1. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) were established in Uganda to improve water supply and sanitation services in small towns through management contracts with private water operators (PWOs).
2. Over 80 small towns in Uganda are now managed by PWOs, which has led to substantial improvements in access to water including increased connections, water delivery, and reporting.
3. Key performance indicators like the cost of water production and revenue management have also improved, but challenges remain in fully addressing sanitation and developing pro-poor approaches.
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Vladimir Šimić, Croatian water services sector reform, Croatia
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Osmo Seppälä, Economics of infrastructure planning. How to address a mismatch between high investment needs and technical and financial capacity of small municipalities?, FIWA
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Gheorghe Constantin, IAS and Decentralized solutions of WSS in Romania
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Alan Sutherland, Regulation and governance, Scotland.
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Diogo Faria de Oliveira, Planning and prioritization of investments to capture opportunities for economies of scale, Portugal
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Paavo Taipale, Inter-municipal cooperation in Finland: finding synergies and addressing challenges
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Katharina Lenz, Factors influencing a choice of technology and business model for WSS provision
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Vladimir Šimić, Croatian water services sector reform, Croatia
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Osmo Seppälä, Economics of infrastructure planning. How to address a mismatch between high investment needs and technical and financial capacity of small municipalities?, FIWA
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Gheorghe Constantin, IAS and Decentralized solutions of WSS in Romania
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Alan Sutherland, Regulation and governance, Scotland.
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Diogo Faria de Oliveira, Planning and prioritization of investments to capture opportunities for economies of scale, Portugal
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Paavo Taipale, Inter-municipal cooperation in Finland: finding synergies and addressing challenges
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Katharina Lenz, Factors influencing a choice of technology and business model for WSS provision
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Gheorghe Constantin, How to implement the EU water acquis has triggered the change of WSS provision, Romania
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Maria SALVETTI, WSS Service Provision: Potential for Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Consolidation modalities, OECD
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Boryana Georgieva, Challenges to ensure sustainable wastewater treatment in rural Bulgaria
Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission’s latest report, Only the Pipes Should be Hidden, assesses how well-designed user fees can improve the financial and environmental sustainability of our municipal water and wastewater systems. These systems treat and deliver water for millions of Canadian households and businesses, and are vital to our health, the economy, and the environment. Building on the progress that many municipalities have already made, the report provides a set of 10 best practices that encourage water conservation, fund infrastructure, and improve our water quality.
In this webinar Jonathan Arnold will go through the findings and recommendations of the report, and answer questions.
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Benoît Fribourg-Blanc, Supporting household owners: SPANC, France
Presentation to the Dublin Chamber of Commerce's Infrastructure & Transport Forum by Sean Murphy, Chambers Ireland, on plans to create a National Water Authority and how it could work best.
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Nataša Uranjek, Waste water treatment in small settlements of Slovenia
2017 CalAPA Fall Asphalt Pavement Conference presentation: Ashley Jackson, Director of Government Affairs for the National Asphalt Pavement Association, gives an update on the federal transportation funding picture in Washington.
Transportation California Executive Director Roger Dickinson gives an update at the CalAPA Spring Conference & Equipment Expo April 12-13, 2017 in Ontario, Calif. The topic is on state transportation funding, including the passing of SB1 by the California Legislature.
An overview of GOPC policy recommendations for consideration by local and state candidates. For more information, please visit: http://greaterohio.org/issues/memo
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Gheorghe Constantin, How to implement the EU water acquis has triggered the change of WSS provision, Romania
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Maria SALVETTI, WSS Service Provision: Potential for Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Consolidation modalities, OECD
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Boryana Georgieva, Challenges to ensure sustainable wastewater treatment in rural Bulgaria
Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission’s latest report, Only the Pipes Should be Hidden, assesses how well-designed user fees can improve the financial and environmental sustainability of our municipal water and wastewater systems. These systems treat and deliver water for millions of Canadian households and businesses, and are vital to our health, the economy, and the environment. Building on the progress that many municipalities have already made, the report provides a set of 10 best practices that encourage water conservation, fund infrastructure, and improve our water quality.
In this webinar Jonathan Arnold will go through the findings and recommendations of the report, and answer questions.
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Benoît Fribourg-Blanc, Supporting household owners: SPANC, France
Presentation to the Dublin Chamber of Commerce's Infrastructure & Transport Forum by Sean Murphy, Chambers Ireland, on plans to create a National Water Authority and how it could work best.
