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The
conference is organised by the Network for the development
of Sustainable Approaches for large scale implementation of
Sanitation in Africa (NETSSAF).
It will bring together the community of practice that has
coalesced around the NETSSAF consortium, in conjunction with
other decision makers, sanitation professionals, scientists
and practitioners. Findings, future trends and evaluations
will be presented on the unifying theme of small and
large scale sustainable approaches to sanitation
in rural and peri-urban areas. There is also an explicit focus
on: capacity building, technology adaptation
for development, human capital and participatory approaches
in implementation.
 Conference
Aims
Without
concerted effort and action, the international community is
likely to miss the Millennium Development Goals
relating to water and sanitation. Despite this, it is well
documented that water and sanitation are fundamental to broader
national development – vastly reducing global disease
burdens; allowing more children to gain access to education;
reducing the time women spend on collecting water and triggering
other forms of economic growth and livelihood development.
Almost one in two people in the developing world lack access
to sanitation. Despite this, sanitation tends to be overlooked
globally and this imbalance requires urgent redress.
Investment
in sanitation and hygiene yields favourable economic returns
and social benefits. Equally importantly,
sanitation provides the simple right to dignity and
safety through adequate facilities for personal hygiene
and a clean and healthy living environment for every individual,
but particularly for adolescent girls, children and women.
These,
and linked issues relating to the policy, science
and practice of sustainable sanitation will be addressed
during the International Conference on Sustainable Sanitation
in September 2008. A three day event, the Conference will
include a varied range of participatory panel discussions.
Futher
Details
For further details and to
register please refer to the web site below
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