Objective The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs, target 10) call for halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015. ROSA promotes resource-oriented sanitation concepts as a route to sustainable and ecologically sound' sanitation in order to meet the MDGs. These concepts shall be applied in four cities in East-Africa, namely Arbaminch (Ethiopia), Nakuru (Kenya), Arusha (Tanzania) and Kitgum (Uganda). The consortium comprises 2 partners from each of these countri es, a university and an end-user. For the model cities strategic sanitation & waste plans (SSWPs) will be developed for the whole city area. These SSWPs will come up with the best solution for the city combining several techniques (resulting in hybrid systems) according to the local requirements. Within the project a part of the SSWPs will be developed in peri-urban areas, where there is a lot of research need for resource-oriented sanitation.Research topics addressed within ROSA are targeting the gap s for the implementation of these concepts in peri-urban areas. They include e.g. an implementation study of the updated WHO-guidelines for use of waste and excreta, the improvement/adaptation of resource-oriented sanitation technologies and the development of community based operation and management strategies. For the implementation of the complete SSWPs the ROSA consortium will develop possibilities for financing. This will be facilitated by the already existing international network of the consortium and the strong link of the activities to on-going programmes/projects in East Africa (e.g. the "Lake Victoria Initiative" of the UN Habitat, the WSP of the Worldbank, the Dutch ISSUE Programme, the Swedish EcoSanRes Programme, etc.). Dissemination activities will be focused on establishing the local East African network between universities, end-users, etc. This network will ensure the consolidation and the replication of the knowledge gained within the region. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processesdrinking water treatment processes Keywords resources management strategic sanitation and waste plan sustainable sanitation Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2005-3.II.3.7 - Sustainable sanitation in Africa Call for proposal FP6-2005-GLOBAL-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN EU contribution No data Address Gregor mendel strasse 33 Wien Austria See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG HARBURG Germany EU contribution No data Address Schwarzenbergstrasse 95 Hamburg See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ECOSAN CLUB Austria EU contribution No data Address Neulerchenfelderstr. 9/32 Wien See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STICHTING WASTE Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Nieuwehaven 201 Gouda See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Keppel street London See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Uganda EU contribution No data Address Makerere hill road Kampala See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania EU contribution No data Address Dar es salaam See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EGERTON UNIVERSITY Kenya EU contribution No data Address Njoro See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY Ethiopia EU contribution No data Address Arbaminch See on map Total cost No data KITGUM TOWN COUNCIL Uganda EU contribution No data Address Kitgum See on map Total cost No data ARUSHA CITY COUNCIL Tanzania EU contribution No data Address Arusha See on map Total cost No data MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF NAKURU Kenya EU contribution No data Address Nakuru See on map Total cost No data ARBA MINCH TOWN WATER SERVICE Ethiopia EU contribution No data Address Arbaminch See on map Total cost No data