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and...OECD Environment
Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Nataša Uranjek, Waste water treatment in small settlements of Slovenia
2017 CalAPA Fall Asphalt Pavement Conference presentation: Ashley Jackson, Director of Government Affairs for the National Asphalt Pavement Association, gives an update on the federal transportation funding picture in Washington.
Transportation California Executive Director Roger Dickinson gives an update at the CalAPA Spring Conference & Equipment Expo April 12-13, 2017 in Ontario, Calif. The topic is on state transportation funding, including the passing of SB1 by the California Legislature.
An overview of GOPC policy recommendations for consideration by local and state candidates. For more information, please visit: http://greaterohio.org/issues/memo
Findings from IEG’s report – A Thirst for Change: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support for Water Supply and Sanitation with Focus on the Poor.
Under the leadership of the DNA/MINEA, the government is engaged in an ongoing process to develop the PNAASR, using the lessons learned from the Water for All Program and other activities in the sector, as well as national programs and successful projects from the region and the world.
The design process of PNAASR took place during a period of three years 2012 - 2015, co-funded by the GoA and the African Development Bank.
Cowater International, Development Workshop Angola, in partnership with Burnside, was contracted to assist in the development of the PNAASR.
Despite significant investment in the Water Supply services since the early 1970s, water supply coverage is not satisfactory. The 1991 National Water Policy set a goal of providing clean and safe water to the population within 400 meters from their households by the year 2002. Today only about 50% of the rural population has access to a reliable water supply service. Due to poor operational and maintenance arrangements, over 30% of the rural water schemes are not functioning properly
Session Building from WASH to IWRM - photo galleryIRC
On 15 October 2023, by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh and IRC organised a panel session titled Building WASH into IWRM at the 9th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM 2023).
The session drew examples from three NGO-led diverse WASH programmes intervening in different regions and different administrative settings of Bangladesh. The three NGOs that shared their programme experiences were BRAC, SNV and the Max Foundation.
Learn more
https://www.ircwash.org/blog/wash-crucial-component-iwrm
Climate Resilient Water Safety Plan ImplementationIRC
The Water Development Commission shared the experience with the Climate Resilient Water Safety Plan (CR WSP) implementation approach in Ethiopia during a learning workshop. This workshop was held in Adama, Ethiopia, on 23 September 2021.
Presentation by Gezahegn Lemecha from IRC WASH on the concept of Climate Resilient WASH. This presentation was given during the Climate Resilient WASH learning workshop in Adama, Ethiopia, on 23 September 2021.
Overview of enabling environment and implementation of climate resilient WASH IRC
Presentation given by the Ethiopian Water Development Commission during the Climate Resilient WASH workshop in Adama, Ethiopia. This workshop was held on 23 September 2021.
Webinar : Adapting your advocacy to COVID-19 health crisisIRC
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing development programmes to rapidly readjust their advocacy strategy to support local or national governments in their emergency planning. The Watershed empowering citizens programme organised a webinar attended by over 60 participants on 15 April 2020, to discuss and learn about: ways to adapt advocacy approaches in time of COVID-19; practical examples of shifting activities at national and local levels; ways to reach your target audience while social distancing; ways to adapt your messaging, keeping Watershed priorities through the lens of COVID-19.
This report includes the webinar Powerpoint presentations and some recommendations based on the Q&A session. The titles and authors of the presentations are: "Why is strong advocacy essential during a crisis?" by Evita Rosenberg (IRC); "Watershed Bangladesh : adapting advocacy approaches during COVID 19 outbreak" by Ranjan Kumar Ghose (WaterAid Bangladesh); and "Adapting advocacy approaches in Kenya "by Patrick Mwanzia (Simavi Kenya).
Novel partnership between NWSC and Kabarole District to provide safe water to...IRC
Pius Mugabi of the Kabarole District Local Government, Martin Watsisi and Angela Huston of IRC and Denis Maramuzi, Area Manager of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), Fort Portal, Kabarole worked together on preparing a presentation for the 20th AfWA International Congress and Exhibition in Uganda.
Their presentation focused on a new partnership between NWSC and Kabarole District to extend NWSC’s piped network to provide safe water to communities in the hard-to-reach Kabende sub county. This novel public-public partnership is part of the increasing trend of rural utilisation. NWSC is extending into more small towns and rural growth centres with a broadened mandate and through the SCAP100 Programme will reach 12,000 new villages during 2017-2020.
Interested in more information on the case of Kabende sub county in Kabarole district and the progress so far? Check the presentation slides.
