Sanitation at the 2009 Stockholm World Water Week

Sanitation & Health is one of themes at the 2009 Stockholm World Water Week, which is being held from 16-22 August.

An overview of all events related to this theme is available through the event finder.

Here are some of the sanitation highlights:

Awards

Award ceremony of the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize which goes this year Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of the Sulabh Sanitation Movement in India.

Seminars

Harnessing the Private Sector to Provide Sanitation to the Poor
Convenor: Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation (BPD) and Water for People (WfP)

Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Exploring New Pathways
Convenor: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, Sulabh International, WSSCC, UN-HABITAT, WSP

Sanitation Promotion 101: What are the Various Promotional Approaches We Use?
Convenor: UNICEF

Unite for Children – WASH in Schools
Convenor: UNICEF, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing (PPPHW)

Side events

Bottom Up and Top Down: A Sanitation Offer the Commercial Sector Cannot Resist?
Convenor: The World Sanitation Financing Facility Group (WSFF)

Manual Scavenging: A Forgotten Reality in Sanitation
Convenor: WaterAid and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA): A Learning Network