WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) Action Plan to Support the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) Objectives Adopting a recommendation made by the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB), the United Nations General Assembly declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation (IYS). UNSGAB has emphasized that the IYS is a critical mechanism for finding “strong champions” who will respond to the world's sanitation crisis. The IYS is expected to stimulate a frank dialogue at all levels while creating a context for political leadership and government commitments to allocate greater resources to sanitation for the poor.

The first preparatory meeting for the IYS, held in May at UNICEF headquarters in New York, and led by the Chair of the UNSGAB, His Royal Highness, Prince of Orange Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, brought together representatives of nongovernmental organizations, donor agencies, academia, development banks and 29 governments. In his opening remarks, Prince Willem-Alexander called the IYS “a unique opportunity to raise awareness and galvanize political will, especially at the national level, and this is crucial. For it is the national governments – working with communities, municipalities, NGOs and international actors – who ultimately must expand sanitation services.” Sanitation and hygiene are critical areas of work for the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). This fiscal year the number of activities and funds allocated to sanitation and hygiene surpassed those for water supply in WSP as illustrated in the following figure:

Water Supply 32.9%

Hygiene 21.6%

Sanitation 45.5%

Each year, WSP staff, with inputs from stakeholders (partner countries in particular, donors and other stakeholders and partners), and taking account of new opportunities, engage in a process of preparing the coming year’s business plan. The need for increased action on sanitation and hygiene is well reflected in the WSP Business Plan for fiscal year 2008 (FY08). The objective of this document is to present a detailed action plan built upon the FY08 activities discussed with counterparts in partner countries and structured along the eight objectives identified for the IYS.

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS) In addition, WSP has identified sanitation and hygiene as one of the main areas of work for the organization at the global level, and has set up a Global Practice Team (GPT) on this area. The Sanitation and Hygiene GPT groups all WSP professionals working in this topic across the globe to ensure rapid exchange of knowledge between the local and global levels, to identify trends and knowledge gaps, and to conduct leading-edge research on topics of direct relevance at the country level but with a global perspective. This document presents a brief summary of the general areas of work and most important activities in the four regions where WSP operates, followed by a detailed table of actions organized by IYS objectives and showing the location and partners WSP will support and work with. The FY08 WSP Business Plan presents further details on each of the activities summarized in this report and we encourage the reader to refer to the detailed business plan for additional information. IYS Objective 1: Increase awareness and commitment for reaching the sanitation MDG In partnership with governments and other international organizations, WSP will support the design, fundraising, organization and implementation of four regional Ministeriallevel conferences in the four regions where WSP operates: East Asia (EASAN November 2007, in Chiang, China), Latin America (LATINASAN - November 2007, in Cali, Colombia), Africa (AFRICANSAN V - February 2008, in Durban, South Africa); South Asia (SACOSAN III - October 2008, in New Delhi, India). The objective of these conferences goes beyond those of a technical meeting. They will be designed to first and foremost create high level political will and commitment from each country to reach the sanitation MDGs. But they go further. WSP will also support efforts within the participating countries – at both national, state and city levels to carry out series of country level workshops to build interest in and prepare for the conferences through the preparation of country-level papers and in some cases sanitation MDG roadmaps, while simultaneously working with journalists to create widespread public awareness of the sanitation challenges and opportunities. WSP also brings the expertise and experience learned from the support provided to the previous editions of the regional successful conferences in Africa and South Asia. These events have led to major national policy reforms and sanitation scale-up programs in these regions. IYS Objective 2: Mobilize key stakeholders to take action and monitor progress During the preparatory activities for the regional conferences and the IYS, as well as through its regular work on sanitation and hygiene, WSP will work with governments and other key stakeholders to mobilize and take concrete and effective action by a variety of country and local level support activities. Two areas of work will be the focus of WSP to support IYS Objective 2. First, WSP will support the preparation of sanitation status overviews that assess not only current sanitation access levels but also the factors that need to be addressed. Second, WSP will support the review and development of appropriate national sanitation policies; institutional organization and capacity

