Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

Global Cooperation / Global Programme Water

Global Programme Water

Annual Report 2017 With Planning Part 2018

For internal use

Final

November 10th, 2017

1

Table of Contents

Abbreviations .............................................................................................................. 2

Executive Summary .................................................................................................... 3

1. Context ................................................................................................................. 5

2. Highlights and Results 2017 ................................................................................ 6

2.1 Strategic Framework 2017-2020 6

3. Lessons learnt and steering implications for 2018 ............................................... 9

4. Annual Planning 2018 ........................................................................................ 11

4.1. Strategic Framework 2017-2020 11

4.2. Thematic Network for Water – RésEAU 12

Annex 1: Monitoring of Strategic Framework 2017-2020 .......................................... 13

Annex 2: Selected Policy Achievements 2017 .......................................................... 24

Annex 3: Work Programme 2018 of the Thematic Network for Water – RésEAU .... 25

Annex 4: Communication, Gender, Governance / Human Rights ............................. 28

Annex 5: Important Events 2018 .............................................................................. 30

Annex 6: Financial Planning ..................................................................................... 31

Annex 7: Duty Trips and Financial Planning 2018 .................................................... 32

Annex 8: Overview of staff participation in SDC Networks ....................................... 34

Annex 9: Organisational Chart .................................................................................. 35

Annex 10: Internal Discussion: Annual Report 2017 With Planning Part 2018 ......... 36

2

Abbreviations

CoP Community of Practice

FDFA Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Switzerland)

FOEN Federal Office for the Environment (Switzerland)

GEMI Integrated Monitoring of Water and Sanitation related SDG targets

GLAAS Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (UN-Water)

GPW Global Programme Water (SDC)

GSF Global Sanitation Fund

GWP Global Water Partnership

GWSP Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership

HRTWS Human Rights to Water and Sanitation

ISW International Secretariat for Water

IWRM Integrated Water Resources Management

JMP Joint Monitoring Programme (WHO/UNICEF)

MHM Menstrual Hygiene Management

RRR Resource Recovery and Safe Reuse

RWSN Rural Water Supply Network

SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

SDGs Sustainable Development Goals

SSP Sanitation Safety Plan

SWA Sanitation and Water for All alliance

SWP Swiss Water Partnership

UN United Nations

WASH Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene

WEF World Economic Forum

WHO World Health Organisation

WMO World Meteorological Organisation

WSSCC Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council

3

Executive Summary

The term sustainability was used for the first time by Hans Carl von Carlowitz the father of sustainable yield forestry1 in…17132 (one fundamental pillar: ecology, one sub-sector: forestry…).

The concept evolved over time and reaches a momentum with the 2030 Agenda and its preamble: “This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. …”3

The 3 pillars of sustainable development (environment, society, and the economy) remain the same since 1987 while the issue of peace has constantly gained importance over the years but not yet “chartered” as the 4th fundamental pillar. In our volatile 21st century world, the job is therefore not yet accomplished.

In a few years, we hope that peace will form an integral part of the 2030 Agenda first preamble’s sen-tence: “This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet, prosperity and peace”.

A water-secure world is crucial for these fundamental principles for sustainable development. This is also why the Dispatch of Switzerland’s International Cooperation 2017-2020 sees water as core of sustainable development and the looming water crisis as one of the major challenges of the 21th cen-tury.4 Hence it highlights the importance of sustainable management of and access to natural resources, including water, as a means to reduce inequalities, improve living conditions and create better prospects for populations in developing countries.

2017 will be remembered as instrumental to have paved the way for a politically enlightening move-ment - the Blue Peace Movement - that takes adequate account of the four principles quoted above. It sees water as the best means to address environmental, social, economic and societal risks under-pinned by a compelling political narrative and intelligent actions around the goal of building cohesive societies with norms and standards built on notions of shared and collective responsibilities.

In 2017, the Blue Peace Movement has shown its strength, brought water diplomacy and especially the topic of water and peace onto the international agenda by linking favorably the peace and sustain-able development agendas. Thousands of people came out in Almaty, Amman, Antananarivo, Bern, Bled, Dakar, Geneva, Lima, New York, San José and Stockholm, actively representing the Movement and its push for a combination of high profile initiatives. Examples:

genuine multilateral reform (the creation of a fit for purpose United Nations to deliver on the Wa-ter Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)) and regional political reforms (increased cooperation with the Pacific Alliance to promote Water Stewardship and the Water Foot Print Initiative or the Tigris political dialogue on data);

intense knowledge sharing (Aguasan Workshop on the circular economy);

empowering women and young people as agents of change - the year has witnessed an in-creased focus of key global platforms on this subject (e.g: Global Water Partnership, World bank Global Water Practice);

moving up water corruption in countries, donors and civil society’s agenda;

large upscaling, through capacity building and support to early adopters of faecal sludge man-agement and reuse businesses; new creative tools and academic curricula (Certificate of Ad-vanced Studies (CAS) in Water Management and Policy by the University of Geneva);

continued push of the sustainable agenda discourse out of the realm of the strictly “develop-ment world” and into the realm of big and small business (Alliance for Water Stewardship, Wa-ter Resource Group 2030, Swiss Blue Tech Bridge… – “the need for business leaders to con-sider the implications of these risks on their firm’s footprint, reputation and supply chain has never been more pressing. Levels of uncertainties and their complexities are forcing interna-tional firms to reprocess the way they make strategic decision”5);

carrying out different sort of communication based on social media and emerging local network in the Middle East or Africa.

1 Sylvicultura oeconomica, oder haußwirthliche Nachricht und Naturmäßige Anweisung zur wilden Baum-Zucht, Hans Carl von

Carlowitz (1713).

2 Quoted by Roman Ambühl (GPW Academic Trainee): Towards a Model of Participatory Accountability, page 8 - Master’s thesis, March 2016 - Faculty of Humanities University of Basel.

3 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015.

4 1.4 & 3.4.1.3. in the Dispatch of Switzerland’s International Cooperation 2017-2020

5 Alejandro Litovsky, 2017, Earth Security Group.

4

For 2018, the water sector stands as an encouragement for the pursuit of peace, sustainable water and development and for demonstrating water as a source of cooperation and a genuine factor of peace and stability.

The younger generation will contribute to this encouragement and come forward with concrete actions supporting young-people led initiatives and networks. The tools and instruments of water diplomacy will have further proven to be effective, so that the Blue Peace Central Asia Initiative will reap its po-tential to develop into a valuable sustainable framework for the region and a reference for south-south knowledge exchange.

The implementation of specific recommendations outlined in the flagship report “A matter of survival” by the High Level Panel on Water and Peace will go hand in hand with the dissemination of the report globally and regionally.

Water will be positioned prominently on the global agenda, including at the United Nations with the Global Review at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the first ever UN Global Synthesis Report on the global water goal. 2018 has the potential of kicking-off a fresh dia-logue across constituencies on how to advance on water governance globally.

The full operationalization of the Global Hydrometry Support Facility and Innovation Hub initiative will enhance the entire data service value chain with innovative approaches opening up new perspectives through non-traditional, people centered approaches.

And finally but not exhaustively our collaboration with key global water platforms, the private sector, think tanks and the Water Young People Networks bears the potential of shaping -in 2018 and follow-ing years- a blue sustainable infrastructure investment agenda as well as innovative forms of financing for water cooperation in transboundary contexts. 2018 will also see more attention on new and fascinating research fields that will serve as future warn-ing to the potential of lack of access to the water resources to increase violence, negative impact on the resilience of regional (watershed) trade and health of the people.

For the international water dialogue, 2018 bears manifold opportunities to strengthen the Swiss posi-tion internationally and nationally such as the World Economic Forum 2018, the 8th World Water Fo-rum in Brazil or the Aguasan Workshop 2018 on “Data management - taking advantage of technologi-

cal innovations for better decision-making.”

The ability of small governmental based units to capture the attention of the world and raise interna-tional awareness on the issue of water is evidence of power and initiatives of the Global Programmes at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The momentum for change created by all these units (including food security, climate change, health and migration) forms a fundamental part of the successful implementation of the 4 pillars of the new sustainable agenda, an intelligent way to contribute decisively to the health, wealth and security of people. For the water sector, its underlying concept is the Blue Peace Movement.

5

1. Context

International and national developments and trends

2017 was marked by several distinct key moments on the path towards the 2018 year for water:

One was a continued shift in foreign policy both at international and national levels towards a de-crease in public funding to multilateral institutions and - despite a slight increase in development aid as a whole - commitments for the sector have declined since 2012 (UN-Water Financing Water under the Sustainable Development Goals 2017 and GLAAS Report). While the direct implications for the water sector are uncertain, there is a consensus among sector stakeholders that the involvement of the private sector is seen as a precondition to reach SDG 6. The GPW topic of corporate water stewardship, where private companies are treated as peers, contributing through knowledge, innova-tion or/and co-financing, is gaining momentum. For instance, the Swiss government is reinforcing rela-tions with the Pacific Alliance in regards to the GPW Water Stewardship and Water Footprint Initiative in Colombia, Peru and Chile with the aim to further influence the private sector through case studies on reducing water impacts and better water governance case studies.

In tune with the UN-Water’s 2017 campaign on wastewater, the trend around circular economy – fostering transformation from linear to circular water and sanitation business models - gained im-portance with the dedicated AGUASAN Workshop in Switzerland and the Stockholm World Water Week on “water and waste: reduce and reuse”.

Following GPW leadership on the question of young people and gender, we are witnessing an in-creased focus on young people and gender in the strategic orientations of key water platforms (e.g. World Bank Water Global Practice, Global Water Partnership, Water Supply and Sanitation Collabora-tive Council). These coordinated efforts are gradually leading to the emergence of powerful movement anchored in GPW’s goal of empowering women and young people as agents of change because, now and in future, it is they who will exert influence on the availability and sustainability of water and sanita-tion and increase the collaboration between different sector stakeholders.

A further highlight was the World Bank launch of the Global Water Security & Sanitation Partner-ship (GWSP) to accelerate the implementation of SDG 6 in a holistic approach.

Events and changes

Key events around water diplomacy took place in 2017 that all contributed to raising hydro diplomacy on the international agenda. The High Level Panel on Water and Peace presented its report6 in Sep-tember in Geneva and New York. It brought the topic of water and peace onto the international agen-da by linking favourably the peace and security and sustainable development agendas: the global water challenge is not only about development and human rights, but also about peace and security. These need to be addressed urgently in a coherent way at all levels, ranging from the United Nation’s systems (and other non-UN multilateral organizations) to river basins organisations and grass-root level actors. At the regional level, the Regional Water Cooperation gained new momentum by leading a side event at the Astana Expo 2017. This, included the participation of all five delegations from Cen-tral Asia to discuss the way forward of the Blue Peace Central Asia initiative.

An important change to be highlighted is how water corruption and non-transparency issues are now being tackled in the sector. The Mozambican huge debt scandal involving dubious sovereign guarantees moved the issue around corruption high on the agenda of civil society and donors. This shift was an opportunity for the advocacy work of GPW’s strategic partner Water Integrity Network – which is active in the country- to open the discussion and increase efforts in addressing this challenge.

The Arab-Swiss Water Day, organised during the Arab-DAC Dialogue on Development, was another moment to foster knowledge exchange on approaches to achieve the water-related targets of the 2030 Agenda on the issue of sustainable investments and joint work and partnership.

