The EcoSan Club Austria (ESCA) was funded as a non profit association in 2002 by a group of people active in research & development as well as planning & consultancy in the field of sanitation. The underlying aim is the realization of ecological concepts to close material cycles in settlements. The main activities of the association are promotion of EcoSan principles, international networking, provision of information. ESCA has long-term working experience in the field of ecological sanitation in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania as well as other countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

ESCA was the task leader of assignation of appropriate low-cost technologies according to characteristics of typical settlements (task 4.1) and, within its context, organised a day Workshop with all members of the consortium. They also gave their support in other tasks, such as the assessment of innovative sanitation technologies (3.2) and the mapping of current research (7.1), and they presented a seminar regarding the appropriate sustainable sanitation models according to local conditions or rural and peri-urban regions of West Africa.

DI. Markus LECHNER
Address:	EcoSan Club Austria Oberwindhag 1 3970 Weitra - Austria
Phone:   Fax:   Email:   Website:	+43 (0)1-4053817 +43 (0)2856 27362 markus.lechner@ecosan.at www.ecosan.at