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UNICEF ROSA, SEI, Ministry of Health

Care & Nutrition and Ministry of Water
Supply & Drainage Sri Lanka
April 27-29 2009,Kaluthara
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V Significant gap in capacity at all levels for knowledge
dissemination, effective advocacy for policy change for
promotion of sustainable sanitation.
V Significant lack of qualified local personnel to implement
projects at the grass root level.
V Significant lack of live in examples of sustainable sanitation
system for replication and scaling up.
V Researches not leading to developmental impacts.
V Lack of environment for innovation and adoption of action
research.
V Lack of knowledge sharing and lessons learned for building
capacity.
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Key Objectives:
  Advocacy
  Capacity Development
  Coordination and knowledge management for
sustainable sanitation resource development
  Comprehensive India centric research on
sustainable sanitation
  Demonstration for replication and scaling up
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V National workshop organized in Delhi.
V Training of state officials and NGOs in Tamilnadu .
V Beginning in TN, Karnataka for individual HH latrines as
well as public toilet
V Pilots & masons training in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, UP and
Bihar
V UDDT included as one of the technical options in CRSP of
GOI
V Creation of sustainable sanitation dedicated web page on
wes-net India website.
V Proactive support to involved NGOs for dissemination of
sustainable sanitation concept ,approach, pilot,
demonstration and training.
V Exposure visits to program areas for
experience sharing and wider replication.
V Waterless urinals in rural and urban areas
and use of urine as fertilizer.
V Acceptance of home urine diverting
latrines in project villages in Tamilnadu
and Karnataka
Activities completed/ under process: Advocacy

*. Regular communication with stakeholders for

promotion of sustainable sanitation
2. Information dissemination and resource support
to railways for promotion of waterless urinals at
railway stations
3. Promoting waterless urinals in public places.
4. Regular communication and updating with NGOs
working for the promotion of sustainable
sanitation in India.
5. Sustainable sanitation promotion through
workshops/seminars
 

*. Technical supervision , support to NGOs by hands on

training, field visit, experience sharing and field support
activities
a. Tamilnadu
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Bihar
d. Maharashtra
e. Leh , Lahaul and Spiti
2. Workshop at Bikaner , Rajasthan including demonstration
of EcoSan toilet.
3. Workshop at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh with Panchayats
leaders and district officials for improving the usage of
UDDT and its further replication
4. Field mission and workshop with IFAD in Gajapati
district of Orissa for inclusion of sustainable sanitation in
the ongoing poverty reduction program of OTELP funded
by IFAD.
5. Workshop at Calcutta for promotion of UDDT in high
water table program area of µwater for people¶
6. Workshop at Ranchi for promotion of UDDT and
productive use of urine and composted faeces for
marginalized farmers in Tribal villages.
7. Exposure visit of govt. of India officials, state govt.
officials, UNICEF officers and NGOs representative to
Stockholm world water week .
8. Demonstration, hands on training for promotion of
ecosan in Rural Tourism in Mandala, Madhya Pradesh.
9. Tamilnadu state level sustainable sanitation workshop in
Feb 2009
*0. Training of state level CCDU officials in four batches at
Trichy ,Tamilnadu from *5th Feb to 24th Feb 2009.



 

 



*. Publication of fact sheets and its wider dissemination

2. Printing and distribution of ecosan book ( English and
Tamil)
3. Printing and distribution of ecosan guide book (
English and Hindi)
4. Development and distribution of Video CD for
construction of ecosan toilet
5. Urine harvesting
6. Waterless urinals
7. Database of active NGOs working for the promotion of
ecosan
8. Continuous support to manufacturer of ecopan to
reduce the cost.
9. Testing of low cost model

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V Use of urine as fertilizer on vegetables with Nirmal Gram

Nirman Kendra, Nashik
V Use of urine as fertilizer with National Banana Research
Institute TRICHY and SCOPE Trichy
V Development of water less urinals for male and female
with IIT Delhi
V Creation of centre of excellence in sustainable sanitation
research at Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra (GKVK) and
Arghyam in Bangalore, Karnataka
V Development of Ferro cement ecosan pans with
Environment and Energy Development Society (EEDS),
Bhopal, MP
Demonstration projects

V Comprehensive demonstration and capacity

development program with Tamilnadu EcoSan
Initiatives, a consortium of *0 NGOs.
V Demonstration and construction of eco friendly
sanitary latrines and roof area rain water
conservation system in a Tribal village in
Mccluskieganj, Ranchi.
V Creating a sustainable eco village near Puri,
Orissa with all households having the UDDT and
reusing the composted faeces and urine in
agriculture.
V Demonstration of several low cost UDDT
models in a village in Dindigul district,
Tamilnadu.
V Piloting the sustainability of UDDTs in a
village adjoining Delhi.
V Piloting Ecological sanitation in the state of
West Bengal in partnership with Water for
People.
V Piloting Ecological sanitation in the state of
Nagaland.



