Federation Health WASH Wat SanEH NLRC sanitation innovation

Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH NLRC sanitation innovation portfolio Urban WASH TWG, 29 -9 -’ 17, Nairobi Content: 1. Overview 2. Historic timeline 3. Achievements and lessons learnt 4. Challenges 5. Planning & next steps www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH Portfolio overview Netherlands Red Cross Ø Sanitation innovation Elevated latrines Latrine emptying WHERE WE WORK Feacal sludge treatment Sludge transfer station Ø partnership building Knowledge institute (UNESCO-IHE, TUD, WUR) NGO’s + UN (WASTE, UNICEF, Practica, Oxfam) private sector (ROM, Flexxolutions, Vitens Aircell, Butyl etc) Ø HR Dutch Surge Support – DSS Water Ø Humanitarian response www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

8 yrs track record in sanitation innovation Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH Supported National societies in Malawi and the Philippines with Urban WASH projects 3 Mobilising the humanitarian sanitation community: Stoutenburg 1 2009 2010 Netherlands Mo. FA grant: Three sanitation options 2011 Defining humanitarian sanitation Challenges: Stoutenburg 2 www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds. Global workshop on humanitarian sanitation in Delft, the Netherlands 2012 2013 Requirements for 3 priorities determined: 1. Raised latrines 2. Desludging 3. Treatment and disposal Field testing and piloting of the ROM mobile desludging unit 2014 Design of the Aircell raised latrines 2015 Field testing and piloting of the Flexxotoilet raised latrines 2016 Design and testing of sludge transfer stations 2017 Innovation pipeline: • Sludge transfer stations • Desludging improvements and addons • Sludge reduction, treatment and disposal

Achievements / lessons learnt Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH • Emergency sanitation solutions can be useful for urban development context • NLRC focus on emptying, transport (transfer stations) and treatment Demand creation - beyond emergencies. . . Public Private Partnerships in urban slums www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH Challenges • The urban poor are largely ignored in terms of service provision by the city authorities in most less-developed countries. Budgetary support is low. • Innovation requires continuity in HR, people are learning, organisations more slowly • Innovation project require more time and energy than usual programmes: plan for it www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH Planning & next steps Field testing of sludge transfer stations in Malawi early 2018 (consortium with WASTE foundation - to make emptying business more efficient) • Developing new efficient ways of faecal sludge treatment (UNESCO-IHE, Dutch Coalition for Humanitarian Innovation (DCHI), WASTE) • Developing new models of ROM (for different settings) • Bringing innovation to scale - Urban WASH TWG ? ? www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH Thank you Questions: Jan Heeger: jheeger [at] redcross [dot] nl Roel Blesgraaf: rblesgraaf [at] redcross [dot] nl www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

SANITION safe. Urban disposal and treatment challenge WASH Technical Working Group Nairobi, September 2017 Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH Standard PP for Case Studies. • Describe Achievements and lessons learned, what worked well? • Describe challenges, what did not go so well? • What resources did you need or lack? www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds. Shit flow Diagram Uganda (Eawag)