Research for action: Water, Behavior Change and Envi-ronmental Sanitation: Sustainable Solutions to Research, Knowledge and Professionalization (WABES)
Equitable access to safe water and sanitation facilities and services is by far not achieved and a stronger push on multiple levels will be necessary over the next decade to reach SDG 6. This includes developing and using innovative technologies, based on applied research, to foster affordable and sustainable solutions for increased access to safe water and adequate sanitation. To this aim, the SDC continues its fruitful collaboration with the Swiss Research Institute Eawag.
Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
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Global |
Water
Water sanitation
Water supply |
01.08.2022
- 31.12.2026 |
CHF 3’288’000
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- Foreign private sector North
- SANDEC EAWAG
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION
WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Basic sanitation
Basic drinking water supply
Cross-cutting topics The project also supports partner organisation improvements
Aid Type Mandate without fiduciary fund
Project and programme contribution
Project number 7F09963
Background | Although access to safe drinking water and sanitation has been recognised as a Human Right since 2010, 2 billion people still lacked safely managed drinking water, and an estimated 4 billion people still do not have safely managed sanitation. Data shows sharp geographic, sociocultural and economic disparities in access leading to health threats, especially with the poor, marginalized and vulnerable groups. A lot therefore remains to be done. |
Objectives | A water secure world, where people have the knowledge and capacity to live healthy lives with safely managed services (safe water, solid waste management and sanitation) and the means to recover and utilise resources. |
Target groups |
· residents of urban/peri-urban areas/selected small towns in Sub-Saharan · national and local utilities and authorities, specialized NGO’s and universities · for capacity development/knowledge dissemination: practitioners, students, |
Medium-term outcomes |
Outcome 1: Improved and equitable access to safely managed water Outcome 2: Improved and equitable access to safely managed environmental sanitation, considering circular economy principles Outcome 3: Integrated, inclusive planning for safely managed water and waste services is available and applied in small towns of Sub-Saharan Africa Outcome 4: Knowledge and expertise/training content is used and applied in practice by students and development practitioners |
Results |
Expected results: · Recommendations on optimal degree of treatment decentralization for · Solutions for dynamic operation of faecal sludge treatment · A validated integrated planning approach for safely managed water and · Improved uptake and application of developed knowledge (knowledge Results from previous phases: Main results of the first phase include the production and dissemination of key water and sanitation sector publications and repositories such as the Water Compendium, the online GAP platform, the IWA book Methods for Faecal Sludge Analysis (2021) and an update of the renowned MOOC-series “Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development” as well as the uptake of the conceptual work on City-wide Inclusive Sanitation. On an outcome level, sanitation planning in two pilot towns in Nepal provided a blueprint for a generic city sanitation planning framework for Nepal. In addition, an external evaluation i.a. highlighted two key issues, namely (i) the need for an intervention logic that goes beyond Eawag’s contribution and (ii) the need for more comprehensive knowledge brokerage. |
Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
Project partners |
Contract partner Private sector Swiss Academic and Research Institution |
Coordination with other projects and actors |
Eawag benefits from a large network of research partners (> 40 organisations) in the South, on which they will lean on and/or collaborate with. Specific links synergies with the Humanitarian Aid through Eawag’s backstopping mandate. |
Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 3’288’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 1’070’760 |
Project phases | Phase 2 01.08.2022 - 31.12.2026 (Current phase) Phase 1 01.02.2018 - 31.07.2022 (Completed) |