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) Conflict sensitivity support and tools. Referenced in the IRC WASH debate "Sustainable WASH service delivery and local WRM in fragile states: how far can you get?" which took place 20 November 2019 in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Watershed Mali : strengthening civil society for sustainable WASH-IWRM in MaliIRC
The political crisis and insecurity existing in Mali since 2012 has had a negative impact on the country’s water and sanitation sector. Normative frameworks are non-existent or unknown, polices and laws are not enforced, water quality is hardly monitored and budget commitments are unclear. The lack of knowledge about the human rights to water and sanitation has led to poor accountability, and civil society organisations (CSOs) lack capacity to advocate and lobby for better services.
Within the above context, the Watershed empowering citizens Mali country programme focuses on two main issues: (1) water quality and waste management and (2) universal access to sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. So far the programme has been able to enhance the capacities, credibility and audience of water and sanitation CSOs, including the Alliance Citoyenne Pour l’Eau et l’Assainissement (ACEA-Mali). A multi-stakeholder forum has been established and coalitions of CSOs, local government and media have been strengthened, which can mobilise stakeholders, including Parliament.
Because there enough water and faecal sludge disposal is not seen as a problem in rural areas, there is little incentive to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and water resources management (WRM). Watershed is trying to stimulate integration by developing a handbook and guideline in combination with collaboration with CSO networks and donor-funded programmes.
Issues emerging from the Watershed Mali programme include how CSOs can influence decision makers to increase national WASH budget allocations infragile states, how to harmonise the institutional and legal frameworks of the WASH and WRM sectors, how to encourage innovation.
A joint presentation by Afou Chantal Bengaly (Wetlands International) and Ele Jan Saaf (SaafConsult) at the WASH Debate "Sustainable WASH service delivery and local WRM in fragile states: how far can you get?", in The Hague, the Netherlands on 20 November 2019.
WASH systems strengthening in the Central African RepublicIRC
Water for Good (WFG) works exclusively in the Central African Republic (CAR), a country facing extreme economic fragility. The road blocks set up by the non-state armed groups, which control nearly 80% of the territory, have a significant impact on the country's economy. WFG has been operating in the CAR since 2004, initially as a borehole drilling organisation, and shortly thereafter, as a handpump maintenance service provider. It has created a circuit rider approach for preventative maintenance and uses an electronic reporting system.
After joining Agenda for Change in 2017, WFG opted to adopt IRC's systems approach to go beyond their preventative maintenance programme and work towards universal, sustainable access. WFG opted to pilot a district-wide approach in Mambéré-Kadéi, while maintaining periodic preventative maintenance in other prefectures. In the pilot area, WFG focused on the following system blocking blocks: infrastructure, monitoring, finance, planning and institutions. At the same time it is helping to build up regional capacity for systems strengthening.
In conclusion, WFG believes it is possible to strengthen systems in fragile states, thanks to their organisation's long-term presence in CAR, their ability to plug short-term projects into the larger roadmap, and their ability to work with systems champions. The intention is not to build parallel systems, but to champion a roadmap that is both supported by all WASH stakeholders and adequately funded.
Presentation by David De Armey, Director of International Partnerships, Water for Good at the WASH Debate "Sustainable WASH service delivery and local WRM in fragile states: how far can you get?", in The Hague, the Netherlands on 20 November 2019.
Finding the flow in fragile contexts : IWRM in MaliIRC
What has World Waternet learned by implementing an integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach in Mali? In the Blue Deal Dji Don project, World Waternet supports the Agence Nationale de Gestion des Stations d’Épuration du Mali (ANGESEM) to improve wastewater management. Presentation by Annette Rozendaal-Morón, World Waternet at the WASH Debate "Sustainable WASH service delivery and local WRM in fragile states: how far can you get?", in The Hague, the Netherlands on 20 November 2019.
This presentation by Ambrose Kibuuka is a part of IRC’s in-house “What’s for Lunch series”, It reviews progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for sanitation and hygiene, sector trends focusing on Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and sanitation marketing, and how rich nations achieved universal access to sanitation. It also briefly looks at WASH linkages with climate change, stunting, nutrition, and gender and social inclusion. The presentation concludes that unsafely managed sanitation, especially in rural areas, remains a challenge in developing countries as a result of population growth, climate change and the lack of funding for on-site sanitation and faecal sludge removal. Systems strengthening (in particular access to financing) and strong public commitment are required to achieve universal access to sanitation by 2030. The presentation includes a list of 21 references.
