The document summarizes key findings from the UN-Water GLAAS 2010 report on financing for water and sanitation. It finds that while funding for WASH has increased overall, aid is not adequately targeted to sanitation or low-income countries. National governments also lack sufficient funding and institutional capacity to meet MDG targets for water and sanitation access. The report recommends greater political commitment to WASH, better targeting of resources, strengthening of national systems, and stronger partnerships.

1. "Looking through the GLAAS" Netherlands stakeholder meeting DGIS The Hague, 8 June 2010 Federico Properzi [email_address]

2. Context of presentation First UN-Water GLAAS report launched on 21 April 2010 Report includes data from 27 donors (all major ones) and 42 developing countries

3. Context of presentation WHO GLAAS team worked closely with World Bank WSP team that is preparing the Country Status Overviews for 32 African countries, on behalf of AMCOW Collaboration with UNESCAP – shared GLAAS questionnaire IRC has provided support to donor data collection

4. Outline Impact of poor WASH Priorities of money flows Targeting of resources Capacity to sustain progress The role of partnerships Highlights Next steps

5. 1. Impact of poor sanitation and unsafe water HEALTH 2.2 million preventable deaths of children Diarrhoea the second leading contributor to global disease burden For children under 15, impact of diarrhoea greater than that of HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB combined Overall around 9% of the global burden of disease attributable to poor sanitation and unsafe water EDUCATION 11% increase in girls attendance in Bangladesh – UNICEF study Evidence of increased learning performance when worm infections reduced ECONOMY $ economic benefits of many times the $ invested World Bank estimate between 2% and 7% of GDP lost through poor sanitation and unsafe water in developing countries

6. 1. Impact of poor sanitation and unsafe water Source: Safer Water, Better Health WHO, 2008

7. 1. Impact of poor sanitation and unsafe water Strong "business case", but how is the sector doing?

8. 2. Priorities Donor priority sectors

9. 2. Priorities A id for health and education has outpaced aid for sanitation and drinking-water

10. 2. Priorities Developing countries report insufficient funds to meet the sanitation and water MDG target

11. 2. Priorities Median <0.5% GDP on WASH

12. 2. Priorities Schools… What sanitation?!?!?!?

13. UN-Water GLAAS 2010 Report Recommendation No. 1 Greater political commitment to sanitation and drinking-water by donors and developing countries

14. 3. Targeting 42% of WASH aid to low-income countries

15. 3. Targeting Global trends of WASH aid Aid flows for basic water and sanitation remained relatively constant at US$ 1.1 billion, while aid flows for large systems increased from US$ 2.6 billion to US$ 4.3 billion from 2000 to 2008

16. 3. Targeting Drinking-water dominates official WASH financing Donors Countries

17. 3. Targeting Poor targeting to unserved and poor populations

18. UN-Water GLAAS 2010 Report Recommendation No. 2 Target resources better to reach the sanitation and drinking-water MDG Target

19. 4. Capacities Institutional roles and responsibilities need to be better defined and operationalized

20. 4. Capacities Investment programmes in sanitation are lagging behind

21. 4. Capacities Staff shortages primarily due to inadequate budgets

22. UN-Water GLAAS 2010 Report Recommendation No. 3 Strengthen national systems to plan, implement and monitor delivery of services

23. 5. Partnerships Procedures to promote local stakeholder participation are weak

24. 5. Partnerships Most aid recipients have a multitude of donors disbursing funds

25. 5. Partnerships Aid disbursements generally follow commitment levels US$ Millions

26. UN-Water GLAAS 2010 Report Recommendation No. 4 Stronger partnerships to develop and implement national sanitation and drinking-water plans

27. 6. Highlights Donors (1) WASH aid increased between 2000 and 2008: by over 150% to Africa and over 50% globally Over the same period, WASH aid reduced as a % of overall aid (from approx 6.3% to 4.7%) 42% of aid targeted to LICs (plus some regional aid) Top 12 priority recipients receive 50% of WASH aid Aid allocations per capita vary widely with 9 of 10 top recipients all Middle Income Countries and all lowest per capita recipients being Low Income Countries

28. 6. Highlights Donors (2) ODA for basic services declined from 27% to 16% over the last five years Donors targeted 37% of WASH aid to sanitation against 63% to water Predictability of donor funding as perceived by GLAAS countries increasing Don't know how much non-OECD donors or the private sector provide No information on funding from households

29. 6. Highlights Developing countries (1) Most countries developed national MDG targets but financial flows to WASH insufficient to meet these national MDG targets in many countries Governments spend 20% of WASH funds on sanitation (median figure) Only one third of countries implement criteria for targeting resources to the poor for water and hardly any for sanitation

30. 6. Highlights Developing countries (2) Most countries have developed WASH policies but only one half have clearly defined and operationalized roles for WASH institutions Sanitation is lacking in many rural primary schools (less so for urban) Expenditures on sanitation much less than on drinking-water in nearly every country surveyed, despite funding need being the same Most countries are developing some kind of HRD plan, but many HR obstacles are cited

31. 6. Highlights Developing countries (3) Many countries have an annual review process but few update undertakings made in previous reviews and 25% of countries have no review process Around one third of sub-sectors utilize over 75% of donor commitments, but 20% utilize less than 50% Local participation in planning and implementation of programmes not consistently applied in any of the four sub-sectors (urban/rural water/sanitation)

32. 7. Next steps GLAAS evaluation meeting, June 2010, hosted by DGIS GLAAS 2010/11 survey starts summer 2010 GLAAS present at Stockholm WWW in a few events

33. THANK YOU www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/glaas [email_address] Federico Properzi [email_address]