FACT SHEET

This fact sheet describes the EcoSanRes programme, a Sida-financed initiative managed by the Stockholm Environment Institute from 2001 to 2010. The programme focuses on promoting sustainable and ecological sanitation systems that recycle organic waste for crop production to address global sanitation challenges and support the Millennium Development Goals.

• The global sanitation crisis is characterized by at least 2.5 billion people lacking adequate sanitation, resulting in the daily deaths of more than 5,000 children under the age of five. To meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, basic sanitation must be extended to 1.75 billion people.
• Ecological sanitation systems, also known as productive sanitation systems, are defined as those that safely recycle excreta and other organic waste products for use in crop production to minimize the use of non-renewable resources.
• The EcoSanRes programme operated in two phases between 2001 and 2010. The first phase (2001-2005) focused on R&D, capacity development, policy promotion, communications, and pilot projects in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The second phase (2006-2010) shifted emphasis toward capacity development to address a general lack of expertise, alongside knowledge development and international coordination.
• EcoSanRes utilizes a network of eight contracted knowledge nodes to provide tailored curricula development, awareness-raising, policy promotion, and knowledge management. These nodes are located in China, the Philippines, Burkina Faso, Bolivia, Central America, Southern Africa, Nepal, and Uganda.
• The programme engages in broad international collaboration, notably through the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA), which consists of over 100 partners organized into twelve thematic working groups. It also collaborates with various UN agencies, including WHO, UNICEF, UNEP, IFAD, FAO, UNESCO, and UN-HABITAT, as well as the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Programme.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). FACT SHEET. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Air-land-water-resources/ecosanres-factsheet.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. FACT SHEET. n.d. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Air-land-water-resources/ecosanres-factsheet.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendfact, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{FACT SHEET}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Air-land-water-resources/ecosanres-factsheet.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }