Sanitation Partnerships

General

WSP programme on sanitation in general

The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) works to develop and promote sustainable solutions to the problems of inadequate sanitation. This is a broad over view of their activities in the sanitation field and includes several field notes.

www.Sanicon.net

Sanitation Connection is an Internet-based resource that gives you access to accurate, reliable and up-to-date information on technologies, institutions and financing of sanitation systems around the world. Institutions of international standing contribute to the information base by providing and maintaining a topic of their specialization.

Publication: Whatever Happened to Sanitation?

Written by Barbara Evans note for the Commission for Sustainable Development for the Millennium Project Task Force. 

Extending the ladder downwards; household, shared and communal facilities

In October 2003 IIED published work on community run sanitation facilities and other community approaches to sanitation:

Community-designed, built and managed toilet blocks in Indian cities 
Sundar Burra, Sheela Patel and Thomas Kerr, Environment & Urbanization
Vol 15, No 2, October 2003

The Water and Sanitation Program and others have also showcased interesting experiences in South Asia. 

Thinking about rental accommodation; tenants, landlords and sanitation

There is very little work that deals directly with tenancy and sanitation.  One that does, is entitled:

Moving 'beyond storage' of latrines; addressing emptying and treament

WASTE work in MAPET, Tanzania

The authors report on a neighbourhood-based sanitation service set up in Dar es Salaam using appropriate technology for emptying pit latrines; the Manual Pit Latrine Emptying Technology (MAPET) project. The participatory development process and use of technology fitting the localised scale of the project contributed to its success, while notable lessons learned include the need for the co-operation of a local agency (whether an NGO or local government) in purchasing and replacing equipment.

http://www.waste.nl/page/266 - link to summary.

A further publication http://www.gdrc.org/uem/waste/swm-gender.html includes an extensive literature review on the planning and construction of pit and bucket latrines. Four case studies discuss the technology used, the method of disposal of the collected sludge and nightsoil and its organization and place within the urban waste management system. They point to the institutional linkages required to ensure the successful operation and maintenance of these latrines.

PSEau work with AfD on Sanitation and Drainage. 

PsEau use an interesting and useful framework to place on-site sanitation within the broader spectrum of sewerage and sanitation, and discuss the importance of both emptying and treatment.  They look at ten interesting case studies across Africa, which highlight different corners of the sanitation challenge.

What role for partnerships?  Improving sanitation transactions, harnessing them for the public good and improving co-ordination

Some work, related to some of the partnership roles explored by BPD, can be found on the following sites:

WEDC research programme on Sanitation Marketing

This is a project to enhance the ability of key stakeholder agencies to plan and manage social marketing programmes for latrines in low income urban communities. Social marketing uses elements of commercial marketing to encourage as well as promote an activity that benefits both society and individuals. This project investigates how to implement such a strategy and the preconditions necessary for success.

WHO sanitation and hygiene promotion programming guidance

WHO have recently published new guidance on sanitation and hygiene promotion.  Tools such as this can harness existing sanitation transaction to public health goals.