WEBINAR 6: Why We Need to Think Differently about Sanitation
Accelerating inclusive sanitation requires the drive and commitment of everyone and the coming together of organizations. It calls for engagement of households and the community, and political leadership. However, many stakeholders are set in their ways and may not be open to change, since they have been conditioned by the practices of the past.
Vasco Schelbert
Vasco is a Project Manager with Eawag-Sandec and a member of their Strategic Environmental Sanitation Planning Group. He specializes in sanitation and wastewater management solutions for development, focusing on urban infrastructure delivery in informal settlements and sustainable operation and maintenance of water, sanitation, and health (WASH) delivery services combined with information technology management.
Christoph Luthi
Christoph is the Head of the Department of Sanitation Water and Solid Waste for Development (SANDEC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Research and Technology (EAWAG). He is an urban infrastructure planner with over 25 years of experience in planning and design of urban infrastructure in middle- and low-income countries. His special interests include the development of planning tools for basic services in unserved areas, citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS), and multi-stakeholder planning and programming.
Abishek Narayan
Abishek is a water and sanitation researcher for development and humanitarian aid. He is currently pursuing his PhD on the topic of planning citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS). His experience includes assignments with the World Bank and the 100 Resilient Cities of the Rockefeller Foundation.