General objective: Implement a comprehensive and multisector model (Ministry of Environment and Water, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Cooperation Agencies and CAF) for effective promotion on water, hygiene, nutrition and child development practices) to reducing chronic malnutrition prevalence in children under the age of five.

1. Rural water projects in Bolivia
Experience from Mi Agua Program
OsvaldoValverde
Franz Rojas-Ortuste
Dilberth Cordero
June 18, 2020

2. Bolivia and the rural water sector
87.9% 87.1% 86.4% 86.4% 84.5%
87.3% 87.5% 87.1% 87.1% 87.2% 87.3%
47.6% 46.0% 48.0% 48.0%
51.4% 49.8% 50.3% 50.8% 50.6% 51.5% 51.8%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
DRINKING WATER COVERAGE - NATIONAL - RURAL
National Rural
• Government of Bolivia and CAF agreed to start a Water Program project in rural areas
due to low rural water coverage (51%) as of 2011
• The Program doe not set maximum investment per capita –as others- and allows
budget allocations up to USD 300 thousand per municipality.

3. Mi Agua Program
My Water, Bolivia
Implementing entity:
Name of the Program:
Ministry of Environment
and Water – BOLIVIA
Mi Agua 1
Cost of the program: USD 112 MM
CAF loans: Up to USD 94 MM
Implementation 2011 - 2013
Characteristics
• Water services at household level from improved
water sources
• Community mobilization focused on project
acceptance and creation of the Water Committee
• Supervision on some milestones
• Irrigation projects coming along with water projects
Implementing entity:
Name of the Program:
Ministry of Environment
and Water – BOLIVIA
Mi Agua 2
Cost of the program: USD 138 MM
CAF loans: Up to USD 115 MM
Implementation 2013 - 2015
Characteristics
• Similar as Mi Agua 1
• Better eligibility criteria
• Better definition on stakeholders roles
• Improved Supervision with increased milestones
• Community mobilization along with TA to the Water
Committee (operational and commercial skills)

4. My Water, Bolivia
Implementing entity:
Name of the Program:
Ministry of Environment
and Water – BOLIVIA
Mi Agua 4
Cost of the program: USD 120 MM
CAF loans: Up to USD 100 MM
Implementation 2016 - 2020
Implementing entity:
Name of the Program:
Ministry of Environment
and Water – BOLIVIA
Mi Agua 5
Cost of the program: USD 154 MM
CAF loans: Up to USD 77 MM
Implementation 2018 - 2021
Characteristics
• Water projects only (no irrigation)
• Supervision strengthened
• Inclusion of post community mobilization measures
(6 months after construction completion)
• Monitoring system: baseline survey and completion
report
• Water quality assurance: chlorinators
• Hygiene practices enhanced
Characteristics
• Similar as Mi Agua 4
• Expansion of post community mobilization measures
(12 months after construction completion)
• Water quality assurance: chlorinators
• Hygiene practices reinforced
• Pilot Program on Nutrition at household level
Mi Agua Program

5. Pilot program for upscaling: Growing up with SafeWater
General Objective
Implement a comprehensive and multisectoral intervention model (Ministry of Environment and Water,
Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Cooperation Agencies and CAF) for effective promotion on
water, hygiene, health, nutrition and child development practices) to reducing chronic malnutrition
prevalence in children under the age of five
Specific goal
1. Promote key practices on hygiene, sanitation, health, nutrition and early childhood development
at home, in areas of the Pilot Program, with emphasis on the first 1000 days by strengthening
capacities of social actors (teachers, staff health, water and sanitation providers and others)
2. ImplementWASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) interventions in schools and health facilities
3. Systematize, evaluate the process for upscaling and inclusion in future activities of water supply
projects

6. Project Cycle
TA to conclude and improve studies
Infrastructure; Community
mobilization and Capacity Building to
Water Committees
Actions after 12 months of
construction completion
Water quality assurance
Monitoring of water quality
Program on nutrition along with water
projects
Project Preparation Sustainability
Water Quality and
Hygiene
Construction

7. Mi Agua impacts
Mi Agua (I-V)
2.25 million
130 th
110 th
10 th
10.5 th
3.4 th
Beneficiaries
New water connections
Rehabilitated connections
New sewerage connections
Public water taps
Number of projects

8. Contribution to rural water coverage
87.3%
90.2% 91.2% 92.1% 93.3% 93.6% 93.7% 94.1% 94.6% 95.0%
51.8%
61.2%
63.7%
66.3% 66.1% 66.3%
71.1%
74.1%
77.1%
80.0%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016P 2017 (P) 2018 (P) 2019 (P) 2020 (P)
DRINKING WATER COVERAGE - NATIONAL - RURAL
National Rural

9. The way forward
• Sustainability must be reinforced. Regulatory efforts along with municipal bodies
to ensure water safety managed.
• Aggregation and association of Water Committees can enhance services
sustainability. A pilot program under design.
• The implementing unit, the National Fund for Productive and Social Investment
(FPS in Spanish) has accrued good administrative and technical capacity to
manage large number of projects.
• Bolivia has gained important progress in access to basic services, but significant
differences still persist, especially in rural sanitation. For this reason, a new
Sanitation Program is in preparation by CAF, including components on hygiene
and nutrition.

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