2nd Philippine National Sanitation Summit
9-10 July 2008; Manila, Philippines
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The Asian Development Bank advocates that sanitation be an urgent priority for governments in Asia. It promotes the need for better and affordable facilities for individuals, disease prevention and healthy environments for communities, and financial viability of sanitation services for provider governments and utilities.
ADB also invites other agencies—public and private—to help governments, utilities, and communities make sanitation a priority and accelerate actions that will achieve better sanitation results.
In response to ADB’s call, the Philippine Government is moving its sanitation agenda forward with this 2nd National Sanitation Summit: Better Water Quality and Safety through Improved Sanitation. The Summit, organized by Philippines’ Department of Health and supported by ADB, focused on the links between sanitation and water quality and safety, especially in light of recent outbreaks of water-related diseases.
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The Summit aimed to
- Build consensus on specific sanitation targets
- Develop strategies and specific activities to achieve sanitation targets
- Participants agreed to implement an 8-item action plan in the form of a signed social contract.
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The Summit was organized by ADB and the Philippines’ Department of Health, with support from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, Department of Interior and Local Government, and the Local Water Utilities Association.
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Some 250 representatives from water and sanitation providers, local governments, the private sector, donors and other stakeholders participated in the Summit.
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The Summit was held at the Auditorium, ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines.
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