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS) strengthening plans; adequate sanitation financing plans; and effective and sustainable sanitation technology options, products and services. The country overviews will serve as a baseline to track progress against sanitation MDG targets – not only in terms of tracking coverage but also in terms of tracking the improvement and strengthening of the political and institutional environment that will enable the sanitation programs to scale up and be sustainable. Key examples of this include the preparation of country status overviews for sanitation for about 30 countries in Africa, about 14 of the poorest (and lowest sanitation coverage) countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. WSP sill support regional processes in the Mekong basin to help countries compare lessons learned and support each other for action and to benchmark progress. Similar analyses to support local stakeholders to mobilize for action in sanitation and hygiene will be supported at the municipal level in Indonesia and the Philippines. In South Asia, WSP will continue to provide policy advisory support to governments on formulating sanitation outcome-focused policies and strategies to gain political and institutional priority. IYS Objective 3: Elaborate national policies for scaling up access WSP will work with national and local governments to review, develop and implement effective national policies, strategies and sector reform to create an enabling environment for large scale sustainable sanitation. Key examples include assisting the Government of Indonesia in the development of national level strategies and approaches for urban sanitation through the Indonesian Sanitation Sector Development Project (ISSDP) with similar national work in the Philippines through Sustainable Sanitation in East Asia (SUSEA) and in Vietnam through the Unified Sanitation Strategy and Action Plan (U3SAP) approach, as part of SAWAP, the Sanitation and Water Partnership for the Mekong Region. WSP is currently planning to support government efforts to develop national rural sanitation policies in Bolivia, Peru, Nicaragua, Honduras, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. IYS Objective 4: Provide support for the implementation of demand driven solutions WSP will provide direct technical guidance and in some cases channel financial support to governments that are implementing sanitation programs that use demand-based approaches such as total sanitation and sanitation marketing to reach rural and urban poor populations with access to improved sanitation. Key examples include the Scaling Up Total Sanitation/Sanitation Marketing project in Tanzania, India and Indonesia; Sanitation marketing programs in Benin, Kenya, Cambodia, Peru; and Total Sanitation programs in Bangladesh and Pakistan. IYS Objective 5: Assist in securing increased financing from national budgets and development partner allocation and support project preparation and implementation

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS) By virtue of its special relationship with the World Bank and WSP Council members who are donors in the sector, as well as solid working relationships with other IFIs such as the African Development Bank (where WSP now has an office) and the Asian Development Bank, WSP will play an important advocacy and facilitator role in assisting government to get access to increased financing for increasing sanitation access for the rural and urban poor. In addition, WSP will be part of project preparation teams with the World Bank, the Africa Development Bank and other donor partners to provide sanitation specific expertise to assist in the design and preparation of projects to insure that they are designed in such a way as to address sanitation and effectively reach the rural and urban poor. An important objective of WSP in these interventions will be to promote a balance between the focus on water and sanitation to ensure that sanitation and hygiene are not left behind. WSP will support the design and implementation of the sanitation components in water and sanitation projects in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Niger, Benin, Indonesia, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania, among others. WSP will also be providing technical expertise to Africa Development Bank task team leaders in preparing sanitation projects that will result in increasing sanitation access for rural populations and will likely be part of future project preparation teams. IYS Objective 6: Capacity Building: Develop and strengthen institutional and human capacity Capacity building is one of WSP’s core mandates and this is reflected in the WSP IYS Action plan. Capacity building by WSP will address a wide range of audiences and skill areas. Audiences will include national and local government policy and decision makers, public sector institutional employees, utility staff, NGO staff and CBO members, technical specialists and, journalists. WSP support to capacity building is focused on areas that go beyond classroom training, and focus on: • • •

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Prioritizing and working in a way that ensures ownership by Government (especially at the local level where implementation takes place) Providing facilitation and support to Government (local and central) to take action, rather than 'doing it all' through consultants employed to undertake the work Strengthening the use of practical 'on-the-job' approaches and active field exchange approaches that not only build capacity, but also ownership, political commitment, and interdepartmental relationships. Building the capacity of providers of sanitation infrastructure, goods, and services to respond to increased demand is critical, and part of the sanitation marketing approach Influencing the curricula of training courses by institutes and universities to bring state-of-the-art lessons to sector professionals Supporting networks of professionals and water utility/operators partnerships to disseminate lessons learned through capacity building programs Using global connectivity to bring capacity building programs that promote SouthSouth cooperation and learning