Main steering implications for the GPW Strategy

Bearing in mind the international and national context, and as stated in the core principles of its strate-gy, GPW will continue its effort to strongly position water as having a key global dimension. The GPW will focus its efforts on influencing through a two-pronged approach: One is to draw attention to the private sector (water stewardship) by supporting the shift in mind-set to best integrate the private sector and finding solutions on how to adapt their core business to deal with the water component in a sustainable way. The second is to influence traditional players (governments and civil society), who are instrumental in ensuring that water is not positioned only as a short term issue by political leaders.

6 Switzerland will implement four the proposed seven recommendations: expand water diplomacy efforts, secure funding for stud-ies to promote transboundary water infrastructures, support the exchange of water-related data, and support the application of International Law for the protection of water resources and water-related infrastructures in times of armed conflicts (IHL and HR).

6

2. Highlights and Results 2017

2.1 Strategic Framework 2017-2020

Water Governance

GPW continued to act as a catalyst in building an inclusive, legitimate, coherent and strong global water governance system. With two special dialogues on Water convened by the President of the United Nations General Assembly in 2017, Member States debated whether the United Nations is fit for purpose to deliver on the water-related aspects of the 2030 Agenda. From this the reports on the UN-Reform by UN Secretary General Gutierrez identified water as a key area to be looked into. Moreover, GPW carried on its efforts to strengthen UN-Water and the design and implementation of a UN Integrated Monitoring Initiative that tracks the progress of SDG 6.

Furthermore, we maintained our policy-level support for the accelerated implementation of the human rights resolutions on water and sanitation.

The tools and instruments of water diplomacy have further proven to be effective. The Blue Peace Central Asia bears now the potential to develop into a valuable framework (potentially a “game chang-er”) on sustainable shared waters in the region. The study Rethinking water in Central Asia - the cost of inactions and benefits of water cooperation, aiming mainly at policy-makers and government offi-cials, was finalized and already presented in various regional and international events. It nourishes the jointly agreed-upon priority topics and suggestions for transboundary water management in an effort to advance both development and peace in the region. In parallel, efforts to bring around discussions over transboundary groundwater management is being forwarded by the UNESCO programme, with the successful recognition of the multi-country cooperation mechanism of the Southern African Stampriet aquifer through its institutionalisation.

The Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 has fully taken off and been brought on the ground in 30 countries: it builds on and expands the experience and lessons learned during the MDG period.

The Global Hydrometry Support Facility and Innovation Hub became operational: it supports the entire data services value chain (from data acquisition to knowledge sharing) by building on past gains while enabling innovative approaches, delivering technical assistance and fostering cooperation.

Water Solutions

This strategic component encompasses a wide range of projects, programmes and initiatives which cover the interventions needed to trigger the expected effects. The models and tools that have been piloted and proven are well-positioned to contribute to the acceleration of the implementation of SDG 6.

Innovative and affordable models for WASH services focusing on the base of the pyramid could further be promoted and implemented, these include working with private and social enterprises, strengthening institutions, and keeping the focus on women and girls.. Next to having brought signifi-cant benefits for households, patients, students, farmers and local entities in 16 countries, the Swiss Water & Sanitation Consortium also mainstreamed innovations and best practices, and linked local level implementation with national and global policy advocacy. The SABA Water & Sanitation project launched in Peru in 1995 is now a model for the surrounding region. It has already been exported to Colombia, and now Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia, Mexico, and Brazil have all shown interest.

Proven and newly tested service delivery and water resources management models were imple-mented at a large scale, including leveraging additional resources via water and sanitation trust funds and other partnerships (e.g. Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council).

Along the principles of circular economy, sustainable solid and liquid waste management and re-covery solutions were delivered, contributing to prevent water pollution and improve living environ-ment. The Resource Recovery and Safe Reuse (RRR) initiative in Kampala, with a focus on faecal sludge and household waste, has now become an illustrative and successful case of implementing RRR business models and supporting RRR businesses to move from the informal to the formal sector.

Further, the related Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP) initiative has reached the stage of large upscal-ing through capacity building and support to early adopters integrating SSP in faecal sludge manage-ment and reuse businesses. This has huge potential to prevent water pollution and improve human health in peri-urban areas and small towns. In parallel, the city of Kampala is adapting its city sanita-tion framework to include SSP considerations.

Concepts and tools for water valuation were fine-tuned and brought to scale. GPW is at the fore-front of the application of the ISO 14046 Standard Environmental Management on water footprint in Latin America. The initiative bred a regional Community of Practice (CoP) on water footprint/corporate water stewardship, where knowledge is shared and technical common grounds are agreed upon: guidelines on the application of the standard were published based on practical experiences from the region, and a two-month online training (36 professionals, 12 LAC countries) was implemented.

7

The concept of Business Diplomacy has crystallized into an inter-sectoral approach to problems re-flected in the 2017 Earth Security Flagship Report providing a practical approach for the private sector to be part of the solutions by specifically focusing on industries and regions with actionable recom-mendations.

Water Voice

The GPW endeavours to continue to bring water and sanitation to the attention of decision-makers at the highest political level, ensuring that the related issues are prioritized on international, regional and national agendas, and that sustainable solutions are advanced in partnership with others.

Coalitions with public, private, academic and civil-society partners and engagement with strategic net-works and organisations could effectively bring the expertise of SDC and the Swiss actors into local and global water debates. Throughout the year they managed to maintain Switzerland as a recognised and powerful player in the international water arena, further amplifying the actions of SDC’s operational units and partners. Specifically:

Relevant communities and their expertise were furthered, e.g. by enhancing the RésEAU fo-cus and visibility or by innovating topic- and participants-wise in the 33rd AGUASAN Workshop;

Swiss image and visibility were nurtured, notably through the remarkable Swiss performance at the Blue Peace Central Asia Conference and the achievement of an exhibition space in the Swiss Pavilion at the Expo 2017 (Blue Peace Central Asia) with the support of Presence Suisse as well as the achievements of the Geneva Water Hub;

Collaborations and synergies were fostered in joint projects with other SDC divisions and Federal entities (e.g. Middle East, Peru) and integrated initiatives (e.g. Blue Peace Central Asia);

Creative tools were developed and applied such as the “Atlas of Risks & Opportunities” pub-lished regarding water, conflict and peace, and in the “CAS in Water Management and Policy”;

Best practices were deployed, e.g. through the transfer of draft national strategies for imple-menting SDG 6 (AGUASAN Workshop 2016 products) in three countries, while the Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 supported by the GPW has fully taken off and been brought on the ground in 30 countries, and through the development of an updated SDC Water Policy with relat-ed Governance / Gender guidance papers.

The Water Voice component has been meeting expectations and has been convincing through its presence, influence, innovation in ways of communicating, consistency of messaging and by being at the right place at the right time in the international water debate and agenda. The component builds meaningfully on the credibility it has gained in recent years (as “Swiss Voice”) by not only contributing to but also shaping and influencing the global water debate through its knowledge and actions. The thematic expertise and dynamic water network (RésEAU) contributes substantially to this (see §2.2), though the latter still bears potential for greater vibrancy and outreach.

Young People and Gender Equality

Having succeeded to position young people and gender as a full-fledged strategic component of the Cooperation Strategy 2017-20, rather than merely as transversal issues, is an achievement in itself. We are witnessing an increased focus on young people and gender in the sector; this posi-tioning and trend is underlined by the a new evidenced facts that: i) changing age structures in many countries and the transgenerational water challenge require efforts to develop the potential of young people to keep them in the sector and become relevant actors; ii) women who are empowered to take part in water-related decisions see their access to and productive use of the resource increased, and can thereby tackle root causes of poverty.

The first stepping stones towards the fruitful implementation of this new component are in place. Smart ideas as well as promising opportunities and partnerships are in the pipeline, ready to be shaped and actuated. Further, the GPW has influentially contributed to shape the gender strate-gies and intentions of major sector players (the Global Water Partnership’s Gender Initiative, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council).

Thematic Network for Water - RésEAU

Since its launch in 2009, the RésEAU continues to be a functional exchange platform where latest news, trends and experiences in the water sector are shared and discussed among its currently 250 members. Next to assuring sectorial knowledge management within the organization and with its part-ners, the thematic network succeeds in increasingly displaying the unity of water within SDC. The activities carried out in 2017 all contributed successfully to a further strengthened network with enhanced outreach.

8

The Core Group continued to play an important role in the steering of the network despite its need for reconstitution due to intensive staff turn-over. Continuous improvement of the established communi-cation tools, including a revised concept for the sharing of News through Updates (frequent e-notifications of highlighted publications, events and topical issues on the Shareweb) and a new SDC Water Newsletter modality (four special editions focusing each on one of SDC’s operational units deal-ing with water) contributed to increase focus and visibility of the network’s interactions while providing an updated overview on SDC’s water portfolio. Joint developments under the RésEAU focused in 2017 on drafting of a new SDC Water Policy as well as the release of SDC Guidance Papers on “Governance in Water” and “Gender in Water”.

As the network’s main f2f event, the Global Water Team Days, held during 1½ days in June (attend-ed by 60 RésEAU members), were dedicated to sharing of experiences, working on the SDC Water Policy, and learning about power dimensions in water (organised by SDC’s Poverty Focal Point). The various interactions and activities conducted at Sub-RésEAU level enabled more targeted exchange on experiences and relevant issues within the regions. As an example, a f2f event in Macedonia gath-ered during 3 days 30 members of the Sub-RésEAU Easter Europe & Central Asia, who discussed river basin management and visited the successful experience of the SDC-funded UNDP project "Res-toration of the Lake Prespa Ecosystem”. Additionally, a webinar organized through the Latin America & Caribbean Sub-RésEAU presented to actors from 10 different LAC countries the study on the in-fluence of SDC’s long-standing SABA project on rural WASH policies in the region, which created a high demand for increasing exchanges on the topic. In general, however, active participation from the network’s members in the field remains a challenge, which is going to be tackled in the revised con-cept with a reviewed distribution between Global and Regional Water Team Days (see §4.2).

9

3. Lessons learnt and steering implications for 2018

Strong representation of young water leaders was achieved during the Expo 2017 and the Blue Peace Conference in Astana: the Central Asia Youth Workshop for Water, organized by the International Secretariat for Water (ISW), brought together 30 young people to develop their vision on water man-agement in the region - the call for participation gained unprecedented interest, with the application of over 400 students and young professionals. The highlight of this event was the presentation of the youth vision during the Conference and their requests for increased investment in education, revision of curricula, and the development of new learning tools and increased exposure to international ex-changes. The event has generated an unprecedented demand in the region and was an important step towards the 2018 World Youth Parliament for Water.

It also encompassed enhanced efforts to give young people a space to express their voices in high-level events, as for example during the launch of the report of the Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace in Geneva, or during its presentation during the 34th Ministerial Conference of la Fran-cophonie. Moreover, they were invited to participate in the planned educational programmes designed and delivered by the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education and the UNESCO Chair in Hydro-politics, in partnership with the Geneva Water Hub. Furthermore, it confirmed the relevance of the decision to establish a Central Asian Young Water Professionals Network under the Blue Peace Central Asia initiative, which will reach out to the youth from the five Central Asian countries and provide opportuni-ties for further training and networking.

