A Launch event on SFD Phase - 3 in Bangladesh

Date: February 12, 2020

Venue: Royal Conference Hall, Royal Park Residence & Hotel, Dhaka

Time: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm (followed by lunch)

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in collaboration with WaterAid Bangladesh is organizing a half day workshop to launch SFD Phase – 3. 

An excreta flow diagram (also often described as shit flow diagram, SFD) is a tool to readily understand and communicate how excreta physically flows through a city or town. For more info on SFD and the SFD promotion initiative visit https://sfd.susana.org/

During the first two phases of the SFD promotion initiative, CSE was closely working with SFD PI partners to develop tools and methods for the production of SFDs and refinement based on feedback received from sector practitioners.

As part of the SFD Phase 1 & 2 grants, CSE prepared more than 100 SFDs (65 + in Ganga basin states & the rest for other cities in India). CSE has made a considerable contribution to support the production and review of good-quality SFDs as well as help train practitioners. A demonstrated impact is the uptake of the approach by local, regional and national organizations and governmental agencies – in particular in India, South Africa (WRC with CSE technical support launched a national campaign) and in state / cities in Africa and South Asia, where there is widespread use of SFDs for advocacy and as a tool to map progress across the sanitation value chain.

The aim of phase 3 is to bridge the existing gap in availability of data for monitoring safely managed sanitation (SDG 6.2) and for improved planning to achieve citywide sanitation. CSE’s on-the ground expertise will be complementary to the analytic focus of University of Leeds SFD v3 engagement.This phase will focus on advancing the following key outcomes over a two-year period.

Objectives:

• To advocate use of SFDs in national/state developing regional database
• To rapidly expand the SFD database by handholding approx. 150 cities to develop SFDs
• To field test and pilot / implement the upgraded SFD tools in at least 10 cities

Target Audience:

Representatives from WaterAid, SNV, Practical Action, WSUP, Government (DPHE), Academic Institutes (BUET, BRAC University etc.), Authors of SFD reports etc.

(Participation by invitation only) 

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