Seminar at the World Water Week 2014 // Sanitation Business Models for Safe Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR)

The seminar will combine the highlights of research on over 60 successful business cases and extracted business models for resource recovery and reuse in developing countries with a discussion on their applicability in a range of settings with practitioners and entrepreneurs. However, use of human waste presents risks and potential benefits to public health that need to be managed. The Sanitation Safety Planning Manual will also be presented to illustrate the practical implementation of the 2006 WHO Guidelines for Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater.

Time & Room

Tuesday 09:00-12:30 Room T2 Functional sanitation systems improve health and welfare and are fundamental to human development. Integrated business models throughout the sanitation value chain can turn waste into valuable resources such as biofuels or fertilizer and save water thus leading to even broader livelihood improvements. Most sanitation initiatives to reuse waste have depended heavily on subsidies, remained small or did not survive beyond their pilot phase. A new approach is needed to make resource recovery and safe reuse (RR&R) solutions viable at scale and protective of public health.

Programme

09:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks -Dr. Pay Drechsel, IWMI -Ms. Eileen Hofstetter, SDC -TBC, BMZ Models and Tools for Safe Sanitation Businesses 09:10 Setting the Scene for Integrated Business Models throughout the Sanitation Value Chain with Safe Resource Recovery and Reuse Dr. Arne Panesar, GIZ 09:20 Research on Business Cases Dr. Miriam Otoo, IWMI 09:30 Sanitation Safety Planning Manual Ms. Kate Medlicott, WHO Sanitation Business Models in Practice 09:40 Introduction of the Country Presentations Dr. Pay Drechsel, IWMI 09:45 Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP) Lessons From Trials in Five Countries Mr. Darryl Jackson 09:55 Establishing O&M for Decentralised Urban Sanitation Infrastructure in Karnataka India Mr. Stefan Reuter, BORDA 10:05 Waste to Energy for Urban India: Co-Fermentation of Organic Kitchen Waste and Septage Dr. Regina Dube, GIZ 10:15 Questions & Answers 10:25 Coffee Break 10:55 Sustainable Sanitation in East Africa's Urban Informal Settlements Mr. David Auerbach, Sanergy 11:05 Beyond the Latrine: Creating a Sanitation Industry Ms. Katja Neubauer, Water for People 11:15 Challenges in the Enabling Environment for Public Private Partnerships in Kampala Sanitation Sector Ms. Kristina Kanathigoda, GIZ 11:25 EkoLakay to Konpos Lakay: SOIL's Household Toilet and Composting Experiences from Haiti Mr. Nick Preneta, SOIL 11:35 Questions & Answers Tipping Points: Barriers and Opportunities for Taking Models to Scale 11:45 Panel Discussion -Moderator: Mr. Ken Caplan, Partnerships in Practice -Mr. Joppe Cramwinckel, WBCSD -Dr. Heiko Gebauer, Eawag/Sandec -Dr. Mirko Winkler, STPH -Mr. Sam Parker, WSUP (tbc) -Mr. Jan Willem Rosenboom, BMGF -Mr. Neil Macleod, eThekwini Municipality (tbc) 12:25 Wrap-up and Closing Remarks 12:30 Close of the Seminar

Convenors

-Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit -International Water Management Institute -Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation -World Health Organization

Co-convenors

-Bremen Overseas Research & Development Association -Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation and Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity -Eawag -German Toilet Organization -International Centre for Water Management Services -Sandec -Sanergy -Stockholm Environment Institute -Sustainable Sanitation Alliance -Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich -Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute -Water For People -World Business Council for Sustainable Development