Session Three Sub-Regional Caucuses on Country Status and Actions Southern African Region

1. Session Three Sub-Regional Caucuses on Country Status and Actions Southern African Region 2nd African Conference on Sanitation & Hygiene, South Africa18-20 February 2008 Programmatic Approaches to Delivery of Sanitation MDG Sharing SA’s Experience on meeting MDG for Water through CWSS & Masibambane Water Sector Support Programme Kalinga Pelpola C.Eng, Pr.Eng,B.Sc.Eng,FICE, FWISA Programme Manager Masibambane Water Sector Support Programme

2. Outline • Context • International • Objective • Challenges • South African • Programmatic Approaches • District or Municipal projects • Provincial level programmes (BoTT) • National Sector Wide Support Programme (Masibambane) • Regional Delivery & Support Structure for up-scaling Sanitation in SADC & NEPAD • Conclusion

3. International Context • MDG : “halve by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation” • providing about 1.5 billion people with access to safe water & 2 billion with basic sanitation facilities by 2015*; • Africa : 350 million people to be served by 2015 at a cost of US$26 billion, i.e. US$3 – 4 billion/annum • Meeting the water and sanitation target is pivotal to the realization of the entire MDG due to the fact that access to clean water and safe sanitation strongly relates to other targets aimed at eliminating poverty* (John Ebire 06/11/04) • WSP-AF Sanitation Framework indicates the following annual benefits for African Continent; • 1,239,000 diarrhea cases avoided • 38.616,000 hours gained for economic & other activities • 1,700,000 schooldays gained for 5-14y age group • $ 1,130,000 Savings in the health sector by reducing Water Borne diseases • G8 Summit in July 2005 agreed to double donor assistance to $50b/a from 2001. African Govts are facing serious challenges to effectively use Govt & donor funding to meet MDGs • September 2007 UN Secretary General raised concern regarding ability of Sub Saharan Africa to meet MDGs • NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL!

4. Objective OBJECTIVE AfricaSan 2008- Objectives • Access the status of sanitation & Hygiene & the scale of challenges to meet national targets, MDG on sanitation & goals of IYS • Review strategic areas for improvement & development of an action plan: accelerate access to safe sanitation; improve hygiene; increase investment; improve leadership & management; strengthen sustainability and impact • review strategies, areas for improvement and develop an action plan • Raise profile of sanitation & hygiene as an essential element of poverty alleviation and sustainable development in the region & strengthen advocacy • Generate political commitment to develop & implement effective regional & national policies, programmes & partnerships

5. Challenges Can Africa Afford to miss the MDG Target? • AfDB identified following challenges: • Push sanitation higher up the political agenda • Develop sound policies & strategies • Prepare sustainable action & investment plans • Put local authorities in the driving seat • Build sector capacity with a focus on local players • Integrate hygiene and sanitation behavior change • Develop sustainable financing strategies • Initiate partnerships with the private sector • Encourage innovation, cooperation and R&D • Monitor progress and evaluate impact

6. SA Context • In 1994 SA faced the challenge of providing 14 mil people with access to water and 24 mil people with basic sanitation services. By 2001 the Water backlog was halved, 14 years ahead of MDG. • Integral to this achievement was a coordinated, sustained collaboration between public, private and civil society and donor agencies. As a result, the delivery of sanitation services quadrupled from 75 000 households p.a. in 2002 to over 300 000 in 2005, while the bucket system was eradicated in 7 of its 9 provinces by Dec 2007. • SA is committed to providing potable water to all its people by 2008 and sanitation by 2010. A critical factor to achieving these targets is the need to increase skills pool at local government level, increase investment and collaboration with public, private & civil society sectors, and donors

7. Programmatic Approach MSB III W4GD Gearing-up Programme Man MSB II MSB I CWSS RDP Project Man 1994 1996 2001 2004 2007 Multi-Sectoral Focus Project to Prog: Focus SWAP Focus

