Transcript Rural Water Supply and Sanitation National Target Programme II

Rural Water Supply
and Sanitation
National Target
Programme II
Joint Annual Review 2007
Overview
RWSS NTP II
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The GoV RWSS NTP II is the main programme
providing water supply and sanitation services in the
sector and covers the period 2006 - 2010.
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RWSS NTP II targets for are:
– 85% of population using clean water with 60 lcd
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(50% with access to standard TC09)
70% rural households with hygienic latrines
70% hygienic sanitation for livestock pens;
100% access to clean water and hygienic latrines for rural
schools, clinics and commune people’s committees and public
places
Minimize environmental pollution at trading villages,
particularly at food processing ones.
Funding (in VND)
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Central state budget
 Local budget
 International funding
 People’s contribution
 Preferential credit (mainly SPB)
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Total
Bn Vnd
3,200
2,300
3,400
8,100
5,600
22,600
Pilot Provinces
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AusAID/Danida/Netherlands are co-financing NTP II through
‘Targeted Programme Budget Support (TPBS) and this
approach represents a major commitment of support through
GoV’s own financing and implementation structures.
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This is a ‘learning process’ for both GoV and donors and thus
a phased approach has been adopted with TPBS being directed
to 9 pilot provinces (Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Ninh
Thuan, Phu Yen, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Tra Vinh and An Giang)
until end of 2008.
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Pilot activities will allow the potential system risks to be
further investigated in the nine provinces and help develop
greater focus on sanitation and hygiene, better targeting to the
poor, improved O&M and further decentralisation.
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The TPBS is complemented with technical and capacitybuilding support to help address current weaknesses in service
delivery and improve the effectiveness of RWSS expenditure.
Organisation and Management
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Implementation is carried out by the relevant authorities at
local (P/D/CPC, Dard, DoH, DoET) and central (MARD,
MoH, MoET etc) levels.
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NTP II is overseen by a Steering Committee chaired by the
Minister of MARD which has already met twice this year.
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To support the SC and implementation a Standing Office
(SO) has been established under the Department of Water
Resources at MARD.
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Joint donor / GoV reviews are undertaken bi-annually:
– Joint Supervision Mission occurs around March assess
progress against programme benchmarks / triggers.
– Joint Annual Review (JAR) occurs around October is
more on a policy / strategic level.
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The JAR paves the way for the annual consultations between
GoV and donors later the same month.
Joint Annual Review
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The first JAR took place from 24th Sept - 5th
Oct cumulating in a workshop on the 5th Oct
to present and discuss the findings.
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The main purpose is to review programme
design, implementation and sector policy.
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The focus of this year’s JAR was on:
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pro-poor targeting and guidance;
sanitation and demand driven planning;
water quality
institutional set up
reporting mechanisms for monitoring triggers
and benchmarks in the future.
JAR Recommendation – 1
The review came up with 12 recommendations:
1.
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Capacity Building:
The SO and the provincial authorities supported by
relevant ministries and TA should prepare and resource a
capacity building action plan as specified in the
benchmarks. Important aspects include:
– finalization of the guidelines and the supportive
institutional framework
– undertaking of the necessary training in the guidelines
and key new approaches (i.e. decentralization, propoor targeting, planning, IEC, O&M, monitoring and
reporting
– monitoring of the adherence to guidelines and
implementation of the capacity building plan
JAR Recommendation - 2
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Institutional Framework:
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The SO structure and staff responsibilities should
be defined and disseminated to stakeholders. As a
minimum:
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Job descriptions should be prepared for SO staff.
MOH should allocate a full time resource perons to the
NTP II.
The SO should include expertise in state budget
financial management.
JAR Recommendation - 3
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Experimentation in Pilot Provinces:
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The SO, with the support of TA, should cooperate
with the 9 pilot provinces to encourage flexibility
and innovation in NTP II implementation to
identify best practice approaches that can be
replicated.
JAR Recommendation 4
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Sanitation and IEC:
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Progress in the implementation of sanitation
programs (coverage) especially at household level
and the effectiveness of IEC approaches in the pilot
provinces should be monitored by MOH, the
provincial and district authorities as well as the SO
as specified by the benchmarks i.e.
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increased recurrent funding for sanitation and IEC
rollout of affordable household sanitation solutions
JAR Recommendation - 5
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Decentralisation:
Provincial authorities in the pilot provinces, with
the support of the SO and TA should:
– plan for early delegation of implementation
from province to districts and communes.
– use the resources available, including local
and international TA to build capacity at the
local level;
– consolidate the lessons learnt for national
replication.
JAR Recommendation - 6
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Budget Allocation:
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The GoV should review and confirm with the
TPBS donors that the budget allocation for 2008
will be made consistent with the funding
agreement.
JAR Recommendation - 7
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Planning and Reporting:
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The SO supported by TA should provide training to
improve and standardize the quality and timeliness
of physical and financial planning and reporting as
specified in the benchmark.
JAR Recommendation - 8
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Technical Assistance:
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The TA workplans should focus on achievable
results within the key areas for new approaches.
This is likely to differ from province to province.
The TA reporting channels at provincial level
should be formalized.
JAR Recommendation - 9
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Triggers and Benchmarks:
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The SO and provinces should formally report on
progress on the benchmarks and triggers at half
year intervals in line with the GOV reporting
cycle.
JAR Recommendation - 10
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Operation and Maintenance:
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SO and provinces supported by TA should the
reinforce emerging recognition of the importance
of O&M including the adoption of a viable tariff
and appropriate application of institutional models
for O&M consistent with the relevant trigger.
JAR Recommendation - 11
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Water Quality
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MARD and MOH should take a feasible, practical
and prioritized approach to ensure compliance with
clean water hygienic standards for small water
supply schemes. The RWSS partnership should
follow up on the results of these studies when they
available towards the year end and integrate them
into its overall water quality initiatives.
JAR Recommendation - 12
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Donor Fund Transfer:
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Efforts should be made by the donors to
synchronize the timely transfer of funds in order
to provide greater budget certainty to assist
MOF planning.
Pilot activities
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During the JAR Workshop after presentation of the
recommendations other sector stakeholders were
requested to present possible relevant pilot
activities that are ready to be scaled up in the pilot
provinces
Potential Pilot Activities
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IDE – Sanitation marketing supporting the private
sector in delivering appropriate sanitation services.
UNICEF – IEC materials for promoting different
types of sanitation technologies.
SPB – They have large successful programme
which is part of NTP II providing credit for water
supply (mainly connection fees) and sanitation
(mainly latrines) services.
Possible Pilot Activities
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EMW – supporting the small scale private
sector operators for managing water supply
schemes.
SNV – supporting the relevant institutions in
delivering W&S services and have activities
such as poor targeting, community microfinancing and appropriate technologies such
as biogas.
Possible Pilot Activities
Other relevant activities:
 Red River Project – This project is
developing private enterprise management
model for operating piped water schemes.
 Hand Washing Campaign – MoH with
support from WSP are developing a National
Hand Washing campaign using social
marketing techniques to promote HW with
soap.
RWSS NTP II
If you require further information about RWSS
NTP II please contact:
Standing office: [email protected]
John Pinfold: [email protected]
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