Motivated by the UN's decision to declare 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation (IYS), a number of organisations active in the field of sanitation decided in 2007 to form an open network on Sustainable Sanitation to support the IYS.
Introduction to SuSanA and its key messages
Short overview about SuSanA and its key messages (PDF)
- contribute to the achievement of the MDGs by promoting sanitation systems which take into consideration all aspects of sustainability
- raise awareness of what sustainable sanitation solutions are and promote them on a large scale
- highlight the key role of sanitation for achieving a whole series of MDGs showing how sustainable sanitation systems should be planned with the participation of all stakeholders and go hand in hand with hygiene promotion
- aim at a paradigm shift in sanitation by the promotion of reuse-oriented sanitation approaches without compromising health
- worldwide some 2.6 billion people without access to any kind of improved sanitation
- 2.2 million deaths caused by sanitation-related diseases and poor hygienic conditions
- most affected group: children under the age of 5
- progress towards the MDG in sanitation is much too slow, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
- sanitation rarely receives the required attention and priority by politicians and civil societies alike despite its key importance on many other sectors and for achieving most of the MDGs
- the political will has been largely lacking when it comes to place sanitation high on the international development agenda
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