Workshop on Sustainable Sanitation – Global and Local Partnerships Experiences and Way Ahead

18.02.2019, Hotel Southern Sun The Cullinun, Cape Town, South Africa

CSE's Water Programme hosted a side event / workshop during the FSM-5 conference in Cape Town on 18.02.2019 titled Sustainable Sanitation - Global and Local Partnerships, Experiences and way ahead. The aim of the workshop was to bring together all the global partners of CSE and share their experience and the discussions for way forward.

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in collaboration with Water Research Commission (WRC) South Africa organized a workshop on 18.02.2019 in Cape Town S.A. The event included CSE’s global partners working in the water and sanitation sector. They included senior delegates from WRC, BMGF, GIZ, WaterAid, WHO and BORDA. The event also included CSE’s partners working closely with CSE’s Environmental Monitoring Lab (EML) and included UKZN, UNESCO-IHE, AIT, EAWAG and Columbia University.

 

The First Session was titled ‘Mainstreaming Citywide Water and Sanitation and effective FSSM in the Global South’. In this session senior delegates from CSE’s Global Partners shared their experience and on-going work. The speakers further shared their vision of future work in collaboration with CSE. The speakers included:

• Jay Bhagwan, Executive Director, WRC, South Africa
• Arne Panesar, Head, Sustainable Sanitation, GIZ Germany
• Abdullah Al Muyeed, Head, Policy, WaterAid, Bangladesh
• Roshan Shrestha, Lead, Urban Sanitation, Market, BMGF USA
• Madhu Krishna, Country Lead (India), BMGF
• Sophie Boisson, WHO, Geneva
• Stefan Reuter, Director, BORDA

The Second Session was titled ‘Characterization of Feacal Sludge and Septage–Methods and Experiences’. In this session senior faculty and researchers in the field of Faecal Sludge testing shared their ongoing work, experiences of working the sector and way-forward in collaboration in CSE. Aditya Sharma from CSE’s Lab Team also shared experience and way forward for working related to Faecal Sludge testing in CSE. The speakers included:

• Chris Buckley, Pollution Research Group, UKZN, Durban, S.A.
• Kartik Chandran, Columbia University, USA
• ThammaratKoottatep, AIT Bangkok
• Linda Strande, EAWAG SANDEC, Switzerland
• B J Ward, EAWAG, Switzerland
• Claire Furlong, IHE Delft, Netherland
• Kirsty Carden, University of Cape Town
• KostantinaVelkushanova, UKZN, Durban, S.A.
• Sudhir Pillai, WRC, South Africa

There were presentations from other practitioners and technology providers in the sanitation space. This included Mr Grant Macintosh from Emanti Management Services and Mr Lars Schoebitz from Biomass Controls.

Two CSE’s training alumni Mr Jacob Kiliha from Ardhi University, Dar Es Salam Tanzania and Mr Francis Agyenim from IIR – CSIR, Ghana shared how they applied there learning from CSE’s trainings in SFD in their field of work.

The event ended with delegates expressing their eagerness to collaborate for future activities.

List of Participants 

Jay Bhagwan Water Research Commission South Africa	Abdullah Al Muyeed WaterAid Bangladesh
Arne Panesar Deutsche GesellschaftfürInternationaleZusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Germany	Roshan Shrestha Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation USA
Madhu Krishna Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation India	Sophie Boissons World Health Organization Geneva
Chris Buckley Pollution Research Group University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa	KartikChandran Columbia University USA
ThammaratKoottatep Asian Institute of Technology Bangkok, Thailand	Linda Strande EAWAG SANDEC Switzerland
Barbara J Ward EAWAG Switzerland	Claire Furlong IHE Delft Netherlands
Grant Macintosh Emanti Management Services South Africa	Kirsty Carden University of Cape Town South Africa
Francis Agyenim Council of Industrial and Scientific Research-IIR Ghana	JacobKihila Research Fellow, Institute of Human Settlements Studies (IHSS), Ardhi University Dar ES Salaam, Tanzania
Stefan Reuter Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association Germany	KostantinaVelkushanova Pollution Research Group University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
Lars Schoebitz Biomass Controls Zürich Area, Switzerland	Sudhir Pillai Water Research Commission South Africa
Elizabeth Tilley University of Malawi Zomba, Malawi	Lindsey Noakes Gather Hub London, United Kingdom
AmbarishKarunanithi Centre for Policy Research India	Priyanka Dutt BBC Media Action India
SakshiGudwani Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation India	Berta Moya Biomass Controls Biomass Controls, LLC Zürich Area, Switzerland
Philip de Souza Emanti Management Services South Africa	Unathi Jack Emanti Management Services South Africa
ThabisaManxodidi Emanti Management Services South Africa	Matthew Damons Emanti Management Services South Africa
Pragyal Singh Ernst & Young LLP India	Arjun Sharma National Institute of Urban Affairs India
DepinderKapur National Institute of Urban Affairs India	MeoalKoebeich Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association Germany
Miriam Otoo International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Colombo, Sri Lanka	LlyodGovender Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association South Africa