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Partnership Actions (PAMS) Southeast Asia
Current PAMS Projects
Tool to assess environmental and health risks of integrated human and animal waste management in Vietnam
Duration: January 2012 to Present
Executing Agency: Vietnam Public Health Association (VPHA)
Partners: Swiss TPH
In this PAMS, a tool will be developed to assess the environmental and health impacts of both human and animal waste in Vietnam. Environmental impacts will be assessed using Material Flow Analysis (MFA). Health impacts will be measured based on an epidemiology and quantitative microbial risk assessment. These methods will be used to identify the best practices of human and animal waste management in rural communities. Important local stakeholders are involved in this project, such as the Vietnam Public Health Association (VPHA), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Ministry of Health. Such stakeholder involvement will ensure uptake and dissemination of findings.
Promotion of appropriate sanitation as a means to control hygiene-related public health priorities in Lao PDR
Duration: January 2011 to Present
Executing Agency: National Institute of Public Health, Lao PDR
Partners: Swiss TPH
This PAMS aims to use a community participation, empowerment approach (CLTS) in order to increase adequate sanitation (e.g. latrines) and its utilisation among selected pilot communities on the Mekong Islands. Objectives include identification of appropriate sanitation measures and construction of adequate sanitation facilities. The achievements of the PAMS will be evaluated within the project itself. It is intended to serve as a pilot project for exploring the potential and capacity of community participation – including sharing minimum construction costs – in the creation and improvement of sanitation infrastructure.
Supporting Integrated Spatial Planning and building respective capacities in the environment sector at WERI in the Lao PDR
Duration: September 2010 to Present
Executing Agency: Water Resources and Environmental Research Institute (WERI) of the Water Resources and Environment Administration (WREA), Lao PDR
Partners: CDE
The overall goal of the project is to ensure that Lao agencies’ planning and priority setting is evidence based as well as vertically coherent. To achieve this, the PAMS will support development of a comprehensive, well-documented national and sub-national spatial database, to be hosted within the Water and Environment Research Institute (WERI). Through development of an online platform for spatial data sharing, vertical information exchange will be fostered, and analytical tools will be made available to decentralised users. Additional capacity building regarding proper use of the information system will be targeted to different central planning institutions as well as planners at sub-national levels. This PAMS adopts an innovative approach to integrating hitherto fragmented information from many governmental institutions into a centrally managed, vertically and horizontally shared information platform.
Innovative sanitation approach by coupling of ecological reuse system with health risks determination: A demonstration case at public school
Duration: May 2010 to Present
Executing Agency: Regional Coordinating Office of JACS-SEA, School of Environment Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology
Partners: Sandec/Eawag
In this PAMS, a demonstration unit of Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland (VFCW) will be constructed in a public school in Bangkok, Thailand. According to NCCR North-South reasearch, VFCW has high performance in faecal sludge treatment. Teachers and students from the public school will be involved in the project. The unit will contribute to demonstrate potentials and benefits of greywater and faecal sludge management. Awareness on the health risks exposures to pathogens during the treatment and reuse practices will be raised among teachers, students and other local actors.
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Completed PAMS Projects
Development of a training module on health risk assessment related to water, sanitation and food in Vietnam
Duration: October 2009 to December 2010
Executing Agency: The Hanoi School of Public Health (HSPH)
Partners: Sandec/Eawag
In this PAMS, a training module on health risk assessment related to water supply, sanitation, and food safety was developed and tested. A national training course with 40 health professionals and policymakers was conducted. The course provided participants with evidence-based knowledge on health risks caused by pathogens (virus, bacteria, and protozoa) in water and foods, and supplied them technical knowledge related to microbial risk assessment. The training materials were compiled in a manual to be published in Vietnamese. An English translation is planned for use in other countries such as Lao PDR or Cambodia.
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Participatory improvement of urban environmental sanitation services in Hatsady Tai, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Duration: February 2008 to March 2009
Executing Agency: Public Works and Transportation Institute (PTI), Vientiane
Partners: Sandec/Eawag; Water Resources and Environment Administration (WREA)
This PAMS project helped to improve urban environmental sanitation services in Hatsady Tai, Vientiane, by adopting a demand-led and participatory planning approach. The project benefited about 275 residents in the centre of the village by providing improved urban environment sanitation services, i.e. stormwater drainage, liquid and solid waste management, thereby fostering community-level capacity building and awareness-raising in environmental health and gender equality. This PAMS tested the Household-Centred Environmental Sanitation (HCES) approach, which was then further developed and adapted in other PAMS.
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Effective sanitation systems through stakeholder involvement: A case study of faecal sludge management in Thailand
Duration: July 2007 to June 2008
Executing Agency: NCCR North-South Regional Coordination Office, Bangkok
Partners: Sandec/Eawag
A previous PAMS in the Baanklang district in Bangkok focused on the development of technical solutions for effective faecal sludge management. Limited involvement of local people and political authorities resulted in the malfunction of the developed fecal management system, and the technology could not be replicated in other municipalities. This second PAMS aimed at identifying the social and political factors that foster or hinder effective faecal sludge management in the Baangklang district. In a series of workshops, researchers and 500 stakeholders discussed problems, and developed potential solutions. Local authorities learned more about the potentials of effective faecal sludge management and are now willing to adopt the technology that was developed previously. Other municipalities expressed their interest in adopting the approach.
Contact
For regional PAMS information:
Thammarat Koottatep, Regional Coordinator, Southeast Asia
For general PAMS information:
Eva Maria Heim, Coordinator of Partnership Actions
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