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Key examples include capacity building and training to be provided in Community Led Total Sanitation approaches for state and district officials and implementing agencies in South Asia and South-East Asia; training programs for health and marketing specialists from around the world in the “University of Handwashing” to learn how to set up large scale Handwashing programs; organizing and implementing “road shows” for national and state policy makers and city managers in India and; national and regional capacity building on hygiene and sanitation in India. In East Asia through SAWAP - A Sanitation and Water Partnership for the Mekong Region - WSP is facilitating capacity building through a range of government led initiatives and intra-regional learning. In the Philippines, WSP will support the establishment of Centers of Excellence for sustainable sanitation to strengthen and develop the capacity of workers and professionals on sanitation. In Peru, WSP is involved in a capacity-building working group with the Government of Peru, helping to assess training capacity that exist in the country and the best way they could respond to the demand; and developing specific training curriculum with local Universities on WSS in rural areas. IYS Objective 7: Enhance sustainability, effectiveness, health and other socioeconomic impacts of improved sanitation access The focus of WSP activities in the sanitation and hygiene sector is on change of outcomes rather than on provision of infrastructure. The focus of the Total Sanitation programs is on achieving open defecation free status by villages. The core of Sanitation Marketing is to support the development of a vibrant local market that provides sanitation solutions that are desired and maintained by households. Many of these programs are rapidly evolving to include handwashing and hygiene to ensure even greater gains on health and socio-economic outcomes. Key examples include the implementation with partners of the Scaling Up Handwashing with soap project in Vietnam, Tanzania, Senegal and Peru; the East Africa Handwashing Initiative in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda; and coordination of the secretariat of the global Public-Private-Partnership for Handwashing ( PPPHW). IYS Objective 8: Promote and capture evidenced based learning, develop publications and tools and effectively disseminate WSP has a long and well received history of producing high quality advocacy documents and field notes describing interesting projects, and more recently is focusing on bringing the best global knowledge on impact evaluation and evidence-based analysis to strengthen our advocacy and technical guidance efforts in sanitation and hygiene. Key examples of global work that WSP will undertake for the IYS include a global study on sanitation financing practices at the project and program level that will look at experiences with sanitation subsidies, financial incentives for community based sanitation results, etc. A second global study will be looking at the political economy of sanitation that seeks to better understand vested interest that either constrain or promote appropriate investments in sanitation to reach the rural and urban poor. A third study will be an East Asia multi-country regional study on the economic impact of not having adequate

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS) sanitation and the economic benefits of sanitation improvement (Economics of Sanitation Initiative) WSP will also be publishing and disseminating a wide variety of sanitation related documents including technical guides, videos, advocacy documents, case studies, field notes, etc. Examples of specific publications and other media planned for next year include, among many others: a South Asia regional guidebook on community led total sanitation for policymakers and practitioners; a Handwashing Program Operations Guide; a technical and advocacy document on condominial sewerage systems with documentation of experiences from Brazil and the Andean region; a guide on constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment; an “Accessing Sanitation” Video Game with the Serious Games Initiative; a compilation film of all previously produced WSP films on sanitation; and training modules of the Philippines Sanitation Sourcebook.

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity

Global/ Regional/ Country

Partners

Objective # 1 - Increase awareness and commitment for reaching the sanitation MDG •

Support, fundraise, organize and implement a regional ministerial level conference on sanitation in Latin America (LATINASAN) in November 2007. Support, fundraise, organize and implement a regional ministerial level conference on sanitation in the East Asia region (EASAN) in November 2007.

Latin America and Caribbean

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Support, fundraise, organize and implement a regional ministerial level conference on Sanitation (AFRICANSAN V) in February 2008.

