SuSanA

Sustainable Sanitation Alliance

Member countries:  Global

The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance is a loose network of more than 134 partners – multi- and bilateral organisations, NGOs, private companies, governmental and research institutions. SuSanA aims to contribute to the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) by promoting sustainable sanitation systems.

Objectives:

1. Raise awareness about sustainable sanitation approaches and promote them broadly.
2. Highlight how sustainable sanitation systems have a positive impact on meeting several of the MDGs.
3. Show that sanitation projects should be planned with the early participation of all stakeholders and should be linked with hygiene promotion and capacity building activities.

Outputs:

SuSanA operates through ten working groups:
WG 1: Capacity development
WG 2: Costs & economics
WG 3: Renewable energies, climate change and groundwater
WG 4: Sanitation systems, technology, hygiene and health
WG 5: Food security and productive sanitation systems
WG 6: Sustainable sanitation for cities and planning
WG 7: Community, rural and schools (with gender and social aspects)
WG 8: Emergency and reconstruction situations
WG 9: Sanitation as a business and public awareness
WG 10: Operation and maintenance

The Capacity Development working group is currently led by Dorothy Spuhler and Michael Kropac fron Seecon gmbh Switzerland.
The website contains information on Training and University courses; Case studies and videos relevant to sustainable sanitation as well as documentation of meetings and the working groups.

Products:

A recent product developed by the member SEECON with support from Cap-Net and others is the Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management Toolbox. www.sswm.info This is likely to develop into a very useful tool linking water resources management with sanitation.

Website:

WWW.susana.org