CITIES ALLIANCE ALLIANCE 80944 CITIES ACTION IN ACTION IN Supporting a Community-Driven Sanitation Policy in India Project: Scaling Up the Provision of Universal Minimum Sanitation to Slums in Cities Partners: Cities Alliance, Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP), the World Bank, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) Duration: 2003 – 2007 Financing: USD 455,753 A Community-Driven Approach to Sanitation “The policy attempts to address the many institutional issues, the plight of the urban poor, especially the manual scavengers, the lack of India Adopts a New Sanitation Policy awareness on sanitation, integrated planning, and the lack of technical knowhow and capacity which causes most of our infrastructure facilities to not operate efficiently.� www.citiesalliance.org A new toilet block constructed in Karjat near Mumbai after an old toilet block was demolished. Photo: SPARC The sanitation policy project contributes to the objectives of the Cities Alliance by:  Introducing a new national integrated policy that prioritises the provision of basic services Lessons Learned from the Success Story to the urban poor  Focusing on community participation  Leveraging significant budget allocation www.citiesalliance.org