Topics to be addressed at the conference will include

• Introduction to the West African database of Sanitation Supply  and  potential technology transfer associations 
• Adapted Sustainable Sanitation Management System
• Strategies of capacity building of sanitation actors (authorities, engineers, stakeholders) for sustainable sanitation in rural and peri-urban areas
•  Appropriate sustainable sanitation models according to local conditions or rural and peri-urban regions of West Africa
• Building capacity for sustainability in the field of sanitation: Future research, technology development and cooperation strategies

 

 

 

 

 

Key speakers

 

Keynote 1: Presentation of the NETSSAF INITIATIVE

Keynote 2: Sustainable Development and the MDGs on Sanitation: The AfricanSan+ 5 recommendations

Keynote 3: The EU Water Initiative: A tentative response of EU to tackle the MDGs in WASH in the developing countries

Keynote 4: Current situation and politics in terms of Sanitation in West African in Africa

Keynote 5: NETSSAF: A tentative contribution of a North-South consortium to the attempt of the MDGs in sanitation: Overview

Keynote 6: A participatory approach of planning and budgeting projects within the local agenda 21 process in a low incomes populated city of Matam Senegal

Keynote7: Investment on human resources: A key for sustainable development

Keynote 8: NCCR-NS: A north-south partnership for action in the south in the field of health and environmental science