ANNOTATED LIST OF BEST PRACTICES a.o. 18 January 1996 The list contains a brief summary of best practicves which have been submitted and reveiwed by UNCHS (Habitat) The list is updated on a monthly basis. It is organised by region as follows: Africa Asia & Pacific Europe Latin Amerka & Caribbean North America Middle East Additional information regarding this list and the Best Practices Initiative can be obtained from: The Coordinator Global Best Practices Initiative UNCHS (Habitat) P.O. Box 30030 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: (�54-2) 623029 Fax: (254-2) 623080 E-Mail: <
[email protected]> AFRICA 18 January 1996 BESTAfrican PRACTICES Region The following list of Best Practices from the African Region, disaggregated by country, is under evaluation for fonnal presentation at the Habitat II Conference in Istanbul. These cases are offered by external partners, other United Nations Agencies or National Committees for Habitat II: BENIN 107. Waste-Water Purification System, Toboue, Benin In Pono-Novo, a very old village in south-east Benin, waste water is disposed of in counyards, public paths or in the open. Studies have shown that only 13 % of household have a completesanitation system. Sewage that is collected is emptied,untreated, into the lagoon from where it flows to the sea. This project uses ponds of macrophytesto transform waste water into safe water, thus employing local, low-cost technology. (Habitat InternationalCoalition/UNDP Local Initiative Facility forUrban Environment project) [Document to be translated into English] Contacr.· M Gnanih. CTOM-EMMAUS, BP 492. Porto-Novo. Tel/Fax: 229-212738 BOTSWANA 132. Upgrading of Old Naledi, Gabarone, Botswana Naledi was a squatter settlement that sprang up on the outskins of Gabarone in the 1960s and which had a population of 6,000 by 1973.