As part of the drive to improve hygiene conditions in schools, the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research organized a workshop to coordinate all those involved in the sector. This workshop took place on August 20, 2024.

In this workshop, SaCoDé, represented by Ms Grace Françoise Nibizi/ Founder and Executive Director, was invited to present the School's three-star approach.

At the end of the workshop, the following recommendations were made:

1. ⁠Ownership and leadership of the Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH) sector in schools by the Ministry in charge of Education, with the establishment of a coordination framework for the WASH sector in schools with the Ministries in charge of Public Health, Hydraulics, Finance and the Interior;

2. Updating of the WASH policy by the Ministry in charge of hydraulics and development of the WASH in schools strategy;

3. Development/strengthening of the system for regular monitoring of the WASH sector in schools, based on indicators aligned with the SDGs (4 and 6);

4. Integration of WASH in schools evaluation criteria into school performance evaluation indicators;

5. Updating the National Diagnostic of school infrastructure and equipment.