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.
Innovation A to Z is a mind map to help entrepreneurs make informed business decisions when thinking of launching an innovative product or service. It takes the reader through an innovation funnel that will help him/her determine whether the idea has potential to be innovative in the specific market.
https://www.boardofinnovation.com/tools/innovation-a-to-z/ [Accessed: 09.07.2020]Horizon—The EU Research and Innovation Magazine
O'DONNELL B (2015): https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/recycling-conundrum-heart-tech.html [Accessed: 09.07.2020]
The Plastic Bank offers a secure and transparent way to monetise ocean-bound plastic with a dual mission of protecting the environment, and banking the unbanked in some of the world’s poorest regions.
MINH, T.C. (2018): https://www.eco-business.com/news/can-blockchain-turn-plastic-waste-into-currency-for-the-poorand-save-our-oceans/ [Accessed: 09.07.2020]
This study on operator models for integrated sustainable waste management (ISWM) aims to understand and classify the diversity of ways in which waste management services are organized across the world.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (2013): Operator Models. Respecting Diversity. Concepts for Sustainable Waste Management. URL [Accessed: 09.06.2020]The Annotated Water Integrity Scan (AWIS) responds to the call made in the 2008 Global Corruption Report (GCR) for participatory and qualitative tools to analyse corruption in, and enhance the integrity of, water service development and delivery.
The AWIS is a diagnostic tool for multistakeholder workshops, and has three main objectives:
- Establish an overview of the integrity of different sub-sectors of the water sector, to highlight areas which are vulnerable to corruption.
- Identify priority areas for action to enhance water integrity.
- Increase awareness about the water integrity situation and stimulate improvement.
The AWIS will be repeated annually (or every two years) to explore whether it can be used as a monitoring tool. This manual is meant for a broad group of actors interested in exploring and improving integrity and governance in the water sector. This includes staff from government agencies, NGOs, think tanks, universities, the private sector and other organisations involved in development co-operation and the water sector. Policy makers and managers may be particularly interested in the promotion of the tool and the implications of its findings. The manual will also help potential facilitators of AWIS workshops as they prepare for their session.
VISSCHER, J.T. HERMANN-FRIEDE, J. (2011): Annotated Water Integrity Scans. A manual to help assess integrity levels in specific sub-sectors of the water sector. Berlin, Germany: Water Integrity Network and International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) URL [Accessed: 01.06.2020] PDFThis document was developed to guide the facilitation of the Annotated Water Integrity Scan (AWIS). The AWIS was established by the Water Integrity Network (WIN) and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre in response to the call made in the 2008 Global Corruption Report (GCR) for participatory and qualitative tools to analyse corruption in, and enhance the integrity of, water service development and delivery.
VISSCHER, J.T. HERMANN-FRIEDE, J. (2011): AWIS facilitator's guide. A guide to help implement an Annotated Water Integrity Scan. Berlin, Germany: Water Integrity Netowork and transparency International URL [Accessed: 01.06.2020] PDF
This webpage provides tips for task forces on how to establish partnerships with community-based organizations.
The Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center Community-Based Partnerships. URL [Accessed: 28.05.2020]
This article makes available UNHCR’s experiences from the point of view of large humanitarian organisation concerning inherent advantages to, challenges faced in and how to practically approach working with CBOs in general.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Innovation Service (2020): At the heart of the community. How to work with community-based organizations. URL [Accessed: 28.05.2020]
New technologies are leading to an exponential increase in the volume and types of data available, creating unprecedented possibilities for informing and transforming society and protecting the environment. This report sets out the main opportunities and risks presented by the data revolution for sustainable development.
Independent Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on a Data Revolution for Sustainable Development to the UN Secretary General (2014): A world that counts. Mobilising the data revolution for sustainable development. URL [Accessed: 05.05.2020]
