Stimulating local innovation on sanitation for the urban poor in Sub‐Saharan Africa and South‐East Asia

Purpose

Postgraduate research projects in the fields of smart sanitation provision for slums, emergency sanitation, resource oriented decentralized sanitation, low cost wastewater collection and treatment, faecal sludge management

Activities

In 2011, UNESCO-IHE and the BMGF joined efforts in combining research and capacity building on sanitation in a multi-million dollar project reaching out to Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced this grant at the AfricaSan conference in Rwanda launching its Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene strategy. The goal is to provide a large impulse in postgraduate sanitation education and research with a focus on sanitation solutions for the urban poor.

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Location of main activity

Further information

There are 5 key themes which all research is grouped around:
1. Smart sanitation provision for slums and informal settlements
2. Emergency sanitation following natural and anthropologic disasters
3. Resource oriented decentralized sanitation
4. Low cost wastewater collection and treatment
5. Faecal sludge management

Filter tags

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Capacity development Constructed wetlands Decentralised wastewater treatment (e.g. DEWATS) East Asia & Pacific Emergency and reconstruction Emptying and transport (non sewered) Europe & Central Asia Faecal sludge treatment processes Specific to one or several countries Sub-Saharan Africa Technology comparisons Treatment of faecal sludge Treatment of wastewater or greywater University, education or research institution Urban informal settlements (slums)

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