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This guide will lead trainers through project proposal writing sessions and exercises. It enables the user to: improve participants’ skills in developing quality project proposals, show them how to manage projects within an organisation; and help them to understand a project’s value as a tool to achieve and further the organisation’s mission.
NEBIU, B. (2002): Developing Skills of NGOs, Project Proposal Writing. Szentendre: The Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe URL [Accessed: 07.08.2010]
This presentation gives an introduction to the Logical Framework Analysis (LFA) and its uses, so the readers will become familiar with the main steps in conducting LFA. It also gives the necessary background for to prepare the Project Planning Matrix.
UNSO (2000): Logical Framework Analysis. Beirut (Lebanon): Office to Combat Desertification and Drought (UNSO). Presentation at the Capacity Building Workshop for Dryland Management, May 3-5 2000. [Accessed: 06.08.2010] PDFLink to the website of British Broadcasting Cooperation, which has covered an interesting news on cloth filter and its relation to cholera death with views of an expert.
This weblink contains descriptions of different water treatment methods and a comparison on their effectiveness.
German engineers have developed a high-rate processing plant that generates biogas from sewage.
EDIE NEWSROOM (2002): Germany boosts biogas from new sewage treatment plant. URL [Accessed: 06.08.2010]
This short tutorial presents a three stages process to prepare the Logical Framework Matrix, with examples and tips.
BOND (2003): Logical Framework Analysis. London: BOND (Networking for International Development) URL [Accessed: 06.08.2010]A French carbon dealer (ecosur) has registered a waste-to-energy carbon-offset project in Côte d'Ivoire under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. The project is based on the anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste. It's the first CDM project in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), and one of the few in sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa.
The Ecosan Club was funded as a non-profit association in 2002. It aims at closing material cycles in settlements, at promoting ecological approaches to sanitation, and offers consultancy, information services, and support in regards to specific information on ecological and sustainable sanitation. It publishes the magazine “SSP”, sustainable sanitation in practice, four times a year.
This part of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance website contains countless case studies from all around the world and allows you to find the one that you are looking for!
This article describes the home compost bins that were promoted in Kathmandu.
TULADHAR, B. (2003): Home Compost Bins. PDF
The paper presents the findings of a survey of 70 households using compost bins in Gampaha Municipality. During the study two compost samples from each of the bins were also tested.
LEKAMMUDIYANSE, L.M.M.U. ; GUNATILAKE, S.K. (2009): Efficiency of the Household Compost bin as a Waste Management Technique in Sri Lanka . In: International Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences IJBAS-IJENS: Volume 10 , 89-94. URL [Accessed: 05.08.2010]
This study evaluated the feasibility of using anaerobic pre-treatment before aerobic polishing treatment for high-strength industrial wastewater (BOD values ranging form 200 to 5000 mg/L). The results indicated an economic feasibility at water strengths above 1000 mg/L, but treatability evaluation would be required for every specific industrial wastewater to confirm the technical feasibility.
ECKENFELDER, W.W. ; PATOZKA, J.B. ; PULLIAM, G.W. (1988): Anaerobic Versus Aerobic Treatment in the USA. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium of Anaerobic Digestion: , 105-114 . URL [Accessed: 05.08.2010]
PDF-presentation on biogas technology basics and its potential for sustainable energy supply in rural areas.
NEMA, P.P. (n.y): Biogas Technology for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development. In: International Seminar on Biogas Technology for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development: URL [Accessed: 05.08.2010]
This paper describes a household composting project implemented by SEVENATHA in Dehiwala Mt. Levenia Municipal Council near Colombo in Sri Lanka with support from UNDP.
PREMAKUJMARA, D.G.H. (2000): Compost Bins as an Alternative Solution to the Problem of Household Waste Problem in Urban Areas. URL [Accessed: 05.08.2010]Article on vermicomposting in the Global Oneness Commitment encyclopedia.
A "Sustainable Sanitation Practice" journal by Ecosan Club, focussing on the use of urine and presenting some case studies.
ECOSAN CLUB (2010): Use of Urine. (= Sustainable Sanitation Pracice , 3 ). Vienna: Ecosan Club URL [Accessed: 05.08.2010]
Follow-up study conducted after five years in Matlab, Bangladesh to determine the impact of simple sari cloth filtration on the incidence of cholera. Analysis of the data showed that 31% of the women used filters, of which 60% are sari filters for household water, reducing the incidence of cholera by 48%.
HUQ, A. ; YUNUS, M. ; SOHEL, S.S. ; BHUIYA, A. ; EMCH, M. ; LUBY, S.P. ; RUSSEK-COHEN, E. ; NAIR, G.B. ; SACK, R.B. ; COLWELL, R.R. (2010): Simple Sari Cloth Filtration of Water is Sustainable and Continues to Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh. In: mBio: Volume 1 URL [Accessed: 05.08.2010]
This report presents the findings of an inventory study of various organisations promoting urban agriculture to see if urban agriculture can be a market for compost made from solid waste.
HART, D. PLUIMERS, J. (1996): Wasted Agriculture. The Use of Compost in Urban Agriculture. (= UWEP Working Document 1 ). Gouda: WASTE URL [Accessed: 05.08.2010]
Research conducted on removal of plankton and associated particulates by filter constructed from nylon net and sari materials. The result obtained indicates that 99% of Vibrio Cholerae, i.e., those cells attached to plankton was removed from the water sample during simple filtration, forepidemics strains from various geographical sources including Bangladesh, Brazil, India, and Mexico.
HUQ, A. ; XU, B. ; CHOWDHURY, M.A.R. ; ISLAM, M.S. ; MONTILLA, R. ; COLWELL, R.R. (1996): A Simple Filtration Method to Remove Plankton-Associated Vibrio Cholerae in Raw Water Supplies in Developing Countries. In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology: Volume 62 , 2508-2512. URL [Accessed: 05.08.2010]