Reports

ITN-BUET, a center for water supply and waste management of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology has published a term of reference aiming to appoint consultant/s to prepare an awareness-raising campaign …

The report presents the current sanitation, solid waste and faecal waste management conditions of the Paurashavas.

There are several possible entry points for improving urban sanitation in a given city. Whichever entry point is chosen, it should take account of both the short-term needs and priorities and of the broader citywide urban sanitation system. Once momentum is triggered, programme prioritisation and planning should be revisited. Scheduled emptying is a particularly valuable starting point as it engages a broad group of stakeholders, can be applied at various scales (pilot to citywide) and builds skills across diverse aspects of urban sanitation: governance, regulation, finance, behaviour change, private sector engagement and treatment.

To overcome these challenges, the municipal authority has started providing FSM services to people in Benapole since April 2018 with the support from SNV Netherlands Development Organization. In this implementation process, the municipality and SNV are playing the following key roles:

Bangladesh Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) Network organised the 3rd FSM Convention, with the aim to find the way forward in terms of sharing experiences for policy influencing and promoting the business of faecal sludge. Focused on resource mobilisation for ensuring and scaling up sustainable FSM services in Bangladesh, this day-long convention brought together sanitation actors and the other relevant stakeholders to share the learnings from the FSM journey in Bangladesh and suggest initiatives to scale up the momentum.

An “integrated approach” (Knowledge Product – 3) has been proposed for holistic development of slums and low-income communities (LICs). The approach has been developed based on assessment of existing situation and challenges in slums and LICs, review of slum development approaches/experiences in different countries, and through extensive consultation involving all stakeholders. The “approach” involves identification of issues and challenges in urban slums and LICs under “four broad categories”, and then addressing the “interrelated issues and challenges” under each category systematically in an “integrated manner” involving all stakeholders including the LGI itself, I/NGOs, development partners, and other concerned agencies.

This document, referred to as Knowledge Product, KP-2, presents a guideline for establishing an effective FSM operational/ business model in urban areas of Bangladesh. The model has been developed based on a detailed assessment of existing operations of FSM services in different urban centres of Bangladesh, a review of data/information and experience of running FSM services in other countries, and through extensive consultations involving all stakeholders.

Although the problems associated with FSM is widespread, there is limited data and information on FSM practices in urban areas. There are significant differences in institutional setup and FSM practices among and within cities/towns, and proper understanding of the situation is a pre-requisite for the development of a workable FSM system. The overall objective of the present case study was to assess the FSM scenario in different urban settings.