Sanitation Updates

ASKNet was officially launched on 19 February 2008 at AfricaSan 2008 in Durban, South Africa.

ASKNet’s mission is to: “enhance the ability of academics and professionals across the disciplines to contribute to the mainstreaming and up-scaling of sustainable sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa, to the benefit of livelihoods, health, and the environment”.

The members of ASKNet’s temporary board are:

• Dr Nicola Rodda, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Dr Kouassi Dongo, University of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
• Mr Charles Niwagaba, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

UNESCO-IHE and ASKNet have submitted a proposal to the Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) for the development of an internet-based Master Program on Sustainable Sanitation.

ASKNet is planning a Networking Conference n Maputo, Mozambique in December 2008 to mark the end of the 2008 International Year of Sanitation.