As fresh and open-minded approaches are needed, the Blue Peace Central Asia Conference reached a common insight and agreement on the fact that empowerment of the future generation is necessary to achieve an effective framework for sustainable shared waters.

It became clear that it is essential to link young people with current decision-makers and ensure transgenerational dialogue in order to ensure that their voices are being heard and their vision is being taken into account.

The Central Asia Youth Workshop for Water created an unprecedented demand in the region and tapped into a huge potential for young people-led initiatives and youth involvement.

The Workshop helped drafting and testing messages for the Blue Peace movement.

The RANAS (risk, attitudes, norms, ability, and self-regulation) evaluation of the Zimbabwe Hand-washing Campaign based on the systematic approach to behaviour change confirmed positive ef-fects (in rural and urban areas): hygiene behaviour change was sustainably adopted by a large pro-portion of the target beneficiaries (proven by the reported reduced incidence of diarrheal diseases both in schools and households, and the increased availability and maintenance of handwashing sta-tions and latrines as well as institutional support and budgeting for handwashing with soap).

Through intense lobbying and interactions with the Government, the National Sanitation and Hygiene Policy and Strategy decided to include handwashing with soap in their program. The campaign bene-fitted from a huge commitment and ownership of local authorities including traditional leaders, and has reached out to areas that were not directly targeted by the project. However, the private sector could not be included as expected due to the challenging economic environment. Water availability and quality remained a challenge in most schools and communities, in particular in rural areas. Finally, we conducted an economic assessment of the project:

The RANAS approach for sustainable behaviour change with its data-driven campaign design re-sults in cost-effective interventions tailored to the population with proven effects on the impact level. These recommendations and learnings should be included in the design and implementa-tion of new projects.

It confirms the importance of reaching out to the communities through the understanding of the social fabric and the role of traditional leaders.

The economic assessment carried out on the handwashing project provided practical recommen-dations for the use of cost-benefit / cost-effectiveness analysis in GPW projects.

Recent floods in Peru destroyed SABA project infrastructure. This was taken as an opportunity to strengthen cooperation with Humanitarian Aid and it is recommended that the future trend in water projects should be to include Disaster Risk Reduction and planning for coordinating with humanitari-an agencies during and after natural disasters.

On the new global water governance, 2018 will be the milestone year for water with the Global Re-view of SDG 6 at the United Nations; the launch of the recommendations of the World Bank / United Nations Panel on Water; the UN-Reform; and the Global Private Sector Platforms identifying water as the next key issue after climate change and energy. In such context GPW will continue its programme and planting seeds in support of the promotion of a broader movement on water.

The emergence of a new framework for infrastructure financing (based on sustainable principles) activated, among others actors, by the GPW water stewardship program’s stakeholders, GPW’s col-laboration with the Earth Security Group and the Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership

10

(GWSP) and building upon the recommendation on finance of the High level Panel on Water and Peace provides opportunities for shaping a blue/sustainable infrastructure investment agenda and will help the private sector to address their operational and reputation risks.

Inter-sector paradigm: the access to water, sanitation and treatment in remote areas has been a key issue for the current administration in Peru, specially being a country with such huge inequalities, made more dire by the presence of an important and modern mining industry spread across the coun-try. The GPW has become involved in a PPPD (Public Private Partnership for Development) managed by a specialized institution called Cordón del Plata Foundation – CSR Mining to facilitate dialogue in the WASH sector with large mining companies, bringing the SABA experience and approach. It has additionally created a platform for them to participate in this project through the “Works for Taxes” programmes (Obras por Impuestos). This fiscal instrument offers a mechanism that allows large min-ing companies to finance the execution of water, sanitation and treatment works by being paid by their own taxes thus contributing to:

Closing the rural gaps in access to WASH;

Promoting trust between private and public sectors and rural communities; and

Preventing conflicts.

11

4. Annual Planning 2018

4.1. Strategic Framework 2017-2020

Water Governance

The activities in 2018 will build on the successes and the dynamics of the past year. In particular, the GPW will:

Capitalize on the ongoing UN Reform as a window of opportunity for increased advocacy, trust building and alliances-forming, boosting the global water governance system:

o extend the Integrated Monitoring for the SDG 6 by raising the number of countries reporting into the system;

o a milestone in the follow-up and review of Agenda 2030 will be the first UN Global Synthesis Report on SDG 6 prepared for the High-Level Political Forum 2018 on Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies which will include SDG 6 on ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Uphold the momentum and trends triggered in water diplomacy by:

o further dissemination of the report of the Panel on Water and Peace both globally and regionally, and starting of the implementation of specific recommendation, including through the Geneva Water Hub;

o further involving high-level political leaders driving the processes themselves (owner-ship), by exploring opportunities between the Yarmuk and Tigris river basins and by disseminating the groundwater management experiences;

o fostering north-south and south-south knowledge exchange for Central Asian coun-tries and implement educational and operational projects at the regional level.

Establish new opportunities and partnerships for mainstreaming the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation within the GPW portfolio;

Develop and launch first corporate water stewardship models by consolidating existing initia-tives and innovating in strategic partnerships (e.g. new WEF Water Initiative) where corporates are sensitized to align their growth models with sustainable basin management and implement actions jointly affecting people/communities;

Move the Global Hydrometry Support Facility and Innovation Hub to action with innovative approaches through a first innovation call and the implementation of pilot projects.

Water Solutions

The Water Solutions strategic component encompasses a wide range of projects, programs and initia-tives which, mostly are ongoing from former years, others have yet to be designed, However, for top-ics that are new to the GPW agenda (i.e. those identified during the development of Strategic Frame-work 2017-2020), appraisal, positioning, conceptualisation, design and strategic partnering have yet to be consolidated. In particular, regarding the:

Sustainable financing and water valuation pillar, the “financing” part has yet to be conceptual-ized and piloted (e.g. through emerging concepts such as blended finance, sustainable funding schemes and new models for financing risk assessment), whereas the “valuation” part will have to see the consolidation of proven models under the topical issues of nature-based solutions for water and water stewardship (see “Water Governance”);

Water quality/pollution pillar, the experiences gathered so far in various endeavours need to be consolidated and capitalized upon for defining the GPW’s positioning and niche. The pro-gramme shall not only strengthen water quality regulation, but also introduce measures to prevent and control pollution, or encourage new pricing systems under the polluter-pays principle and promote better sanitation governance in general;

Accelerated implementation of SDG 6, i) World Bank's Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership’s GWSP’s roll-out and Switzerland through RésEAU, ii) Social Entrepreneurship and Swiss Bluetec Bridge remodelling (scoping study on an innovative outcome model with a focus on Social Entrepreneurs serving the BoP market), iv) Swiss Pact for social entrepreneurs.

12

Water Voice

To sustain and further boost its pertinence and vigour, the Water Voice will have to experience the onset of enhanced thematic expertise and networking opportunities, mainly by further expanding and decentralizing the RésEAU to bring the field voice closer to the debate (see also §4.2), and by fostering greater synergies between the Swiss Water Partnership (SWP) and the Solidarit’eau Suisse movement. This will inspire a new generation of influential actors in the Swiss Water Community of sector professionals and practitioners, e.g. through young people mentoring and bringing in young people into the AGUASAN CoP and the RésEAU itself. All these players are expected to increasingly disseminate globally Swiss knowledge & skills: a vast endeavour which will be supported by the creation of Regional Geneva Water Hubs, the launching of the Swiss-pact and the design of a strengthened enabling environment for entrepreneurs.

Strengthening the Swiss position internationally and nationally will continue to be a key focus of the Water Voice in 2018. The major milestones in this undertaking will be the World Economic Fo-rum 2018, the 8th World Water Forum and High Level Political Forum 2018, the invigoration of IDANE, new strategic partnerships (e.g. Senegal, Iran) and an MoU with Nestlé. The 8th World Water Forum in particular is expected to allow for a strong position of the Swiss Water Community as actors with innovative, high-quality solutions, advocating for themes in-line with the GPW strategy. The GPW, together with the SWP and partners, will actively engage in the Forum’s political and thematic pro-cesses, while forging strong visibility at the Swiss booth. It expects to be influential in the Forum’s political declaration pushing inter alia for a coherent global water architecture; accelerated implemen-tation of the HRTWS; empowerment of young people; and furthering of innovative approaches such as blue/business diplomacy, social entrepreneurship, water stewardship, and nature-based solutions.

Young People and Gender Equality

Building on the base laid in 2017 and on the established partnerships, this new strategic component now needs to be rolled-out and reach its cruising speed. In general terms:

The Young people domain will see a strengthening of the GPW’s own portfolio with an approach towards young people, an influencing of the key partners’ agendas, and a showcasing of concrete actions supporting young-people led initiatives and networks (e.g. in regions such as Central Asia, West Africa and Latin America as well as during the AGUASAN CoP). In particular, the ISW will be supported to continue their pioneering work on young people issues (implementing their youth strategy) and to advocate for a strong voice at the 2018 World Water Forum in Brasilia.

An identification of existing and new projects in the Gender domain, based on a potential collabo-ration between the specific GPW and SDC focal points, will be done to effectively foster gender equality, as well as partnering with key players, to increase impact of joint advocacy efforts. In particular, the GPW will join the efforts of major sector players (such as GWP, WSSCC and the World Bank) in fostering their gender strategies, initiatives and advocacy.

4.2. Thematic Network for Water – RésEAU

The major expectations and plans regarding the RésEAU in 2018 are presented in the Annex 3. Ac-cordingly, the consolidation and expansion of the network will be the main priority to increase the ownership of its members and bring the voice from the field closer to the regional and global dialogue:

On the one hand, promoting and supporting regional networking, complementing the global inter-actions, will be a key element of the RésEAU’s intervention strategy. Targeted exchanges within the regions will be promoted by supporting the establishment of two new Subnetworks (Sub-RésEAUs Africa and Middle East / MENA) and related events. Regional and organizational speci-ficities will be taken into account. For example, in the MENA region, the sub-network will be strongly linked with SDC Humanitarian Aid’s own water expert networks.

On the other hand, a new concept for the Water Team Days will be piloted aiming at enhanced efficiency and focus. An alternating rhythm between global and regional f2f meetings will be introduced: regional meetings of all the sub-networks will be organised throughout 2018, while the next global f2f event of the global RésEAU will be held in 2019 in Switzerland. In doing this, a bet-ter balance between global and field staff and the promotion of young participants will be the goal.

Other important milestones to be achieved by the RésEAU are to keep its members knowledgeable about new sector trends and innovations, to enhance the network’s think-tank function and work on critical perspectives, to increase inter-network cooperation (e.g. with Climate Change & Environment, Agriculture & Food Security, and Disaster Risk Reduction networks), as well as to monitor the impact of SDC’s water-related interventions which will contribute to identify success stories and failures.

13

Annex 1: Monitoring of Strategic Framework 2017-2020

Rating of results achievement (per domain of intervention)

Rating Definition

a Very satisfactory. [on track] No needs to adjust plans and strategies.

b Satisfactory. [on track] Minor problems may arise and small adjustments in implementation may be necessary.

c Less satisfactory. [off track] Adjustments to plans and / or strategies are necessary.

d Unsatisfactory. [off track] The relevance/sustainability of the activities is in jeopardy. Major adjustments / re-organisations are necessary.

