South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN), a government led biennial convention held on a rotational basis in each country, is a platform for interaction in sanitation sector. SACOSANs are intended to develop a Regional agenda on sanitation, enabling learning from the past experiences and setting actions for the future. The objectives of such conferences are to accelerate the progress in sanitation and hygiene promotion in South Asia and to enhance quality of people's life. The SACOSAN process is being instrumental to generate political wills towards better sanitaion in the region.

South Asian countries; namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are the participating countries. The first conference was held in Bangladesh in 2003, the second in Pakistan in 2006, the third in India in 2008 and the fourth in Sri Lanka in 2011.

More information: www.sacosanv.gov.np/

The fifth SACOSAN will be hosted by Nepal in 11-13 November 2013 in Kathmandu.

Hi Carola,
Thanks for raising this event at such a platform. Is there a specific website where my organization or me can register as an interested participant for the SACOSAN? the website: www.sacosanv.gov.np/ does not have a registration site. What is the registration process? I would be glad if you could let us know.
Thanks again,
Ananya

Dear Ananya

I suspect that due to the SACOSAN taking place in November, that more details and the registration forms will be made available in the future. We at the SuSanA secretariat will share any news or updates in this regard that we receive with the network via the Forum as soon as we receive them.

It looks like it is going to be a great event, just after reading through the available information at this stage.

Kind regards

Trevor