UNICEF and ITN-BUET visited Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) officials on 29th June, 2022 to discuss the prospects of promoting the CWIS approach for addressing the sanitation situation in the city.

UNICEF and ITN-BUET visited Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) officials on 19th June, 2022 to discuss the prospects of promoting the CWIS approach for addressing the sanitation situation in the city. The Honorable Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation, A.H.M. Khairuzzaman (Liton), hosted the team.

OXFAM and UNHCR, with the technical support from ITN-BUET, organized two batches of Training of Trainers (ToT) courses on Occupational Health and Safety for FSM Workers on June 15 and June 16, 2022, at Long Beach Hotel, Cox’s Bazar.

ITN-BUET and MAB signed the strategic partnership agreement to promote the CWIS approach in the urban sanitation initiatives in Bangladesh by adopting and mainstreaming the learning from each other’s existing programs.

The CWIS CB Hub aims to support potential cities with CWIS/FSM showcasing areas to establish them as CWIS mentor cities. These cities will work as learning centers to build the capacity of other cities through different learning-sharing programs. Representatives from sector partners sat together to identify the appropriate mechanism to assess the potentialities of cities to become mentors in a workshop organized by ITN-BUET. The event was held on June 12, 2022.

On June 8, 2022, a workshop with the academic partners was held in the ITN Seminar room to further concretize the partnership. Focal persons from CUET, SUST, KUET, RUET and AUW discussed their experiences on WASH capacity-building activities, present strengths and further requirements to collaborate.

ITN-BUET team led by Prof. Dr. Tanvir Ahmed has conducted an independent evaluation for UNICEF for the Sweden Embassy-funded project titled ‘Water Safety for the Wellbeing of Women and Children in Bangladesh’ from October to December 2021.

ITN-BUET has signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Administrative Staff College (ASCI) on May 23, 2022 to foster learning and regional leadership.

On 23 April 2022, ITN-BUET Research Committee in its 4th meeting, has approved two research projects on innovative on-site wastewater treatment and waste-to-resource conversion.

Delegates from Bangladesh and Nepal participated in the ‘South Asia Partners – Learning Workshop’, held from March 29 to April 01, 2022, and organized by Dasra, a philanthropic foundation in India. The objectives of the exchange trip were to understand the institutional strengthening and working modalities of the Alliance, learn best practices and models from the CWIS partners in India, understand the capacity-building efforts, and create opportunities for future collaboration.