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Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management Toolbox......an integrative tool for capacity development on the local level

Today, the SSWM Toolbox is the most comprehensive collection of tools and approaches on water management and sustainable sanitation.

• It follows a holistic and cross-sectoral approach: Following a sustainability concept, the SSWM Toolbox enables you to find tools and approaches that allow for closing the water and nutrient cycle at the local level, thereby linking water management, sanitation and agriculture.
• It addresses and integrates different stakeholders: SSWM aims at bringing together all stakeholders that are concerned with a respective problem at the local level: decision makers, NGOs, households, water users, etc.
• It contains understandable and manageable contents: The Toolbox breaks down a complex matter so it is easy to grasp - but remains comprehensive.
• It is user and problem specific: The SSWM Toolbox allows you to get a sound understanding of the local water and sanitation situation and to find specific approaches and tools for a respective problem.
• It has a high standard and pedagogic approach: The SSWM Toolbox follows a specifically developed pedagogic approach and guarantees a high standard - all references, further readings, training material, etc., are revised and summarised. It can be used both to get a broad overview and to dig deep into the subject.
• It links planning, software and technology: The SSWM Toolbox gives equal importance to software (behavioural change approaches) and technical tools and allows you to go through a complete planning process.
• It provides ready-to-use and adjustable material: The SSWM Toolbox contains ready-to-use course material for organisations that wish to carry out their own courses, and even a section on how to train trainers.