Regional Water and sanitation workshopRegional Water and sanitation workshop

Purpose to exchange of experience between colleagues dealing with water and sanitation programmes / projects on how to face the challenges of the sector.

Structure

Day 1 - Sector dialogue + field tripDay 2 – SanitationDay 3 – Institutional context and Sector budget supportDay 4 – Finance and procedures

Cross cutting topics will also be dealt with in group work and discussion:•Capacity building – what has been achieved so far? What are the remaining challenges?•Decentralisation – what has been achieved so far? What are the remaining challenges?•Indicators - are they working? How can this instrument be improved?

Capacity building – some key messages that emerge from the questionaireCapacity building – some key messages that emerge from the questionaire

Congo - Keeping small systems simple for affordable O&M

Swaziland – insufficient resources on capacity building- roles changing – under staffing – contract managment & regulation skills missing

Kenya – numbers & skills insufficient – governance challenges affect capacity

Ethiopia – O&M skills with tools – limited resources for high tech back up – community empowerment is key to capacity constraints

Malawi – training in O&M – how to support when not a focal sector

Chad – coordination affects capacity, water good, sanitation not – poor pay, poor staff – information management importantLesotho - capacity plan completed – loss of skills to nearby countries – project management capacity

Rwanda – Privatisation (PPP) and decentralisation – water resources is difficult

Namibia – Strong leadership – participation of other ministries weak – tertiary education in water sector is weak – insufficient numbers – cost recovery enhances capacity

Decentralisation – some key messages that emerge from the questionaireDecentralisation – some key messages that emerge from the questionaire

Congo – the focus is on the towns – how to sustain the sector in low income areas

Swaziland – regional offices are not involved in planning and budgetting – lack of staff locally

Kenya – transition to new structures takes a long time – changes in the overall decentralisation landscape

Ethiopia – significant increases of capacity at local level due to decentralisation – turn over is high – link between water and health needs strengthening

Malawi – partial deconcentration through regional water boards – rural water supply handled centrally – political interference

Chad – decentralisation well supported and popular – budget problems foreseen

Lesotho – handover to community councils underway – empowering communities

Rwanda – Districts are clearly seen as the main actors – management capacity is a challenge – will PPP work?

Namibia – Community based management – 13 regional offices to coordinate -

Indicators – some key messages that emerge from the questionaireIndicators – some key messages that emerge from the questionaire

Congo – no national system

Swaziland – national system started but not completed

Kenya – system in place but baseline missing

Ethiopia – MDGs are used

Malawi – national system under development – meantime using Malawi growth and development strategy indicators

Chad – no national system – only project defined indicators – health sector has well defined indicators, we could use themLesotho – Continous multi purpose survery – harmonised with MTEF – costs problematic

Rwanda – vision 20/20 has sector indicators – but infrastructure and resource concepts are not fully developed

Namibia – two systems (financial and planning) – national system of 28 indicators for rural water supply – uniform system needed

Day 1 Sector DialogueDay 1 Sector Dialogue

•What reforms have been take in the sector in Kenya and how did sector dialogue contribute?

•What is experience of and lessons learnt from sector dialogue and coordination in Ghana?

•How can the EU delegations contribute when water is not a focal sector?

Day 2 Sanitation Day 2 Sanitation

•Demand – lessons at scale from the CLTS experience – Plan International

•Supply – harnessing market forces - Ecotact

•Enabling environment – the role of the public sector, examples from Namibia and South Africa

•Access to services for informal settlements - the water services trust fund - Kenya

Day 3 Institutional context and Sector budget supportDay 3 Institutional context and Sector budget support

•Governance and decentralisation – case study from Chad

•Challenges of introducing sector budget support – Namibia and Lesotho

•Use of indicators - Namibia

Day 4 Finance and proceduresDay 4 Finance and procedures

•Experience of the EIB in financing water and sanitation

•EU procedures – how to apply innovative approaches

•Internal support session on procedures

ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

Policies, coordination,

Regulation, monitoring

Incentive environment

Capacity building

ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

Policies, coordination,

Regulation, monitoring

Incentive environment

Capacity building

SUPPLY SIDE

Technology & cost Access to sanitation FacilitiesSanitation as a business

SUPPLY SIDE

Technology & cost Access to sanitation FacilitiesSanitation as a business

DEMAND SIDE

Generation of demand

Hygiene & sanitation promotion

Behavior change

DEMAND SIDE

Generation of demand

Hygiene & sanitation promotion

Behavior change

Accelerated

sanitation and

hygiene

Accelerated

sanitation and

hygiene

Day 2 demand – supply - environmentDay 2 demand – supply - environment