By Agnes Montagnero, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation. Prepared for the Monitoring sustainable WASH service delivery symposium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9-11 April 2013.

1. Assessing the Sustainability of WASH Services
Assessing the
Sustainability of WASH
Services
Agnès Montangero
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
Monitoring Sustainable WASH
Service Delivery Symposium
Addis Ababa, 8-12 April 2013
10.04.2013

2. Outline
Background and rationale
 Why a sustainability
assessment tool?
 What is the conceptual basis of
the tool?
Application of the tool
 How is the tool contributing to
sustainable WASH service
delivery? An example
Added value
Challenges and way forward

3. Background and rationale
Objective
 a simple tool (set of indicators) to assess the sustainability of
WASH services
Conceptual basis
 equal consideration of social, economic, environmental,
institutional, technological and knowledge issues
An AGUASAN tool
 Skat/SDC Water Initiatives
 AGUASAN Group
 Open for use

4. Background and rationale

5. Application of the tool
 Coverage and Sustainability
Study of Rural Water Schemes
in South Eastern Kosovo
(Skat/SDC and local partners,
2010)
 Planning of Phase V of the
SDC Water & Sanitation
Programme in Haiti
(HELVETAS, 2011)
 Review of the Water Resource
Management Programme in
Nepal (HELVETAS, 2012)
 Review of the Water &
Sanitation Programme in Mali
(HELVETAS, 2012)

6. Assessing WASH service delivery in Kosovo
Coverage and Sustainability Study of Rural Water Schemes in
South Eastern Kosovo
Skat/SDC and local partners, 2010
Assessment rationale
 The SDC Rural Water and Sanitation Support Project has
implemented more than 50 schemes between 2005-2010
 But sustainability of the schemes has been put into question
 Assess the sustainability of the water and sanitation schemes
implemented so far
 In particular the appropriateness of the institutional/legal
framework
 Develop sustainable strategies for the planning, implementation,
management, operation and maintenance of rural water and
sanitation systems in Kosovo

7. Assessing WASH service delivery in Kosovo
Approach
 Using the tool as red threat
 Review of the legislative
framework
 A series of semi-structured
interviews
 Field observations of 27 rural
water systems and 15 rural
sanitation schemes
 Analysis an synthesis by the
main stakeholders (Workshop
with Ministries, municipalities,
water utilities, communities)
 Identification of weaknesses
and strengths
 Elaboration and prioritization
of actions to take

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14. Added value
 Support systematic assessment of conditions for sustainable
WASH services delivery
 Support process / reflection among main stakeholders on
 what are weaknesses and strengths with regard to the
enabling environment and
 what actions need to be taken to improve sustainability:
consensus on strategies / jointly developed action plan

15. Challenges and way forward
 Detailed assessment: requires resources (local expertise, time)
even though different level of details are possible
 Needs to be adapted to the local context and the specific
sustainability assessment objectives
 Project-driven, how to integrate it in a permanent framework?
E.g. in the case of Kosovo, integrate regular monitoring in Water &
Waste Regulatory Office’s responsibilities

16. Thank you!

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