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Water Services Trust Fund The Urban Projects Concept (UPC) & Support Provided by the German Development B ank (KfW) Tuesday 18 th June 2013. Eng. Jacqueline K. Musyoki (Mrs.), OGW Chief Executive Officer . Water Services Trust Fund (WSTF).
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Water Services Trust Fund The Urban Projects Concept (UPC) & Support Provided by the German Development Bank (KfW) Tuesday 18th June 2013 Eng. Jacqueline K. Musyoki (Mrs.), OGW Chief Executive Officer
Water Services Trust Fund (WSTF) WSTF-funded and designed prepaid yard tap in Nakuru
Mandate of the WSTF & Strategic Objectives • Mandate: To assist in financing the provision of water services in areas of Kenya without adequate water services • Strategic objectives of the WSTF: • To mobiliseresources nationally and internationally to enhance provision of water services • To develop and apply systems that ensure proper targeting, financing, implementation and sustainability of water and sanitation projects • To establish and nurture partnerships with stakeholders • To continuously strengthen the WSTF institutional capacity and enhance staff skills to ensure effective and efficient service delivery • To facilitate capacity building of agents to deliver on the provision of water services
About the Water Services Trust Fund (WSTF) • The WSTF has 3 main funding windows: • The urban window: UPC (Urban Projects Concept) • The rural window: CPC (Community Project Cycle) • The water resources window: WRUA Development Cycle (*) • Other key WSTF programmes: • The GoK-UNICEF-WASH Programme • Aid on Delivery (AoD) and Output-based Aid (OBA) • MTAP (Medium-Term ASAL Programme) (**) • WSTF works with the Water Services Board & Water Service Providers • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ • (*) WRUA = Water Resources Users Association • (**) ASAL = Arid and Semi-Arid Lands
The UPC Concept WSTF-funded public sanitation facility in Athi River
The UPC Process • The launch of the Call for Proposals by the WSTF • 2. Data collection & proposal preparation • Using the toolkit & the WSTF Procedures & Information Document • 3. Appraisal of the proposals & awarding • 6th Call; 154 proposals for water supply & public sanitation projects • Involving: Management, Board of Trustees & Development Partners
The UPC Process • 4. Project implementation • Using WSTF funds, Field Monitors, Project Task Team and Toolkit • Project operation • Emphasis on sustainable operation, gender equality and customer care • Project audits & evaluation
Support Provided by the WSTF • Forms of WSTF support : • Funding of awarded projects • Direct support provided by the UPC team, the CEO & other WSTF staff members • Services of the WSTF Field Monitors • Workshops for Water Services Boards and Water Service Providers • Data & progress monitoring through MajiData which covers 1,964 areas • Support to the Low Income units of WSP (a new activity) • Develop technical standards & coverage definition • Project implementation & operation approaches & procedures • Toolkits & the WSTF Procedures Document (Transparency)
Support Provided by the WSTF • Time-space advantages of the WSTF approach: • The WSTF has managed to establish a long-term relationship with its key partners - the WSPs. • By organising different types of (real) workshops the WSTF provides a forum that brings together WSS professional at different levels (e.g. feedback workshops). • Lessons learnt & best practices can be shared with all WSPs • Example: The procurement initiative • Slogan: “Putting work back into the workshop”
UPC Planned vs. Actual Beneficiaries: Planned Actual 1,373,079 1,022,305 5th Call 531,048 185,867 4th Call 186,425 180,832 261,439 261,439 3rd Call 2nd Call 242,857 242,857 1st Call 151,310 151,310
Water Supply Infrastructures: WSPs implementing WSTF-funded UPC Projects (1st – 3rdcall)
Secondary Impact of the WSTF/UPC Approach: • Area level • communities working together, capacity building • WSP level • more connections, development of capacities & local networks , exchanges with other WSPs • National level • development of national technical standards, coverage definition, database (MajiData), pro-poor focus in the sector
UPC Reporting: UPC Brochures Steering Committee UPC Documentaries WSTF Newsletter UPCCommissioning Aquapix Newspaper Articles WSTF webpage Stakeholder Meeting
WSTF: Strenghts & Challenges: • Good cooperation between the Fund and its partners (WSP, WSB) • Good cooperation between WSTF/UPC, development partners and TA • Up-scaling but being in touch >> • Although the WSTF is funding a large number of urban projects the “distance” between WSTF staff and each project (Task Team, residents & kiosks) is relatively short • UPC is WSP & project oriented (MajiData, Field Monitors, regular project visits, meeting with WSP, workshops, etc.)
WSTF/UPC: Strenghts & Challenges: • Challenges at WSP and area level: • Project implementation: • Poor planning resulting in unsustainable operation • Poor quality of technical works • Procurement & VAT issues • Project operation: • Many WSPs still lack a genuine pro-poor focus & presence in the low income areas • Illegal connections • Poor O&M • Underutilised facilities
WSTF/UPC: Strenghts & Challenges: • The WSTF answer: • Support to Low Income Area Units of the WSPs (Nakuru, NCWSC) • Developing a decentralisation concept for WSPs (NCWSC) • Focus on procurement & VAT (NEW) • Focus on O&M & data collection • Involving residents in reporting (NEW)
WSTF/UPC: Strenghts & Challenges: • Challenges at WSTF level: • Some Field Monitors do not perform according to expectations • Communication is not always good …but improving • The team is small and has to combine “routine duties” with product development and WSTF activities & trainings • Delayed reporting! • Crowed and noisy office • Staff turnover
Operations Monitoring Concept AS BUILT AS USED AS PLANNED Financing Contract Inventory Tool OM Tool HOW? At Commissioning WHEN? At Award Level Every 6 Months UPC-IS WSPs
WSTF/UPC: Innovations • Hardware: • Redesigned kiosk (Customer-Aided design CuAD) • Public Sanitation Facility (PSF) • Bamboo kiosk • Improved prepaid meter • Prefabricated kiosk • Prefabricated UDDT • Software: • MajiData .. the pro-poor database • Coverage document • AquaPix 1, 2, 3 • Reporting by residents • Documentary made by residents • Water Source (to be updated) • WSP Decentralisation Concept
WSTF/UPC: Other Activities • Other activities: • UPC-IS • Mainstreaming HIV/AIDs • Articles • Filing & organisation of the archives • Corporate identity • Charity concept (NEW) • Give IT to Kids • Tools for donation • Participation in the Stockholm World Water Week • Supervising interns