STRATEGIC COMPONENT 1: Water Governance

The GPW contributes to strengthening good water governance and its defining components on the global, regional and national levels, both in the public and private sectors. It ensures equitable and sustainable water management, while prioritizing access to water supply, sanitation and hygiene.

Impact Hypothesis: Good water governance based on transparency, accountability, inclusive par-ticipation and evidence-based decision-making on all levels is a precondition for enabling a society to implement effective water arrangements. Influencing and steering global policy dialogue and the global water governance system towards good water governance at all levels will stimulate coopera-tion to foster global commitments, accelerated action and targeted responses. It will contribute sig-nificantly to the achievement of the water goal and related targets of the 2030 Agenda in order to ensure access to water and sanitation for the poor in a climate of peace and stability.

Outcome 1.1: Global governance instruments and institutions are inclusive and promoting availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation.

Outcome 1.2: Water diplomacy contributes to institutionalized forms of water cooperation and sustainable basin management.

Outcome 1.3: The evidence-base for water governance and decision-making is strengthened through monitoring and reporting systems.

Highlights and Results 2017

At the global scale, the stakeholders are characterized by diffuse water governance in the UN sys-tem, a plurality of donors and implementing agencies, as well as multinational businesses with a potential for magnification of impacts at the local level – both for good and for bad - in particular in the commodities and infrastructure sectors. Accordingly, the GPW continued to act successfully as a catalyst in building a coherent global water architecture within the UN system. Furthermore, the work of the Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace has brought the water and peace topic on the international agenda by linking the peace & security and development agendas and providing practical recommendations on how to use water cooperation as a tool for peace. The tools and in-struments of water diplomacy have further proven to be effective, where for instance the Blue Peace Central Asia initiative bears now the potential to develop into a valuable framework (potential-ly a “game changer”) on sustainable shared waters management in the region. Finally, the integrat-ed monitoring for the SDG 6 has fully taken off. Selected highlights across the broad portfolio of GPW projects, programs and initiatives dedicated to the topic are provided below.

Global governance instruments and institutions

An inclusive, legitimate, coherent and strong global water governance system (institutional architecture) has been further supported and its institutionalization fostered by Switzerland: ac-cordingly the UN Integrated Monitoring Initiative welcomes 30 countries which participated in the baseline exercise. The GPW-supported UN-Water is widely acknowledged to have improved its performance and progressing in its coordinating role ensuring that the UN family (30 organiza-tions in the case of the water sector) “delivers as one” in response to water-related challenges.

The GPW maintained its policy-level support for the accelerated implementation of the Human Rights Resolutions on Water & Sanitation: e.g. in Peru, the SDC-GPW-HUB was consulted and functional in the process of approval to include the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation as explicate and separate rights in the Peruvian constitution.

The implementation of key global water conventions has effectively been promoted: inter-regional exchange and interest in transboundary water cooperation has meaningfully increased.

Water diplomacy

Global solutions on the challenge of water and peace were harnessed by political leaders: the final recommendations report of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace was launched

14

and presented to the public in Geneva and New York. The Panel formulated seven different pathways to transform transboundary and intersectoral water-related conflicts from a source of tension into a source of peace. It has furthermore highlighted that the global water challenge is not only about development and human rights, but also about peace and security.

The Blue Peace Central Asia Conference brought together a 2nd time high-level governmental representatives of the 5 Central Asian States in Astana to discuss in an open dialogue with inter-national experts solutions towards sustainable transboundary water management in the region. The delegations validated the Working Guidelines for the High Level Dialog Platform as a first step towards an informal, consensus-enabling and evidence-based policy dialogue between the States on jointly agreed priority topics and exploring new paths and solutions for transboundary water management in an effort to advance both development and peace in the region. The coun-tries reaffirmed their commitments to the initiative considered as an inspirational venture and a way to get acquainted with new trends on the path to sustainable transboundary water manage-ment.

The study on “Rethinking water in Central Asia, the cost of inactions and benefits of water cooperation” was finalized, in consultation with various regional experts, and is being dissemi-nated. It takes a new look at the costs of inaction but also the possible benefits of increased co-operation in the field of sustainable management of transboundary water resources and its dif-ferent uses, aiming at policy-makers, officials and other stakeholders in water management. The results were discussed with the representatives of the 5 countries of the region who unanimously welcomed this effort. The publication has also been the subject of a wider consultation with ex-perts and other stakeholders in the region.

Building on a consensus between Iraq and Turkey on the harmonization and sharing of hydrolog-ical information over the Tigris. The Blue Peace Middle East Initiative saw in 2017 the estab-lishment of a river monitoring assistance program in Iraq to allow for joint data management be-tween the two main riparians. After Jordan and Palestine the, start-up support program in water and sanitation has come to Kurdistan and Lebanon. Further, the Arabic translation of the Com-pendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies marked the “Sanitation Arab Spring” - the kick off of a new era of promoting sustainable sanitation in 22 Arabic countries with the potential to save millions of lives in the MENA region.

Under the Governance of Groundwater Resources in Transboundary Aquifers project, Na-mibia, Botswana and South Africa agreed to formally establish under the Orange-Senqu River Basin Commission a multi country consultation mechanism for the governance of the Stampriet transboundary aquifer: this agreement will be the 7th in the world dealing with the topic. SADC approved the methodology and is considering replicability in several other aquifers of Southern Africa. A visit to Tunis has triggered the beginning of a cooperation between the Orange-Senqu River Commission, the Stampriet actors and the Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel under which two transboundary groundwater consultation mechanisms are currently operating. This new dynamic is giving to Africa a world leading role with regards to groundwater resources gov-ernance.

The corporate sector was increasingly influenced to develop and implement water stewardship models in multi-stakeholder processes: in Colombia, a public-private partnership with 25 compa-nies and the National Business Association was nurtured to reduce the impacts on water from the production processes and to implement actions to improve water governance at the basin level. In Peru and Chile, relations have been strengthened with national institutions such as the National Water Authority of Peru and Chile's Sustainability and Climate Change Agency, to pro-mote the engagement of private sector water stewardship.

Monitoring and reporting systems

The UN Integrated Monitoring Initiative for the SDG 6 supported by the GPW has been brought on the ground in 30 countries. The initiative is building on and expanding the experience and lessons learned during the MDG period: all the custodian agencies of the SDG 6 global indi-cators have come together under the initiative, which includes the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitor-ing Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, the inter-agency initiative GEMI and the UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water. Corporate re-porting standards started to be aligned, as appropriate, and support the global monitoring.

The Global Hydrometry Support Facility and Innovation Hub (HydroHub) was endorsed by the WMO Commission of Hydrology, key staff members were hired and the entity became opera-tional. The HydroHub supports the entire data services value chain – from data acquisition to knowledge sharing – by building on past gains while enabling innovative approaches, delivering technical assistance and fostering international cooperation. The establishment of the Advisory Council and the Innovation Committee was accompanied by the development of baseline docu-ments such the Strategy 2017-2020, the Innovation Strategy and a Communication Strategy.

15

Exchanges with potential partners to fund the first innovation call as well as pilot projects were taking place.

Overall rating for the component a b c d

Comment

Water governance was anew evi-denced as a multi-level issue where all levels are important and interlinked. The GPW portfolio was found to focus meaningfully on the global scale and its most relevant stakeholders and mechanisms. It progresses and effects up to ex-pectations, helping governments, citizens and the private sector to use and manage water resources adequately, securing the rights of people and triggering lasting adap-tive changes.

Implications for steering and planning 2018

The endeavours in 2018 will build on the successes and the dynamic of the past year. In particular, the GPW will:

Capitalize on the ongoing UN Reform as window of oppor-tunity for advocacy, trust building and alliances forming boosting the global water governance system;

Uphold the momentum and trends triggered in water diplo-macy by further involving high-level political persons driving the processes themselves (ownership), by exploring oppor-tunities between the Yarmouk and Tigris river basins, and by seeking opportunities of synergies, lessons sharing and knowledge transfer from successful river basin and groundwater management experiences;

Establish new opportunities and partnerships for main-streaming the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation within the GPW portfolio;

Develop and launch first corporate water stewardship mod-els by aligning existing initiatives and innovating in strategic partnerships involving the civil society;

Further the Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 by raising the number of countries reporting, as well as the HydroHub by moving to action with innovative approaches.

16

STRATEGIC COMPONENT 2: Water Solutions

The GPW supports the acceleration of the implementation of SDG 6 by developing innovative solu-tions for the valuing of water, sustainable financing, technologies, sustainable service delivery and water management models.

Impact Hypothesis: The development and testing of innovative solutions for the valuation of water, sustainable financing, technologies, service delivery and water management models is a precondi-tion for their uptake on a larger scale. Innovation can contribute to meeting the needs and rights of the most vulnerable people.

Outcome 2.1: Concepts and tools for sustainable financing and for the valuing of water and related eco-systems contribute to the implementation of SDG 6.

Outcome 2.2: Water quality is enhanced and environmental water pollution is reduced, taking into account the needs and rights of the most vulnerable.

Outcome 2.3: Innovative approaches for water and sanitation service delivery and resources man-agement are developed and taken to scale for accelerated implementation of SDG 6.

Highlights and Results 2017

Throughout the year, innovative and affordable models for WASH services focusing on the base of the pyramid, including private and social enterprises, but also institutions, and with a particular focus on women and girls, could further be promoted and implemented. Proven and newly tested service delivery and water resources management models were implemented at a large scale, including leveraging via water and sanitation trust funds and other partnerships. Also, along the principles of circular economy, sustainable solid and liquid waste management and recovery solutions were delivered, contributing to preventing water pollution and improving health. Finally, concepts and tools for water valuation were refined and brought to scale. Selected highlights across the broad portfolio of GPW projects, programs and initiatives dedicated to the topic are provided below.

Sustainable financing and valuing of water

The endeavours towards a reduction of the blue water footprint in Vietnam’s coffee production - “More coffee with less water” – has reached a mind-set change. The effective transformation has started and the farmers are adapting their irrigation practices to save water and reduce costs. The ad hoc monitoring of the groundwater resources is being set up into a fully-fledged system and the topic of water is slowly moving on the national and global agendas of the coffee production sector. Upscaling of the related practices and policies is taking place in a partnership with Nestlé through actions ranging from local, farm-based initiatives to multi-stakeholder pro-jects at watershed level, including farmer training and the use of risk assessment tools among others. Through its policy advocacy, the project is a concrete model featuring the subject of wa-ter efficiency in an international policy debate and to sensitize relevant policy makers through its results.

The GPW is nowadays at the forefront of the application of ISO 14046 norm on water foot-print in Latin America: since 2010, it went from a mostly unknown concept to a full-fledged tool widely applied by the private sector, public institutions, academia and research centres. The ini-tiative bred a regional CoP on water footprint and corporate water stewardship, where knowledge is shared and technical common grounds are agreed upon: guidelines on the applica-tion of the norm were published based on practical experiences from the region, and a two months online training of 36 professionals from 12 LAC countries was implemented. The initia-tives in Peru/Chile allowed resuming actions with national counterparts promoting the engage-ment of private sector for shared value activities. The development of a Blue Certificate, granted by the National Water Authority for sustainable and efficient use of water resources in production processes, was supported

In Colombia, the design of the Water Benefit Certificates mechanism is underway, with multi-ple public and private partners. It uses a market-based approach in order to engage upstream and downstream stakeholders in the conservation of an ecosystem that provides water (high An-dean wetlands). The quantification of the water supplied / regulated by this ecosystem, in a cer-tain period of time, is valued as a service for the downstream user. It aims at providing financial means to improve livelihoods of local families in order to protect these ecosystems. In the future it’s important to further develop the link with other core benefits such as carbon sequestration and biodiversity. Further, the road map for a National Water Quality Monitoring Program was fa-cilitated and launched, and stronger water criteria for agricultural planning were triggered.

