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Previous Courses
One of the keys to successful implementation of ecosan is
education. By funding training programmess supporters of
ecological sanitation, including Sida and the EcoSanRes Programme,
help to create a knowledgeable base of people who can promote ecosan
and act as a resource pool for others interested in ecological
alternatives to conventional sanitation.
Training courses gather experts from a variety
of disciplines to strengthen the participants' capacity to plan, implement
and
manage ecological sanitation systems. In particular,
the focus of the courses is on how ecological alternatives to
sanitation can be affordable and contribute to health and personal
security, improve nutrition and protect drinking water and the
surrounding ecosystems from pollution.
Uganda
Kabale: An ecological sanitation
training course was held February 4-14, 2002. The 10 day course
was attended by 40 participants and included lectures from an
international team of experts and field visits to the Directorate of
Water Development office which is fitted with urine-diverting
toilets, a primary school fitted with 10 ecosan toilets serving
about 1,000 students and to Kiroso Town where hundreds of public and
household ecosan toilets are operating.
Kampala: The Advocacy Workshop was held
on February 15, 2002 and attracted 40 participants who were given
practical demonstrations of ecosan toilets.
South
Africa
Kimberly: The Ecological Alternatives in
Sanitation Advanced International Training Course was held from
November 11-22, 2002.
India
Bangalore. A 2-week course on Alternatives in Ecological
Sanitation was carried out in collaboration with ACTS from 19-31 October
2003 with an Advocacy Day on October 27.
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