8. Programmatic Approach BoTT (provincial level) • The BoTT Programmes were implemented to increase the rate of delivery and to address the sustainability issues of the water services infrastructure. Partnership between private & public sectors, civil society & donors • Build - Rehabilitate existing works to good working order and identify additional infrastructure needs and build them; • Operate – optimisation of O&M of existing and new infrastructure; • Train – ISD of DWAF staff involved in managing the infrastructure; • Transfer –final transfer of infrastructure to relevant Local Authorities. Four BoTT contracts were awarded to four Consortia each operating in a Province of South Africa. The implementation of the BoTT Contracts increased the tempo of service delivery from 300 000 people per annum in 1997 to approximately 2 million people per annum 2000. An entrenched paradigm shift was required to broaden the approach to service delivery – a Sector Wide Approach founded in a philosophy of “WORKING TOGETHER” was born in MASIBAMBANE.

9. Programmatic Approach MSB (national level) • What is MSB? • multi-annual, multifaceted Water Services Sector Support Programme (WS-SSP) of the Government of SA in the water and sanitation services sector. • Objective is to provide basic water supply and sanitation services through the support of : • strategic policy development, • water and sanitation services provision to selected poor rural communities through institutional support to assist various levels of public sector institutions; • It is about provision of sustainable service delivery rather than construction of facilities alone, and working through a SWAP • It has evolved to address as main thrust W4G&D through MSBIII • How can water be managed and developed in a sustainable way to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty?

10. Programmatic Approach WfG&D – Integrated Project Development • The programme integration framework is established and governed by addressing and ensuring compliance in terms of the following key principles: • Integrated service delivery; • Innovative solutions – technical, institutional, financial and economical; • Optimized utilisation and alignment of resources; • Accelerated delivery – with emphasis on 2008 and 2010 delivery targets; • Appropriate institutional models; • Capacity building and skills transfer; • Affordable and sustainable services; • Maximum gearing of grant funding; • Local economic development. • Addresses the 10 challenges identified in the AfDB report

11. Programmatic Approach WfG&D – Integrated Project Development Sector Departments/IGR structures Project development support, funding integration & investment PMU Water Sector Integration Working Group Programmes PSU Regional Co-Ordination PGDS/PWSP Accelerated Service Delivery WSA IDP/WSDP JDF Integrated Project Scoping Bankable Feasibility Study

12. OBJECTIVE How to share this with SADC & Africa?

13. CURRENT SUPPORT PROGRAMMES • SA through MTSO, supports NEPAD, SADC & South/South co-operation, such as: • Training of engineers & technicians, and other sector professionals; • Mainstreaming of civil society; • Good practice & knowledge sharing in SADC; • Promoting broad based sector wide approaches; • Support to UCLGA. • SA is working in collaboration with: • WSP-AF GWP Irish Aid • WSSCC AfDB Swiss Dev Co-o • IRC PRC Nepad Structures (NBF) • BPD Netherlands etc • GWP DfID

14. Programmatic Approach OBJECTIVE RSA ConTexT LEVEL 1 NATIONAL (eg MSB WSSP) PROVINCIAL (eg BoTT etc) (9 in RSA) LOCAL / DISTRICT LEVEL (eg MIG, Bulk Water Infrastructure, S&C etc) L2 L2 L2 L2 L3 L3 L3

15. Programmatic Approach OBJECTIVE SADC CONTEXT LEVEL 1 SADC REGION COUNTRY CLUSTERS PDSUs COUNTRIES L2 L2 L2 L2 L3 L3 L3

16. Programmatic Approach OBJECTIVE NEPAD CONTEXT LEVEL 1 AFRICA REGIONS COUNTRIES / SUB REGIONS L2 L2 L2 L2 L3 L3 L3

17. Regional Delivery & Support Structure The PDSU Mission The PDSU will collaborate the UP SCALING of sanitation delivery in the African region using appropriate institutional and management structures, systems and methodologies to meet the targeted MDG objectives for the specific countries identified, M&E&RThe PDSU will ensure sanitation security for the future

18. "The MDG’s are still achievable if we act now. This will require inclusive sound governance, increased public investment, economic growth, enhanced productive capacity, and the creation of decent work." United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon. THE END Kalinga Pelpola Programme Manager Masibambane WS Support Programme &Atg Chief Director: Water Sector Programme Management Support