Three new affiliate members join CBSA
CBSA is pleased to welcome three new affiliate members with a range of service models operating in francophone Africa, South Africa and the UK.
UN-Habitat report calls for sanitation to be brought into the heart of the urban development agenda
CBSA welcomes UN-Habitat’s recently published Global Report on Sanitation and Wastewater Management in Cities and Human Settlements and its urgent call to integrate sanitation and wastewater management with wider urban development.
Find us at Stockholm World Water Week 2022
The CBSA and its members are convening several exciting sessions at this year’s World Water Week. We look forward to seeing you there! Sessions co-convened by the CBSA Wed 24 Aug 20:00-21:20 CESTOnline ‘Service Subsidy’ for Water Efficient and Pro-Poor Business ModelsWe will look at decentralized models of service delivery Read more
The CBSA welcomes its first Executive Director
The Container Based Sanitation Alliance (CBSA) is excited to announce that our first Executive Director, Rémi Kaupp, has officially started his role with us in June. Rémi comes to us from WaterAid, where he was Urban Sanitation Advisor and has been a CBS-fan for a long time. He says: “I am very excited Read more
Welcome to our new affiliate member: Sanitation Ambassadors
We are happy to announce that Sanitation Ambassadors have become affiliate members of the CBSA. Sanitation Ambassadors are a South Africa-based non-profit company that have developed a hygienic sanitation solution for South African schools. They aim to provide dignity and convenience to students and teachers without impacting their environment. They Read more
Devex opinion: How can we crack the financing nut for urban sanitation?
CBSA Coordinator Isabella Montgomery writes for the Devex WASH Works series in advance of this year’s World Water Week conference, at which CBSA is co-convening a session on Catalysing Sustainable Futures for Sanitation? Innovative Financing and Planning Tools.
Bold initiatives, community trust and servicing more toilets than ever before: key insights on CBS provision during the Covid-19 pandemic
More than a year into the global spread of Covid-19, the pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on health, economies and livelihoods around the world. Throughout this period, container-based sanitation (CBS) providers have been at the forefront of supporting some of the world’s most at-risk communities. Peer support forums Read more
EY research reveals CBS as the lowest-cost form of safely managed sanitation
New research by EY has revealed that CBS models are lower cost than other traditional forms of provision. This should encourage governments, funders and investors to create the conditions in which CBS can truly thrive and help accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goal of equitable sanitation for all.
New resource: CBS implementation guide 1st edition
This World Toilet Day, we are delighted to launch the first edition of our Container-Based Sanitation implementation guide, which sets down in one place numerous learnings from several CBS-focused organizations with the aim of supporting replication of CBS models and the creation of new variations in new locations.
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.