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World Water Forum 5 Ministerial Roundtable on Sanitation. Outcomes of. Information provided by UNDESA, UNDP, UNICEF, UNSGAB, UN-Habitat, UNU, WHO, WSP, WSSCC, WaterAid , ADB, IaDB Presented by Bert Diphoorn , Director Human Settlements and Financing Division, UN-HABITAT.
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World Water Forum 5 Ministerial Roundtable on Sanitation Outcomes of Information provided by UNDESA, UNDP, UNICEF, UNSGAB, UN-Habitat, UNU, WHO, WSP, WSSCC, WaterAid, ADB, IaDB Presented by Bert Diphoorn, DirectorHumanSettlements and Financing Division, UN-HABITAT
A tribute to the United Nations’ Secretary General’s Advisory Board
Lives lost 1.6 million annually due to diarrhoea alone Health care costs: USD7 billion per year to health agencies USD340 million to individuals Time lost to ill health 320 million productive days in 15 – 59 age range 272 million school days lost 1.5 billion healthy days for under 5s Can be valued at US$9.9billion per year Time lost to inconvenience 20 billion working days per year Can be valued at US$64billion per year Annual cost of not dealing with water and sanitation Source WHO
On track Progress but insufficient Not on track No or insufficient data Many countries not on track to meet the MDG sanitation target Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme. 2008
Steps needed Measurable improvement Infrastructure development and use … sustained Fund raising National stategy implementation: budget, focal point, coordination National Policy / Strategy design and adoption Political support Awareness Years
Awareness At global and regional Level • Preparation and distribution of communication kits • Launch of the IYS • Global Handwashing Day • Update of regional study on sanitation in 22 countries of Latin America • G8 communique mentioning sanitation for the first time • International Seminars on Sanitation (ADB,.. • Regional Sanitation Conferences
On track Progress but insufficient Not on track No or insufficient data Regional Sanitation Meetings : 80+ countries involved SACOSAN I 9 countries 21-23/10/2003 Dhaka, Bangladesh SACOSAN II 11 countries 20-21/09/ 2006 Islamabad, Pakistan SACOSAN III (In preparation) 16-21 November 2008 - New Delhi, India LATINOSAN 30 countries 12-16 /11/2007 Cali, Columbia LATINOSAN II (in preparation) EASAN 14 Countries 30/11-1/12/2007 Beppu City, Japan Side-event of Pacific Water Conference ? Countries 9-11/9/2008 Apia, Samoa CARIBSAN 12 countries 28-29 /04/2008 Kingston, Jamaica AFRICASAN 20 countries 29/07-1/08/2002 Johannesburg, South Africa AFRICASAN+5 32 countries 18 - 20 February 2008 Durban, South Africa Sub-regional meetings AfricaSan-South : 4-7/08/ 2003, Gaborone, Botswana AfricaSan-East : 1 – 3/02/2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia AfricaSan-West and Central : 21-23/02/2005, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Did the process help? - immediate outputs • Extensive country participation: Nearly 90 countries involved • Participation of wide spectrum of stakeholders: High level decision makers (Ministers), local governments and municipalities, civil society, technical professionals, researchers, private sector… from different sectors (sanitation, water, health, environment…) • Political commitments (declarations) • Recognition of reality! • Unprecedented coordination among supporting Organizations (WSP, WHO, UNICEF, UNSGAB, UNDP, WaterAid, WSSCC, …) at global level and at national level
Awareness: Multi-stakeholder conferences At national Level • National Sanitation Forum or Summit: Cambodia, China, PeruSan, BoliviaSan, NicaraguaSan, Mali, EthioSan, Burkina Faso, Philippines • Gambia: Religious leaders forum on sanitation promotion • Sierra Leone: workshop for local councils representatives • Sri Lanka: workshop on National Sanitation Policy At sub-national Level • Peru: 6 regional conferences as preparation to PeruSan • Philippine: Mindanao and Luzon Regional Sanitation Summits • Province of Huila, Angola: Declaration aiming at Open Defecation Free province by 2012 • 2 autonomous regions of Costa Caribe, Nicaragua
Awareness: National events Designation of National Day or Week for Sanitation, for Clean cities, for Hygiene and Health Designation of National Sanitation Ambassadors Publication of national studies on sanitation
