Bangladesh faces a major challenge in achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2, which targets 100% safely managed sanitation for all by 2030. Unlike the MDG period, which mainly focused on access to toilets, the SDG framework emphasizes safely managed sanitation services.

In a major step towards advancing safely managed and inclusive sanitation in Bangladesh, the International Training Network Centre of BUET (ITN-BUET) and FINISH Mondial Bangladesh (FMBD) signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) on 7 January 2026

A Planning Workshop on the Implementation of the Capacity Building Component for the 10 Towns Project was jointly organized by ITN-BUET and the Project Management Unit (PMU) of the Inclusive and Integrated Sanitation and Hygiene Project in 10 Priority Towns in Bangladesh, DPHE on 4 January 2026.

The International Water Association (IWA), in collaboration with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), organized the 2025 IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition from 8–12 December 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, bringing together over 3,000 water professionals from more than 80 countries.

Marking a major step forward in advancing climate-resilient Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) systems, ITN-BUET and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) on 01 December 2025 to accelerate research, knowledge generation, and capacity building in the sector.

ITN-BUET, in collaboration with the Environmental Health and WASH (E-WASH) unit of the Health Systems and Population Studies Division (HSPSD), icddr,b, organized a stakeholder workshop titled “UCCE Framework: A User-Centered Community Engagement Approach in Research” on 30 November 2025.

30 November 2025, the second session of City-San Connect, hosted by ITN-BUET under the SaniRepo platform, brought together nearly 45 participants from Bangladesh and abroad for a dynamic virtual dialogue on the theme “From Toilet Lost to Toilet Legacy: Building Systems That Last.”

Achieving SDG Target for Sanitation 6.2: 100% Safely Managed Sanitation for All by 2030 for Bangladesh requires 6 to 8 times acceleration to the current pace of yearly achievement for Sanitation.

ITN-BUET, in collaboration with the Water Integrity Network (WIN), organized a two-day workshop titled “Orientation on Integrity in Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS)” on 23–24 November 2025 at the ITN-BUET seminar room. The workshop aimed to enhance the understanding of integrity across the sanitation chain and strengthen accountability, transparency, and inclusiveness within the CWIS framework.

A four-day capacity enhancement workshop for Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) master trainers was jointly organized by ITN-BUET, WaterAid Bangladesh, and the CWIS-FSM Support Cell from 16 to 19 November 2025 at Dream Square, Gazipur.