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The 8th Inter-Country Working Group Meeting on Sanitation & Hygiene was hosted by PHED at Paro on 17-18th Septmember.The meeting comprised of 27 Sanitation & Hygiene officials from SAARC member countries (Afghanistan,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Maldives,Nepal,India,Pakistan and Srilanka).It was also attended by UN agencies(WHO, UNICEF) and international CSOs (WaterAid,WSSCC(Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council), FANSA (Fresh Water & Sanitation Action Network).

The meeting was hosted by Bhutan to take stock of the current progress on sanitation and hygiene in the member countries since the last 2013 Kathmandu SACOSAN V declarations.Member countries also deliberated on the objectives of the upcoming SACOSAN VI conference in January 2016 in Dhaka,Bangladesh.

The Inter-country working group (ICWG) meeting is held in the member countries on rotation basis both before and after the South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN).