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overwhelming success of the 1st International
WASH Practitioner’s Market place and Knowledge
Fair held in Mombasa, Kenya last September,
2007 has promped STREAMS to hold the 2nd
International WASH Practitioner’s Market
place and Fair on November 11-13, 2008
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Background:
The
Streams of knowledge, a global coalition
of water and sanitation resource centers
engaged in capacity development in the
area of water, sanitation and hygiene
(WASH) together with its member, the NGO
Forum for Drinking water supply and sanitation,
a leading WATSAN apex organization based
in Bangladesh will be the organizers of
the 2nd International WASH practitioners’
Market please and fair. The organization
of the event is being coordinated with
the Ministry of Local Government of Bangladesh,
the National Sanitation Task Force and
local partners such as the WSSCC, ITN,
BWP, BRAC, WaterAid and other WATSAN bodies.
The 2nd
International WASH Practitioner’s Market
place and Fair aims to bring together
some 250 participants from resource centers
(RC) and similar organization, donors,
service providers, small scale providers,
privet sector and other WASH stakeholders
in a forum where WASH knowledge, experiences,
expertise and knowledge products and services
good practices can be presented and shared.
The approach is to further strengthen
South-South exchange among WASH communities
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Rationale:
It
is evident that there is a broad range
of initiatives being undertaken by different
practice, whether it is government, private
sector or civil society in the area of
water supply, sanitation and hygiene.
Thus, there is an abundance of knowledge,
experiences, expertise, products and services
waiting to be shared and made accessible
to the practitioners. As the global community
get to learn good practices, innovations
and adaptations are made to tailor fitcertain
approaches into local contexts.
Cognizant
of the number of successful initiatives
by resource centre, civil socity, government
and academe and other private organizations
at the global, regional and national leaves,
there is still a need to bring together
these institutions and facilated the sharing
of profisonal experience cuttingedge technologies
and approaches in a more systematic way
to further enhance sanitations, hygieane
and water, programmes. There is a need
to reainforce local actions being done
(mostly on pilot basis) and help each
other disseminate learnings and experiences
to help practitioners scale up efforts
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General
Objective:
To provide a platform where sustainable
sanitation, hygiene and better water management
related knowledge, products, serv
ices and
expertise can be shared and marketed among
a community of practitioners, learners
and service delivery providers.
Specific Objective:
To promote cutting edge knowledge products,
Services and know-how via exchange of
information and lessons learned in sustainable
sanitation, hygiene and water service
delivery and program implementation for
rural, urban poor and peri-urban communities;
To Orient, guide and advice (WASH) community
of practitioners on key processes related
to the practice of sustainable water supply
and sanitation services, wastewater management
hygiene promotion, social marketing, community
participation and innovative financing;
To promote the entrepreneurial or business
aspect of WASH service delivery, in particular
sanitation entrepreneurial and business
opportunitites as a feasaible approach
In achieving the MDG sanitation target
Target Participants:
Practitioners involved in water supply,
sanitation, hygiene promotion such as
those in capacity bulding networks, water
professional researchers, LGUs/LGAs, government
agencies involved in sustainable and integrated
water resource management, WASH programme
implementers, WatSan Service providers,
Donor institutions, civil societies organizations,
the academic private institutions, Corporate
groups, WatSan small and medium entrepreneurs,
and other philantrophic organizations
engaged on water supply, sanitation and
hygiene- related programmes, water resources
management national WASH Coordinators
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Program
of Activities:
It is envisioned that there will be a
three days conference. Day 1 will be lessons
learning workshop. Day 2 will be for technical
visit and community interaction and Day
3 will be continuation of the learning
workshop. There will be scope for exhibits,
poster, and sharing of knowledge products
and services by the participating organization/Institutions.
A. Technical visit to
a community practicing community Led total
Sanitation Project will be arranged. During
this meeting, some grassroots participants
from different areas in Bangladesh will
join the International Participants in
visiting this community to enable direct
exchange and facilitate community interaction.
The forum will have workshop and sessions
on the following proposed themes:
Theme 1:
Addressing environmental vulnerability
through Integrated Water Resources Management.
Theme 2:
Policy, Practice and Advocacy for Sustainable
Sanitation
Theme 3:
Wastewater Management for Productive Use
Theme 4:
Community Participation in Sanitation
Solutions
Theme 5:
Business Unusual: Sanitation Entrepreneurship
Theme 6:
Safety Nets for Ensuring Water Quality
B. Side Events- Slots
for side events will also be made available
for those who are interested to hold a
back to back side meeting in support of
the 2ns International WASH Practitioners
Market place and fair.
C. Posters/Exhibits by
WATSAN- related industry for commercial
and non- commercial purposes.
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Early Bird Registration
free for international and
local participants is USD$100
valid only up to July 31,
2008. After this date, regular
registration fee is USD$150.
STREAMS members will be
given a discounted rate
of USD$125. Local Participants
registration fee is 6800
Taka.
Registration fee covers
attendance to all the sessions,
meals, conference kit including
a CD of presentation and
other souvenir items.
Application form may be
obtained by sending an email
to: info@streams.net
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