DAY3 - Wednesday 23rd of March

Responsible consumption, micropollutants in the sea and in wastewater, plastic pollution, the congestion of sewage systems, the prospects for co-treatment: so many problems and solutions that show how water and waste management are linked.
The complicity between these two essential services, which MDGs 6, 11, 12 and 17 make it possible to stage in megacities and elsewhere, deserves to be told by the actors and experts.

Within the framework of the 9th World Water Forum, the Senegalese Association for Standardization in collaboration with its technical and financial partners, wishes to organize a side-event. The theme of this event will be: "Standardization in the sanitation sector".
This side-event will address issues related to national and international standards existing or to be implemented and the sharing of Senegal's experience in the standardization of the sanitation sub-sector.

" Context

Africa has undergone fundamental changes over the last decade, which has fueled increasing demand for water and interconnected sectors underpinning human development, food security, energy access, environmental wellbeing, and climate action. Building on the vision of the EU-Africa partnership “Towards a Comprehensive Strategy with Africa” this special session serves as a follow-up to the European Union - African Union summit (17-18 February 2022).

The session cuts across priority 1: Water security and Sanitation (human rights to water and sanitation) and priority 3: Cooperation (strengthen dialogue and partnerships…)

The session intends to fit within the following themes:
human rights access to watsan, access for all, relations between ethics and water & sanitation services and interfaith collaboration/dialogue.

Objectives

Les zones humides jouent un rôle important dans la sécurité de l’eau, la résilience des communautés, la réduction des risques climatiques et la sécurité humaine. Les gouvernements Africains s’engagent pour leur sauvegarde à travers des plans et politiques nationaux et internationaux comme la Grande Muraille Verte et la Convention des Nations Unies sur la Lutte Contre la Désertification.

The private sector is a major player in driving innovation and developing demand-driven knowledge-based solutions in the water and sanitation sector. German companies within the water and sanitation sector have recognized that the key factors which ensure their long-term viability and sustainability of investments are employees with exactly the right qualifications as well as sector-specific knowledge and skills. For this reason, the private sector is continuously investing in training young people.

Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) is a public service approach to planning and implementing urban sanitation systems to achieve outcomes summarized by Sustainable Development Goal 6: safe, equitable, and sustainable sanitation for everyone in an urban area, paying special attention to the needs of the poor, the marginalized, and women and girls. To advance and sustain SDG outcomes at a meaningful scale, all CWIS systems must demonstrate three core functions:
• A responsible authority(ies) is executing a public mandate for inclusive urban service delivery.

This session will present ongoing actions on the themes: depollution of water bodies, social technologies, service supply regularization, and adaptability in order to share innovative practices that contribute to the advancement of the sector, above all, to ensure the access to water and sanitation to low-income communities.