GIZ ecosan prorgam was instrumental in organising the first major international ecosan conferences in Bonn in 2000 and in Lübeck in 2003 and supported the 3rd international conference in Durban, South Africa in 2005. Those conferences have catalysed the international ecosan networking by bringing together experts and policy makers from numerous countries and by initiating the strategic dialogue on mainstreaming ecological sanitation.

Proceedings of international ecosan conferences in Germany
... provide the documentation of

• the 1st International Symposium "ecosan - closing the loop in wastewater management and sanitation", 2000, Bonn
• the 2nd International Symposium "ecosan - closing the loop", 2003, Lübeck
• the DWA-BMZ-GTZ ecosan-symposium  "new sanitation concepts - international project experiences and dissemination strategies", 2006, Eschborn

DWA-BMZ-GTZ ecosan-symposium - new sanitation concepts - international project experiences and dissemination strategies - Eschborn, Germany, 2006

• Please note:
  This conference was bilingual. Papers and presentations are available either in English or German.

Proceedings

• Nachhaltige Sanitärversorgung auf der Tagesordnung der Vereinten Nationen
  Grußwort von Dr. Uschi Eid (MdB)
  de-nachhaltige-sanitaersysteme-vereinte-nationen-text-2006.pdf, 0.09 MB (German)
• Overview of the global development of ecosan
  Arne Panesar
  en-overview-ecosan-global-development-text-2006.pdf, 0.81 MB (English)
  en-overview-ecosan-global-development-pres-2006.pdf, 13.06 MB (English)
• Sweden China Erdos eco town project
  Prof. Dr. Zhu Qiang
  en-introduction-sweden-china-eco-town-project-text-2006.pdf, 0.47 MB (English)
  en-introduction-sweden-china-eco-town-project-pres-2006.pdf, 1.30 MB (English)
• DEUS 21 (Dezentrale-Urbane-Infrastruktur-Systeme)
  Prof. Dr. Walter Trösch
  de-dezentrale-urbane-infrastruktur-systeme-knittlingen-text-2006.pdf, 0.18 MB (German)
• A city-wide urban ecosan-concept for Cagayan de Oro
  Dr. Robert Holmer, Analiza Miso
  en-city-wide-urban-ecosan-concept-philippines-text-2006.pdf, 1.33 MB (English)
  en-city-wide-urban-ecosan-concept-philippines-pres-2006.pdf, 3.54 MB (English)
• Produktion nachwachsender Rohstoffe aus Abwasser
  Mirko Hänel
  de-produktion-nachwachsende-rohstoffe-abwasser-pres-2006.pdf, 8.38 MB (German)
• EU-Projects - NETSSAF and ROSA
  Prof. Dr. R. Otterpohl, M. Hänel, C. Baretto, M. Hammer
  en-european-union-projects-sustainable-sanitation-africa-text-2006.pdf, 0.07 MB (English)
  en-european-union-projects-sustainable-sanitation-western-africa-pres-2006.pdf, 2.58 MB (English)
  en-european-union-projects-sustainable-sanitation-eastern-africa-pres-2006.pdf, 1.73 MB (English)
• ecosan projects of the Innovative Ecological Sanitation Network
  Dayanand Panse
  en-innovative-ecosan-network-india-progress-text-2006.pdf, 1.10 MB (English)
  en-innovative-ecosan-network-india-progress-pres-2006.pdf, 1.25 MB (English)
• ecosan in Norway and Norwegian development cooperation
  Prof. Dr. Petter Jenssen
  en-ecosan-norway-norwegian-development-cooperation-pres-2006.pdf, 10.14 MB (English)
• ecosan in Swedish development cooperation
  Dr. Arno Rosemarin
  en-ecosan-swedish-development-cooperation-phase-two-text-2006.pdf, 0.30 MB (Sprache eintragen)
  en-ecosan-swedish-development-cooperation-phase-two-pres-2006.pdf, 0.57 MB (English)
• ecosan project experiences in German development cooperation - examples, obstacles and opportunities
  Dipl. Ing. Christine Werner
  en-ecosan-project-experiences-german-development-cooperation-text-2006.pdf, 0.39 MB (English)
  en-ecosan-project-experiences-german-development-cooperation-pres-2006.pdf, 11.00 MB (English)
• EU-MEDA-water-project - Zer0-M - sustainable concepts towards a zero outflow municipality
  Dipl. Ing. Martin Regelsberger
  en-european-union-water-project-sustainable-concepts-text-2006.pdf, 0.10 MB (English)
  en-european-union-water-project-sustainable-concepts-pres-2006.pdf, 1.68 MB (English)
• Berlin-EU-Demonstrationsprojekt
  Dr.-Ing. Anton Peter-Fröhlich
  de-sanitation-concept-separate-treatment-demo-projekt-berlin-text-2006.pdf, 0.23 MB (German)
  de-sanitation-concept-separate-treatment-demo-projekt-berlin-pres-2006.pdf, 2.17 MB (German)
• Projekt-Expo-2010-Shanghai (China)
  Dr. Zhiqiang Li, Dipl.-Ing. Ulf Rakelmann
  de-innovative-staedtische-infrastrukturen-expo-projekt-shanghai-text-2006.pdf, 0.12 MB (German)
• ecosan demonstration project at the headquaters of the GTZ, Germany
  Dipl. Ing. Christine Werner
  en-ecosan-demonstration-project-gtz-headquaters-text-2006.pdf, 0.53 MB (English)
  en-ecosan-demonstration-project-gtz-headquaters-pres-2006.pdf, 6.48 MB (Sprache eintragen)

