September 2007: International Sanitation Workshop hosted by Oxfam

Oxfam, in collaboration with Practical Action (formerly ITDG) and International Water Association (IWA) hosted an International Sanitation Workshop at Oxfam House on 20 and 21 September 2007. The workshop objective was to share knowledge on current trends in excreta disposal, in the lead up to the 2008 UN Year of Sanitation.

The workshop explored areas as diverse as Ecological Sanitation (Ecosan), Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), sludge emptying and sanitation marketing. Approaches best suited to rural settings and those best suited to urban contexts were introduced to a diverse range of organisations, including CAT, WSUP, Waste Netherlands, GTZ, ACF, IFRC, DWR, Red R India, and Water Aid. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, WEDC and Cranfield represented the academic world, while Dfid brought forward a donors perspective.

Options for both emergencies settings and more long-term development approaches were also explored and in total, around 30 people participated on a daily basis. Water Aid also introduced a global advocacy campaign called End Water Poverty. Water Aid highlighted that "no intervention gives greater public health gains than sanitation."

Download the newsletter outlining the event and discussions that took place - (1691KB pdf)

For more details about the workshop, please contact:

Tim Forster
Public Health Engineering - Capacity Building
Oxfam GB
Oxford, UK
 Email: tforster@oxfam.org.uk

Sanitation and Waste management workshop: Oxford - September 2005

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