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What is Southern Africa knowledg
What is
Southern Africa knowledge node on sustainable
sanitation (SAKNSS)?
The Southern Africa knowledge
node on sustainable sanitation aims to fast
track and accelerate the delivery of sanitation
through sustainable solutions. The node aims to
facilitate and coordinate capacity and skills
development, knowledge sharing and
collaboration.
Sanitation challenge
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2.5 billion with
no sanitation, 1.75 billion to
be served by
2015; |
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450 million new
installations by
2015; |
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95,000
installations
per day to 2015; |
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approximately
589 million
people, more
than 60% of
Africa’s
population
currently do not
have access to
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an estimated 1
million Africans
die every year
from sanitation,
hygiene and
drinking
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If the Millennium development Goals are to be reached, a dramatic acceleration
in the rate of progress in sanitation coverage
is necessary. If they are to be reached
sustainably, knowledge management, research and
further development of sustainable sanitation
systems with proven track record and a large
potential for multiplication are urgently
required.
This can be best achieved through a combination
of demonstration projects and action research,
the development of field – tested standardized
systems and the compilation of a broad knowledge
base on innovative and sustainable sanitation.
Demonstration projects are also needed to
illustrate how robust, sustainable ecological
sanitation systems can be provided at a high
enough rate to make the sanitation targets of
the MDGs achievable.
The holistic approach needed for knowledge
management, research and development for
sustainable sanitation solutions should be
multi-facetted. It needs to comprise not only
traditional water supply and sanitation issues,
but also other disciplines such as agriculture,
town planning, public health, environmental
protection, resources management, economics,
marketing and sustainability assessment. At the
same time the development of sanitation systems
should adopt a life cycle approach. This should
be applied to the material flows that enter the
system and must subsequently be managed or
reused , as well as to the infrastructure itself
(source: GTZ).
“Rapid
acceleration of progress is needed to bring
improved sanitation to the 1.4 billion people
who were doing without in 2006, with all its
attendant consequences for the health of
communities and the local environment. At the
present rate of progress, the 2015 sanitation
target will be missed” SHA ZUKANG
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Node
structure and governance
The SAKNSS secretariat is based in South Africa
managed by the Commission and implemented
through the Water Information Network- South
Africa. The regional steering committee is
responsible for the strategic guidance of the
node.
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Areas of interest
- Sanitation policies
- Sanitation, Health and
Hygeine
- Education strategies
- Ecological sanitation
- On-site sanitation
technology options
- Waterborne sewerage systems
- Health and Hygiene Education
- Institutional and Social
Development
- Free basic sanitation
services
- Financing sanitation and
cost recovery
- Participatory approaches
- Community management
- Sanitation and hygiene
promotion
- Monitoring and evalualtion
of sanitation projects
- Reuse of wastewater
- School sanitation
- Gender and sanitation
- Wastewater treatment
technologies
- Solid waste management
- O&M
- WATSAN- HIV/AIDS
- Other
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Benefits for
members
• Link and exchange information with peers
• Access to new information and experience
• Practical support and capacity building
• Lessons learned
• Analysis of policies and sector trends;
• Documentation and sharing of best practice;
• Facilitating platforms for sustainable
sanitation dialogue
• Awareness raising;
• Networking
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Speak to us
to
• Submit articles , letters to the editor,
opinions and analysis for the Sanitation Matters
magazine
• Register a lesson for documentation
• Learning journey facilitation
• Register sustainable sanitation projects/case
studies implemented in your country
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