Assessing Water and Sanitation technologies in Ghana

1. WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE
TECHNOLOGIES (WASHTECH)
PROJECT 2011 - 2013
Benedict Tuffuor/Seyram Ama Asimah, TREND
Mole XXIIIConference, Tamale
21-25 Aug, 2012

2.  It is a 3-year EU funded project (FP7)
 Focuses on technologies for sustainable WASH
delivery in Peri-urban, Small Towns and Rural areas
 Multi-Stakeholder Action Research Project involving
European (IRC, SKAT, WaterAid) and African
partners
 Three countries: Ghana, Burkina Faso and Uganda
 Implementing institutions in Ghana are
TREND/RCN, KNUST- DCE and WaterAid in
Ghana
 It adopts the LA approach to ensure learning and
sector uptake

3. Work Activity
Package
WP1 Consortium Management
WP2 Situation analysis on WASH technology introduction + uptake
WP3 Framework/ process design +development and finalisation
WP4 Pilot Technology assessments (3 countries)
WP5 Recommendations for sector strengthening
WP6 Capacity building for Learning Alliance members
WP7 M+E / Analysis of impact
WP8 Communications and information dissemination
WP9 Coordination

4. To provide the sector with a
systematic and participatory
way of assessing and adopting
technology innovation that
effectively takes the poorest of
the world a step closer to
expanding their life choices and
opportunities for development.

5.  Overall goal is to facilitate effective investments in new
technologies for sustained access to WASH services
 Strengthen sector capacity for informed decision in the
choice of sustainable WASH technologies
 Identify barriers and opportunities for scaling up
technology beyond pilot stage
 To provide a set of methodological tools and
participatory approaches for informed decision-making
and strategic planning
 Support the embedding of the practice of multi-
stakeholder learning, sharing and collaboration

6. Global Country Specific
Technology Assessment Framework Establishment of WASHTech core
(TAF) group (WD, EHSD, CWSA,
CONIWAS, SHEP, Private
consultants, implementing partners
Informative guidelines for the Technology (selected) review report
application and adaptation of TAF at
different scales
A global TAF review report KAP study on technology assessment
and approval process report
Country situational assessment Project communication strategy
reports
A WASHTech website Country project flyer, PoC, MSC plan
A series of training courses to roll out Establishment of local
and embed the use of TAF (Regional/District) LA in pilot areas
(UER, VR and AR)

7. (1) (2) (3)
+ 0 -
 The draft TAF has so far
(4) (5) (6)
been piloted on the ff
technologies: - - 0
◦ Rope Pump (7) (8) (9)
◦ Gh Modified Indian Mark 0 + ?
II
◦ Enviroloo (10) (11) (12)
◦ Pour Flush ? 0 0
 Next phase will pilot the: (13) (14) (15)
◦ Slow Sand Filtration + 0 0
System
(16) (17) (18)
◦ Biofil Digester System
0 0 -

8. Roles  User and /or Buyer Producer and / or Provider Regulator, Investor in
Process, Facilitator and
Dimensions /or Supervisor
Economics and Price of product and level of Supportive financial
Affordability revenue generated
Financial mechanism
Social Demand for the technology Need for behavioural change
Need for Promotion or social marketing
Dependency upon other technical DeDD
Environmental Potential for negative impact on Potential for negative impact for
Dependency on other
environment and public health local production of technology
technical
and spare parts
components of system
Legal or custody structures for management of
Organisational, Legislative regulation for Level of alignment with
Legal or custody national long term
Institutional & Legal producer and products &
structures for Requirements for strategies. Availability of
management of validation process and
registration
Technical Standards
technology in place
Skills & Technical Capacity of User to manage Level of technical and Capacity for information and
Knowhow complexity of the technology business skills needed documentation, market
research and follow up for
including operation and
this technology
maintenance
Technology - Product Viable supply chain for products Support mechanism for test
Reliability of Technology and spares and product development
and introduction

9.  Who will host the TAF – CWSA, EHSD, WD, KNUST, Research
institutions
 No well documented approach to technology approval currently
exists – CWSA and EHSD ha
 No national programmes exist for supporting the development
of technologies
 Difficulty in getting full stakeholder participation during scoring
workshops
 Getting perspective of producers who are not in the country
 Ownership of the learning element has sustainability
implications
 Getting people to commit to learning has a time factor. It comes
with constant effort.
 Sustainable funding

10. http://washtechafrica.wordpress.com/