Africa

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Support, fundraise, organize and implement a regional ministerial level conference on Sanitation ( SACOSAN III) in October 2008.

South Asia

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Design and implement a competition for sanitation journalism to be launched in FY08, preceding the EASAN conference. Develop and implement a strategic advocacy campaign aimed at creating political will by national and local level government officials.

Indonesia

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East Asia

Indonesia

CINARA, Government of Colombia, PAHO, UNICEF, WSSCC AUSAid, China National Development and Reform Commission , DFID, UNICEF, WHO, WSSCC Ministry of Water Affairs and Forestry of South Africa, AMCOW, AFDB, WSSCC, UNICEF, UNSGAB, IWA, AU WHO, UNICEF, WHO, WSSCC, with support from AusAid, DfID, Netherlands, SDC

Government of Indonesia/Bappenas, Netherlands Embassy funding and SIDA

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity

Global/ Regional/ Country

Partners Government Ministries & Depts, Philippine Ecological Sanitation Network, local government units, National Economic and Development Authority, SIDA, Netherlands Embassy funding, SIDA, Philippine Ecological Sanitation Network, local governments National Government Departments, DFID, SIDA, Danida, AusAID, Netherlands, ADB, RRASCA, RASBNIC, RASHON, Mesa sectorial CIASE, Grupo de concertación Perú y Bolivia

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Organize and implement regional, provincial and city. sanitation summits to solicit political commitment and awareness to sanitation and promote new approaches.

Indonesia and Philippines

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Support national awareness raising and preparation for effective participation of government agencies in the EASAN Conference 2007, and active follow up.

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Support Sanitation Working Group in developing roadmap and knowledge products.

Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam, Yunnan Province of China Nicaragua, Honduras, Peru, Bolivia

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Support South Asia Regional Inter-Country Working Group for regional knowledge development.

South Asia

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Organize a regional policy makers network/ clinics/ exposures on urban sanitation with a specific focus on the urban poor.

South Asia

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Create regional advocacy tools to raise the awareness of country leaders regarding the benefits of investing in improved sanitation access and the costs of not investing.

South Asia

National governments, UNICEF, WaterAid, WHO, with support from AusAid, DfID, Netherlands, SDC National & provincial/state governments, NGOs, academicians, with support from AusAid, DfID, SIDA National & provincial/state governments and partners, with support from AusAid, DfID, Netherlands, SDC, SIDA

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity

Global/ Regional/ Country

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Create regional advocacy tools in Spanish, on specific subjects in high demand such as: development of local markets for sanitation, condominial technology; biofilters; and DCOSAN in urban areas.

Latin America

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Promote results of WSP-EAP studies on sanitation, i.e. Economics of Sanitation.

EAP countries

Partners

Government Departments, SIDA, media,

IYS Objective # 2 - Mobilize key stakeholders to take action and monitor progress •

Assist government to prepare sanitation assessment studies as first step towards sanitation roadmaps in LAC. Assist governments in the preparation of country sanitation roadmaps in Central America. Assist local governments to develop city-wide strategic sanitation plans in small and medium cities. Assist Government and sector partners to further develop and widen the 15-member Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Partnership (RWSSP).

Latin American countries

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Strengthen current coordination of sanitation sector initiatives to involve other stakeholders, including sanitation donor coordination.

Philippines and Indonesia

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Consolidate Partnership (WSP, UNICEF, IDB, World Bank, and PAHO) on Sanitation in order to draw a common strategy and better response to country’s demand.

Latin America

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Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador Indonesia – 6 cities Vietnam

UNICEF, PAHO, National Governments Governments and national / regional sanitation networks Local governments, CBOs, GoV, RWSSP Coordination Unit and 15 stakeholder members including donors (AusAID, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden), UNICEF, WHO, WB, ADB, and NGOs, Government departments Philippine Ecological Sanitation Network, SIDA, AusAID, Netherlands Embassy Main donor agencies and CARE, PLAN International, CINARA, IRC

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity

Global/ Regional/ Country

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Support partner Countries/Provinces participating under the SAWAP umbrella (the Sanitation and Water Partnership for the Mekong Region), and assist in initiating appropriate in-country and cross-border initiatives to maximize synergy and efficiency in sanitation efforts.

