We would like to welcome Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD) from Nepal as a new SuSanA partner organisation!

The following text is taken from their application form and which was written by the partner organisation themselves.

Description:
CIUD is an NGO working on urban issues, and thriving towards developing livable cities.

At present we are working with 7 municipalities and projects are spread over 4 districts of Nepal. Urban development, Water and Sanitation (WASH), Solid Waste Management and Rainwater Harvesting are the present project CIUD is undertaking.

Activities in Sustainable Sanitation:
CIUD is working with local communities and local authorities promoting WASH, with specific technologies, in relation with local socio-economy and livelihoods. Community Led Urban Environmental Sanitation (CLUEs) planning approach has been one of the approaches used by CIUD.

Linkage with micro-finance and DRR is what CIUD is looking to add in its current interventions.

At present CIUD has partnership with Water Aid Nepal and World Vision international in WASH sector.

Expectations in the Partnership:
We expect to learn more on different options for Sustainable Sanitation especially in urban context of developing countries.

We will also try to seek expertise from international platform for strengthening our team's understanding and knowledge in sustainable solutions for WASH.

Contribution to SuSanA:
CIUD can share its experiences, success cases, technology options and approaches during its over a decade of working in urban WASH.

Working together with SuSanA we can conduct our advocacy works more effectively and in more coordinated way.

We can be a strong partner in achieving the 2014-2018 Joint Road-map towards sustainable sanitation.

Contact person:
Pushkar Lal Shrestha

Find out more about CIUD and their work in sanitation:
Website: www.ciud.org.np
Links to their sanitation-related activities: www.ciud.org.np/new/index.php?q=activities/sanitation

[Posted by Sebastian]