Awareness: media relation Creation of journalists network Field visits and roundtable sessions for journalists Sanitation workshops for journalists Television and radio broadcast 22-minute sanitation advocacy documentary (ADB) Two major books published (The Last Taboo, The Big Necessity)
High-level political support • IYS national launching by Head of State or his/her representative in several countries • India: Prime Minister opens SACOSAN • Nigeria: Handwashing campaign launching by wife of President • South Africa: Pledge signed by senior politicians – Minister, Premier of Province
Policy / strategy design and adoption: national • National Sanitation Strategy under development (Burundi, Cambodia, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Honduras, Vietnam) or finalized (Afghanistan, Gambia, Guyana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Sri Lanka) • India: New Urban Sanitation Policy (Clean Cities Award) • Indonesia: adoption of Solid Waste Regulation, extension of Policy and Strategy on Domestic Waste Water Management • AfricaSan Followup Action Plan (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa Tanzania, Uganda) • Watsan sector strategic plan for all member countries of IaDB • Uruguay: official commitment for 100% coverage in the next years
National action plan implementation: national budget • Significant budget increases in some countries • Decision to better track sector budget and to have it on a specific budget line
National action plan implementation: focal point Set up of • National Technical Sanitation for Environmental Sanitation in Angola • separate ministry and department for Public Health and Sanitation in Kenya • Sanitation Task Force in Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage in Sri Lanka
National action plan implementation: coordination • Coordination among Ministries (Mauritania) • Coordination among all stakeholders (Gambia, India, Nicaragua, Mali, Suriname, Tanzania, Vietnam)
National action plan implementation: community involvement • National Strategy on Community Action for Total Sanitation (Indonesia, Myanmar) • Community-led Total Sanitation campaigns (Mauritania, Zambia) • Special programmes to provide support to municipalities (South Africa) • Governmental financial incentive for open defecation free villages (Nepal) • Declaration of First Open-Defecation Free village, pilot project CLTS in 4 villages (Eritrea)
Fund-raising • Creation of Global Sanitation Fund • IDB: set up of Aquafund • ADB: release of Sanitation Strategy – commitment to allocate 20% of Water Financing Program to sanitation Indonesia: Sanitation Donor Group • Nepal: joint agreement for basket fund creation with UNICEF/WHO/UN-Habitat • Pakistan: Water and Sanitation Sector Donor Coordination Group • Philippines: creation of Innovative Sanitation Interventions Project Fund; creation with WSP of SuSEa-Philippines to increase access of poor to sanitation • Vietnam: donor-led 3-fold budget increase in 6 provinces
Field activities: Infrastructure development • Afghanistan: special project “Clean Villages”; first women toilet elements production center opened • Bostwana: equipment of Dukwe Refugee Camp • Pilot project for sanitation in schools (Sierra Leon, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Timor-Leste)
Field activities: training • Refurbishment of Sanitation Park at Fiji School of Medicine • National consultation and training for sanitation engineers (Philippines) • Hands-on training with government representatives, NGOs and communities (Philippines, Suriname, Tanzania)
More examples available On www.sanitationyear2008.org
And now? • We are behınd on the Sanitation MDG, what do we do about it? • Should countries adopt guidelines or common goals on wastewater collection, treatment and reuse? • How do we most effectively build on the commitments generated during the regional sanitation conferences (budget allocations, national sanitation plans, governmental sanitation focal points)? • Should countries adopt guidelines or common goals on wastewater collection, treatment and reuse? • Can we buıld capacıty through Water Operators’ Partnershıps? • UNSGAB suggests that the thematic focus of WWF 6 be on closing the loop between human settlement discharges and their surrounding environments