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Provide policy advisory support to governments on formulating sanitation outcome-focused policies and strategies to gain political and institutional priority.

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Develop a Country Status Overview for 30 African countries to be completed in 2008.

Africa Region

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Develop a networking strategy and follow-up activities to the AFRICANSAN conference.

Africa

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Development and tracking of MDG roadmaps, which includes the sanitation MDG.

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Improve entrepreneurship skills of small-scale private sector providers for sanitation services delivery (SSIPs) to the urban poor. Promoting the involvement of small scale operators in sanitation development in peri-urban areas.

Benin, Burkina Faso, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia Burkina Faso

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East Asia - Mekong subregion: Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Yunnan Province & potentially Guangxi Prov., China) India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,

Partners Government and Provincial Departments, SIDA, potentially DFID, AusAID, selected auxiliary support partners

National Governments, National Coordination Groups, UNICEF, WaterAid, WHO supported by AusAID, DfID, Netherlands, SIDA, SDC, AMCOW, AfDB, EUWI, UNDP, WB, governments of Africa Ministry of Water Affairs and Forestry of South Africa, AMCOW, AFDB, WSSCC, UNICEF, UNSGAB, IWA, AU AMCOW, AfDB, EUWI, UNDP, WB, respective governments

National utility (ONEA), WBAFTU2, GPOBA

Peru and Bolivia

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity •

Support to SSIPs for sludge emptying services (certification/licensing, professional association, commercial viability, regulation arrangements with utility) through an Urban sanitation OBA program for Dakar, Senegal.

Global/ Regional/ Country Senegal

Partners Senegal

IYS Objective # 3 - Elaborate national policies for scaling up access •

Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru Indonesia – 6 cities

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Assist the Government in developing a rural sanitation policy, based on sanitation assessments and participatory validation of data. Develop an approach for capacity building and development of propoor city wide strategic sanitation plans as part of the Indonesian Sanitation Sector Development Project (ISSDP). Provide technical assistance to improve operational strategies for a national program on sustainable sanitation as part of SuSEA. Develop national advocacy and communications plans for sanitation.

Philippines

Local government units, Philippine Ecological Sanitation Network

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Review and Development of National Sanitation Strategy.

Cambodia

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Support the development of a Unified Sanitation Sector Strategy and Action Plan (U3SAP) for Vietnam.

Vietnam

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Support the Regions in rolling out the National Hygiene and Sanitation strategy and protocol and related resource material for implementation.

Ethiopia

ADB, DfID, Government of Cambodia (MRD), UNICEF GoV, RWSS Partnership, Urban Forum, Sida, DFID, AusAID, Danida, Netherlands, UNICEF, WHO, WB, ADB, NGOs GoE and all 9 Regional States, USAID/HIP, UNICEF, World Bank, AfDB, DFID, Gov of Finland and Italy,

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Philippines

Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru Local governments, CBOs, GOI, Bappenas, Netherlands Embassy funding , SIDA SIDA, Government of Philippines

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity

Global/ Regional/ Country

Partners

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Support the development of a Hygiene & Sanitation strategy for small towns and urban centers.

Ethiopia

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Support government efforts to develop a national hygiene and sanitation policy.

Kenya

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Support government efforts in the development of national sanitation strategy.

Rwanda

WSP-AF, Government of Rwanda

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Carry out an assessment of the effectiveness of inter-institutional coordination for implementing the National Sanitation & hygiene policies. Support national government in designing national fiscal incentives and rewards programs for urban sanitation improvements and support in developing the operational framework.

Uganda

WSP-AF , Government of Uganda

India, Pakistan

Support state/provincial governments in developing sanitation strategies and local government capacity development programs.

