News & Reports

The challenge to implement affordable and sustainable sanitation in the new EU countries Romania and Bulgaria
WECF present at Sanitation Challenge in Wageningen, 19-21 May
23.05.2008 | Chantal van den Bossche

WECF partner Central Asian Alliance for Water (CAAW) present at CSD, New York
WECF networkpartner presents succesful ecosanitation programs during side event panel discussion (press release in Dutch)
13.05.2008 | Chantal van den Bossche

Dutch Environment Minister attends WECF presentation in Georgia
WECF Field Officer Anna Samwel presented on Labour Day ecosan toilet projects to Dutch Environment Minister Jacqueline Cramer
02.05.2008 | Chantal van den Bossche

Problems of water supply in rural mountain regions Armenia
A report on WECF's impression of the water project and home made toilets in the villages Urud and Sverdlov, Armenia
28.04.2008 | Margriet Samwel

Bulgarian project “ Safe Sanitation, Health and Dignity“ officially started
A field trip along start up meetings was organized in Bulgaria for the project “Sustainable Sanitation, Health and Dignity“, a project financially supported by Fondation Ensemble and ORT, a worldwide educational organisation
21.04.2008 | Bistra Mihaylova

Matra Project Belarus
WECF baseline surveys to improve capacity building in the areas of water, waste and energy efficiency in Belarus”.
12.04.2008 | Tatiana Deriviago

WECF Caucasian and Central Asian ecosan trainings
43 participants from ELA partner organizations from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Central-Asia took part in WECF ecosan training
21.03.2008 | Olga Plekhanova/Fedde Jorritsma

Meeting of the Task Force on Indicators and Reporting to the Protocol on Water and Health
The First meeting of the Task Force on Indicators and Reporting to the Protocol on water and Health took place on 13–14 March 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.
14.03.2008 | Anna Tsvetskova

World Water Day 2008: EU should promote decentralised, sustainable wastewater systems
WECF joined press conference in German Federal Press Office in Berlin (text in German)
13.03.2008 | Johanna Hausmann

Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater
In 2006 the World Health Organization published its new Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater. Together the Guidelines offer a safety framework, and minimum requirements for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater in agriculture and aquaculture. Anyone interested in safe wastewater management will benefit from getting acquainted with the guidelines.
06.03.2008 | Sanna-Mari Kuisma