 
  Documentation of Ecosan initiatives for
finalizing the road map for scaling up in India
in consultation with DDWS, Government of
India in line with important events and
activities completed during SACOSAN Delhi.
  Evaluation of Ecosan Program in Tamilnadu
and Karnataka for lessons learned, way
forward«
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V Sensitization workshop with tea/coffee growers association in
Coimbatore for use of urine as fertilizer.
V Sensitization workshop with Orange growers association in
Tripura for the use of human urine as fertilizer.
V Capacity building of CCDUs for integrating ecosan with ongoing
TSC program.
V Creation of a regional ecosan node for continuous capacity
building of organizations working for the promotion of ecosan.
V Creating a centre of excellence at Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra,
Bangalore in association with Arghyam.
V Sensitization workshop with developers and builders on urban
ecosan.
V Exposure visit of UNICEF Officers, research institutions,
government officers and NGOs to Philippines for ecosan
demonstration.
V Exposure visit of research institutions, central government
officers to SANDEC, Switzerland for ongoing/completed research
on urine and its products.
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  Develop several design options for various models of
ecological sanitation for rural and urban setting
appropriate to different geographical conditions for
individual households, public toilet complex and schools.
  Generating private manufacturer¶s interest in ecosan
product and developing a distribution network in all
districts.
  Establishing partnership and networking for continuous
ecosan training program for capacity development.
  Yellow pages on ecological sanitation on India sanitation
portal.
  Translation of ecosan book and compendium of sanitation
technologies in Hindi.
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V Research on developing and submitting a proposal for new

small scale methodology under Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) for claiming Carbon credits from
ecological sanitation (urine diverting toilets/waterless
urinals) by using human urine as liquid fertilizer.
V Establishing partnership with M S Swaminathan Research
Foundation for taking further the research on urine
farming for evidence based advocacy for its contribution
in food security.
V Follow up and information dissemination of undertaken
research on ecosan.
V Research on urine crystallization in India in partnership
with water and sanitation in developing countries
(SANDEC), Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental
Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland.
V Establishing partnership with International Development
Enterprises (India) for developing and testing low cost
plastic storage tank for urine.
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V Supporting ecosan demonstration program in Manipur,
Chhatishgarh, Haryana and Rajasthan.
V Piloting ecosan with CLTS facilitation technique in Kalyani
Municipality, Kolkata, West Bengal.
V Piloting ecosan toilet in schools in Baramulla, Kashmir.
V Promotion of modern ecosan in Leh-Ladakh and Lahaul-
Spiti
V Pilot of school Ecosan in NCR Delhi and Punjab.
V Piloting ecosan public toilet complex in west Bengal in
partnership with Ramakrishna Mission.
V Developing live examples for linking ecosan with
agriculture.
V Supporting ecosan program with OTELP in Orissa in 250
villages.
V Pilot of ecosan in urban slum in Delhi.
V Piloting waterless urinals in a city public school in Delhi.
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V Resource Oriented Sanitation

V Micro-level Interventions: Technologies,
Systems & Small Businesses
V Macro Issues: Resource Conservation &
Impact on Climate Change
V Outreach: Families, Communities &
Government
V Curriculum
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V SEI establishes first EcoSan node in China
in partnership with University of science
and Technology, Beijing in 2008.
V Scoping study for the establishment of
South Asia node has been completed by
KPMG India for the countries Nepal,
Bhutan, Bangladesh and India.
V Till the establishment of node SEI -UNICEF
cooperation will support the promotion of
EcoSan in India.
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V Regional workshop on ecological sanitation
organized by CAPNET South Asia at Bangalore
from *5-*7th Feb 2008.
V DDWS, Govt. of India organized a National level
sustainable sanitation workshop at Delhi in May
2008.
V Taking further the momentum gained in
Bangalore and Delhi workshop several events and
activities were planned during SACOSAN III from
*6-2*st November 2008 for advocacy and
awareness of ecological sanitation in India and
the region.
V The advocacy was spearheaded by the Prime Minister of
India in his opening SACOSAN III speech by emphasizing
the need for recycle oriented system.
´We should look upon human waste as a resource to be
recycled and reused so that it does not contaminate our
land or water.´
V The father of green revolution in India Dr. M S
Swaminathan went beyond sanitation and emphasized the
need of recycle based sanitation system for our future food
security.´ India needs a 2nd revolution for its growing need
of food for *.2 billion people.´
V SACOSAN III declaration , ³Technologies ( e.g. which
requires less water and /or no water) and the practice of
µreuse and recycle¶ of human wastes and solid and liquid
wastes ( including conversion into energy), will be
promoted.´
V ³Collaborations with private sector (
including toilet associations and groups of
sanitary goods and service providers) will
be strengthened in developing sanitation
standards, technologies and products that
are appropriate, affordable, ecologically-
friendly and easily accessible.´
V India country paper released during
SACOSAN III identified the need for
alternative sanitation and advocates for
the ecological sanitation.
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V Parallel session organized on ecological sanitation. Seven
papers were presented in the session and generated a
good amount of interest among participants.
V Side events organized for conducting the scoping study
for the establishment of Regional Ecosan node in the
region by KPMG.
V Display of low cost ecopan on UNICEF stall during the
SACOSAN III and distribution of leaflets.
V Display and distribution of Ecosan book, fact sheets,
posters and posters made by IIT Delhi on waterless
urinals and urine harvesting.
V SCOPE put up a stall during SACOSAN III for
dissemination of information on implemented ecosan
projects in Tamilnadu.
V Launch of dedicated India sanitation Portal during
SACOSAN III.
V Release of ³Toilets and More´ a reference manual during
SACOSAN III by DDWS, Govt. of India.
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