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Safe sanitation for all is essential for improving public health, providing a clean environment, and breaking the cycle of disease. Countries in South Asia are experiencing rapid urbanization with increasing numbers of people living in slums and growing urban sanitation challenges. Lack of proper sanitation has been a long-running development issue which remains stubbornly difficult to resolve in many places.
India has made considerable progress in providing access to toilets in households and at public places under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). However, sanitation entails more than just building toilets. It is a system that addresses human excreta from generation to its treatment and use. While SBM has promoted on-site sanitation technology options such as pit latrines and septic tanks. the management of faecal sludge resulting from these onsite technologies remains grossly neglected. The design and quality of on-site toilets is also sub-optimal. As a result, cities in India are currently facing a large burden of untreated faecal waste entering the environment causing large public health and environmental risks. The situation is similar in other South Asian cities.
Faecal sludge and septage management (FSSM) includes safe management of sanitation across the sanitation value chain covering safe containment, collection, transport, treatment, and reuse of waste. Furthermore, city-wide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) looks to shift the urban sanitation paradigm and prioritizes equity, public and environmental health and co-existence of a range of solutions - onsite/non-sewered and sewered, centralized or decentralized - tailored to the requirements of the cities. CWIS means focusing on service provision and its enabling environment, and not on building infrastructure alone. While national, state and city governments are prioritizing FSSM and CWIS, they are faced with shortage of knowledgeable and skilled human resources to scientifically plan, implement, and monitor CWIS activities for bringing environment and health benefits to all
This ASCI-ADBI course aims to develop skilled urban professionals equipped with a practical and comprehensive understanding of CWIS by amalgamating global knowledge and best practices with on-field implementation experiences in South Asia. It provides a step by step approach for safe, inclusive, and sustainable management of sanitation in South Asian cities.
The main objective of the course is to equip urban practitioners with knowledge and skills to contribute to the practice and research in city-wide inclusive sanitation. It aims to build a cadre of sanitation professionals to take a leadership role in the sector.
At the completion of the course, participants would be able to:
The program is delivered over 10 weeks comprising of peer learning sessions and city sanitation profile presentation. The course is divided into 14 modules as below:
Overview of Urban Sanitation and Introduction to CWIS
City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS)for achieving Urban Sanitation SDGs
Environmental standards and strategies for compliance
Integrating Gender perspective in Sustainable Sanitation
Frameworks and Tools for Sanitation Planning
Designing Onsite Sanitation Systems- Containment
Designing Onsite Sanitation Systems- Emptying & Transportation
Design and Selection of Processing and Treatment Technologies
Social Business Enterprise Development workshop
Art and Science of affecting Sanitation Behaviours
Protocols for Monitoring, evaluating and benchmarking to promote learning
Strategic approaches and sources for financing FSSM
Accountability Mechanisms for Inclusive Sanitation
Political will for Inclusive Sanitation
The course would be delivered using a combination of pedagogical approaches comprising:
a) Self-study of course materials requiring approximately 2-3 hours per week
The course materials comprise policy notes, best practice videos, handbooks, and a slide deck for every module. Weblinks to other relevant literature are provided for additional reading.
b) Experience sharing and direct interaction series for 2 hours duration every week
every week Wednesday and Saturday evening
c) Social innovations Workshops
The participants would learn about establishing social business for FSSM through a unique program called Social Innovation workshop. The methodology used in this workshop is framed by i.school, Japan. The social innovation workshop methodology is a useful skill for capacity building and to support the ongoing initiatives of social issue problem solving. It mainly uses analogical thinking and cognitive techniques to develop the right mindset and skillset. The process is overall enjoyable and helps the participants in thinking in a different way, and gain confidence in coming up with a novel idea. The structured discussions serve to change the mindset of participants, contributing to changing the way of engaging with these problems. Two workshops of 3-hour duration each would be conducted with a focus on learning the process of ideating and implementing innovative solutions for social issues with a human-centered approach. The online workshops will be conducted using Zoom and APISNOTE, a WEB tool of digital sticky notes.
d) Discussion forums
A discussion forum would be kept active for the entire duration of the course to facilitate detailed discussions, doubts clarification, and interaction between participants and with the course instructors. Further, topical discussion forums could be created by the participants for detailed exchanges on specific topics of interest. Topics could range from technology to softer aspects such as leadership skills, time management, team building, stakeholder management, media management, negotiations etc.
e) Group interactions
Breakout rooms would be made available for small group interactions on specific areas of interest. These may be guided by the course coordinator or can be managed completely by the participants. Use of breakout rooms is strongly recommended for discussing the required readings prior to online sessions.
f) Case study development
Each participant would develop a real-life case study on any aspect of CWIS as per the guidelines provided. Participants would seek feedback from peers and course directors to refine the case study. Selected case studies would be published and disseminated widely to global audience.
g) Peer learning sessions
Each participant will share the sanitation status, interventions used in achieving City Wide Inclusive Sanitation, short term and medium goals for the city to become CWIS city. This will be guided by the course coordinator to encourage them critically achieve and sustain the interventions implemented in those cities
h) Video based learning and online tools
Video based learning and online tools For interactive learning, various online tools like menti, voliz, slido, thematic discussion rooms will be used.
Learning from the best practices is critical for urban practitioners and city professionals. The study tour aims to provide a deeper understanding of CWIS through field visits, demonstrations, and interactions with key stakeholders. The field visits to the cities of Warangal, Hyderabad, and Boduppal will expose the participants to some of the path-breaking CWIS interventions by the Government of Telangana implemented with technical support from ASCI.
The study tour will equip the participants with a practical and comprehensive understanding of CWIS principles being implemented in the field and help in the replication of the interventions in their contexts. The tentative agenda of the three-day tour is as below:
The course uses a continuous learning assessment process to elicit maximum involvement by the participants. The components of assessment are as below:
The course is designed for the policy makers, government practitioners, academics, consultants, sanitation practitioners, professionals from non-profits and corporates, and graduates in the fields of environmental science/ management/ urban planning/ infrastructure planning/ architecture/ civil engineering or allied fields and management with an interest to learn and apply knowledge and skills in the sanitation sector.
Government officials and experts from South Asia assisting in projects supported by development partners Asian Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, World Bank would benefit from attending this course. Women are encouraged to apply and are given preference.
The course will be completed over 10 weeks and requires participants to dedicate about 5 hours a week towards self-study, assignments, case study development, and participation in discussions and seminars. Face to face online interaction will be held with experts every Wednesday and Saturday for a total of three hours per week. The schedule is as below
10 September 2022
11 September - 18 November 2022
Three-day study tour (optional)
19 November 2022
26 August 2022
Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) is a think-tank that provides advisory, training and research support to administrators and managers at functional and policy levels in government, industries and service sectors in India and beyond. It has established a strong presence in the areas of urban governance particularly focusing on urban water and sanitation. Government of India (GoI) has recognized ASCI as a Centre of Excellence and as capacity building hub under various centrally sponsored schemes.
The Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) is the Tokyo-based think tank of the Asian Development Bank, a multilateral development bank for Asia and the Pacific. ADBI conducts evidence-based policy research and capacity building and training programs for eliminating poverty and promoting sustainable, inclusive, and resilient growth across the region.
Research Associate, ADBI
Research Associate, ADBI
Senior Research Associate, ASCI.
WSH Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
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Head Of Inclusive Business, Sustainability Covestro (India) Private Limited
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