Global collaboration amidst a pandemic
Sasha Karmer, SOIL’s Executive Director, reflects on the mutual support provided through the Alliance during the covid-19 pandemic.
The CBSA – reflections on the first strategic phase
Originally published on the Stone Family Foundation website, this blog looks back on the Alliance’s journey to date during its first strategic phase.
Taking container-based sanitation to scale: opportunities and challenges
Originally published in the Frontiers in Environmental Science journal, this piece presents the collective views of CBSA members – some of the world’s leading CBS practitioners – on the potential, research gaps and major challenges to scaling CBS.
CBSA at Stockholm World Water Week 2019
In Stockholm World Water Week 2019, CBSA and members engaged in a number of sessions including sessions profiling our cost effectiveness work, work to develop a common IT platform and moderating private sector inputs in a discussion on the Ngor Commitments.
CBSA at LatinoSan
With support from WSSCC, CBSA members SOIL (Haiti) and x-runner (Peru) attended LatinoSan in Costa Rica with colleagues from the Haitian government.
JMP recognises CBS as improved sanitation
In a fantastic feat for the Alliance, the JMP has formally recognized CBS as a type of improved sanitation, endorsing it as a safely managed sanitation service under the Sustainable Development Goals and providing legitimacy at the highest level.
World Bank study concludes CBS should be considered as part of CWIS menu of options
The World Bank Water Global Practice (WGP)’s new study, ‘Evaluating the Potential for Container-Based Sanitation’, assesses existing CBS approaches, concluding that CBS should be considered as part of city-wide inclusive sanitation options.
CBSA at AfricaSan/FSM5 conference
The CBSA was very active during the AfricaSan/FSM5 conference in Cape Town.
WHO includes CBS as full-chain, safely managed sanitation option in guidelines
WHO newly revised Guidelines on sanitation and health now include CBS services as part of the portfolio of options for ensuring full-chain, safely managed sanitation.
New CBSA comparative analysis of household services
CBSA’s new analysis provides key insights of CBS cost drivers and paths to financial sustainability in scaling up services.