Water quality/pollution

The Resource Recovery and Safe Reuse (RRR) initiatives launched in 2012 rethink sanitation systems and turn polluting solid/liquid waste streams into physical (water, nutrients and energy) and financial resource streams by ensuring and promoting safe reuse. The Kampala initiative

17

with focus on faecal sludge and household waste has now become an illustrative and successful case of implementing RRR business models and supporting RRR businesses to move from the informal to the formal sector. Creating enabling conditions for the private sector to achieve this is laborious however and the facilitation of investment support is critical. The Lima RRR initiative was launched and promotes various innovative entrepreneurial models for safe waste reuse (e.g. irrigation of green areas with treated wastewater, production of biodiesel from residual edible oils, production of compost with vegetal residues from markets / wastewater treatment sludge).

The WHO vision to support Member States to ensure health risk based management for sanita-tion systems is used at policy, city and system level following the principles of the 2006 Guide-lines for Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater. Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP), as developed, validated and promoted by the GPW’s RRR initiatives, is a step-by-step risk based approach to assist in the implementation of those guidelines. The initiatives have reached the stage of large concept scaling-up - through regional and global capacity building as well as through support to early adopters integrating SSP in reuse businesses and sanitation services – with a huge potential to prevent water pollution in particular in peri-urban areas and small towns.

After the launch of the Groundwater Assessment Platform late 2016, its promotion continued with the aim to establish partnerships with other organizations interested in water quality model-ling and hazard maps, and in opening it up to further contaminants of high importance. Yet, the move from inception to maturation and adulthood of such a platform remains challenging. In Au-gust, the team published a study on arsenic contamination in Pakistan (up to 60 million people at risk of arsenic in water supply) which benefitted from massive outreach by mainstream Anglo-Saxon media such as CNN, BBC, Washington Post and local media. This was an important mo-ment to raise awareness on an invisible Tsunami that is usually not in the media’s radar.

Accelerated implementation of SDG6

The Zimbabwe Handwashing Campaign was successfully completed including an end line evaluation that confirmed positive effects: hygiene behaviour change was sustainably adopted by a large proportion of the target beneficiaries with proven effects on the impact level such as the reported reduced incidence of diarrheal diseases both in schools and at the household level. The National Sanitation and Hygiene policy and strategy was influenced to include handwashing with soap through lobbying and interactions with the Government. In addition, the campaign benefitted from a huge commitment and ownership of local authorities including traditional lead-ers, and the campaign has reached out to areas that did not directly benefit from the project. The RANAS approach7 for sustainable behaviour change applied, with its data-driven campaign de-sign, results in cost-effective interventions tailored to the population with proven effects on the impact level and is ready to be adopted by other GPW and partners’ projects in the WASH sec-tor.

The SABA water and sanitation project launched in Peru in 1995 is now a model for the sur-rounding region. The project has already been exported to Colombia, and now Panama, Ecua-dor, Bolivia, Mexico, and Brazil have shown an interest. As a matter of fact, SABA continued with the transfer of lessons learned as well as of all methodologies and tools to the new national gov-ernment in Peru as well as the new structure of subnational governments. A study on the influ-ence in rural water and sanitation policies of the SABA was conducted and exchange missions among Peruvian-Colombian and Brazilian Governments were held: the added value of the SABA approach for Latin America was confirmed and demand for technical assistance brought forward. In Colombia, the SABA model was assessed to be best positioned for WASH interventions in ru-ral and post-conflict areas and influenced the National Rural WASH Policy and peace strategy.

The GPW launched in 2011 the Swiss Water & Sanitation Consortium as a novel cooperation mechanism to raise water & sanitation coverage, and trigger sector innovation and strong advo-cacy of eight Swiss NGOs. Since, the Program brought significant benefits for households, pa-tients, pupils, farmers, local association and governments in rural areas and small towns in 16 African and Asian countries lagging far behind internationally agreed targets. Also it facilitated knowledge sharing to mainstream innovations and replicate good practices. Moreover, it linked local level implementation with national and regional/global policy development and scaled up promising approaches through advocacy interventions. Next to improved and novel mechanisms (such as online reporting and enhanced knowledge management), the Consortium entered into joint project implementation and innovated by setting up a Global Advocacy Fund allowing to re-spond flexibly to opportunities in influencing policies at country and international levels.

Access to sanitation (WSSCC/GSF): review 2017, numbers/beneficiaries (operat.) => policy influential at national level.

7 Risks, Attitudes, Norms, Abilities and Self-regulation

18

Overall rating for the component a b c d

Comment

The Water Solutions strategic component encompasses a wide range of projects, programs and initiatives which, mostly ongoing from former years, cover to a large degree the interventions needed to trigger the expected effects – oth-ers have yet to be designed. The so far proven and newly piloted models and tools supported by the GPW are well positioned to con-tribute to the acceleration of the implementation of SDG 6.

Implications for steering and planning 2018

For topics that have come only recently on the GPW agenda (i.e. development of Strategic Framework 2017-2020), apprais-al, positioning, conceptualisation, design and strategic partner-ing have yet to be consolidated. In particular, regarding the:

Sustainable financing and water valuation pillar, the “financ-ing” part has yet to be conceptualized (e.g. blended finance, funding schemes and risk assessment mechanisms), whereas the “valuation” part will have to see the consolida-tion of proven models under the topical issues of nature-based solutions for water and collective water stewardship;

Water quality/pollution pillar, the experiences gathered by SDC so far in various endeavours need to be consolidated and capitalized upon for defining the GPW’s positioning and niche in order to develop a new set of interventions (en-try/credit proposal);

Accelerated implementation of SDG 6,

o GWSP Knowledge Exchange and Synergies with Swit-zerland (one pipe approach: Global, South Coopera-tion, Humanitarian Aid etc. ) among others through RésEAU

o Social Entrepreneurship programmes will be reviewed; (Antenna);

o Swiss Bluetec Bridge is facing remodelling that will cer-tainly lead, in 2018, towards the definition of a new project based on the “inductive outcome model” scop-ing process.

o Swiss Pact. o Continued support for providing innovative solutions,

which need to be properly positioned to reach beyond the direct impact to their beneficiaries to become real decision-making tools.

19

STRATEGIC COMPONENT 3: Water Voice

The GPW enables Switzerland and SDC to position themselves as influential players in the inter-national dialogue on water and sanitation. It ensures that availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation are prioritised on international agendas.

Impact Hypothesis: Through powerful coalitions with public, private, academic and civil-society partners and engagement with strategic networks and organisations, Switzerland can introduce the expertise of SDC and the knowledge and skills of Swiss actors in local and global debates to con-tribute to the successful implementation of SDG 6 and water-related targets, while taking into ac-count the needs and rights of the most vulnerable.

Outcome 3.1: Thanks to its thematic expertise and dynamic network in water SDC makes co-herent contributions to advance solutions for the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation.

Outcome 3.2: Water and Sanitation is positioned in the international water dialogue by Switzer-land and influence is leveraged.

Outcome 3.3: Swiss knowledge, skills and presence is mobilized to be influent and instrumen-tal in water sector developments.

Highlights and Results 2017

The GPW endeavours continued to bring water and sanitation to the attention of decision-makers at the highest political level ensuring that the related issues are prioritized on international, regional and national agendas, and that sustainable solutions are advanced in partnership with others. All over the year they managed keeping Switzerland in its role of a recognised and powerful player in the international water sector and further synergizing the actions of SDC’s operational units and strategic partners. Selected highlights of 2017 across the different GPW approaches and intentions are provided below (see further achievements of the thematic network RésEAU in §2.2).

Furthering communities and their expertise:

A further strengthened and expanded SDC thematic network for water (RésEAU) with en-hanced focus and visibility, through an enlargement of its membership base, a continuous improvement of its communication tools (e.g. Newsletter), increased members’ contributions and interactions, significant joint stocktaking and developments (e.g. policy/guidance papers), as well as productive f2f events (at global/regional levels) enabling targeted exchange on expe-riences and topical issues and bringing in new faces with complementary expertise into the community.

The 33rd AGUASAN Workshop – the yearly “moment fort” of this long-standing Swiss CoP supported since 1984 by SDC as an essential link in its thematic innovation and KM – innovat-ed regarding topic and participants. The 5-days joint learning experience allowed generating knowledge to assist practitioners and policy makers in transitioning towards circular wa-ter and sanitation models. It was joined by 47 participants from 26 countries, representing mostly NGO/ CSO and Swiss cooperation offices, but also other governmental organisations, academia and private companies: the majority of them joined an AGUASAN workshop for the very first time.

Nurturing the image and visibility for water:

Remarkable Swiss performance at the Expo 2017 in Astana, where the expertise of the GPW was combined with Presence Switzerland’s proven capacity to implement communication and marketing activities abroad. At that occasion, the Blue Peace Central Asia initiative was official-ly launched in presence of the Federal Councillor Burkhalter. The successful communication strategy (Swiss booth, branded marketing material, logistical support for partner events) target-ed various groups ranging from decision-makers, opinion leaders, journalists, to the young people.

The positioning of the water theme and Switzerland’s related endeavours at the “Geneva international” has been reinforced: the Geneva Water Hub (GWH), initiated in 2014 as an SDC-supported project, has been institutionalized as a Centre within the University of Geneva, and widely recognized as a key international player in hydro-diplomacy and the theme of water, security and peace. A series of specific events and activities, including the presentation of the final report of the Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace have made this possible.

On different occasions during 2017, the Swiss Water Partnership (SWP) , in cooperation with the Geneva Water Hub, presented and demonstrated Swiss know-how and innovative solutions (technical as well as governance aspects) to delegations from partner countries, such as for

20

example the organisation of a study tour of a delegation from Tajikistan.

During the Stockholm World Water Week, the extremely well-located booth attracted countless visitors. Moreover, two events in particular – co-organized with SDC/Embassy - consolidated Swit-zerland’s image as an innovative actor.

Fostering collaboration and synergizing:

Intensified cooperation on joint projects and exchanges towards tapping into synergetic po-tentials and effective complementarities took place with other SDC divisions and Federal enti-ties. The most notable ones are with the: Global Programme Climate Change & Environ-ment and the Eurasia Division in Central Asia, Global Programme Food Security in Paki-stan, Latin America Division on the Disaster Risk Reduction Hub Lima, Humanitarian Aid in the Middle East and on the SABA project, Federal Office for the Environment on the Tigris basin, and the IDANE.

With its strong diplomatic network, dynamic bilateral practices and compelling cooperation, Switzerland has established in Central Asia a powerful platform for a meaningful contribution towards enhanced regional water cooperation. Beyond SDC divisions involved (GPW, GPC-CE and Eurasia), the positioning builds on a potent cooperation with the FDFA’s Political Divi-sion and an effective integration of the five Embassies in the region.

