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Pakistan Conference on sanitation ( pacosan )

Pakistan Conference on sanitation ( pacosan ). Presentation by Mr. Rehmat Ghazi Secretary Local Council Board Local Government, Election & Rural Development Department Go N-W.F.P (Province). Update on Provincial Sanitation Strategy/ Plans. In 2007 Provincial Working Group established

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Pakistan Conference on sanitation ( pacosan )

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  1. Pakistan Conference on sanitation (pacosan) Presentation by Mr. Rehmat Ghazi Secretary Local Council Board Local Government, Election & Rural Development Department Go N-W.F.P (Province)

  2. Update on Provincial Sanitation Strategy/ Plans In 2007 Provincial Working Group established 3 consultative sessions on Provincial strategy Draft is ready for final consultation To be taken to cabinet for approval after normalcy returns

  3. IYS Targets and Achievements • Public awareness campaign in 2008 in entire NWFP • Sanitation week in selected TMAs with tent office of UNICEF and the TMAs.

  4. Major On-going Sanitation related Initiatives • Solid Waste Management is top priority for urban areas • A MoU has been signed by CDG-Peshawar with private firm • Solid Wsater Management project in Abbottabad and Swat

  5. Institutional Arrangement for Sanitation Programmes • WATSA cell • Local Governance School for capacity building of stakeholders

  6. Monitoring and coordination mechanism with different stakeholders including NGOs • A provincial WATSAN cell has been established 2009 with assistance of UNICEF in Local Govt. Department. • Cell will perform • Coordination • Monitoring • Annual reporting on state of W&S in province • Provincial Water and Sanitation Coordination Committee • WASH Cluster - Emergency

  7. Budgetary outlay for sanitation out of Government’s annual budget (Last 5 years) • Waiting for approval of provincial Policy, strategy & action plan that will help in allocation of financial resources

  8. Major Challenges • Implications of abolishment of urban rural divide • Lack of infrastructure in rural areas • Special areas where government can not levy taxes • Law & Order and security issues • Lack of clarity in functional assignment between LG&RDD and PHED – overlapping & duplication and to be resolved • Meager financial resources – Federal government to support • Sensitization of political leadership to acknowledge sanitation as priority

  9. Future Hopes for Safe and Adequate Sanitation

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