DAY 1: 13th SanCoP Meeting: ‘Behaviour Change in Sanitation’- 21 November 2013

The UK sanitation community of practice (SanCoP) is an initiative convened by WEDC, IWA and BPD through a series of sanitation workshops. The aim is to strengthen the UK sanitation sector and provide a forum for learning and debate. SanCoP events bring together a wide range of professionals with an interest in sanitation from academic and research institutions, NGOs, public and private organisations. Participants’ backgrounds’ include engineering, public health, social and political science, economics and urban development disciplines. SanCoP workshops take place twice a year under Chatham House rules allowing lively debate on topical sanitation issues.

The 13th SanCoP meeting entitled ‘Behaviour Change in Sanitation’ is being hosted by Cranfield University on Wednesday 20th November 2013, from 10.30am to 5pm. The rationale for the meeting will look to draw upon DFID’s 2013 WASH evidence paper, which argues that “behaviour change for hygiene and sanitation, especially at scale” is a key evidence gap in the sector. More specifically the discussions will look to:

• Set out the key challenges- by identifying the current state of sector knowledge and practice regarding behaviour change in sanitation
• Learn from other disciplines- by hearing and learning from other sectors about how they approach behaviour change
• Make the link between analysis of different behaviour change problems and designing interventions to address these findings
• Discuss the limits to our interventions and how difficult it is to change behaviour

If you be interested on speaking or facilitating a workshop on any of these areas or related areas, or know of anyone who may be interested, please e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Friday October 4th2013. As always, we are keen to have presentations from younger researchers, or from those in NGOs or industry, as well as those with more experience. We are also interested to hear from people who have experience of behaviour change outside of the sanitation sector.

Registration
To register, for this event please email the following information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Monday 14th November.

• Name, position & organisation
• If you require a lift from and to Milton Keynes train station on the 20th (pick up 10am/drop off 6pm)?


DAY 2: Early Career Researchers in Water, Sanitation & Hygiene – 22 November

The first Early Career Researchers in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) conference is being hosted by Cranfield University on 21 November 2013. This conference aims to provide an open, fun and free platform for early career researchers to meet and share cutting-edge research into appropriate WASH solutions for an uncertain world.

Would you like to present your research at the Young Researchers in WASH conference?
Papers are invited from across WASH related disciplines, including social science, economics, engineering, applied sciences and other relevant subjects, for presentations or posters on WASH related research. Please submit a 300 word abstract for either a 15 minute presentation or poster to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Monday 7th October 2013. We expect to inform presenters if they have been selected within 2 weeks of the deadline.

Attending the conference
Attendance is free for both the SanCoP and Cranfield hosted days although attendees must register to confirm their place at each event separately. Cranfield University is situated in Bedfordshire, UK, within easy reach of major roads and train terminals. There will be a lift or shared taxi scheme for participants arriving and leaving Milton Keynes and Bedford train stations. For those wishing to stay overnight, there are accommodation options available on and near campus, with organisers also providing a free “couch surfing” services for attendees on a budget. Please let us know during registration if you’d like use these services.

Registration
To register, please email the following information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Monday 14th November.
• Name, position & organisation
• Contact email and phone number
• If you have registered to attend the SanCoP event on the 20th November?
• Do you require free ‘couch surfing’ accommodation nights of 19th and/or 20th of November?
• Do you require a lift from and to Bedford or Milton Keynes train stations? (Please let us know what time your train or bus will arrive/depart)

If you are planning to stay for both events please join us on Wednesday night for a meal and a table quiz in aid of EWB Cranfield and SAFAD.

For further information please contact the organisers on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..



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