Multi-sectoral reviews/evaluation (WOGA in Middle East)

Strengthened links with River Basin Organizations through a strategic secondment to the Me-kong River Commission (MRC) mutually re-enforcing the efforts by SDC South Cooperation supporting MRC as a key donor.

Solidarit’Eau Suisse (SES) as a Global Public-Public Partnership where Swiss water utilities and municipalities support drinking water projects in developing has continued to contribute to collaboration and knowledge exchange, including a Special Event together with Swiss Bluetec Bridge on Swiss Innovation and Solidarity Engagement for Water in November 2017.

Developing and applying creative tools

Developed in a creative think-tank, the “Water as an Asset for Peace - Atlas of Risks and Opportunities” provides an overview of the SDC’s activities in the complex sphere of water, conflict and peace. It introduces the reader into the world of water conflicts from global risks to local impacts, underlined by various maps and infographics, and it highlights opportunities for Switzerland and concrete solutions and products consisting of interventions supported by the GPW, South Cooperation, Cooperation with Eastern Europe and Swiss Humanitarian Aid.

The Geneva Water Hub’s Education and Knowledge platform deployed for the first time the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Water Management and Policy as part of the University of Geneva. The CAS allowed acquiring the skills to understand the main dimensions of water management and supply and sanitation services such as the political, economic, legal and natural constraints. This innovative and original approach makes it possible to understand and innovate in governance arrangements while considering the complexity of the systems studied.

In 2012, SDC published in cooperation with WWF a study on Switzerland’s water footprint. As a follow-up, the short version of the report by WWF on “Switzerland’s water risk in times of global-ization” published this year goes a step further by analysing water footprint related risks based on import statistics and Water Risk Filter application. The document contributes to establishing a comprehensive understanding of the international water risk our country is facing and calls for coherent action of businesses, investors, government, and consumers to reduce water risks.

Disseminating best practices and influencing:

The transfer of the draft national strategies for implementing the SDG 6 on water and sani-tation – as developed for the cases of Macedonia, Haiti and Tanzania during the AGUASAN Workshop 2016 – was successfully fostered through follow-up missions to the three countries. The field visits and exchanges with the national counterparts and the respective Swiss coopera-tion offices allowed restating the importance of the “water goal” in the national development agendas and priorities, as well as to prepare the ground and identify potential SDC support for the implementation and monitoring of SDG 6 in these countries.

Swiss Water Partnership facilitated a national workshop on sharing experiences around SDG 6 Monitoring at country level bringing together a diversity of Swiss actors, a special input from the Dutch perspective and the global perspective by UN-Water. The event allowed for knowledge exchange between Swiss actors informing the Global Conference on SDG 6 Monitoring

The ongoing and largely consultative and advanced process of developing an up-to-date SDC

21

Water Policy builds on the cumulative and validated experiences of the SDC/Swiss water community and its current thinking and novel prospects regarding the water sector challenges ahead. The decision by the GPW to combine in that process also the development of SDC guidance documents on Governance and on Gender in Water (for integrating transversal themes into water interventions by all SDC operational units), allows now for generating and subsequently upholding a coherent Swiss position in the thematic area of water and sani-tation.

The GPW’s expertise and outreach successfully influenced the uptake of the water and sani-tation theme into other SDC strategies such as into the Regional Strategy for Southern Afri-ca (water and sanitation are stated at the outcome level) and the Regional Strategy for Central Asia.

Business diplomacy: The concept of Business Diplomacy has crystallized into an inter-sectoral approach to problems reflected in the 2017 Earth Security Flagship Report providing a practical approach for the private sector to be part of the solutions by specifically focusing on industries and regions with concrete recommendations.

Overall rating for the component a b c d

Comment

The Water Voice performs widely up to expectations and convinces by its presence, influence and innovation - steadily, timely and in the right spot - in the international water debate and action. The component builds meaningfully on the credibility it has gained in re-cent years (“Swiss Voice”) by not only contributing to, but also shap-ing and influencing the internation-al water debate through its knowledge and actions. The the-matic expertise and dynamic water network within SDC (RésEAU) contributes substantially to this, though it still bears potential for greater vibrancy and outreach.

Implications for steering and planning 2018

To sustain and further boost the pertinence and vigour of the Water Voice, will need to be enhanced:

Thematic expertise and networking opportunities, e.g. by further expanding and decentralising the RésEAU to bring the field voice closer to the debate (see also §4.2), and by fostering greater synergies between the Swiss Water Partnership and the Solidarit’Eau Suisse move-ment.

Strengthening of the Swiss positioning globally/nationally, e.g. through presence and participation at the 8th World Water Forum and High Level Political Forum 2018, the invigoration of IDANE, new strategic partnerships (e.g. Senegal, Iran).

Business Diplomacy for Development: in partnership with Earth Security Group the global financial and industry sectors will be activated to develop practical solutions to the critical sustainable development priorities of develop-ing countries and thereby contributing to inter-sectoral approaches to sustainable water management.

Dissemination of Swiss knowledge & skills, e.g. through the creation of Regional Geneva Water Hubs, launching of the Swiss-pact for water entrepreneurs and the design of a strengthened enabling environment for entrepre-neurs (financing, etc.);

Evocation of a new generation of influential actors, e.g. through youth mentoring and bringing young people into the RésEAU and the AGUASAN CoP (see also comp. 4).

22

STRATEGIC COMPONENT 4: Young People and Gender Equality

The GPW empowers women and young people as agents of change who exert influence on the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation and benefit from it.

Impact Hypothesis: By establishing new and supporting existing networks of young water profes-sionals and enhancing their skills, the GPW attracts young talent to the water sector and contributes to building a stimulating environment in which they can flourish, kept in the sector and become fu-ture agents of change. Through powerful coalitions with partners and engagement with strategic networks and specialised organisations, the GPW encourages greater gender equality in SDC’s water interventions and the global water debate.

Outcome 4.1: An influential network to enhance capacity of young people, a new generation of water professionals to be future agents of change for water and sanitation is established and performing.

Outcome 4.2: SDC’s water and sanitation interventions contribute to women’s increased wa-ter related decision-making power and gender equality is fostered and advocated globally.

Highlights and Results 2017

Having succeeded to position and articulate young people and gender as a new and full-fledged strategic component of the GPW Strategic Framework 2017-20, rather than merely as transversal (or crosscutting) issues, is a highlight in itself of the past year. Also, since the GPW has communi-cated on the intention to enclose such a new component in its upcoming strategy, a trend and devel-opment of increased focus on youth and gender in their strategic orientations on can be observed among different important sector players. Although the relative recentness of the strategic compo-nent, but based on formerly established initiatives and partnerships, a series of highlights can be put forward.

Young people:

An inventive and comprehensive strategy for the new GPW domain “young people” is being de-veloped and advancing.

The International Secretariat for Water (ISW), a key strategic network supported by the GPW as the leading global water voice of the civil society, has endorsed its new Youth Strategy.

Strong representation of young water leaders during the Expo 2017 and the Blue Peace Confer-ence in Astana: the Central Asia Youth Workshop for Water, organized at this occasion by the ISW and supported by GPW, brought 30 young professionals and students together for one week to develop their vision on water management in the region. During the conference, two par-ticipants successfully presented their visions and requests for investment in education, revision of curricula, and the development of new learning tools, including strengthening international ex-changes. The event has generated an unprecedented demand in the region.

The 14th European Youth Parliament for Water on “Water & Peace”, organized by Solidarity Wa-ter Europe and supported by the GPW, took place in Rovereto, Italy: over 6 days, young people from across Europe gathered to explore the theme through workshops, field visits and debates.

Youth for Water and Climate Initiative (GWP/ISW): more than 200 youth mobilized, platform reaching 1’500 people, presentation of youth positions in more than 25 international events.

The cewas Middle East’s entrepreneurship programme in Jordan started with a 3-days Water and Business Challenge for entrepreneurs and professionals with a strong motivation to create environmental solutions for the water, sanitation and waste sector: 15 start-ups participated in the Challenge and selected participants will take part in the year-long Start-up Programme.

WIN – In the context of the Multi Country Water Integrity Programme, Helvetas collaborated

with the Youth Parliament in Mozambique. The Youth Parliament brings the voice of the new generation into the water for example through the working group on gender in the WASH sector.

Gender equality:

A comprehensive strategy for the new GPW domain “gender” is being developed in a joint ap-proach within SDC as a whole. The SDC Gender & Water Factsheet will be finalized by the end of the year, providing guidance on key gender issues regarding water access, use and manage-ment, and how these can be integrated into the design, implementation, monitoring and evalua-tion of cooperation strategies, programme and project interventions by all SDC operational units.

GPW contributed to shape the gender strategies and intentions of major sector players, such as the Global Water Partnership (GPW) Gender Initiative and could benefit from knowledge ex-change with gender experts of the World Bank’s Global Water Practice. GPW supported the strong focus on gender (women and girls, specifically in the context of menstrual hygiene man-agement) of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) resulting into poli-

23

cy changes in selected countries and enhanced access to sanitation and hygiene for women and girls.

GPW’s strategic partner, the Global Water Partnership, organized a High Level Workshop in Stockholm where the results of a research on gender equality and inclusion in water resources management and water, sanitation & hygiene was discussed. Results fed into the current Gen-der and Water Practical Guide in development by SDC.

Overall rating for the component a b c d

Comment

First stepping stones towards the implementation of this new strate-gic component and towards the expected changes are in place. Smart ideas as well as promising opportunities and partnerships are in the pipeline, ready to be shaped and actuated. Accordingly, the component is considered well de-signed, planned, launched and taking up speed – hence as being on track in the overall.

Implications for steering and planning 2018

The strategic pillar needs actually to be rolled-out and reach its cruising speed/altitude. The:

Young people domain, on the basis of a new credit pro-posal, will see a strengthening of the GPW ’s own portfolio with an approach towards young people, an influencing of the key partners’ agendas regarding the young people thematic, and a showcasing of concrete actions support-ing young-people led initiatives;

Gender domain, based on a potent collaboration between the specific GPW and SDC focal points, will experience the identification of existing and new projects to effectively foster gender equality, as well as partnering with strong global water sector players for respective joint advocacy efforts and mutual benefitting.

24

Annex 2: Selected Policy Achievements 2017

Policy Intervention Nr. 1 Results at Global and Regional Level Changes at National and Local Level Concrete Benefits for the Population

Through the GPW’s support to UNESCO’s GGRETA project (Groundwater Resources Governance in Trans-boundary Aquifers), Namibia, Botswana and South Africa have agreed to establish under the existing Orange-Senqu River Basin Commission (ORASECOM) a multi country consultation mechanism for the governance of the Stampriet Transboundary aquifer (STAS). This upcoming agreement will be the 7th in the world dealing with trans-boundary groundwater resources, positioning Africa as one of the leaders in the matter.

The STAS methodology has been approved by SADC and it is expected to be replicated in several other aqui-fers of Southern Africa. Currently a similar project is im-plemented by IWMI on the Ramotswa transboundary Aq-uifer.

The GGRETA project has devel-oped national capacities in the three riparian countries on sever-al topics such as hydrogeology, aquifer modelling and internation-al water law and the law of trans-boundary aquifers

It contributed to put groundwater management and governance higher in the respective national agendas.

