More than 100 officials working with UNICEF and UN-Habitat joined in a 2-day workshop on Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) on 2nd and 9th November 2021. The training program was led by ITN-BUET in collaboration with UNICEF and UN-Habitat. Urban sanitation is a vital development agenda, and CWIS is an innovative approach to ensure that everyone in an urban area benefits from sanitation services, and it has all the elements to address the SDG sanitation targets.

To orient the graduates on the career prospects, challenges and research areas, gaps and opportunities in the WASH sector, ITN-BUET organized a virtual event- Orientation Program on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for Graduates during October 17-19, 2021.

UPM GmBH and its local partner Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) handed over field laboratory facilities used by them to characterize the fecal sludge in Rohingya camps Cox’s Bazar to DPHE following the hands-on training on the operation of the equipment and sampling.
The newly recruited DPHE personnel for the Cox’s Bazar DPHE FSM Laboratory were introduced to fecal sludge testing, parameters, equipment and sampling procedures through a 3-day training at DPHE Sadar Upazila Office, Cox’s Bazar. UPM GmBH and BAU organized this training during 2-5 October 2021 in collaboration with ITN-BUET with the support from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) funded project.

ITN-BUET and WaterAid Bangladesh organized an international residential training and exposure visit on ‘Rainwater Harvesting System’ during September 26-29, 2021, at Gazipur, Dhaka.

In a workshop organized by the Rangpur City Corporation, in association with ITN-BUET and Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), the city authorities urged to design and implement sanitation development projects following the FSM action plan to achieve SDG 6.2 by 2030.

On 22 September 2021, the ITN-BUET team visited Saidpur Paurashava and met the municipal council to know about their actions regarding FSM in the city, understand the operation and management mechanism of the FSTP and seek possible avenues of learning and collaboration.

Chattogram, the commercial capital of the country, needs collaboration from all concerned agencies to ensure safely managed sanitation for the city dwellers. In a workshop organized by the Chattogram City Corporation, in association with ITN-BUET and Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), the city authorities underscored the necessity of implementing a citywide FSM action plan to achieve SDG 6.2 by 2030.

ITN-BUET, in collaboration with ENPHO, is organizing a two-week-long (12 September-23 September 2021) regional virtual training on ‘Winning Bids for City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation: Principles and Application.’

The sector needs to go a long way in terms of CWIS and capacity building, which is crucial for achieving the results in the sanitation sector – opined by the participants of the workshop held on 6th September 2021. 

The waste and sanitation workers perform a crucial duty, which no one else in the society can do. Despite that, their health and safety issues are always neglected. The goodwill of the city authority is impacted due to the lack of adequate resources.