Social accountability : civil society and the human rights to water and sanit...IRC
The Watershed programme supports civil society organisations (CSOs) both on normative content (and claiming their rights if not yet met) as well as supporting CSOs to engage in the procedural part/principles of human rights to water and sanitation. The social accountability approach used by Watershed is based on the principles of access to information, non-discrimination, accountability and participation. The role of CSOs includes holding government to account for their obligation to ensure that everyone’s human rights are fulfilled, protected and respected. For this Watershed uses the Social Accountability Model developed by Water Witness International. Conclusions and reflection are provided on how this model has been used in Kenya and Bangladesh. Presentation by Esther de Vreede, Simavi, at the WASH Debate “Dialogue and dissent: Looking at the role of civil society in achieving SDG 6 by 2030”, in The Hague, the Netherlands on 26 June 2019.
Wash Debates: Looking at the role of civil society in achieving SDG 6 by 2030IRC
What can civil society organisations do to advance progress towards SDG 6? What are the major obstacles that impede their efforts and more importantly, how can they be overcome?
Images from the IRC WASH Debates series, which took place 26 June 2019 in The Hague, the Netherlands.
The end of the poldermodel? : the role of dissent in Dutch international wate...IRC
The Dutch NGO Both Ends is involved in two Strategic Partnerships for Dialogue & Dissent funded by the Netherlands government. One of them, the Fair Green & Global (FGG) Alliance, support capacity building of civil society organisations (CSOs) to effectively voice their views and hold policymakers and companies to account. The role of dissent is seen to contribute towards equality, equity and justice. The lessons learned by the FGG Alliance to address the concerns of Indonesian CSOs regarding land reclamations in Jakarta Bay Masterplan will be taken up to support CSO involvement in the Manila Bay Sustainable Development Masterplan in the Philippines. The challenges and opportunities for CSO involvement in Dutch-funded interventions in developing countries are briefly outlined. Presentation by Giacomo Galli at the WASH Debate “Dialogue and dissent: Looking at the role of civil society in achieving SDG 6 by 2030”, in The Hague, the Netherlands on 26 June 2019.
Voice for Change Partnership : roles of CSOs in achieving SDG6IRC
The Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) programme is a capacity development programme for civil society organizations (CSOs) in six countries across four areas including water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). VCP is a partnership between DGIS, SNV, IFPRI (International Food Policy and Research Institute) and CSOs. The capacity development activities focus on evidence creation and dissemination, and evidence-based advocacy. In Kenya, the V4CP WASH component supports CSO advocacy for improved stakeholder participation and coordination, increased budget allocation, and influencing policy review and development. CSOs used evidence from GIS mapping and the water testing to convince county governments to take action to improve sanitation. The data collected was also used to advocate for increased sanitation investment participatory budgeting. The presentation concludes with challenges and lessons learnt from the Kenya the V4CP WASH component. Presented at the WASH Debate “Dialogue and dissent: Looking at the role of civil society in achieving SDG 6 by 2030”, in The Hague, the Netherlands on 26 June 2019.
Voice for Change Partnership : roles of CSOs in achieving SDG6
Session Harmonization 2c - Jane Nimpamya part 2
1. Public Private Partnership for effective managementof water supply and sanitation services in small towns in Uganda by Jane Nimpamya Coordinator, APWO
13. Background The number of PWOs and towns managed by them have increased significantly in the last years This trend will continue due to high population growth - rural growth centers become towns.
14. “Contract Management” is the basis for the work of PWOs Background MWE LocalGov’t The relation between the Ministry and the water authorities is determined in a performance contract. The duties of the Water Authority and the PWO is defined in a management contract. (= infrastructure remains with government) PWO Customer Both contracts set the framework for the relationship between PWO and customer.
23. Data Analysis Performance Indicators: Access to safe water I In the last years, substantial improvements were seen in the extension of pipelines (2009: 83 km). Accordingly, the number of total connections raised. Active Connections are about 84% of total connections on average.
24. Performance Indicators: Access to safe water II Data Analysis As the graphic demonstrates, also the delivery of water has significantly increased In the last years. At present, PWOs provide about 3 million liters for the public. Water supply (in million liters)
25. Data Analysis Performance Indicators: Reporting Reporting is essential for providing a good information base for decision making on all levels, including the Ministry. In the past, this has been a great challenge. In 2001, only 36% of towns have reported at least once in a year. In 2009 this number is up to 85%
26. Data Analysis Performance Indicators: Revenue Management I The last years have also brought a significant reduction of the average cost of producing water (from 2.057 UGX per m3 in 2006 to 766 in 2009).
28. Data Analyses Performance indicators - Overview + - improved access to safe water improvements in record keeping and reporting reduced production costs increased performance in revenue management Pro-poor approaches for water supply in small towns not yet developed sanitation not well covered The reform of the water sector has broughtsignificant improvements for the population, but more needs to be done.