No concrete benefits for the pop-ulation so far. However, in the long term, it should guarantee a better transparency in the man-agement of the groundwater, therefore a fairer share between the riparian countries.

Partners:

UNESCO under its International Hydro-logical Programme

Important insights/lessons learnt:

The first and foremost factor of success in this setting was the presence of an existing dialogue between the countries, which have been interacting officially in the matter of transboundary surface water management under the ORASECOM structure since 2007.

However, the necessity of transboundary dialogue concerning surface water is more obvious than that for groundwater, which is “invisible to the eye”. Setting grounds for a common understanding of an aquifer, both at technical, legal and intersectorial level, was necessary. The methodology developed under the GGRETA project, between UNESCO and IGRAC, has convinced, and demands for replication have been addressed to the project.

It is more important to set up a process, a platform for discussion through which the countries can discuss and bring up their various concerns to reach a gradual consensus, rather than to start straightaway at looking at setting an institutional and/or legal frameworks.

25

Annex 3: Work Programme 2018 of the Thematic Network for Water – RésEAU

Expected Result Planned Activity Responsibility Comments

General goal: Implement a more decentralized RésEAU approach for stronger voice of the field and increased ownership of RésEAU members.

Activities with global outreach

Active participation of Core Group in the steering of the RésEAU.

Reconstitution of the Core Group.

Regular meetings (two-monthly) with key decisions to be taken, discussed and agreed.

HQ FP and Core Group

RésEAU instruments are improved continuously aim-ing at more attractive schedule / presence of the field (focus on virtual tools)

Identify demand from the field/HQ and mutual interests together with key knowledge carriers / resource persons for selected topics.

Encourage more virtual exchange among members (explore the tool of learning journey) and improve Shareweb for more attractiveness.

GPW and re-gional Sub-RésEAUs with backstopping support

4 quarterly SDC Water News published based on a new attractive and partici-pative concept.

Continue strengthening involve-ment of members (Core Group, NPOs) and SDC divisions for their inputs.

HQ FP, RésEAU and Core Group with backstop-ping support

New trends & innovation in the sector are introduced and discussed among Rés-EAU members.

Identify interesting trends & inno-vations from the field/HQ with knowledge instrument (Webinars, Water Team Days global/regional) and resource persons for selected innovations.

Consultant on trend observation

HQ FP

RésEAU members consult-ed on important policies and the formulation of joint position of SDC’s water community coordinated.

Identify up-coming policy issues which would require RésEAU in-volvement. Consult effectively the members.

GPW, HQ FP and RésEAU

Impact of SDC’s water re-lated interventions is moni-tored.

Conduct mapping of SDC projects in Africa, Asia, LAC.

Aggregate water project data from country reports as basis for im-proved approaches/strategies for future intervention.

HQ FP with backstopping support

Best practices / lessons learnt from the field and HQ shared through RésEAU.

Publish success stories and pro-mote of experiences at confer-ences (WWF Brasilia, Stockholm)

HQ FP with backstopping support

Participation in other SDC networks’ f2f events and cooperation among themat-ic networks is fostered.

Identify and elaborate topics of common interest with other water-related SDC networks (CC&E, A&FS, Governance, Education).

Assure mutual participation in HQ f2f meetings and regional f2f events.

GWP and HQ FP

Participation of RésEAU members is extended.

Include Swiss NGOs (which re-ceive SDC contribution,) SECO,FOEN, federal institutes, etc.

HQ FP

Collaboration with other Sub-RésEAUs support the identifi- HQ FP and Sub-

26

Expected Result Planned Activity Responsibility Comments

networks is fostered (SWP, RWSN, etc.)

cation of appropriate networks to collaborate with. Concrete activi-ties to be defined.

RésEAUs

Sub-RésEAUs

CIS & Western Balkan:

Common f2f event between Global Programme Climate Change and Environment and GPW in Tajikistan

Planned for September 2018, component of Blue Peace to be integrated in the programme

Regional Water Advisor in Central Asia with HQ FP/backstopping support

Latin America & Caribbean:

Collaboration with other thematic networks identified (e.g. CC&E) and joint event organized.

Lima & Bogota COOF’s Water specialists

F2f event of the LAC Sub-RésEAU

Planned for summer 2018, with preparatory e-discussion or webi-nar before the event (topic of re-gional interest and location to be decided). Set-up committee of Sub-RésEAU members for plan-ning and organizing the event

Lima & Bogota COOF’s Water specialists with HQ FP / back-stopping support

NEW sub-RésEAUs: Africa & Middle East

The Sub-RésEAU Africa has been launched

African activities of the Swiss NGO consortium are closely linked.

Identify countries, members, and partners of the Sub-RésEAU. Plan activities.

HQ FP and Core Group member (representative of Africa)

F2f event in West Africa in collaboration with SDC Education network (end of 2018)

Set-up of committee of Sub-RésEAU members for planning and organizing the event. Identify location / topics of regional inter-est. Coordination of event with SDC offices and partners.

Core Group member (repre-sentative of Afri-ca)

with HQ FP / backstopping support

The Sub-RésEAU Middle East has been launched during a f2f event (last quarter of 2018).

Existing water network and Swiss humanitarian activi-ties are closely linked.

Identify countries, members, and partners. Set-up of committee composed of Sub-RésEAU mem-bers for the planning and organi-zation of 2f2. Identify loca-tion/topics of regional interest. Coordination of event with SDC offices and partners

Core Group member (repre-sentative of MENA) with HQ FP / backstop-ping support

27

Summary of main 2018 events Date (approx-

imate) Date (approxi-

mate) Responsibility

F2f Sub-RésEAU CIS & Western Balkan (with SDC network Climate Change)

March 2018 Tajikistan

Regional Water Advisor in Central Asia with HQ FP /backstopping sup-port

F2f Sub-RésEAU LAC Summer 2018 To be defined

Lima & Bogota COOF’s Water specialists with HQ FP / backstopping support

F2f Sub-RésEAU Africa (with SDC Network Education)

End of 2018 West Africa

Core Group mem-ber (representative of Africa)

with HQ FP / back-stopping support

Potentially F2f Sub-RésEAU Mena? End of 2018 To be defined

Core Group mem-ber (representative of MENA) with HQ FP / backstopping support

28

Annex 4: Communication, Gender, Governance / Human Rights

Communication

Results and Lessons learnt 2017

The key achievements below all contributed to strengthen the GPW’s visibility, to enhance the appreciation of its actions (objectives, approaches, results and les-sons), and to maintain broad awareness of the increasing global water challenges:

New appealing GPW Communication Concept developed and aligned with the new Strategic Framework 2017-2020. The main purpose of the document is to foster a common understanding of the GPW’s corporate identity in communica-tion, outreach and establishing public relations in general. It spells out the insti-tutional communication objectives, measures (target groups’ needs and GPW response) and key messages focusing on the GPW strategic components and the underpinning core principles such as “Water and Sanitation for All” (SDG6), the “Human Rights to Water and Sanitation” and the “Links with other sectors”.

Remarkable performance of Switzerland at the Expo 2017 in Astana, Ka-zakhstan, where the collaboration between the GPW/CIS and Presence Switzer-land bears fruits: for the first time, the expertise of the GPW has been combined with Presence Switzerland’s proven capacity to implement communication and marketing activities abroad. The issues of the water-energy nexus and the chal-lenges of transboundary water management were broached and Blue Peace Central Asia initiative promoting transboundary water cooperation in the region was officially launched. The successful communication strategy (“water house” with multi-media in the Swiss Pavilion, branded marketing material, logistical support for partner events, etc.) targeted various groups ranging from decision-makers, opinion leaders, journalists and the young generation.

Strong visibility of the GPW and the SWP at Stockholm World Water Week: the GPW was present at the booth of the Swiss Water Partnership. In particular, the Embassy of Switzerland, the Swiss Water Partnerhip and SDC invited to a Swiss reception where the new publication “Water as an Asset for Peace – Atlas of Risks & Opportunities” was presented and the GPW informed about its activi-ties in this complex sphere. With around 140 people attending, the event was very well visited.

Various new publications released: e.g. “Water as an Asset for Peace - Atlas of Risks & Opportunities”, “Handwashing with soap? Of course!” (best practices & lessons learned from implementing a behaviour change campaign in Zimbabwe), “Water and sanitation: how to replicate a successful model” (Global Brief), “The imported Risk; Switzerland’s Water Risk in Times of Globalisation” (Short Version)

Priorities and Challenges 2018

Implementation of the GPW Communication Concept, including the revision of existing / development of new GPW-led priority communication products and outreach occasions, and enriched contributions to those under FDFA-Info lead. A specific focus will be put on appealing communication (means and messages) for attracting young people (e.g. through social media).

Strong coordination of communication between GPW and Presence Switzer-land on the Blue Peace initiative to have a single communication channel and send out coherent messages. Focal points in each entity will be identified as well as a project mapping and list of events for 2018 developed. Joint communi-cation activities and products will have to be based on a specific communication strategy for the Central Asian region with clear target groups and actions.

Strong Swiss / SDC visibility at the World Water Forum in Brasilia and the Stockholm World Water Week. For the Stockholm World Water Week 2018, the collaboration between the SWP, the Embassy and SDC will be kept up and Swit-

zerland’s visibility consolidated with commonly organised events.

Gender

Results and Lessons learnt 2017

New GPW Strategy 2017 – 2020 includes Gender Equality as a distinct compo-nent. It is one of the first strategies which has followed the Swiss Dispatch 2017 – 2020 wehre it is considered as a standalone goal and a transversal theme according to the new Dispatch 2017 – 2020.

29

SDC Gender & Water Factsheet is expected to be finalized by the end of 2017, building on a large span of concrete examples from GPW projects and partners. It provides guidance on key gender issues regarding water access, use and management, and how these can be integrated into the design, implementation, monitoring & evaluation of cooperation strategies, programme and project inter-ventions by all SDC operational units (Global, South/East Cooperation, Humani-tarian Aid).

Priorities and Challenges 2018

Roll-out the new GPW Strategic Pillar on Gender Equality – in particular its institutional part – as being developed in a whole of SDC approach.

Mainstreaming gender approaches into GPW, possibility benefitting from the worldwide network of local, national and international women’s organisations strategically allied under the Women for Water Partnership and in collaboration with other GPW partners

Governance / Human Rights

Results and Lessons learnt 2017

“Integrating Governance in Water – a practical guide” developed through a broad process of consultation including among the RésEAU members. The guide is one in a series to support SDC staff in integrating governance in SDC’s priority themes/sectors – in this case, water. It outlines key governance issues regarding the water sector and how these can be brought into the design, im-plementation, monitoring & evaluation of cooperation strategies, programme and project interventions.

The “Internal note on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation” is ex-pected to be finalised in December 2017. The document aims to remind of the processes that lead to the declaration of these rights, to remind of the role that Switzerland has played in this process, and to indicate directions that these rights have on the work of SDC.

Priorities and Challenges 2018

Mainstreaming the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation into GPW and SDC projects, programmes and strategies and closely work together with the UN special rapporteur on the topic.

