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Eawag-Sandec in partnership with UN-HABITAT and WSSCC has published complete guidelines for Community-Led Urban Environmental Sanitation Planning (CLUES). This updated set of planning guidelines is based on the lessons learned from piloting the HCES approach. The name change from HCES to CLUES highlights the importance of broad community involvement (beyond the household level) in the planning and decision-making processes. Although the name changed, the main characteristics stay the same: a multi-sector and multi-actor approach accounting for water supply, sanitation, solid waste management and storm drainage in urban areas and emphasizing the participation of all stakeholders from an early stage in the planning process.

Highlights of these new planning guidelines for decision-makers:

Simple to use, featuring 7 logical planning steps
Easy and accessible language which non-experts can also follow
Focus on how an enabling environment can be fostered during the planning process
New interactive toolbox containing 30 “how-to-do-it” tools which support planners to implement the approach

Complete Guidelines [7 MB]
Executive Summary [140 KB]
Article on CLUES in Sandec News [239 KB]
Validation of the CLUES planning approach in Raipur, India [853 KB]
The Case Study of Nala, Nepal [638 KB]
Complete Guidelines, Spanish version [4 MB]

Dr. Christoph Lüthi Dr. Eng. Infrastructure Planning Tel. +41 58 765 5614 Send Mail

Complete Guidelines [7 MB]

Version française

Spanish version

Arabic version

Handbook on Community-Led Total Sanitation [2 MB]
Hygiene and Sanitation Software - An Overview of Approaches [3 MB]
Summary Sheet [447 KB]

Organising Meetings, Events and Workshops [33 KB]
Summary Sheet [257 KB]

Conducting a Stakeholder Analysis [28 KB]
Summary Sheet [265 KB]

Agenda of the Launching Workshop [37 KB]
Summary Sheet [270 KB]

Presentation Slides for CLUES Introduction [1 MB]
Summary Sheet [156 KB]

Problem Tree Analysis – Procedure and Example [44 KB]
Summary Sheet [240 KB]

Assessment Checklist [648 KB]
Summary Sheet [235 KB]

Putting Integrated Sustainable Waste Management into Practice [1 MB]
Municipal Solid Waste Management Defining the Baseline [699 KB]
Strategic Planning Guide [1 MB]
Users Guide [241 KB]
Summary Sheet [295 KB]

Sample Agenda [39 KB]
Summary Sheet [270 KB]

Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies (english)
Compendium des Systèmes et Technologies d'Assainissement (french)
Compendio de Sistemas y Tecnologías de Saneamiento (spanish)

Summary Sheet [356 KB]

Presentation Slides Introduction Compendium [9 MB]
Summary Sheet [304 KB]

Procedure for the Pre-Selection of Sanitation Systems [82 KB]
Summary Sheet [237 KB]

Greywater Management in Low and Middle-Income Countries [5 MB]
Summary Sheet [245 KB]

Surface Water Drainage for Low-Income Communities [691 KB]
Summary Sheet [261 KB]

Sanitation Costing Tool [177 KB]
Summary Sheet [252 KB]

Sample Agenda for the Community Consultation Workshop [36 KB]
Summary Sheet [258 KB]

Presentation Community Consultation [1 MB]
Summary Sheet [242 KB]

Contents of an Action Plan [1 MB]
Summary Sheet [253 KB]

O&M Regulations and Procedure for Hatsady Tai, Laos [182 KB]
O&M Schedule for Hatsady Tai, Laos [52 KB]
Template of the Annual O&M Report for Hatsady Tai, Laos [83 KB]
Summary Sheet [411 KB]

Contract Management [3 MB]
Procurement of Small Works (The World Bank) [1 MB]
Summary Sheet [299 KB]

Contracts Management [3 MB]
Summary Sheet [223 KB]

Community Contracts [2 MB]
Sustainable Community Managed Upgrading [883 KB]
Community Contracting Example [68 KB]
Summary Sheet [293 KB]

Project Management - Handbook series for community-based organisations [1 MB]
Project Management Fact Sheet: Developing a Gantt Chart [305 KB]
Summary Sheet [262 KB]

Monitoring Checklist [37 KB]
Summary Sheet [369 KB]