NEWS

Climate change adaptation

The Climate Change activities under the umbrella of IWA seek to assist the water sector in meeting intensified challenges and uncertainties to build systems that are more robust, flexible and resilient than before.
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H20 Article (Dutch): Kennismakelaardij voor duurzame afvalwaterzuivering - No.11 - 2011

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Newsletter 3 - April 2011

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Wastewater Directory

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The policy Brief

Policy Brief No 1: Brokering Environmentally Sustainable Sanitation for Europe (BESSE)
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The technology Map

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Seminar 1 Report

AICCRE, the Italian Section of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), hosted the 1st Brussel Seminar of the BESSE project.
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From Broad Ideas to Local Solutions in Sustainable Sanitation - Five Explorations on Innovation in Wastewater Treatment

This booklet presents the findings of the five subprojects of the Maastricht University Research Based Learning (MARBLE) project on Sustainable Sanitation. Partially financed by a subsidy from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (the Sirius Program), the goal of Marble is to stimulate excellence in higher education by involving small groups of students in research projects. Marble emphasizes the connection between research and learning, the importance of (academic) community (the value of teamwork and collaboration), and the (societal) relevance of research to the wider community outside the university.
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2nd Steering Committee Meeting, Castel Sant’Angelo, Italy

The second Steering Committee Meeting of the BESSE Project was held with the Italian Project Partner in Castel Sant’Angelo, in January 2010. The meeting was attended by all the project partners and generously hosted by the Mayor of Castel Sant’Angelo, Paolo Anibaldi.
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Mayor of Pernik launches Bulgaria Pilot Project

A newspaper article that appeared in a Pernik newspaper announced the implementation of the BESSE project in Bulgaria.
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1st Steering Committee Member Meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria

In September 2009, the first Steering Committee member meeting took place in Sofia, Bulgaria in September 2009. The meeting finalise d the design frameworks for the project and mapped the way forward for the 9 Working Groups to implement the project.
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Kick-off meeting

In June 2009 Steering Committee members gathered at Maastricht University to craft the working relationship between all the organisations that make up the BESSE team. Ragna Zeiss (right, middle) is based at Maastricht University and leads the project as operational coordinator.
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News & Newsletters

As BESSE, we will keep you informed of our activities, our plans and what we are learning. The newsletters will each cover a specific subject, which is linked to the framework of our programme. Our newsletters aim to be a social and intellectual interaction and a scientific communication tool that will enable us to transfer knowledge and assist with the expansion of opportunities in every field of our research. Our newsletters will also be a primary communication and networking tool.

We will use our newsletters as a vehicle to entice you, the general public, specialists and professionals, to participate in the BESSE project so that new knowledge will be shared; so that opinions can be solicited and so that we can keep in touch with interested people and organisations. We will furthermore use the newsletters to disseminate information and establish exchanges with the network and finally to disseminate the results of the project – in all aspects – through as many channels as possible, including as an e-newsletter and this  downloadable newsletter.

We have structured our content plan for the newsletters to fit in with the deliverables of all our partner organisations.

	Newsletter 1: Introductory issue – November 2009 Outline of the project Introduction of project partners Introduction of the main tenets of the project
	Newsletter 2: Awareness-raising issue – May 2010 Consultation process summary Summary of problems faced in cases where new knowledge is being implemented – linked to spheres of communication and gaps Project report – including summarised inventory of actors
	Newsletter 3: Analysis issue – November 2010 Project update – identification of most relevant issues Status Quo Map of existing sanitation knowledge and obstacles Inventory of the subjects possessing the knowledge Analytical analysis of identified sanitation problems How we communicate what type of sanitation message and issue - impact of status quo communication strategies (or lack of) Summary of (preliminary?) scientific findings – reference to full reports
	Newsletter 4: Results issue – May 2011  Project update 1: Pilot project implementation (WP4-6) Project update 2: Summary of scientific findings – reference to full reports (WP7) Summarised focus on actors who show great interest in the project
	Newsletter 5: Best practice issue – November 2011 Project update Summary of identified best practice in sanitation in Europe Linking sanitation best practice with sustainable management of the water cycle
	Newsletter 6: Consolidation issue – May 2012 Final close-out project report summary Identification of useful information for policy making re ESS promotion and replicable strategies