2nd Online Impact Workshop cum Master Class on Capacity building initiative for Citywide Water and Sanitation Management

 

Training is an investment for all involved: the learner and his/her organisation, the course developer, the trainer and the organisation sponsoring the training. Measuring the effectiveness of training efforts can both demonstrate the value of those resource investments and improve the quality of future training. Process evaluation and feedback during and at the end of each training focuses on how well the elements of the training were conducted, while outcome evaluation focuses on whether the training elicited desired results.

CSE capacity building initiative over the past decade and under the aegis of School of Water and Waste (SWW)– a unit established in 2018 combined together has 6000+ alumni – change makers, practitioners, regulators and managers involved in pushing for innovative polices principles, innovative technologies, and on ground implementation strategies which lay the foundations for a water and waste-prudent society. For details:  https://www.cseindia.org/page/school-waterwaste.

During the launch of the SWW in 2018, a two-day planning meeting was held on May 21-22, 2018 in AAETI which was attended by several eminent national and international experts to deliberate upon conceptualising the School, and its courses, curricula and faculty. For details: https://www.cseindia.org/cse-to-launch-india-s-first-state-of-art-school-of-water-and-waste-8723. The aim and purpose of this meeting was to identify knowledge and skill gaps in the area of city wide water and sanitation, knowledge exchange on best experience and learnings to bridge in the capacity building of individuals and institutions and to foster collaboration to strengthen research, advocacy and capacity building aimed at creating ‘change agents’ – water manager and leaders. During this meeting following goals were also set to achieve in the years to come for SWW.

• Foster research and build upon national and international knowledge exchange programmes
• Showcase and learn from best practices in the global South, developing as a global centre of knowledge exchange.
• Develop a cadre of practitioners who will disseminate knowledge by making changes on ground, thus creating multipliers.
• Publish peer reviewed articles and reports covering diverse aspects (political, technological, social, financial and environmental) of water and sanitation sector.

Taking this agenda forward, a 2 days ‘Impact Workshop cum Master Class’ has been organized which was a part of the two-part series events to re-connect with alumni and resource persons for evaluation and assessment aimed to achieve higher outcomes of capacity building interventions. Proceedings of the first ‘Impact Workshop cum Master Class ‘of alumni held on 29^th-30^th June, 2020 can be accessed here - https://www.cseindia.org/online-impact-workshop-cum-master-class-10189.  

The format of the Impact workshop cum masterclass was as follows:

Date: 11th August 2021
Timing: 10AM - 1.30PM

Theme: Sustainable Water Management

• Water Sensitive Urban Design and Planning
• Rainwater harvesting
• Green Infrastructure and Nature Based Solutions
• Urban Lake Management
• Water and Communication
• Tools and Approaches for Citywide Water management
• Mainstreaming Water-Energy Nexus in Wake of Climate Change
• Green Infrastructure Knowledge Conclave 2020

Date: 12th August 2021
Timing: 10AM - 1.30PM

Theme: Sanitation, Wastewater and Faecal Sludge/Septage Management

• Tools and Approaches for Citywide Sanitation
• Citywide Inclusive Sanitation
• City Sanitation Plans & Faecal Sludge Management
• Excreta Flow Mapping – Shit Flow Diagrams
• Decentralised Wastewater Treatment including Local Reuse
• SaniPath
• Water and Sanitation Safety Plan
• SFD Week Knowledge Conclave-2019

 

Each workshop session included 10-12 presentations (10-12 minutes each) - power point/video or oral presentation with stories about the progress on individual/institutional action plan. The presentations focussed on how the enhanced knowledge and skills during training have been used to plan/design, implement case studies/project, policy reform or other enabling frameworks – guidelines/advisory etc. or report on workshop/seminar for sensitisation or training or teaching module/studio exercise to build community of practitioners.

The presentation session was followed with Q&A session and discussion in the end.

 

Workshop Coordinators
Ms. Nupur Srivastava (Theme – Sustainable Water Management) Programme Manager Water Programme Mobile: +91-7506843420 Email: nupur.srivastava@cseindia.org	Dr. Sumita Singhal (Theme–Sanitation Wastewater and FSM) Programme Manager Water Programme Mob: +91 8884646146 Email: sumita.singhal@cseindia.org

Academic Director

Dr. Suresh Kumar Rohilla
Senior Director, CSE
Academic Director, 
School of Water & Waste, AAETI
Email: srohilla@cseindia.org