Title Description Institution Year Outcomes Crafting This research looked at how Australian This project worked with a key sustainability: community-based National policy research agency in Vietnam addressing approaches to water pollution University to investigate key drivers for water water pollution in Vietnamese craft villages pollution from craft villages. It in can successfully secure reviewed policy options to address Vietnam’s craft villages economic, social and water pollution while sustaining environmentally sustainable social and economic outcomes water management. from craft enterprises, particularly the potential role of approaches. Assessing the This research investigated University of Significant study in the Vietnamese the relative cost effectiveness Technology, context that legitimised and sustainability of Sydney decentralised sanitation options as and sanitation infrastructure economically feasible alternatives sustainability of options for unserved to expensive centralized sewer sanitation peri-urban areas in systems, informing subsequent infrastructure Vietnam. major investments by Government options for of Vietnam and ADB. Winner of areas—a international IWA development Case Study of research award. Can Tho, Vietnam Improving This research looked at the Southern The research tested new environmental impact of wastewater Cross technology (EcoTrench) in Cook and human pollution on both the University Islands. Based on the research, health in the ecosystem and human NZAID subsequently funded a $3 Pacific Islands health, and how wastewater million project that included scale through better management (through a up of EcoTrench in Cook Islands, onsite technology- eco-trench) can Nauru and Tonga to reduce nutrient wastewater be improved. contamination in groundwater. The management Cook Islands Government also significantly increased its installation efforts of improved septic tank treatment systems as a result of this research. Making the This research investigated University of Contributed to greater recognition invisible visible: the gender outcomes Technology, of gender aspects of WASH documenting associated with WASH Sydney programming and potential to successes, programs implemented by influence leadership using women’s enablers and civil society organisations in WASH as a strategic entry point, measures of Vanuatu and Fiji using a including within DFAT, amongst gender equality strengths-based participatory NGOs and other development in water and research design. agencies. Contributed to DFAT’s sanitation adoption of aggregate development initiatives in the result (ADR) on women’s Pacific (funded participation in community-level under gender committees. Guidance materials equality priority produced on supporting gender theme) outcomes in WASH programming have been widely used and adopted by civil society organisations within and beyond the Pacific.
Title Description Institution Year Outcomes Crafting sustainability: addressing water pollution in Vietnam’s craft villages This research looked at how community-based approaches to water pollution in Vietnamese craft villages can successfully secure economic, social and environmentally sustainable water management. Australian National University This project worked with a key policy research agency in Vietnam to investigate key drivers for water pollution from craft villages. It reviewed policy options to address water pollution while sustaining social and economic outcomes from craft enterprises, particularly the potential role of approaches. Assessing the and sustainability of sanitation infrastructure options for areas—a Case Study of Can Tho, Vietnam This research investigated the relative cost effectiveness and sustainability of sanitation infrastructure options for unserved peri-urban areas in Vietnam. University of Technology, Sydney Significant study in the Vietnamese context that legitimised decentralised sanitation options as economically feasible alternatives to expensive centralized sewer systems, informing subsequent major investments by Government of Vietnam and ADB. Winner of international IWA development research award. Improving environmental and human health in the Pacific Islands through better onsite wastewater management This research looked at the impact of wastewater pollution on both the ecosystem and human health, and how wastewater management (through a technology- eco-trench) can be improved. Southern Cross University The research tested new technology (EcoTrench) in Cook Islands. Based on the research, NZAID subsequently funded a $3 million project that included scale up of EcoTrench in Cook Islands, Nauru and Tonga to reduce nutrient contamination in groundwater. The Cook Islands Government also significantly increased its installation efforts of improved septic tank treatment systems as a result of this research. Making the invisible visible: documenting successes, enablers and measures of gender equality in water and sanitation initiatives in the Pacific (funded under gender equality priority theme) This research investigated the gender outcomes associated with WASH programs implemented by civil society organisations in Vanuatu and Fiji using a strengths-based participatory research design. University of Technology, Sydney Contributed to greater recognition of gender aspects of WASH programming and potential to influence women’s leadership using WASH as a strategic entry point, including within DFAT, amongst NGOs and other development agencies. Contributed to DFAT’s adoption of aggregate development result (ADR) on women’s participation in community-level committees. Guidance materials produced on supporting gender outcomes in WASH programming have been widely used and adopted by civil society organisations within and beyond the Pacific.
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