Transcript Water Demand Management - UN

Designing the CapacityBuilding Framework for
LVWATSAN
Dr. Graham Alabaster, Programme Manager,
Water, Sanitation & Infrastructure Branch,
UN-HABITAT
Nairobi 16-18 October 2006
Project Objectives
Support pro-poor water and sanitation
investments in the secondary urban
centres in the Lake Victoria Region.
Build institutional and human resource
capacities at local and regional levels for
the sustainability of improved water and
sanitation services
Facilitate the benefits of upstream water
sector reforms to reach the local level in
the participating urban centres
Reduce the environmental impact of
urbanisation in the Lake Victoria Basin
What challenges did we need to address in
programme design?
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Ensuring a focus is maintained on serving the poorest and fully engaging them
in the process
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Maximising the benefits from a true regional programme
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A rapid delivery mechanisms to meet the MDGs and go beyond
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Designing country level implementation arrangements that dovetail into
regional/national structures (EAC) and existing initiatives
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Ensuring sustainability: Technical; institutional; environmental, particularly at
the local level
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Recognizing that WATSAN needs to be linked to wider development issues
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Designing a capacity-building programme that is responsive and demand
driven and supports/sustains physical interventions effectively
Response
• Poverty mapping & stakeholder engagement
• Customized MOU’s with sustainability clauses
• “Modern mixes” approach to sustainable technology
• Multi-faceted region-wide capacity-building interventions
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Local economic development
Pro-poor governance approaches
Gender and marginalised groups (HIV/AIDS)
Utility management
Urban catchment management
• Advocacy and communication
LVWATSAN Programme of
Implementation (15 towns)
• Assessment & Project design: baseline survey
undertaken and MDG monitoring framework developed
• Immediate interventions (rehabilitate existing
infrastructure and extend coverage to the poor)
• Capacity-building interventions (region-wide)
• Long-term interventions
• Implementation programme in 3-4 years
Some key issues in designing LVWATSAN
capacity-building component
Policy Approaches
• Lack of integrated approaches (water sanitation, solid waste,
drainage, housing & other infrastructure, urban planning)
• National policies (sector reforms) don’t cater for urban centres of all
sizes
• The target population: do we know where the poor are and how they
are best served?
• How do we integrate WATSAN planning with urban planning and
environmental concerns?
Financing Mechanisms
• Larger cities get more ODA, smaller towns have to rely on marketbased approaches
• Low income (MDG target group) populations: how do we ensure
livelihood opportunities are realised ?
Some key issues in designing LVWATSAN
capacity-building component
Technical Options
• How do we manage so called “modern mixes” of technology
• Opportunities for “ecological approaches” to water and sanitation
are different and reuse needs to be considered
Capacity to Implement & Sustain Investments
• Available capacity varies: usually available in large cities, not so
much on smaller urban centres
• Conflicts between WATSAN utilities and local authorities
Project/Programme Design
• Time-frame too long, does not fit in the “political window”
• New delivery approaches needed (rehabilitate and extend)
• Avoid duplication and focus on local structures (Paris Declaration)
Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative
What we want to achieve
• An improved livelihood for the MDG target group
• A well-balanced capacity-building component
that supports and sustains the physical
investments
• Refined institutional and governance structures
• An agreed position, as stakeholders in the
programme, on the way ahead