The SANIHUB Community

The purpose of the SANIHUB Community is to improve the quality of humanitarian sanitation services through the enhancement of knowledge sharing, joint sector learning and collaboration among humanitarian WASH actors.

You can subscribe to the general SANIHUB mailing list to get regular updates and invitations for public digital meetings. The SANIHUB Community currently has 5 active workstreams (see list below) and you are most welcome to join to actively contribute to workstream of your interest.

SANIHUB Community Coordination

Lead: Marij Zwart

Outcomes: Quarterly digital public events are organized to disseminate lessons learned, share research outcomes, discuss project and cluster activities and provide a platform for anyone wanting to access the global humanitarian sanitation sector.

Resources / Deliverables:

SANIHUB Community Terms of Reference

The purpose of the SANIHUB Community is to improve the quality of humanitarian sanitation services through the enhancement of knowledge sharing,…

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Workstream 1: Helpdesk & Expert Team

Lead: Marij Zwart

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Outcomes: Coordinated helpdesk, making expertise and knowledge of interested community members (the expert group) available to support incoming helpdesk requests in an effective and timely manner.

Workstream 2: Sanitation and FSM Standards

Lead: Tineke Hooijmans

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Outcomes: Validated standards through use and feedback in humanitarian context (Cox’s Bazar and Imvepi). Discussion initiated with Sphere on inclusion of standards in next Sphere handbook edition.

Resources / Deliverables:

Sanitation Quality Standards for Emergencies

The Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) Technical Working Group (TWiG) of the Global WASH Cluster has taken the initiative to create…

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Workstream 3: Research

Lead: Claire Papin-Stammose

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Outcomes: Steering committee for ongoing research project (FSM project funded by BHA) and ensuring the SANIHUB is used as the dissemination platform for outcomes of the research project. New proposals are based on the FSM research gaps conducted in 2022.

Workstream 4: Capacity Development

Lead: Catherine Bourgault

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Outcomes: Investigate need and potential for training development

Workstream 5: Relevance and Quality of Content

Lead: Rob Gensch

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Lead: Thorsten Reckerzügl

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Outcomes: Create sense of ownership of the SANIHUB by practitioners. Support keeping the content of the SANIHUB relevant. Joint development of SANIHUB ‘preparedness kit’ that can be provided to all agencies at the onset of an emergency. Use of regular features like ‘best new guidelines or example of the year’.

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