102598 RATING OF CITIES: Enhanced Quality of Life NATIONAL URBAN SANITATION POLICY through Sustained Sanitation Frequently Asked QUESTIONS India Country Paper SOUTH ASIA FY 11 SACOSAN - IV The IV South Asia Conference on Sanitation HIGHLIGHT ON RESULTS 4th - 7th April, 2011 Colombo, Sri Lanka SCALING UP RURAL CREATING SUSTAINABLE SUPPORTING POOR-INCLUSIVE TARGETING URBAN POOR SANITATION AND WATER SERVICES THROUGH DPSP WSS SECTOR REFORM AND IMPROVING SERVICES IN SECURITY Maharashtra developed framework for PPP's on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan SMALL TOWNS In Bangladesh, access to improved municipal solid waste management: WSP approved establishment of an urban water utility Water utilities developed performance water and sanitation services for over provided strategic inputs including analysis for Peshawar (population 2 million) and an improvement plans to address critical service of various PPP initiatives in the state, and urban unit for the province: WSP led the provision deficits in all focus countries: WSP 2 million people ensured by 202 local assessment of viable PPP options government institutions that allocated technical working group to provide design provided technical support for performance In Bangladesh, only 6.5% of the population recommendations for both, the urban water improvement plans, benchmarking, third US$858,000 for the replication of practice open-defecation, the need is to improve utility to provide water and sanitation party monitoring, billing and collection 17 good practices identified through the quality of sanitation services. This demands services and an urban unit to act as clinics, cost recovery, and intra-regional horizontal learning program: WSP with a shift from a collective movement to eradicate experience sharing open-defecation to more market-based think-tank partner agencies supported local government institutions to identify, mechanisms: In preparation for this shift, Resource agencies for Government of India In Bangladesh, additional 1.08 million people WSP piloted improved access to technical adopted communications training curriculum on connected to piped water networks by 11 water validate and replicate best practices options and credit facilities for WATSAN for elected representatives of urban utilities that commenced service delivery of peers through the government's entrepreneurs with 16,000 consumers using local bodies in India: WSP designed course benchmarking process in 2006: WSP worked horizontal learning program improved quality sanitation services, to be with these water utilities to develop service replicated on a national scale output/training modules including Government of India developed a production of training films benchmark indicators, supported initiation strategic plan for 2010-22 on rural water Government of India issued guidelines for of a water utility network and expansion of development of regional landfills for municipal Economics of Sanitation report cited by minister benchmarking and performance and sanitation service delivery: WSP solid waste, with options for private sector in Indian Parliament and findings in report by improvement planning to 31 utilities prepared the situation analysis for participation: WSP provided analytical inputs India's High Powered Expert Committee on rural water and sanitation, developed for development of the guidelines, based on Urban Infrastructure: WSP conducted analysis Government of India's 13th Finance think pieces/concept notes, facilitated study of experiences from five states and dissemination activities for ESI Commission report incorporated benchmarking including model contract documents for PSP framework for disbursement of performance- consultation workshops with states and provided analytical inputs, based grants of approximately US$2 billion: Analytical inputs and programmatic support advocacy and exposure to best for operationalization of SLB framework, practices advocacy and scale-up Two states in India scaled-up rural Government of India undertook rating for sanitation outcomes, Himachal Pradesh 423 class-1 cities to improve the viability/ achieved 100% coverage in rural prioritization of the urban sanitation agenda: sanitation (population 5.5 million): WSP provided technical assistance in Analytical inputs, capacity building of developing rating methodology and stakeholders and visits to best framework for analysis practice Government of India initiated development of Government of Pakistan adopted unified City Sanitation Plans in 209 cities in partnership sanitation approach, “Pakistan Approach with development agencies: WSP developed prototype serving as guide for CSP process towards Total Sanitation” to address and technical support provided for training/ sector outcomes on fast-track basis: orientation of local governments and WSP designed PATS framework and partners developed consensus among Pakistan launched the first provincial government and nongovernment competition award for improved services in stakeholders reaching over rural water supply by rewarding 20 out of the 3.65 million people 2650 Community-based Organizations: WSP conceived and facilitated institutionalization of a criteria-based competition program WHAT’S NEXT: 2012-2015 CHALLENGE SANITATION AND WATER SUPPLY WSP ACTIVITIES OUTCOMES The economic costs Innovation Business Areas Strengthening people’s of poor sanitation participation Changes amount to 6.3% of • Horizontal learning in the lives GDP in Bangladesh, Gender sensitive policies/ Targeting the urban • Citizen report card of poor practice: Gender scan to • Behavior change people 6.4% of GDP in India poor and improving communications establish importance of and 4.5% of GDP in gender on attaining water services in small Pakistan, totaling and sanitation outcomes: towns Improving operational almost US$65 billion In Bangladesh, sanitation performance Sustaining services Not a single city in sustainability in 2.5 times • Service-level Service provider capacity to higher in female headed benchmarks/city deliver WSS for people South Asia has strengthened households sanitation ratings continuous or • Peshawar urban utility 24/7 water supply Supporting poor-inclusive WSS to be established Two-third of people Communications for sector reform practicing open- reform: WSP will facilitate Enhancing sector Developing services pro-poor consumer performance National, regional and local defecation worldwide consultation and • City sanitation plans government capacity live in South Asia – an communications to support • Pakistan approach building estimated 716 million World Bank urban reform towards total sanitation Nearly 1,400 children lending across South Asia Creating sustainable • Rural drinking water die everyday in South services through pilots Asia due to poor domestic private Enabling services Designed and printed by: Roots Advertising Services Pvt. Ltd. June 2011 South-South exchanges: sector participation Sector policy dialogue quality water and poor Ensuring follow up and • Economics of policy and regulatory sanitation implementation from cross sanitation initiative frameworks About one in four country experience: • Septage management adolescent girls in Government of Sindh policy operationalized India see poor approves provincial sanitation strategy based on Influencing national Domestic sanitation as the main Scaling up and donor policy institutional and community and foreign barrier for them not engagement model of Peru rural sanitation • Service delivery staying in school assessments funding v Water and Sanitation Program v Bangladesh v India v Pakistan v www.wsp.org v wspsa@worldbank.org