Online course on preparation of the Shit Flow Diagram (SFD) - 2019

Recently conducted 'SFD Week - Designing and Implementing Sustainable Sanitation for All'. A three-day conclave on sanitation, imparting knowledge on the importance of mapping faecal sludge, how SFDs done so far, have resulted in achieving advocacy and to learn from experiences and help cities move beyond open defecation free (ODF) for citywide sanitation. The conclave was supported by International Water Association (IWA), Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) and National Faecal Sludge and Septage Management Alliance (NFSSM). 

The fate of excreta produced by urban populations across the globe is often poorly understood. Particularly in low-and middle-income countries with rapidly expanding cities, excreta management represents a growing challenge; generating significant negative public health and environmental risks. 

Solving the sanitation crisis is, therefore, a challenge and opportunity in need of cross-sectoral communication, and facilitating such communication requires a new language and new communication tools.

One of the tools used to inform stakeholders from a range of backgrounds on citywide sanitation conditions is known colloquially as the Shit Flow Diagram (SFD), which often form a crucial basis for discussion among a wide range of urban agencies on future steps towards better urban sanitation for all. 

SFDs are a new and innovative way to engage sanitation experts, political leaders and civil society in coordinated discussions about excreta management in their city. It is a visualization tool that summarizes complex information into an easy-to-understand graphic, as it simply shows how excreta is or is not contained along the sanitation chain. It is a widely recognized advocacy and decision support tool, which has the potential to shift the focus of attention, money and activities towards effective and inclusive urban sanitation and more efficient investments, thereby, improving the situation of all urban residents and environment.To know more about SFDs, visit https://sfd.susana.org

The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) aims to fulfill the objective of 100% open defecation free status in all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the country by 2 October 2019. With numerous toilets constructed, it gets highly significant to manage waste generated from these toilets. SFDs as a situation analysis tool, is helpful to identify priority intervention areas in cities and towns to handle such waste and to achieve citywide sanitation for all. 

Target audience

This training is intended for anyone who wishes to prepare an SFD report for a town or a city. Whether you are working for a local, regional or national government, an NGO, a University, or if you are just interested in learning more about SFDs, this training is for you. We will guide you through the process, to introduce you to the definitions, tools and methods, using worked examples. 

Benefits

• One year free subscription to Down To Earth magazine after enrollment
• Top 10 students will get 50% refund of fee
• The authors of best five reviewed reports will get full fellowship to attend international conclave on sanitation at AAETI

Course structure

Enrolment process

Step 1: The first step to join the course is to register by submitting the APPLICATION FORM

Step 2: We will inform all candidates of the outcome of their applications and scholarships via email.  

Step 3: Online transaction by participants for payment of course fee.

Step 4: We will send your login details to access the moodle platform

To see last year's course feedback click here