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Para sistematizar e facilitar a circulação de conhecimentos sobre água e saneamento, o IAS desenvolveu ferramentas que buscam ampliar a capacidade de ação e de intervenção dos públicos envolvidos com esta agenda. Nossas iniciativas buscam trazer conteúdo em uma linguagem mais acessível, que permita a públicos menos técnicos assimilarem o conhecimento e transformá-los em ação.

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O lugar da água e do saneamento nas campanhas eleitorais municipais

21 August 2024

Foi dada a largada da campanha eleitoral para escolher prefeito e vereadores nos 5.570 municípios do país. Entre os muitos temas que devem aparecer em debates e discursos, o IAS acredita que água e saneamento deveriam estar em destaque.   Água e saneamento são historicamente importantes para as cidades e ligadas a questões de planejamento urbano,…

Especialista do IAS destaca papel da sociedade na promoção do acesso à água e saneamento

21 August 2024

“É crucial entender que o acesso aos serviços de abastecimento de água e esgotamento sanitário deve ser adequado, estável e seguro, sem discriminações territoriais. A água transportada deve ser segura, e o tratamento de esgoto deve ser eficaz e acessível a todos, garantindo a acessibilidade econômica”, afirmou Paula Pollini, analista sênior de políticas públicas do…

Nota de esclarecimento

20 August 2024

Em seu plano de governo, disponibilizado no site do TSE, o candidato a prefeito de São Paulo Pablo Marçal cita incorretamente um dado de saneamento, creditando-o ao Instituto Água e Saneamento (IAS).  De acordo com o texto do plano de governo de Marçal, existem 4,3 milhões de pessoas sem acesso ao sistema de rede de…

O que muda na Sabesp com a privatização

15 August 2024

Aguardada pelo mercado, celebrada pelo governador de São Paulo Tarcísio de Freitas como a “grande privatização”, a venda do controle acionário da Sabesp para o grupo Equatorial dominou as atenções do setor de saneamento.  O fato de que a Sabesp se torna uma empresa privada implica em profundas mudanças em diversos aspectos, dos contratos com…

Favelas 20: moradores debatem questões do saneamento em parceria com G20

25 July 2024

O G20 Brasil realizou uma parceria com a iniciativa Favelas 20 (F20) para divulgar conteúdo produzido por comunidades e periferias sobre temas como mudanças climáticas, acesso a saneamento básico e combate às desigualdades. O Favelas 20 é um fórum de debates que tem o propósito de apresentar demandas para o G20 Social. O Brasil ocupa atualmente…

IAS launches the Water and Sanitation Forum, a space for exchange of ideas and debate

04 July 2024

To celebrate its five years of activity, the IAS – the Water and Sanitation Institute – held a meeting in São Paulo on June 25 to launch the Water and Sanitation Forum. More than 50 guests were present, including representatives of NGOs, foundations, public agencies and private companies.

Expansion of private providers and advanced regionalization: the highlights of the sanitation sector in 2024

26 June 2024

The review of the Sanitation Legal Framework, approved by the Brazilian Congress in July 2020, brought about profound changes in the sector. With the law now nearly four years old, IAS has unveiled the New 2024 Sanitation Chart, an unprecedented survey on the broad changes that the area has been undergoing. The full report can be downloaded here.

IAS: 5 years working on behalf of sanitation issues

18 April 2024

On April 18, 2019, the Water and Sanitation Institute (IAS), a civil society organization whose mission is to expand access to sanitation to the entire Brazilian population, was founded. According to the 2022 Census, one in four Brazilians still has no access to sanitation...

Throughout history cooperation over water has been more common than conflict

22 March 2024

Disputes over water have been around since ancient times. Historians record a hundred-year-long conflict related to water and irrigation in Sumer around 2500 BC. More recently, the tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have seen numerous clashes related to water sources.

IAS retrospective: water and sanitation in 2023

22 December 2023

In Brazil, a country with historical problems of access to water and sanitation, time may go by but the challenges remain the same. And 2023 was no different. In fact, there was even a slight worsening of the situation. According to the 2023 Relatório Luz (Spotlight Report), Brazil has gone backwards in water and sanitation indicators, meaning that the 2030 target, established by the UN as a deadline for its member countries to make the world more sustainable and less unequal, has become more distant.

IAS launches the Water and Sanitation Forum, a space for exchange of ideas and debate

04 July 2024

To celebrate its five years of activity, the IAS – the Water and Sanitation Institute – held a meeting in São Paulo on June 25 to launch the Water and Sanitation Forum. More than 50 guests were present, including representatives of NGOs, foundations, public agencies and private companies.

Expansion of private providers and advanced regionalization: the highlights of the sanitation sector in 2024

26 June 2024

The review of the Sanitation Legal Framework, approved by the Brazilian Congress in July 2020, brought about profound changes in the sector. With the law now nearly four years old, IAS has unveiled the New 2024 Sanitation Chart, an unprecedented survey on the broad changes that the area has been undergoing. The full report can be downloaded here.

IAS: 5 years working on behalf of sanitation issues

18 April 2024

On April 18, 2019, the Water and Sanitation Institute (IAS), a civil society organization whose mission is to expand access to sanitation to the entire Brazilian population, was founded. According to the 2022 Census, one in four Brazilians still has no access to sanitation...

Throughout history cooperation over water has been more common than conflict

22 March 2024

Disputes over water have been around since ancient times. Historians record a hundred-year-long conflict related to water and irrigation in Sumer around 2500 BC. More recently, the tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have seen numerous clashes related to water sources.

IAS retrospective: water and sanitation in 2023

22 December 2023

In Brazil, a country with historical problems of access to water and sanitation, time may go by but the challenges remain the same. And 2023 was no different. In fact, there was even a slight worsening of the situation. According to the 2023 Relatório Luz (Spotlight Report), Brazil has gone backwards in water and sanitation indicators, meaning that the 2030 target, established by the UN as a deadline for its member countries to make the world more sustainable and less unequal, has become more distant.

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