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SuSanA's mission was defined by its core group in consultation with members in 2014 as: "SuSanA is an open international alliance with members who are dedicated to understanding viable and sustainable sanitation solutions. It links on the ground experiences with an engaged community made up of practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and academics from different levels with the aim of promoting innovation and best practices in policy, programming and implementation"<ref name=":0">SuSanA (2014). [http://www.susana.org/en/resources/library/details/1302 A standard set of Powerpoint slides to explain SuSanA]. SuSanA Secretariat, located at GIZ, Eschborn, Germany</ref>. |
SuSanA's mission was defined by its core group in consultation with members in 2014 as: "SuSanA is an open international alliance with members who are dedicated to understanding viable and sustainable sanitation solutions. It links on the ground experiences with an engaged community made up of practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and academics from different levels with the aim of promoting innovation and best practices in policy, programming and implementation"<ref name=":0">SuSanA (2014). [http://www.susana.org/en/resources/library/details/1302 A standard set of Powerpoint slides to explain SuSanA]. SuSanA Secretariat, located at GIZ, Eschborn, Germany</ref>. |
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SuSanA started in January 2007 with a kick-off meeting in Eschborn, Germany at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH who holds the secretariat since then. Initially the aim was to only prepare and align various organisations active in sustainable sanitation for the International Year of Sanitation in 2008. |
SuSanA started in January 2007 with a kick-off meeting in Eschborn, Germany at [[Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH]] who holds the secretariat since then. Initially the aim was to only prepare and align various organisations active in sustainable sanitation for the International Year of Sanitation in 2008. |
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Since 2007, SuSanA has held 18 meetings (the last one in September 2014). Each year one meeting takes place in connection with the Stockholm World Water Week and a further meeting takes place in the Global South, usually connected to another WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) event. SuSanA also organises side events, seminars and working group meetings in conjunction with other major conferences. |
Since 2007, SuSanA has held 18 meetings (the last one in September 2014). Each year one meeting takes place in connection with the Stockholm World Water Week and a further meeting takes place in the Global South, usually connected to another WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) event. SuSanA also organises side events, seminars and working group meetings in conjunction with other major conferences. |
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The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) is a loose, dynamic network of organisations working along the same lines and with the same vision towards sustainable sanitation. Its formation in early 2007 was motivated by the UN's decision to declare 2008 as International Year of Sanitation (IYS). The goal was to have a joint label for the planned activities, and to be able to align with other potential initiatives.
SuSanA's vision document[1] contains a widely accepted definition of sustainable sanitation which was developed in a consultative process amongst many SuSanA partners.
SuSanA is not an organisation and it has no legal structure. It is open to others who want to join and be active in the promotion of sustainable sanitation systems. The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance invites other international, regional and local organisations to join the network, contribute ideas, and to become active members in the thematic working groups.
SuSanA's goal is to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to the Sustainable Development Goals after 2015 by promoting sanitation systems which take into consideration all aspects of sustainability, i.e. health and hygiene, environmental and natural resources, technology and operation, finance and economics, socio-cultural and institutional
SuSanA's mission was defined by its core group in consultation with members in 2014 as: "SuSanA is an open international alliance with members who are dedicated to understanding viable and sustainable sanitation solutions. It links on the ground experiences with an engaged community made up of practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and academics from different levels with the aim of promoting innovation and best practices in policy, programming and implementation"[2].
SuSanA started in January 2007 with a kick-off meeting in Eschborn, Germany at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH who holds the secretariat since then. Initially the aim was to only prepare and align various organisations active in sustainable sanitation for the International Year of Sanitation in 2008.
Since 2007, SuSanA has held 18 meetings (the last one in September 2014). Each year one meeting takes place in connection with the Stockholm World Water Week and a further meeting takes place in the Global South, usually connected to another WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) event. SuSanA also organises side events, seminars and working group meetings in conjunction with other major conferences.
SuSanA has twelve thematic working groups covering all the main areas of sustainable sanitation where conceptual and knowledge management work is required[2]:
SuSanA has 231 partner organisations (as of June 2014)[2] of the following types: Local NGO, International NGO, private sector, research and education, Governmental / State-owned organisation, multi-lateral organisations, associations and networks and others. Individuals can join as members and there are currently over 4100 members[3].
In order to get involved, members can: Register their organisation as a SuSanA partner organisation, attend SuSanA meetings or side events, volunteer their time as lead or co-lead for one of the SuSanA working groups, apply to become part of the core group to facilitate coordination and take certain decisions between SuSanA meetings and spend one hour per week sharing their work via the various SuSanA tools.
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