Resources / Urban Pro Poor Workshop Consultation - Workshop Report

Summary

On December 22, 2010, India WASH Forum (IWF) organised a one day consultation/workshop on Pro Poor Urban Water and Sanitation. The purpose of the workshop was to situate the status and issues of pro poor urban water and
sanitation within the larger initiatives of the City Sanitation Plans (CSPs), and identify the priorities that NGOs could have in the emerging situation for programming or designing other interventions.

City Sanitation Plans were being developed with a deadline of March 31, 2011. The one day consultation provided an opportunity to NGOs and bilateral agencies to share and learn from the ongoing process of City Sanitation Plans, from the ground realities of denial of access to safe water and sanitation in urban slums and poor settlements and interaction with policy makers.

The workshop we had presentations on the status and issues of sanitation in four cities of India, by local representatives from the urban slums of these cities. Experience of working on sanitation issues in urban slums were made by many NGOs. Presentations on City Sanitation Plans were made by WSP, GTZ and Shelter
Associates. The keynote address was given by the Jt. Secy Ministry of Urban Development.