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

National Governments, National Coordination Groups, UNICEF, WaterAid, WHO, supported by AusAID, DfID, Netherlands, SIDA, SDC State/ Provincial Governments, State level Coordination Groups, UNICEF, WaterAid, WHO supported by AusAID, DfID, Netherlands, SDC, SIDA

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GoE and all 9 Regional States, USAID/HIP, UNICEF, World Bank, AfDB, DFID, Gov of Finland and Italy, WSP-AF, Government of Kenya

IYS Objective # 4 - Provide support for the implementation of demand-driven solutions •

Implement the Global Scaling Up of Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing project.

Global - India, Indonesia, Tanzania

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and respective governments

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity •

Global/ Regional/ Country

Partners

Support Local Government Units in identifying technological options for sanitation, developing sanitation plans and communications strategy. Support the implementation of the Sanitation Marketing Project for propoor Sanitation solutions.

Philippines

SIDA, Local Government Units , NGOs

Peru

National / local governments, Private suppliers, NGOs

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Support the implementation of the Total Sanitation project.

Bolivia

UNICEF

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Support implementation of a Sanitation Marketing project.

Cambodia

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Support the implementation of the Kenya Sanitation Marketing project.

Kenya

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Support the design and implementation of a sanitation marketing component of a larger WSS program.

Benin, Tanzania

Local NGOs, Domestic Private Sector WSP-AF, MOH Kenya, private suppliers, NGOs WSP-AF, respective governments

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Support the design and implementation of an OBA Urban sanitation program.

Senegal

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WB, WSP, GPOBA, ONAS (national utility)

IYS Objective # 5 - Assist in securing increased financing from national budgets and development partner allocation and support project preparation and implementation • •

Consolidate the development of micro-finance in sanitation financing in five localities of Peru and then support the Government in designing a national strategy on micro finance. Support Min of Health in the scaling up CLTS + sanitation marketing in US$140 million IDA loan, focusing on rural and peri-urban areas (PAMSIMAS).

Peru

Indonesia

Local Banks, National rural Banks, community organizations, Government of Peru World Bank, GOI

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity •

Global/ Regional/ Country

Partners

Assist local government units in developing plans geared towards infrastructure investments in sanitation and provide grants to start-up sanitation infrastructure projects. Support to the urban sanitation program for Niamey.

Philippines

SIDA, local government units

Niger

World Bank

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Support to the implementation of the sanitation component of the PRSC.

Benin

World Bank, development partners

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Support the development and implementation of sanitation marketing program and hygiene promotion in low income areas of Blantyre and Lilongwe. Support the implementation of sanitation marketing for the urban poor in Dar Es Salaam Support the implementation of sanitation marketing in rural Benin

Malawi

Tanzania

European Investment Bank, EUWater Facility, Water Aid, World Bank and WSP. SIDA ,LSHTM, World Bank

Benin

SIDA, LSHTM

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Support the implementation of Sanitation Marketing and Hygiene promotion in Peri-urban areas of Lusaka

Zambia

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Support the design of Slum sanitation component of Dhaka Water and Sewerage Project

Bangladesh

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Support the design and implementation of sanitation components in RWSS SWAps in 2-4 states in India.

India

Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company, World Bank, Care International, EU-Water Facility and WSP. Dhaka WASA, World Bank, ADB, NGO partners, with support from AusAid, DfID State governments, World Bank, with support from AusAid, DfID

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Provide input to the design and implementation of urban poor sanitation components of the Karachi Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Project.

Pakistan

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City Utility, Civil Society partners, ADB, JICA, with support from AusAid, DfID

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity

Global/ Regional/ Country

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Support the design and implementation of the sanitation components in RWSS projects in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.

Pakistan

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Support preparation of sewerage and sanitation projects that are in the pipeline of the World Bank, ADB, JICA and other financial institutions.

India

Partners Provincial Government, World Bank, ADB, with support from AusAid, DfID, SDC JBIC/ JICA, ADB, World Bank, with support from DfID

IYS Objective # 6 - Capacity building: Develop and strengthen institutional and human capacity •

Support network of practitioners on urban sanitation services to poor communities.

South Asia

INGOs and NGOs with support from AusAid, SIDA

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Design and implement the “University of Handwashing” to provide training and capacity building in organizing and implementing a national Public Private Partnership Handwashing Campaign (PPPHW). Support to the government in the formulation of a national and regional capacity building plan for Hygiene and Sanitation.

