Arno Rosemarin, SEI SACOSAN Workshop, Sri Lanka, April 27, 2009 SuSanA’s Road Map Towards More Sustainable Sanitation Practices

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 2 Why is sanitation not happening fast enough? lack of political will neglect of external costs and benefits low prestige and recognition neglect of consumer preferences ineffective promotion and low public awareness poor policy at all levels and poor institutional frameworks inadequate and poorly-used resources inappropriate approaches (e.g. planning and choice of adequate sanitation systems)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 3 SuSanA was triggered by the International Year of Sanitation 2008 UNSGAB suggests IYS (in Feb within Hashimoto Action Plan) decision of the UN for the IYS 2008 (in December 2006) objectives of the IYS (formulated by UNSGAB in May 2007): increase of awareness & commitment from actors at all levels mobilisation of governments, financial institutions & sanitation providers secure real commitments to develop & implement effective action to scale up sanitation programmes encourage demand driven sustainable solutions & informed choices secure increased financing to jump start & sustain progress develop & strengthen institutional & human capacity enhance sustainability & effectiveness of sanitation solutions promote & capture learning to enhance evidence base & knowledge on sanitation

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 4 „What then is SuSanA?“ SuSanA is a network of existing organisations working along the same lines, and open to others who want to join and be active in the promotion of sustainable sanitation systems SuSanA has agreed on a “joint road map” and a “short statement” (vision document 1); quarterly meetings in 2007 and 2008; 1-2 larger meetings per year from 2009 onwards All partnering organisations contribute their work and resources on their own expense SuSanA is a dynamic network: further organisations are welcome to join SuSanA currently has 12 thematic working groups

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 5 SuSanA thematic working groups (key issues for sustainable sanitation) 1.Capacity development for sustainable sanitation 2.Cost and economics of sustainable sanitation 3.Renewable energies, groundwater protection and climate change 4.Sanitation systems, technology options, hygiene and health 5.Food security and productive sanitation systems 6.Sustainable sanitation for cities 7.Community and rural sanitation (incl. School-sanitation) 8.Sustainable sanitation in emergency and reconstruction 9.Sanitation as a business 10.Public awareness & sanitation marketing 11.Operation and maintenance of sustainable sanitation 12.Gender and sustainable sanitation number and thematic subjects of working groups can change in the future

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 6 Goal of SuSanA to contribute to the achievement of the MDGs by promoting sanitation systems which are taking into consideration all aspects of sustainability

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 7 Objectives of SuSanA To raise awareness of what sustainable sanitation solutions are and promoting them on a large scale To highlight the key role of sanitation for achieving a whole series of MDGs To show how sustainable sanitation projects should be planned with participation of all stakeholders (hand in hand with hygiene promotion and capacity development) Source: Vision Document 1 “Towards more sustainable sanitation solutions” 2007

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 8 Current structure of SuSanA SuSanA meetings working groups Working group lead active partnerpassive partner secretariat wg deliverables factsheets, guidelines publications, events etc. vision documents SuSanA partner vision docs vision doc I to III press release etc. minutes minutes, agenda, presentations output

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 9 SuSanA activities & the joint roadmap development of 3 central SuSanA vision documents joint SuSanA statement sustainable pathways to attain the MDGs guideline for sanitation action plans including of sustainable sanitation issues into existing funding instruments and initialising of new funding mechanisms promotion of sustainable sanitation within already planned international conferences and events development of a global database for sustainable sanitation projects and capacity development institutions dialogue on improvement needs of the UN Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) [  sanitation ladder] joint monitoring of the contribution of sustainable sanitation systems to the MDGs

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 10 Products from the SuSanA network Vision documents (1, 2) and joint road map Fact sheets from several working groups World map on sustainable sanitation projects (Google-based) Case study collection Contributions to conferences and events Website (resource material for capacity development in sustainable sanitation) DVD as off-line version Larger publications from SuSanA partners – discussed during SuSanA-mtgs and with feedback from SuSanA-partners included: „Compendium of sanitation systems“ (Eawag-Sandec) „Sustainable pathways to achieve the MDGs“ (SEI) „Sustainable sanitation for cities“ (working group 6)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 11 kick-off meeting in Eschborn/ Germany (January 2007) initiated by a core group of organisations active in the field of sustainable sanitation 23 participants representing around 20 organisations establishment of various working groups development of a first draft of a joint roadmap for the promotion of sustainable sanitation within the IYS nd SuSanA meeting in Dübendorf/ Switzerland (April 2007) 40 participants from more than 30 organisations group widened focus and emphasised to support all approaches aiming at the overall sustainability of sanitation systems official decision on the name ‚Sustainable Sanitation Alliance‘ Evolution of SuSanA

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 12 evolution of the SuSanA 3rd SuSanA meeting in Stockholm/ Sweden (August 2007) 90 participants from more than 20 countries representing around 50 multi and bilateral organisations, NGOs and research institutions endorsement of the joint SuSanA statement 4th SuSanA meeting in New Delhi/ India (Nov. 2007) attached to the World Toilet Summit some 100 participants from around 70 different organisations regular quarterly meetings in 2008 February Durban/ South Africa May New York/ USA August Stockholm/ Sweden November 2008 – Macao/ China

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 13 Geographical distribution of SuSanA-meetings since 2007 and including meetings in 2009 Ethiopia

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 March 09 Eschborn Germany I slide 14 currently approx. 100 SuSanA partners … SuSanA partner logo version 1.6 /