Certificate of Advanced Studies

This course is designed to empower practitioners with an understanding of the fundamentals of the WASH sector, both in the humanitarian and development context. It introduces students to the core principles for planning, designing and implementing activities to improve sustainable and equitable access to domestic water supply and sanitation services and to improve hygiene behaviours. The CAS is organized as a blended course: 3 theoretical modules during spring-summer 2021 in distance learning and one practical module in late summer 2021 in Switzerland,

Neuchâtel.

Participants and Prerequisites Course Objectives The course caters to those working in, or The course is designed to provide professionals supporting professionals from low- and middle- with a thorough understanding of the increa- income countries and is ideal for professionals sing complexities of the WASH sector. It provides from: students with the latest contextual and technical ◆ International development and humanitarian skills to plan, design and implement sustainable agencies activities and programmes within the framework ◆ Civil society or non-government organizations of the fundamental principles of the WASH sector, ◆ Government agencies namely public health and equitable access to ◆ Consultants and sector professionals water supply and sanitation services. Designed to contribute to Agenda 2030 (SDG 6) by focusing on Professionals in WASH and development related all aspects of sustainable WASH interventions, this disciplines wishing to deepen their knowledge course is strongly practice-oriented, allowing a in water, sanitation and hygiene in both direct link between theory and reality/complexity humanitarian and development contexts. on the ground. Admission is reserved for holders of a Bachelor’s

degree or equivalent. Candidates who do not After completing this course, participants will be meet the requirements but prove significant able to: experience in the sector can be admitted. ◆ Identify and analyse context-specific challenges Participation in individual teaching modules does and plan tailor-made WASH interventions not require special requirements. All courses are to improve sustainable access to WASH taught in English. services and facilities in complex institutional

environments, both in the field of cooperation Certificate and Exams and humanitarian aid. The Certificate of Advanced Studies will be ◆ Conduct a context-specific public health risk granted after having completed the final written analysis of inadequate WASH services and exams covering the three modules. The design appropriate prevention strategies exams will take place at the beginning of the ◆ Conduct a systematic analysis of environmental, practical module in Neuchâtel (August 2021). social and technical problems, both in urban Failed exams can be repeated orally at the and rural contexts, and design appropriate end of the practical module. The CAS WASH intervention strategies. grants 12 ECTS points. ◆ Confidently implement the wide range of advanced WASH intervention tools: from specific technical approaches in water supply and sanitation to current approaches developed in the field of hygiene promotion, as well as sectoral assessment tools.

◆ Eawag-Sandec, Department of Sanitation, Programme and Dates Water and Solid Waste for Development, ◆ Theoretical modules, ca 120 hours of lectures and Dübendorf exercices.

The three theoretical modules will be held ◆ UNINE, Centre for Hydrogeology and Geo- online from March to July 2021. thermics (CHYN), Neuchâtel - Module 1: Drinking water and health - Module 2: Environmental sanitation Venues - Module 3: Sustainable water supply ◆ Theoretical modules. The venue for distance learning is your home office, equipped with a Distance lectures will be held on Thursday suitable internet connection. Lectures will be between 12:00 and 4 p.m. (Central European held on the Zoom platform. Time = UTC+1h). This issue is flexible and ◆ Practical Module. UNINE, CHYN, Neuchâtel, will be discussed with participants and Switzerland lecturers at the beginning of the course on Monday 29 March 2021. A draft program of Fees the lectures can be downloaded from our CHF 4’500.–. website: www.supsi.ch/go/caswash The fee includes full board from arrival at ◆ Practical module venue until departure (providing basic The practical module will take place at the accommodation in shared rooms). The fee end of August in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, over does not include transportation to and from a period of 8 days. venue.

Lecturers The Programme Management has no Selected Swiss and international experts from bursary provisions for applicants of this various academic institutions, development course. agencies and NGOs provide the modules’ content. Information SUPSI, Swiss University of Applied Sciences and Scientific Committee Arts of Southern Switzerland Argaw Ambelu, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia Claudio Valsangiacomo Jamie Bartram, University of North Carolina at [email protected] Chapel Hill, USA Phone +41 58 666 62 62 Marc-André Bünzli, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Bern, Switzerland Registration and further information Sergio Gelli, International Committee of the Red Please apply by 15. March 2021 Cross, Geneva, Switzerland www.supsi.ch/go/caswash Jürg Utzinger, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland Daniel Maselli, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Bern, Switzerland

Organising Partners ◆ SUPSI, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Centre for Deve- lopment and Cooperation, Lugano-Canobbio (lead)

Information SUPSI, Centre for Development and Cooperation Via Trevano, CH–6952 Canobbio T +41 (0)58 666 63 95 www.supsi.ch/cas-cs, [email protected] www.supsi.ch/go/caswash