Convergence

There are an array of tools on sanitation in the public domain that assist with situational assessment/diagnostics, project planning and monitoring. The Toolbox by FSMA in its current version is a first step towards consolidating various assessment and planning tools, with an intent to reduce duplication and leverage content synergies. In its latest version, the Toolbox by FSMA has attempted to integrate into the platform Fecal Sludge Management tools developed by the World Bank and select published resources such as the EAWAG faecal sludge quantification approach and IWMI resource recovery toolkit.

ASSESS

The Assess product module seeks to guide users to undertake a 360-degree assessment of their FSM system and builds on three tools namely the AIT Situational Assessment Tool, World Bank CSDA toolkit and the SFD graphic generator.

PLAN

The plan toolkit has three key sub-modules namely; Infrastructure Planning, Stakeholder engagement and Business Models.

The tool on infrastructure planning is designed to fill key gaps in existing product modules specifically in the areas of on-site system upgrades, estimating capacity of desludging infrastructure and supporting decisions on co-treatment and regional treatment infrastructure decisions. On faecal sludge quantification the tool builds on the approach developed by CDD. On treatment technology selection, the tool builds on the frameworks used in Sanitech developed by CSTEP and Financial Assessment Tool developed by AIT.

The stakeholder engagement tool builds on the AIT Stakeholder analysis tool and World Bank framework on Prognosis for Change (Political Economy Analysis) and helps visualize stakeholders based on their level of interests and influence.

The tool on business model selection is built on IWMI’s report on resource recovery and reuse.

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