Applying Integrity Tools for Water and Sanitation: Experiences from Bangladesh

This presentation discussed some insights from two Water Integrity Network projects: the Application of Annotated Water Integrity Scan (AWIS) for assessing and advocating for integrity in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in schools; and the Integrity Management Toolbox for strengthening integrity in water utilities and for change management.

Piyatida Ruangrassamee

Dr. Piyatida Ruangrassamee is a lecturer at Department of Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Her research focuses on water security, hydrological modelling and optimization, impact of climate change, and water-related disasters. In 2018, she led a research project on the “Analysis of water security, water productivity and water-related disaster for water resources master plan” with the support from Thailand Research Fund. She received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  

Nature-Based Solutions for Water Cycle Management in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region Countries

This presentation gave an overview of RECONECT, which aims to contribute to European reference framework on Nature Based Solutions (NBS) for hydro-meteorological risk reduction by demonstrating, referencing, upscaling and exploiting large-scale NBS in rural and natural areas. It also cited lessons and challenges for NBSs in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region.