Explore concrete tools that help you to better plan and execute sustainable water management and sanitation solutions.

There is no shortage of innovative solutions to optimise local water management and sanitation systems. The challenge often lies in the adequate and sustainable planning and execution. In this perspective, you’ll learn about existing programming and planning frameworks that support the selection, implementation and ensuring of long-term sustainability of sanitation, water and hygiene interventions together with the involved and affected people. These participatory frameworks go beyond simply informing the concerned stakeholders, but aim to actively include them in all steps of the planning and programming cycle, namely Exploration, Demand Creating, Decision Making, Implementation and Ensuring Sustainability. Concrete tools and methodologies for each of these steps are summarised in this perspective.