Bangladesh has made commendable progress in the WASH sector, yet it faces significant challenges from the impacts of climate change in pursuit of Sustainable Development Goal 6 by 2030. Highlighting the critical link between climate change and WASH, ITN-BUET hosted a side event during “The International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM)”, organized by the Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM). This event was held at the CIRDAP Auditorium on October 16, 2023.

The Department of Civil Engineering at CUET collaborated with the ITN-BUET to conduct a training session on 11 and 12 October 2023. The training aimed to improve civil engineering students’ understanding of sanitation services and Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) systems, with a particular emphasis on their utilization in urban areas with low-income communities.

The DPHE is enhancing emergency services for FDMN in Cox’s Bazar through the EMCRP. ITN-BUET recently conducted a four-day training event in partnership with DPHE on “Programmatic Recovery Framework Approach” and “Emergency Service Delivery in Camp Sanitation” to improve their response.

ADB and ITN-BUET developed a comprehensive training course on ‘Health, Safety, Hygiene, and Infection Prevention & Control (HSH-IPC)’ and successfully implemented it in the Nepalganj and Bharatpur municipalities of Nepal. This initiative aimed to improve the working conditions and overall well-being of these workers.

The training provided a thorough coverage of fundamental gender concepts and gender mainstreaming, Diversity & Social Inclusion, Gender Equality & Inclusion in WASH Services, and Gender Transformative WASH. Dr. Tanvir Ahmed from ITN-BUET underlined the significance of incorporating gender and inclusion at every phase of a project cycle, starting from the initial design phase.

Ehteshamul Rasel Khan, Superintending Engineer at Design Circle DPHE, expressed gratitude to the organizers for arranging this highly beneficial and timely training on a crucial issue. He acknowledged that this training would enhance their understanding of gender and inclusivity concepts. The insights gained from this training would enable them to design gender transformative WASH projects, ensuring fair and accessible services for all, especially targeting women, children, and the most vulnerable groups…

ITN-BUET conducted a comprehensive training program in 16 batches across seven divisions in Bangladesh, benefiting 339 DPHE officials and others, with the goal of scaling up the Arsenic Safe Union (ASU) approach for equitable allocation of safe water points in arsenic-affected regions.

In an effort to bolster sanitation initiatives and promote sustainable waste management practices, a team from Department of Public Health Engineering, ITN-BUET and CWIS-FSM Support Cell facilitated workshops on CWIS at Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari Paurashavas…

Inadequate hygiene interventions, including knowledge gaps and taboos, expose adolescents to health hazards, notably impacting areas like menstrual hygiene management (MHM). Acknowledging the urgency to confront these challenges, ITN-BUET and House of Volunteers (HOV) Foundation organized a session titled “Adolescent Awareness on Hygiene and Menstrual Hygiene Management” with the support of UNICEF. The session took place on 16th September 2023 at the ITN-BUET seminar room.

ITN-BUET soft launched the Sanitation Knowledge Repository during the South-by-South Cross Learning Hub Retreat in Chandragiri, Nepal, on 12-13 September 2023. The event brought together partners from various regions in South Asia to promote a collaborative and regional approach to cross-learning.

Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) is a public service approach for reaching the urban sanitation SDGs that accelerates progress in providing safe sanitation services. ITN-BUET, in collaboration with the CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE, organized a ‘Specialized Training on CWIS’ for DPHE engineers to enhance their capacity and understandings. Executive Engineers of DPHE representing 24 districts attended the training from 9 to 11 September 2023.