuSanA India Chapter Seminar Corporate Engagement in Urban Sanitation

The SuSanA India Chapter seminar took place in Pune, 18 November 2017 in the course of the SANIVATION’17 event. It was organized by the Ecosan Services Foundation, the India Sanitation Coalition and the SuSanA secretariat. The context of the topic was that Maharashtra State Government has recently declared all cities to be open defecation-free (ODF). The seminar successfully connected different actors in the region and […]

GIZ (2017) SFD Tools and Methods

GIZ (2017) CoP Scaling Up - Webinar: Access to Water and Sanitation = HRBA + LNOB + SDG + JMP?

On 29th November, 2017, the Section Water, Wastewater and Waste Management hosted a GIZ webinar on Access to Sanitation with following presentations: Nina Odenwälder - Access to Water and Sanitation = HRBA + LNOB + SDG + JMP? Dirk Schaefer - SDG Monitoring - Comparison of JMP's vs Kenya's reporting on urban water supply

WSTF (2018) Le Cube Magique : mise à l’échelle de l’eau et l’assainissement au Kenya (in French) The Magic Cube: Scaling up water and sanitation in Kenya: A video (available in French and English)

Pour mettre à l’échelle des mesures d’approvisionnement en eau et d’assainissement dans les zones urbaines à faible revenu il faut appliquer la bonne formule. Le Cube Magique (MajiCube) avec ses six faces, considère les éléments suivants: le cadre sectoriel, les acteurs de mise en œuvre, les systèmes d’information, le financement, l’accès a l’eau et la chaine d’assainissement. Au Kenya, le Water Sector Trust Fund (Fond […]

WSTF (2018) UBSUP: Scaling up of basic sanitation for poor urban areas in Kenya (UBSUP: mise à l’échelle de l’assainissement de base pour les zones urbaines pauvres au Kenya) (in French and English)

Le programme de mise à l’échelle de l’assainissement de base pour les zones urbaines pauvres (UBSUP) est une solution éprouvée pour améliorer l’accès des ménages à l’assainissement dans les zones urbaines à faible revenu au Kenya, couvrant la chaine d’assainissement dans son intégralité : des toilettes jusqu’au traitement. UBSUP est géré par le Water Sector Trust Fund (Fond d’Affectation du Secteur de l’Eau) et mise […]

CAWST (2017) The WASH Detective Activity

This tool helps people practice identifying WASH issues in a household. It also helps people learn how to find out more information on why the WASH issues exist in a household. It is designed for the Community WASH Promotion workshop; however, it can be used for any audience.

CAWST (2014) Transmission Routes Activity (in English, French and Spanish)

This document includes the transmission routes activity and instructions for facilitating the activity. The transmission routes activity is a participatory tool to educate people about how feces can make us sick. The tool also helps a group of people to identify how to stop the transmission of water-related diseases.

CAWST, EWB (2017) Sanitation Steps for Flood-Prone Areas (in English, French and Spanish)

The Sanitation Steps for Flood-Prone Areas is a fun and interactive game that helps people living in flood-prone areas identify appropriate options to improve sanitation in their community. This activity was developed by Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) and CAWST. The document includes activity cards and facilitator instructions.

CAWST (2017) Sanitation Ladder (in English, French and Spanish)

This document includes the sanitation ladder activity and instructions for facilitating the activity. The sanitation ladder activity is a participatory tool to help people to identify options for improving sanitation in their community and realize that this can be a gradual process.

Various Authors (2015) Bonn WASH Nutrition Forum Bonn, Germany

High-level experts from the sanitation and nutrition sector gathered together in the headquarter of Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle, Bonn for the WASH and Nutrition Forum on November 11th and 12th to discuss strategies for integrating WASH and nutrition programming in development and humanitarian contexts.

Various Authors (2015) City Partnership Meeting & FSM Toolbox Planning Workshop Hanoi, Vietnam

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United Kingdom Department for international Development (DfiD) are collaborating to demonstrate how cities can use binding service level agreements and performance-based contracts with private sector partners as a way to ensure the city-wide delivery of sustainable sanitation services that are equitable and provide both private and public benefits. Under this joint initiative, eleven teams from South Asia […]