Perspectives are different frameworks from which to explore the knowledge around sustainable sanitation and water management. Perspectives are like filters: they compile and structure the information that relate to a given focus theme, region or context. This allows you to quickly navigate to the content of your particular interest while promoting the holistic understanding of sustainable sanitation and water management.
This website contains important information on the successful foundation of a business in Switzerland.
A description of gross margin calculations with examples.
STEVEDAVIES (2015): Key Performance Indicators. Huntington, NY: Steve Davies URL [Visita: 11.12.2015]This website explains all the relevant steps to founding a company in Peru, with additional background information on the country.
This case study on the data visualising software company Tableau Software tells about the start-up phase it went through, and their scepticism of Venture Capitalists coming in to early. Their key message for the start-up phase is „Work for Free and Make Lifestyle Adjustments“.
SWALLOW, E. (2012): How One Start-up Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital. Entradas: Forbes Entrepreneurs: URL [Visita: 11.12.2015]How to obtain an up-to-date overview of your company’s liquidity situation.
This webpage contains useful and up-to-date articles about how to finance your start-up.
An overview of four financial statements, including income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement with examples.
GOGREENPLUS.ORG (2013): Financial Statements. Durham, NC: Institute for Sustainable Development URL [Visita: 10.12.2015]This webpage contains tips and tricks about the different types of financing sources.
The study goals were, first, to identify the factors that influence the achievement and sustainability of collective behavior change by communities to become ODF; and second, to understand what these findings might imply for improving program implementation effectiveness at scale.
MUKHERJEE, N WSP Factors associated with achieving and sustaining open defecation free communities: Learning from East Java. WSP URL [Visita: 01.12.2015]
There is sufficient evidence that water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) may impact maternal and newborn health (MNH) to warrant greater attention from all stakeholders involved in improving MNH and achieving universal WASH access. This article disusses current challenges and monitoring strategies aimed at maximizing healthy lives and increasing access to quality health care'
VELLEMAN, Y. ; MASON, E. ; GRAHAM, W. ; BENOVA, L. ; CHOPRA, M. ; CAMPBELL, O. M. R. ; GORDON, B. ; WIJESEKERA, S. ; HOUNTON, S. ; ESTEVES MILLS, J. ; CURTIS, V. ; AFSANA, K. ; BOISSON, S. ; MAGOMA, M. ; CAIRNCROSS, S. ; CUMMING, O. (2014): From Joint Thinking to Joint Action: A Call to Action on Improving Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for Maternal and Newborn Health. Entradas: PLOS Medicine: Volume 11 URL [Visita: 01.12.2015]
Providing target populations in developing countries with hygiene, sanitation and water “hardware” must be accompanied by so-called “software” programmes to achieve behavioural change. As behaviour is the product of psychological processes, public awareness campaigns must be conducted to change the factors influencing the outcome of these processes. It is thus necessary to determine the key factors responsible for changing a behaviour, and to implement behavioural change techniques that most effectively change these factors.
MOSLER, H. ; HUBER, A. ; INAUEN, J. ; TOBIAS, R. (2012): How to achieve evidence-based behavioural change. Entradas: Sandec News: Volume 13 URL [Visita: 01.12.2015]This webpage shows sample marketing mixes from famous brands, such as Apple, Samsung and McDonald’s.
A practical guide to form your own vision statement with lots of examples.
Webpage which gives a guideline on competitor analysis, including a framework by Michael E. Porter.
An understandable guideline on how to write a business plan.
A comprehensive description on risk strategies.
This manual provides the background of ecological sanitation and gives guidance how to construct and operate a UDDT. The manual, originally published in 2006, has been revised based on the experiences of more than 10 years in 12 countries by WECF with local partners.
DEEGENER, S. SAMWEL, M. WENDLAND, C. (2015): Urine Diverting Dry Toilets. Principles, Operation and Construction. Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) URL [Visita: 29.11.2015]