Access to clean water and sanitation and comprehensive freshwater management are essential to life, health, environment and economic prosperity in the developing countries. With more than 2 billion people globally living in countries with excess water stress and some 2.4 billion people with inadequate or no access to sanitation, SDG Goal No. 6 is undoubtedly one of the most important ones. Danish consulting engineers are globally known and acknowledged for our knowledge and results within freshwater management, water supply and sanitation. We design water and sanitation facilities, develop education programmes for hygiene and sanitation and water usage and provide capacity building to governments and local authorities in water and sanitation.
PROJECT: IMPROVING GLOBAL CAPACITY ON SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER AND SANITATION
NIRAS is implementing the International Training Programme (ITP) called “Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation (SUWAS) - Integrated Processes” targeted towards 10 countries in Africa and Asia (Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Laos and Cambodia). The SUWAS programme has four dimensions - the first three focusing on overall sustainable framework for the city and organizational analyses, while the fourth is focusing on the organizational change with the purpose to strengthen the organization’s ability to support water, sanitation and hygiene activities and services. At the end of each programme, the participants have gained knowledge about integrated approaches, principles, methods and tools for planning and implementation of sustainable urban water and sanitation systems.
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COMPANY: NIRAS A/S
SECONDARY GOALS: 3, 5 & 11