About the GSGS Global Headquarters

GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS the NETHERLANDS

The GSGS Global Headquarters is the coordinating mechanism in the GSGS, hosted by IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, and led by the Global Director Prof. Damir Brdjanovic. The Headquarters also embraces academic institutions and supporting partners from practice from Europe and from countries which are not covered by our regional hubs.

GLOBAL MANAGEMENT TEAM

Prof. Damir Brdjanovic Ph.D.

Director and Founder IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Roshan Raj Shrestha Ph.D.

Founder Strategic Advisor Gates Foundation

Najib Bateganaya Ph.D.

Strategic Advisor Gates Foundation

Prof. em. Amadou Hama Maiga

Member Monitoring and Evaluation Team Sogea-Satom

Prof. Guanghao Chen, Ph.D.

Member Monitoring and Evaluation Team Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Mary Nyirenda

Administrative Support IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Our mission

The Global Sanitation Graduate School envisions a world in which academic and capacity-building institutions collaborate with multi- country practices to co-create globally relevant sanitation knowledge, mainstream interdisciplinarity, sustainability and dynamism in the curriculum, and to empower professionals working in the domain. The GSGS aims to embrace diversity, equity, safety and inclusion in acknowledgement of the complexity of sanitation challenges in the world and to lead to climate-responsive, resilient and livable habitats.

our VISION

We apply a collaborative approach to developing and disseminating geo-political context-specific knowledge on water, sanitation, and hygiene through graduate and post-graduate education, tailored professional training applying pedagogic innovations, and by fostering applied, interdisciplinary, innovative cutting-edge globally relevant research.

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