Global Sanitation Graduate School
The Global Sanitation Graduate School (GSGS) is a platform to facilitate the development and empower the dissemination of knowledge on sanitation through postgraduate (MSc) programs, online (self-study and instructor-led) courses, face-to-face (on-campus) courses and tailor-made training, so that the sanitation challenges can be embraced with deeper insight, advanced knowledge, and greater confidence. In partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education launched in 2018 a new Master of Science Program in Sanitation, Graduate Professional Diploma Program, and several online courses on sanitation. Since 2019, the Delft-based sanitation programs and courses have been adopted by universities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America under the framework of the GSGS. In 2024, with its 55 members - academic institutions, located in 22 countries, and 1,400 MSc students from 58 countries, the GSGS reached the next level of development - clustering into five regional hubs, namely, 1. GSGS Regional Hub South America, 2. GSGS Regional Hub West, Central, and Indian Ocean Africa, 3. GSGS Regional Hub East and Southern Africa, 4. GSGS Regional Hub India, and 5. GSGS Regional Hub South and South-East Asia.The regional hubs are hosted by GSGS partners in Montevideo (UTEC), Ouagadougou (2iE), Kampala (NWSC), Ahmedabad (CEPT), and Bangkok (AIT), respectively. The main focus of the regional hubs is to update the current sanitation curriculum with the latest learnings on city-wide inclusive sanitation (CWIS), expand the geographical coverage of its membership, diversify its membership to enhance the impact on the ground, and ensure financial sustainability in mid-and long-term. The new GSGS website, reflecting this development, is under construction.
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Meet the GSGS Directors
The new organizational structure of GSGS implies a new governance. The GSGS Global Headquarters remains in the Netherlands, and Prof. Damir Brdjanovic is the overall Director (GSGS.HQ@un-ihe.org). Each GSGS Regional Hub has its own Director, namely:
- Prof. Hector Garcia – GSGS Regional Hub South America (GSGS.SA@utec.edu.uy)
- Dr. Harinaivo Anderson Andrianisa – GSGS Regional Hub West, Central, and Indian Ocean Africa (GSGS.WCIOA@2ie-edu.org)
- Dr. Rose Kaggwa – GSGS Regional Hub East and Southern Africa (GSGS.ESA@nwsc.co.ug)
- Prof. Mona Iyer – GSGS Regional Hub India (GSGS.India@cept.ac.in)
- Prof. Tanvir Ahmed – GSGS Regional Hub South and South-East Asia (GSGS.SSEA@ait.asia)
Please note that the email of the GSGS Headquarters is operational and that emails of regional directors will be operational from 15 January 2025.
Global Sanitation Graduate School goes regional
With its 55 members – academic institutions, located in 22 countries, and 1,400 MSc students from 58 countries, the GSGS reached the next level of development – clustering into five regional hubs, namely, 1. GSGS Regional Hub South America, 2. GSGS Regional Hub West, Central, and Indian Ocean Africa, 3. GSGS Regional Hub East and Southern Africa, 4. GSGS Regional Hub India, and 5. GSGS Regional Hub South and South-East Asia. The regional hubs are hosted by partners in Montevideo (UTEC), Ouagadougou (2iE), Kampala (NWSC), Ahmedabad (CEPT), and Bangkok (AIT), respectively. Hubs were inaugurated during the regional workshops that took place in October and November this year with the participation of all GSGS members and representatives of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) – the principal supporter of GSGS. The main focus of the regional hubs is to a) update the current sanitation curriculum with the latest learnings on CWIS, b) expand the geographical coverage of its membership, c) diversify its membership to enhance the impact on the ground, and d) ensure financial sustainability in mid- and long-term. On behalf of the GSGS Headquarters at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, we look forward to working closely with the new directors of the regional hubs, Prof. Hector Garcia, Dr. Harinaivo Anderson Andrianisa, Dr. Rose Kaggwa, Prof. Mona Iyer, and Prof. Tanvir Ahmed, in partnership with the BMGF and Dr. Roshan Raj Shrestha and Dr. Najib B. Lukoya, and other colleagues involved in the GSGS.
Global Sanitation Graduate School wins award at IWA’s Water and Development Congress
The Global Sanitation Graduate School was named the winner of an Inclusive Urban Sanitation Champions Award in the category of youth engagement. The Award, given by the International Water Association (IWA) as part of its Inclusive Urban Sanitation initiative, encourages and recognizes contributions towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2, which calls for universal access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene. IWA announced the winners at the closing ceremony for the IWA Water and Development Congress, held this week in Kigali, Rwanda.
CWIS Open-access Online Course Series is available now!
https://cwis.online/
After three years of preparations, we are delighted to launch the Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Open Access Online Course Series containing 10 interesting courses including presentations of 45 renowned experts in the field.
Sanitation and public health
Analysis of sanitation flows
Sanitation systems and services
Sanitation technology
Gender and sanitation
Behavioral change and advocacy
Leadership
Sanitation governance
Sanitation finance
Project management
We are grateful to all teachers in the Series, technical, academic, and editorial staff of IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, and our supporters, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The CWIS series will be regularly updated and likely expanded in the future with complementary, locally contextualized, materials and case studies. As of today, you can access all course materials free of charge. We expect in the near future that several institutions, members of the Global Sanitation Graduate School, will offer the Series with guidance, credits, and certification.
Prof. Brdjanovic receives the IWA Water & Development Award
Prof. Damir Brdjanovic, the Director and Co-founder of GSGS, is a proud winner of the International Water Association Water & Development Award at the opening ceremony of the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark. This award reflects the success of the GSGS too, as mentioned in the introduction by Dr. Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, CEO of IWA
GSGS @ IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition – booth C2.380
43 university members of the Global Sanitation Graduate School will be represented at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 11-15 September 2022. We are ready to receive the first visitors today.
Courses, programs and training available in the GSGS Regional Hubs
The Global Sanitation Graduate School provides access to high-quality graduate educational products on sanitation in one place. It assembles programs, courses, and training materials from internationally renowned top sanitation educators, such as the new postgraduate curriculum on sanitation, several Graduate Professional Diploma Programs, many instructor-led and self-study online courses (including MOOCs), specialized laboratory courses, and tailor-made courses.
