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Sanitation partnerships:Harnessing their potential for urban on-sitesanitationDavid Schaub-Jones, Kathy Eales & Linda TyersFebruary 2006ContentsSECTION 1 – Setting the Scene 2SECTION 2 – Emerging Themes 4Theme One: Which rung on the “sanitation ladder”? 5Theme Two: Sanitation implications of growing tenancy 8Theme Three: Beyond storage 10Theme Four: Sanitation’s unique challenges 12SECTION 3 – What role for partnerships in sanitation? 16Partnership Role A: Improving the customer relationship andencouraging better transactions 16Partnership Role B: Translating dignity and comfort into health andenvironmental protection 20Partnership Role C: Overcoming fragmentation 24SECTION 4 – Conclusions 27SECTION 5 – Scope for further work 30 AcknowledgementsWe would like to warmly thank all those who have a played a role in enlightening, supporting and reviewingthis work. Particular thanks are due to the numerous people we interviewed across the five country casestudies, all of whom were happy to share insights and perspectives on the challenge of working in, or tryingto set up, sanitation partnerships. We are especially grateful to those who played de facto host to us onthese trips, including Mamonaheng Ramonaheng of UDS Lesotho, Madhu Gudka and the staff of Kentainers,Jasper Kirango of Citiwater in Tanzania, Ned Breslin of WaterAid and the staff of ADASBU in Maputo, andPeter Davis and Neil McLeod of eThekweni Municipality in South Africa.This document would not have been possible without funding from DGIS Netherlands and the significant andvalued case study contributions from Gaye Thompson, Esperança Rui and Jaap Rijnsberger. Thank you toWASTE and Arnold van den Klundert for their financial and organisational support with the Dar es Salaamcase study. Two workshops greatly refined our thinking during the project – we greatly appreciate DaveRamsay of the City of Cape Town and Alan Gilbert of University College London for kindly hosting them, aswell as all those who took part in the debates and discussion.Sincere gratitude to the many people who helped peer review the Sanitation Partnership Series, who werevery generous in sharing their time and expertise. Their input was matched by those who helped shape thestudy at the outset, including Barbara Evans, Teddy Gounden, Barry Jackson, Christophe le Jalle, PeteKolsky, Jon Lane, Eddy Perez and Darren Saywell. Many others helped us find case studies, passed ontheir contacts and gave sound advice on how to proceed, for which we are grateful.Finally special thanks to Ken Caplan and Tracey Keatman of BPD for mentoring the work and tirelesslyworking to improve the final product. Without them it certainly would not have happened!Published by BPD Water and SanitationCopyright © BPD Water and SanitationISBN # 0-9551073-3-4