Sandec is the Department of Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag). Sandec conducts research on innovative, evidence-based methods, best practices, and technologies that improve and enable access to inclusive, sustainable sanitation, water and solid waste infrastructure and services for low- and middle-income countries. Our aim is to support, inform, and impact research, education, policy, standards, and practice towards achieving the SDGs by:
Collaborating with universities, research institutions, NGOs, governmental bodies, humanitarian agencies and development organisations.
Fostering partnerships with the public and private sectors to develop and test applied research at household, community, city-wide, national and regional scales.
Offering capacity development, education and training.
Communicating, publishing and disseminating our research, knowledge and training tools as open source.