Events

Programme Schedule:

• Welcome Session (9:30am-10:00am)
  K Vikraman Nair, Principal & Professor, Mar Gregorios College of Law
  Archana Patkar, Programme Manager, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
  Philippe Cullet, Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
  K Vasuki IAS, Executive Head, Kerala Suchitwa Mission [invited]
• Introductory Panel: The Right to Sanitation in India (10:00am-10:30am)
  Chair: Kamini Prakash, Technical Officer, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
  Objective: To introduce the law, policy and institutional frameworks for the realisation of the right to sanitation in India
  Philippe Cullet & Sujith Koonan
• Tea/coffee (10:30-11:00am)
• Right to Sanitation in Kerala – Findings from Field Visits (11:00am-11:45am)
  Chair: Archana Patkar, Programme Manager, Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
  Objective: (i) To disseminate the findings of field visits conducted in Kerala concerning the implementation of rural sanitation programmes (NBA/SBM-G).
  Philippe Cullet & Sujith Koonan
• Sanitation Achievements – Challenges and Lessons  (11:45am – 1:00pm)
  Chair: NS Soman, Dean, School of Legal Studies, CUSAT
  Mr KK Rajeevan, Block Panchayat President, Thalassery, Kannur
  Mr Rajeevan Chakrapani, Water and Sanitation Expert
  Ms Suma Mathew, Socio Economic Unit Foundation
• Lunch (1:00pm-2:00pm)
• Implementing of Rural Sanitation Programmes in Kerala (2:00pm-3:00pm)
  Chair: Philippe Cullet, Centre for Policy Research
  Objectives: (i) To discuss issues arising in implementation of rural sanitation programmes and its implications for the right to sanitation; (ii) To share successes and challenges faced at the local level government in implementing rural sanitation programmes; and (iii) To discuss suggestions for better implementation or scaling up of the implementation of rural sanitation programmes in the light of lessons learnt.
  LP Chittar, Programme Officer, Kerala Suchitwa Mission [invited]
  Shaji Clement, KSM District Coordinator, Thiruvananthapuram
  Tomy, KSM District Coordinator, Ernakulam
  PK Anoop, KSM District Coordinator, Wayanad
  Suresh, KSM Assistant District Coordinator, Kannur
• Tea/coffee (3:00pm-3:30pm)
• Interlinkages, Marginalisation and Conflicts (3:30pm-4:30pm)
  Chair: Kamini Prakash, Technical Officer, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
  Objective: (i) To discuss critical issues such as coordination between different programmes and institutions; (ii) To discuss sanitation issues from the perspective of the marginalised such as women and dalits; (iii) To discuss sanitation related conflicts.
  A Shajahan, IAS, Executive Director, Kudumbasree Mission [invited]
  S Burhan/Subash, Vilappilsala Janakeeya Samara Samithi, Thiruvananthapuram
  Mercy Alexander, Sakhi Women’s Resource Centre, Thiruvananthapuram [invited]
• Closing Remarks: Towards a Rights Based Approach to Sanitation (4:30pm-5:00pm)
  Chair: Archana Patkar, Programme Manager, Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
  Objective: (i) To compile suggestions and findings arising from the day’s discussion to build up a state-level perspective to discuss at the national level learning event in September 2016.
  Philippe Cullet & Sujith Koonan