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Group leader of EG 3 (Community based management). GTZ supported the assessment of existing low cost conventional sanitation options and innovative sanitation technologies in Work Package 3, as in the dissemination and capacity building of authorities for future implementation and dissemination (task 8.2). GTZ also gave an especial contribution to the identification of non-technical requirements for large scale implementation by summarizing the drawn conclusions, and they prepared at least one article, with the help of CREPA, related to the EG3.

Dr. Elizabeth VON MÜNCH
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