Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS)

“Citywide inclusive sanitation means that: everybody benefits from adequate sanitation service delivery outcomes; human waste is safely managed along the whole sanitation service chain; effective resource recovery and re-use are considered; a diversity of technical solutions is embraced for adaptive, mixed and incremental approaches; and onsite and sewerage solutions are combined, in either centralized or decentralized systems, to better respond to the realities found in developing country cities.” (The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Emory University, Plan International, The University of Leeds, WaterAid, the World Bank, n.d.)

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Emory University, Plan International, The University of Leeds, WaterAid, the World Bank. n.d. Citywide Inclusive Sanitation. https://citywideinclusivesanitation.com/.

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Global Water & Sanitation Center

The Global Water & Sanitation Center (GWSC) was formally established in 2022, a legacy of Gates Foundation (GF) and the Asian Institute of Technology’s (AIT) partnership to host and mainstream citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) and advance the WASH agenda in South and Southeast Asia. Its mission is to ensure universal access to safe, inclusive, and sustainable WASH services for all in Asia and beyond. In its efforts, the center contributes to achieving several key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).