Transcript Government’s Role in Accelerating Service Delivery in Zambia

PRESENTATION TO THE WISA AFRICA WATER CONFERENCE
21ST NOVEMBER 2007
AT ZAMBEZI SUN IN LIVINGSTONE
MAP OF ZAMBIA
FORMAT OF PRESENTATION
 BACKGROUND
 POLICIES
 STRATEGIES TO ACCELERATE SERRVICE DELIVERY
 ACHIEVEMENTS
 SECTOR REQUIREMENTS
 CONCLUSION
BACKGROUND
 National Water Policy (1994) – basis for current
Water Sector reforms in Zambia; Covering legal and
institutional aspects.
Outcomes
 UWSS – Commercialization of WSS Services (10
CUs)
 Autonomous WSS Regulator (NWASCO) est. 2000
 RWSS – Integrated approach (WASHE) (1996)
introduced in 54 districts (out of 72)
Coverage trends – (1990 – 2005)
-
COVERAGE/YR
1990
2000
2005
Rural WS
58
29.5
37
Urban WS
85
86.1
86
Rural San
5
4
13
Urban San
54
33
43
SOURCE: CSO
2015 - MDG Targets- WSS
FNDP and beyond
Area
Water
Supply
Sanitatio
n
Rural
75%
60%
Peri Urban
100%
100%
Urban
95%
80%
POLICIES
 The Water Act, Cap. 198 (enacted in 1948)-development &
management of surface water resources
 The Environmental Protection and Pollution Control
Act of 1990-protectn of environmt & control of pollution
 Local Government Act No. 22 of 1991-gives LA responsibility
to provide WSS
 National Water Policy 1994-promots sustainable WR Dev
 The Public Health Act of 1995-management of santn &
prevention of pollution
 Water Supply and Sanitation Act No. 28 of 1997- allows
LA to provide UWSS & establishment of NWASCO in 2000
Strategies to accelerate service
delivery
Within the framework of the 5th National Development
Plan
A. Elaboration of Water Supply and Sanitation Policies
and strategies
B. Enhancement of Devolution: Capacity enhancement
and sector development
Strategies to accelerate service
delivery- contnd
C. Development of Sustainable Operation and Maintenance
Systems
 Rehabilitation of old systems
 Construction of new systems to cover new settlements/built up
areas
 Establishing standard O&M systems
D. Development of national Programmes for Urban and Rural WSS
sub-sectors
E. Development of a RWSS Information Management and
Monitoring and Evaluation System
Principle strategies
 A Decentralised and devolved approach
 A Demand driven approach
 Promotion of appropriate technology
 Integrated approach of water, sanitation and hygiene
 Sanitation promotion
 Community contributions and social equity
 Private sector participation
Principle strategies contnd
 Institutional capacity building
 Sector wide approach to planning and financing
 Stakeholder coordination and collaboration
 Monitoring, reporting and evaluation
 Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS and Gender
Achievements
 National Water Policy being revised
 Institutional framework for WSS adopted by GRZ
 Decentralisation Policy in place
 The Water Resource Action Programme (WRAP)
developed
 The National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation
Programme (NRWSSP) to be launched on 28/11/07.
SOMAP Guidelines developed
 The National Urban Water Supply and Sanitation
Programme (NUWSSP) still being developed
WSS Trends
 In order to meet
the MDG targets
75% water supply
71.8% sanitation,
the sector needs
to increase the
number of people
gaining access by a
bout six times for
water supply and
three times for
sanitation annually.
Measures to improve sector
monitoring, evaluation, financing
 A structured, comprehensive M&E system needs to be
implemented in rural areas, being developed by
MLGH as part of the NRWSSP.
 Government and its co-operating partners need to
allocate and commit more resources to the sector
Sector Requirements
 Finalise and operationalise the Intergovernmental
Fiscal Architecture (IFA) and the capacity building
components for Local Authorities
 Use of appropriate technologies
 Increased Government priority and budget spending
to the sector
 Empower commercial utilities and Local Authorities to
carry out their sanitation functions for urban and rural
areas
Conclusion
 Generally, the water sector requires significant
capacity at national and decentralised district levels in
order to meet the MDG targets
 M&E management information systems are needed at
the district, provincial, and national levels
 The WATSAN policy needs to be developed and legal
framework needs to be revised to address the present
shortcomings
END
 WATER IS LIFE AND SANITATION IS DIGNITY