Sanitation: SPLASH research programme approves 5 projects

Published on: 11/03/2011

In November 2010, SPLASH, the European Union Water Initiative Research Area Network (EUWI ERA-net), selected the following 5 projects to be funded under the € 2.2 million SPLASH Sanitation Research Programme:

1. Catalysing self-­sustaining sanitation chains in informal settlements
   University of Surrey, the Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health
2. Economic constraints and demand-led solutions for sustainable sanitation services in poor urban settlements
   Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, the Centre for Development and Cooperation
3. FaME (Faecal Management Enterprise): Providing sanitation solutions through value chain management of faecal sludge
   Swiss Aquatic Research Institute, the Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (SANDEC)
4. Maîtrise de la filière assainissement dans un écosystème côtier à Douala et les quartier populaires de Yaoundé au Cameroun
   Ecole Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique de Yaoundé
5. Sustainable and resilient sanitation service chains in Maputo province, Mozambique – action research and piloting for benefit of the urban poor
   International Water Association (IWA)

To see the full information on the composition of the selected consortia go to the SPLASH web site.

The Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), Loughborough University, UK, has been selected to manage the SPLASH Sanitation Research Programme.

Contact: Manfred Kaufmann, manfred.kaufmann@deza.admin.ch

Source: SPLASH newletter, no. 12, Dec 2011