2nd international symposium on ecological sanitation - ecosan - closing the loop - Lübeck, Germany, 2003

• Please note:
  This conference was held in English, but thanks to the support of the Swedish EcosanRes programme and the Mexican NGO SARAR, the majority of the papers are available as well in Spanish.

Recommendations for Action

• 10 recommendations for action, adopted by the participants of the Lübeck-Symposium during the closing session of the conference.
  en-ecosan-recommendations-for-action-2003.pdf, 1.77 MB (English)
  de-ecosan-handlungsempfehlungen-2003.pdf, 1.26 MB (German)
  es-ecosan-recomendaciones-para-la-accion-2003.pdf, 1.25 MB (Spanish)
  fr-ecosan-recommandations-pour-l-action-2003.pdf, 1.05 MB (French)

Proceedings

• Foreword
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-imprint-firstpage-foreword-2004.pdf, 0.11 MB (English)
• Table of contents
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-content-2004.pdf, 0.15 MB (English)
  es-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-contentos-2004.pdf, 0.93 MB (Spanish)
• Opening session
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-opening-session-2004.pdf, 0.61 MB (English)
  es-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-sesion-inaugural-2004.pdf, 0.68 MB (Spanish)
• Session A
  Progress, policies and legislation
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-session-a-2004.pdf, 1.48 MB (English)
  es-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-sesion-a-2004.pdf, 1.02 MB (Spanish)
• Session B
  Social and economic aspects
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-session-b-2004.pdf, 2.80 MB (English)
  es-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-sesion-b-2004.pdf, 1.77 MB (Spanish)
• Session C
  Rural and peri-urban case studies
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-session-c-2004.pdf, 2.26 MB (English)
  es-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-sesion-c-2004.pdf, 2.11 MB (Spanish)
• Session D
  Hygiene and environmental assessments
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-session-d-2004.pdf, 1.11 MB (English)
  es-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-sesion-d-2004.pdf, 1.44 MB (Spanish)
• Session E
  New technological developments and experiments
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-session-e-2004.pdf, 4.68 MB (English)
  es-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-sesion-e-2004.pdf, 1.14 MB (Spanish)
• Session F
  Hygienic agro-reuse
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-session-f-2004.pdf, 1.28 MB (English)
  es-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-sesion-f-2004.pdf, 1.02 MB (Spanish)
• Session G
  Feasability studies
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-session-g-2004.pdf, 1.33 MB (English)
  es-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-sesion-g-2004.pdf, 1.34 MB (Spanish)
• Session H
  Decision making tools
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-session-h-2004.pdf, 1.52 MB (English)
  es-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-sesion-h-2004.pdf, 0.96 MB (Spanish)
• Session I
  Urban case studies
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-session-i-2004.pdf, 1.79 MB (English)
  es-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-sesion-i-2004.pdf, 1.78 MB (Spanish)
• Additional poster presentation
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-additional-posters-2004.pdf, 0.40 MB (English)
• Annex
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-annex-2004.pdf, 1.59 MB (English)
• Photos
  en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-photos-2004.pdf, 1.68 MB (English)

1st International Symposium "ecosan - closing the loop in wastewater management and sanitation", Bonn, Germany 2000

• Please note:
  The following download contains the complete conference proceedings (298 pages) in English. It includes the keynote adresses, all plenary and parallel sessions with results, minutes and the respective lists of participants. The elaborate annex provides additional papers that had not been presented at the conference.
  en-proceedings-1st-international-ecosan-symposium-2000.pdf, 2.89 MB (English)