From 2008-03-31 to 2008-07-19

Venue: (online course)

Summary:
This course presents approaches to sustainable sanitation in low-income countries world-wide, which contributes to achieving MDG targets in the area of sanitation but also in related fields such as natural resource protection, food security, improving living conditions in slums, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. The course explores how these areas are interrelated and why sustainable sanitation is a crucial issue. It covers a wide range of fields due to the inter-disciplinary nature of the subject; namely technical, environmental health, agricultural, institutional, financial, planning, socio-cultural, hygiene and gender aspects.

Organizers: UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Contact Name: Elisabeth von Münch
E-mail: e.vonmunch@unesco-ihe.org
URL: http://www.unesco-ihe.org/education/short_courses/online_courses/ecological_sanitation