TOP Conferences and training courses (Future or recently held)

E-Conference - Water and Sanitation: Institutional Options and Financing, November 18-December 16th, 2002
http://www.ihe.nl/mai/imo.htm
The Institutional and Management Options Working Group of The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) hosted an e-conference on "Water and Sanitation for the poor - Options for delivery and financing" as part of a series of electronic discussions towards the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto, March 2003.

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1st International Dry Toilet Conference 20 - 23 Aug 2003, Tampere, Finland
http://www.drytoilet.org/
Organised by: Global Sanitet Club of Finland and the Association of Ecological Information in co-operation with Tampere University of Technology (TUT), University of Tampere (UTA), Tampere Polytechnic (TP) and Häme Polytechnic
To discuss dry toilets as a viable option to waste management especially in areas with water shortages or without water-borne sewerage systems. Main topics are: controlled rural and urban environmental management; re-use of human excreta as fertiliser; technical development of dry toilets; toilet culture.

Contact: TAVI Congress Bureau, Papinkatu 21, 33200 Tampere, Finland, fax: +358 3 233 0444, drytoilet@tavicon.fi; Contact for scientific information: secretary@drytoilet.org

Sustainable environmental sanitation and water services - 28th WEDC Conference, Kolkata (Calcutta), India 18-22 November 2002
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cv/wedc/#conferences/#28contents.htm
In his speech at the five-day 28th WEDC International Conference, Mr. Gourisankar Ghosh, WSSCC Executive Director, told participants that one of the most significant outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg two months ago was the global consensus on a new sanitation target - to halve the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015 - that has been added to the existing Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for water supply.

African Sanitation and Hygiene Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 29 July - 1 August 2002
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/water/bnwp.nsf/webpage/Event:+Africasan+conference,+Joburg,+July+2002

1. Overall Goal of the Conference - To accelerate sanitation and hygiene work in Africa in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals
2. Purposes of the Conference
3. To assess the state of sanitation and hygiene in Africa, sharing experiences and lessons learned by people and organisations working in this field
4. To raise the profile of sanitation and hygiene in Africa, both at and after the WSSD
5. To strengthen leadership and advocacy for improved sanitation and hygiene in Africa