Global

PPPHW, USAID, UNICEF, UNILEVER, LSHTM,

Ethiopia

Organize exchange visits between countries and regions on condominial systems, bio filters as well as on the project “Sanitation as a Business.” Support the design and implementation of the “In Safe Hands Program” to provide marketing technical assistance and capacity building for national handwashing initiatives. Promote local markets for sanitation products with demonstration and simple technical handbooks. Support development of Sanitation Curricula with Local university and CEPIS. Support regional journalists network, exchanges and capacity building

LAC and other regions

GoE and all 9 Regional States, USAID/HIP, UNICEF, World Bank, AfDB, DFID, Gov of Finland and Italy, Other WSP offices and country partners Unilever

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Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

Peru, Honduras and Bolivia Peru South Asia

Small scale operators CEPIS and Capacity Group of Peru Lead media professionals from SA, with support from AusAid

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity

Global/ Regional/ Country

Partners

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Carry out training programs for Community Led Total Sanitation for state and district officials and implementing agencies.

South Asia

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Support and facilitate inter and intra- regional exposure visits in rural and urban sanitation for policy makers.

South Asia

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Design and implement sanitation marketplace for innovations with partners and seek support from donors and private sector.

South Asia

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Provide formal trainings for public officials in partnership with national and provincial training institutions.

India, Bangladesh, Pakistan

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Organize and implement “road shows” on urban sanitation for state level policy makers and city managers.

India

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Support International Sanitation Exchange program.

India

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Enhance capacity of communities and service providers in delivering sanitation services.

Philippines

Community based organizations, NGOs, private sector

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Establish Centers of Excellence for sustainable sanitation.

Philippines

SIDA, Philippine Ecological Sanitation Network / Philippine Academic Consortium on Ecological Sanitation , Stockholm Environment Institute, WASTE

Provincial Governments, local training institutions and support agencies, with support from AusAid, DfID, Gates Foundation, SDC National, provincial/state & local governments with support from AusAid, DFID, Gates Foundation Netherlands, SDC UNICEF, WaterAid, Private sector groups, with support from AusAid, DfID National and Provincial level administrative institutions , with support from AusAid, DfID, SDC National and state level governments, Administrative institutions with support from AusAid, DFID, AusAid UNICEF with support from DfID

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity

Global/ Regional/ Country

Partners

IYS Objective # 7 - Enhance sustainability, effectiveness, health and other socioeconomic impacts of improved sanitation access •

Implement the Global Scaling Up Handwashing with Soap Project.

Global - Vietnam, Tanzania, Senegal, Peru

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Coordinate the Global Secretariat of The Public Private Partnership for Handwashing (PPPHW).

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Assist in the design and coordination of a scaling-up Handwashing with Soap Initiative in LAC.

Global - Paraguay ,Ecuador, Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Benin, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Pakistan, China Central America, Bolivia,

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Develop and implement the East Africa Handwashing with Soap Initiatives.

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

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Develop and implement a National Handwashing Initiative.

Benin

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Provide hygiene promotion technical support.

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Develop, test, and disseminate a “Handwashing Behavior Change Model” for use in future handwashing/hygiene campaigns.

Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Global

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, respective governments, the PPPHW, Danida, DFID LSHTM, AED, UNICEF, USAID, UNILEVER, JHU,

National governments, private firms Governments of East Africa, Unilever, LSHTM, WSP-AF, Unicef NGOs, local soap industry Government of Benin, , development partners, PPPHW WSP-AF, development partners, respective governments, PPPHW Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity •

Strengthen hygiene promotion interventions within the Community Led Total Sanitation approaches.

Global/ Regional/ Country India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Partners National and provincial/ state governments, NGO partners, with support from AusAID, DFID, Netherlands, SDC

IYS Objective # 8 - Promote and capture evidenced-based learning, develop publications and tools and effectively disseminate • Develop and disseminate regional knowledge products on experiences and lessons learned.

