The GTO in cooperation with WECF (Women in Europe for a Common Future) offers a training course on "Toilets for schools and public buildings in developing countries". The weekend seminar will take place in Iffeldorf, near Munich on 11th and 12th February. It is intended for NGO workers who want to develop their knowledge on sustainable sanitation. The course topics range from technical possibilities and socio-cultural aspects to reuse of human excrements. Building up on this basic seminar, the advanced training course is going to take place on 3rd and 4th March in Berlin, in cooperation with WECF and GIZ.
!ATTENTION! Courses will be held in German only.
Click here to download the seminar programme and registration forms: (German only)
Together with the Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ ecosan), GTO developed a series of training seminars for Germany based NGOs.
Following numerous requests from a broad spectrum of German based NGOs working in international development, GTO and GTZ-ecosan were able to kick-off the first set of comprehensive training seminars on the topic of sustainable sanitaiton in developing countries.
In the autumn of 2010, our first weekend seminars took place. These sessions covered currently available technologies as well as their specific technological and social requirements and provided insights into the features and typical problems faced during project implementation.
Thanks to the successes of the seminars and particpants' requests, further training seminars are already in planning for 2011.
If you or your organisation are interested in taking part in our 2011 training seminar series or have any questions regarding the contents of the seminars, please feel free to contact the GTO at post[at]germantoilet.org
or via telephone at +49 (0)30 419343 44 / 45.
On 23 - 24 October, the debut for the seminar series 'Toiltes for schools & public facilities - How do I do everything right?' was held in Eschborn. Hosted at the premises of our partners in the GTZ section 'ecosan', participants were immersed in the specific topic of sustainable sanitation in developing countries. Group work and open discussion rounds facilitated knowledge exchange, networking and the discussion of specific project examples.
In Berlin, the Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (BMZ) provided their rooms and materials for the seminar on 27 - 28 November. Staff from various NGOs working in international development gained an insight into the potentials as well as the problematics in developing sustainable sanitation solutions. Together with a group of experts, they worked through possible strategies for project implementation.