Programmes and networks

International networking is one of the main focuses of the GTZ ecosan program. We cooperate closely with other organisations active in the promotion and development of ecological sanitation.

International ecosan programmes

Close ties exist particularly with the EcoSanRes (Ecological Sanitation Research) programme financed by the Swedish government (SEI), the ISSUE (Integrated Support for Sustainable Urban Envorinment) programme financed by the Dutch government, the EcoSan Club in Austria and with partners in Norway.

International organisations with ecosan activities

The increasing interest in ecological concepts has lead many other international organisations to start ecosan activities and to cooperate on various levels with GTZ, including the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), UNESCO, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Water Association (IWA), the European Union (EU) and more.

Suppliers

German companies working in the water and sanitation sector have started to recognise ecological sanitation as an emerging market for technology, service delivery and consulting. The private sector in developing countries, both formal and informal, has a crucial role in the establishment of management structures for ecosan systems. Cooperation with the private sector is therefore an important part of GTZ's strategy to support the development and dissemination of ecological sanitation concepts. 

• Suppliers (examples)

National ecosan programmes and networks

The GTZ ecosan project also cooperates with national programmes, networks, working groups and other initiatives in many countries, for example with the German Water Association (DWA), the Innovative Ecological Sanitation Network India (IESNI), the Philippine Ecosan Network (PEN) and more.

• All programmes and networks

Cooperation on project level

For the implementation of pilot and demonstration projects, the GTZ ecosan program cooperates with a wide range of partners:

1. regional GTZ projects and their local partners in the sector of water and sanitation, rural and urban development and private sector promotion. Such cooperation takes place, for example, in Algeria, China, the Philippines, India, Kenya, Eritrea and Yemen.
2. other German Development Cooperation organisations, including the German Development Service (DED), the Centrum für Internationale Migration und Entwicklung (CIM), and the KfW development bank.
3. donor organisations from other countries and international NGOs and
4. local authorities and national NGOs.
5. the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the case of the demonstration project in the GTZ headquarter in Eschborn.

• Projects

Cooperation with education and research institutions

To disseminate the knowledge about ecosan, GTZ ecosan program cooperates with teaching institutions from around the world.

• Education and Research

SuSanA (Sustainable Sanitation Alliance)

Our main cooperation partners are the SuSanA members. We share our knowledge in various working groups.

• SuSanA