South Asia

UNICEF, WaterAid, with support from AusAid, Netherlands

• Carry out global research on financing practices at the project and program level for sanitation projects.

Global: Countries To be determined

World Bank

• Carry out global research and analysis on the political economy of sanitation. • Carry out rigorous impact evaluations of approaches for scaling up handwashing with soap behavior change.

Global: Countries To be determined Vietnam, Senegal, Peru, Tanzania

World Bank

• Carry out a regional study on the economic impact on the lack of adequate sanitation and the economic benefits of sanitation improvement (Economics of Sanitation Initiative – ESI).

East Asia Region

WHO

• Carry out a regional assessment of the private sector sanitation market.

East Asia Region

World Toilet Organization

• Support to improving the knowledge, research and application cycle.

Vietnam, Mekong subRegion

SAWAP teams, Sida, (potentially DFID and AusAID)

Gates Foundation

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity

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Global/ Regional/ Country

Partners

• Develop Sanitation Knowledge in Africa.

Africa Region

development partners,

• Carry out an evaluation of PHAST effectiveness in Tanzania.

Tanzania

WaterAid, UNICEF, and MoH

• Carry out an assessment of the sanitation market in Niamey, Niger.

Niger

• Carry out a study on the economics of ecological sanitation (EcoSan) in Africa. • Carry out analytical studies on effectiveness and sustainability of sanitation programs and projects.

Sub-Saharan Africa

WB Water Sector Project Coordination Unit EcoSanRes, Sustainable sanitation alliance, WSSCC UNICEF, WaterAid, Other INGOs, with support from AusAID, DFID, Netherlands, SDC Gates Foundation

India, Bangladesh , Pakistan

• Carry out an impact evaluation of total sanitation and sanitation marketing approaches in scaling up sanitation access and improving health. • Carry out an impact evaluation of total sanitation programs.

Bangladesh

ICDDR/B, with support from AusAid, SDC

• Disseminate results of Economics of Sanitation Initiatives study.

EAP countries

India, Indonesia, Tanzania

• Carry out a study on School Hygiene – Insights from School Children in Senegal and produce a WSP Field Note on School sanitation and hygiene.

Senegal

Local government units, League of Cities of the Philippines, PEN Philippine Ecological Sanitation Network, GTZ, Department of the Interior and Local Government LSHTM

• Produce a regional guidebook on community led total sanitation for policymakers and practitioners.

South Asia

Supported by AusAid, Dutch

Develop training modules of the Philippines Sanitation Sourcebook.

Philippines

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity

Global/ Regional/ Country

Partners

• Design and launch an “Accessing Sanitation” Video Game with the Serious Games Initiative. • Produce and disseminate a documentary film on the “Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing Project” in India, Indonesia, and Tanzania.

Global

• Create a compilation film of all previously produced WSP films on sanitation.

Global

• Build a network of sanitation/health/hygiene bloggers and provide content, sources, and data.

Global

• Produce a Handwashing Program Operations Guide.

Global

PPPHW and partners

• Redesign and re-launch of Global Handwashing Website.

Global

PPPHW and partners

• Provide support to the Technical Working Group on WSS of the East Asia Regional Environmental Health Initiative/Forum to develop a work plan.

East Asia

• Produce an advocacy document on condominial water and sewerage systems with experiences from Brazil and the Andean region.

LAC Region

World Bank

• Produce a guide on constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment.

Central America

ADA, SDC

• Produce a case study on experiences with EcoSan in peri-urban areas.

Peru

UNDP

• Produce national sanitation materials.

Cambodia

ADB, Government of Cambodia (MIME, MRD), PLAN International, UNICEF

Global

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WSP Global, Regional and Country Action Plan to Support the United Nations International Year of Sanitation Objectives (IYS)

Activity

Global/ Regional/ Country

Partners

• Produce a WSP Field Note on sanitation subsidies.

Sub-Saharan Africa

LSHTM

• Produce a WSP Field Note on sustainable sanitation.

Sub-Saharan Africa

LSHTM

• Produce National Sanitation Guidelines for Uganda.

Africa Region

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