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WORKSHOP 5 Howto Series The Business of Sanitation Economy

20 April 2021
Sanitation, in general, has not been a subject that stirs conversation. Often, it is set aside, along with the details that go with it, such as human waste and putrid waterways. By extension, sanitation has been overlooked from a business and social enterprise point of view. Only in recent years…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WEBINAR 5 Strategies to Keep Sanitation Services Operating

20 April 2021
Investments in sanitation and wastewater treatment are typically three to four times more than those for water treatment systems. In many Asian settings, the operation and maintenance of sanitation systems, whether public or privately owned such as household septic tanks, are ineffective and…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WORKSHOP 4 HowtoSeries Towards Achieving Gender and Social Inclusion in Urban Sanitation

19 April 2021
This two-hour interactive workshop was for senior and mid-level professionals who want to learn about opportunities for gender and social inclusion (GESI) in urban sanitation. The workshop increased knowledge of how to design and implement more inclusive urban sanitation projects. Through small…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WEBINAR 4 Sex Sanctity and Sanitation for All

19 April 2021
The focus of citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) on equity and inclusion requires more than a business-as-usual approach to sanitation. Having gender equality and social inclusion means that the project is designed to benefit everyone in a project area. This include groups that are often left…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WORKSHOP 3 Howto Series Leveraging the Links between Water Sanitation Hygiene and Health

15 April 2021
Many see the provision of sanitation services as a technical challenge calling for the skills of engineers to design, build, and operate facilities. However, the need for sanitation is about individual well-being and public health, which in turn has broad economic benefits. For those benefits to…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WEBINAR 2 Coordination Cooperation and Collaboration for CWIS

13 April 2021
1:00–2:30 p.m. (Manila time, GMT +8) Establishing a policy, institutional, and regulatory framework (also referred to as the “enabling environment”) that embraces citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) is a fundamental step in designing an effective urban sanitation program. Governments are…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WORKSHOP 2 Howto Series Planning and Designing CWIS in Practice

13 April 2021
Citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) is a relatively new approach to delivering urban sanitation interventions in low- and middle-income countries. It is strikingly different from conventional approaches, which are predominantly sewer-focused and follow top-down planning. CWIS, on the other hand,…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Online ADB Sanitation Dialogue 2021 ASD 2021

12 April to 22 May 2021
Background As the 21st-century transitions into a new decade, 453 million people across Asia and the Pacific still defecate in the open. About 1.2 billion people have no access to basic sanitation services. Of these numbers, 72% live in rural areas. The United Nations estimate that by current…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WEBINAR 1 Taking a Fresh Look at How We Fix Sanitation

12 April 2021
Lack of access to safe, adequate, and affordable water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services has a devastating effect on the health, dignity, and prosperity of billions of people across Asia and the Pacific. More than 55% of the region’s population will live in cities by 2030. With higher…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WORKSHOP 1 HowtoSeries Sharing Climate Strategies for Sanitation

12 April 2021
Delivering universal access to sustainable and safely managed sanitation services remains a huge challenge. It is compounded by climate change and disaster risks and impacts such as the increasing variability in the water cycle, extreme weather events like storms and flooding, more frequent…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office