30

Annex 5: Important Events 2018

Date Event Place Responsibility (Unit/Person)

GPW Thematic Field

Water Governance

Water Solutions

Water Voice

Youth & Gender

January 23-26 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting Davos GPW / PAGIS X

February Blue Peace Middle East Meeting Istanbul GPW/HOFEN X

March 18-23 8th World Water Forum “Sharing Water” Brasilia GPW / BRUSA-GEJ-CEQ X X X X

April SABA closing Peru GPW / CAPHA X X

Spring Blue Peace Central Asia Study Trip to Senegal River Senegal GPW / PEP X

Summer 34th AGUASAN Workshop 2018 Switzerland GPW / CAPHA X

April or Sum-mer 2018

Sub’Resau f2f meeting Latin America Latin Amer-ica

GPW/CEQ/CAPHA x

July HLPF 2018 – SDG 6 Review New York GPW/PAGIS

August 26-31 Stockholm World Water Week Sweden GPW X X

Latinosan 2019 Planning CEQ X X

September 2018

Joint f2f GPCC & GPW Sub’Resau Central Asia Tajikistan GPW/CAPHA/WEHAN/MSI x

Autumn 2018 Kick-Off Sub-RésEAUs Africa / Middle East MENA/AFR GPW / CAPHA X

31

Annex 6: Financial Planning

PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

Expenditure

2016

Plan

2017

Expenditure 2017

as per 18.10.17

Plan

2018

Plan

2019

Plan

2020

Plan

2021

COMPONENT 1:

Water Governance

Programme blanc 12 790 287 13 652 627 9 253 657 14 440 811 11 493 175 9 634 060 5 841 500

Programme bleu 1 205 000 2 340 000 2 500 000 1 540 000 1 520 000

COMPONENT 2:

Water Solutions

Programme blanc 17 689 046 13 761 297 10 125 095 10 553 561 7 035 925 6 464 640 4 605 000

Programme bleu 2 000 000 6 650 000 8 150 000 8 150 000 8 150 000

COMPONENT 3:

Water Voice

Programme blanc 1 130 704 1 613 559 1 062 876 1 698 950 1 185 075 573 500 575 000

Programme bleu 0 70 000 70 000 70 000 0

COMPONENT 4:

Young People & Gender Equality

Programme blanc 344 500 395 372 300 372 405 000 1 060 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

Programme bleu 0 320 000 600 000 650 000 450 000

COMPONENT 5:

General

Programme blanc 1 345 009 869 595 824 677 1 238 420 1 093 650 1 493 650 1 050 000

Programme bleu 0 350 000 350 000 350 000 0

TOTAL BILATERAL Programme blanc 33 299 546 30 292 450 21 566 677 28 336 742 21 867 825 19 165 850 13 071 500

Programme bleu 3 205 000 9 730 000 11 670 000 10 760 000 10 120 000

GRAND TOTAL Programme blanc 33 299 546 30 292 450 21 566 677 28 336 742 21 867 825 19 165 850 13 071 500

Programme bleu 3 205 000 9 730 000 11 670 000 10 760 000 10 120 000

32

Annex 7: Duty Trips and Financial Planning 2018

Name Destination / Project / Institution Planned Date Days Plan 2018

Nadia Benani Switzerland and Europe / Various missions

Other missions related to portfolio

Total

All year

All year

tbd

tbd

5’000

5’000

CHF 10’000

Hanna Capeder (CAPHA)

Colombia-Peru-Chile / SuizAgua & SABA Closing & Sub’Resau meeting LA

Africa / Sub-RésEAU Kick-Off Mission & Middle East / Sub-RésEAU Kick-Off Mission

Joint f2f GPCC & GPW Sub’Reseau Central Asia

Nature-based Water Solutions Kick-Off Mission

Europe / Conferences and Steering Committees

Total

Spring

Autumn

September

November

All year

7

+4

4

3

5

4’000

5’000

3’000

3’000

2’000

CHF 17’000

Johan Gély (GEJ)

2 trans-continental trips

5 trips in Europe

Total

tbd

tbd

tbd

tbd

7’000

5’000

CHF 12’000

Eileen Hofstetter (HOFEN)

Iran / Blue Peace

Istanbul / Blue Peace

Vietnam & Mekong / PPDP Nestlé

Beirut / Blue Peace

2 x Amman / Blue Peace

Stockholm / World Water Week

Europe / Diverse

Total

tbd

February

April

May

February & June

August

tbd

5

4

10

5

8

5

5

1’500

1’000

5’000

2’000

4’000

2’000

1’500

CHF 17’000

Pierre Kistler (KISPI)

Switzerland and Europe / Various missions

Other missions related to portfolio / Blue Peace / AWS

Total

All year

All year

tbd

tbd

5’000

5’000

CHF 10’000

Rukan Manaz (MZU)

Switzerland and Europe / Various missions

Agenda 2030 related missions / Washington, New York

Blue Peace Middle East related missions

Total

All year

tbd

tbd

tbd

tbd

tbd

2’000

4’000

5’000

CHF 11’000

Isabella Pagotto (PAGIS)

Rome / UN-Water Meeting

Brasilia 2018 / World Water Forum

New York UN Global Review of SDG 6 / UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Agenda 2030 / Financing Water / Architecture Discussions 2-3 trips

February

March

July

Spring

2

8

5

8

750

tbd

2’000

4’000

33

Name Destination / Project / Institution Planned Date Days Plan 2018

World Bank – Donor Council Meetings 1x Europe / 1x Washington DC

Water Stewardship - (incl. 2030 Water Resources Group) – Field Trip

1 - Multi-country field trip

Europe / Diverse

Total

tbd

Q3

Q3-4

tbd

6

5

7

tbd

3’500

4’000

5’000

2’000

CHF 21’250

Stéphanie Piers (PEP)

Uganda / RRR Steering Committee and UNESCO South Africa / STAS

Senegal / Blue Peace Central Asia Study Trip to Senegal River

Central Asia / Blue Peace & UNESCO

Stockholm WWW

FAO Steering Committee / tbd

Switzerland and Europe – various meetings

Total

February

Spring

tbd

August

September

All year

7

4

4

5

3

5

4’000

2’000

2‘000

2‘000

1’500

1‘000

CHF 12’500

Andreas Steiner (SRW)

Canada / International Secretariat for Water (ISW), Global Affairs, etc.

Africa field mission (Senegal) / Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) HydroHub

Europe / Conferences and Steering Committees

Switzerland / Geneva various meetings

Total

Q1

Q2

tbc

tbc

5

10

4

5

3’500

5’000

1’500

500

CHF 10’500

Denise Staubli (SCHED)

Mekong region Q1 tbd CHF 1’500

Total of the Division CHF 122’750

34

Annex 8: Overview of staff participation in SDC Networks

Preliminary remark: All the GPW staff are members of the RésEAU and use the network to bring in / get nourish issues and outputs at policy influencing, innovation and knowledge management level related to their respective responsibilities in the GPW portfolio (not listed individually below).

Name Network Membership Status CM = Core Member NM = Normal Member

Issues and Outputs brought in (‘Policy Influencing’)

Roman Ambühl (AMO) RésEAU NM -

Nadia Benani ResEAU / Gender NM Gender & Water Guide

Paola Boverat (BOV) RésEAU / Finanzadministration Globale Kooperation (FGK) NM / NM -

Hanna Capeder (CAPHA) RésEAU Focal Point -

Johan Gély (GEJ) RésEAU NM -

Eileen Hofstetter (HOFEN) RésEAU NM -

Pierre Kistler (KISPI) RésEAU NM -

Rukan Manaz (MZU) RésEAU NM -

Isabella Pagotto (PAGIS) RésEAU / Agriculture & Food Security (A&FS) / Gender NM / CM / NM Gender & Water Guide

Stephanie Piers (PEP) RésEAU NM -

Julia Singh (SGJ) RésEAU NM -

Andreas Steiner (SRW) RésEAU / Climate Change & Environment (CC&E) / Finanzadministration Globale Kooperation (FGK)

NM / NM / NM

-

35

Annex 9: Organisational Chart

Global Programme Water

01.10.2017

List of participants, internal discussion AR17/AP18 Global Programme Water, 28.11.2017

SURNAME NAME ORGANISATION/DIVISION

Ambühl Roman SDC/GPW

Ammann Amanda SDC/GPW

Amsler Susanne SDC/GPH

Benani Nadia SDC/GPW

Bosshard Andrea PD-AIO

Boverat Paola SDC/GPW

Brühlmann Sandra SDC/GPW (consultant)

Capeder Hanna SDC/GPW

Carera Mario SDC/GPW (consultant)

Duss Jean-Gabriel OZA Eurasia

Fröjd Natasha SDC/GI

Heimgartner Thomas SDC/GPFS

Hofstetter Eileen SDC/GPW

Hürzeler Benedikt GZ

Kayal Noura SDC/GPW

Kellenberger Stephan PD-AMS

Kistler Pierre SDC/GPW

Lukas Probst-Lopez PD-AEZEO

Manaz Rukan SDC/GPW

Mani Simone DR EDA

Medilanski Edi SECO-WEIN

Oumow Serge SDC/EAD

Pagotto Isabella SDC/GPW

Piers Stéphanie SDC/GPW

Ries Andrea SDC/A&P

Schaefer Kai GZ

Singh Julia SDC/GPW

Steiner Andreas SDC/GPW

Strübin Laurence PD-AMS

Thiévent Pascale SDC/WLK

Thönissen Carmen SDC/SONAP

Von Steiger Tatjana GZ

Wüthrich Hans-Peter GZ

37/42

38/42

39/42

FACTSHEET

Global Cooperation

January 2018

GLOBAL PROGRAMME WATER

Water is at the core of sustainable development and

the looming water crisis is of global concern. The en-

deavours of the Global Programme Water meet key

global challenges related to the management of wa-

ter resources, including access to drinking water and

the productive use of water in agriculture, industry

and households. By focusing on inequity and poverty,

they contribute to the reduction of global risks and

the realization of a water-secure world.

The Global Programme Water runs 37 programmes, pro-

jects and initiatives at bilateral and multi-bilateral levels: all

contribute to ensuring availability and sustainable man-

agement of water and sanitation for all. The operations are

based on the working principles of policy influencing, lev-

eraging partnerships, innovation and knowledge manage-

ment. The Programme with its 14 specialists acts as a cen-

tre of competence and maintains partnerships with aca-

demia, the public and private sector, civil society organiza-

tions and a thematic network (RésEAU) with 295 members.

Main objectives

• Water Governance: Strengthen good water govern-

ance based on transparency, accountability, inclusive

participation and evidence-based decision making at

all levels, both in the public and private sectors.

• Water Solutions: Support accelerated implementation

of SDG 6 by developing innovative solutions for the

valuing of water, sustainable financing, technologies,

service delivery and water management models.

• Water Voice: Enable Switzerland and SDC to position

themselves as influential players in the international di-

alogue to ensure that water and sanitation are priori-

tized on international agendas.

• Young People and Gender Equity: Empower women

and young people as agents of change who exert in-

fluence on the availability and sustainable manage-

ment of water and sanitation, and benefit from it.

Priorities in 2018

i. Youth: This new strategic component will be rolled-out

and reach its cruising speed in working with key part-

ners’ agendas, showcasing of concrete actions sup-

porting young-people led initiatives and networks and

advocating for a strong voice at the 2018 World Water

Forum in Brasilia.

ii. 2030 Agenda: GPW will capitalize on the ongoing UN

Reform as a window of opportunity for increased ad-

vocacy, trust building and alliances-forming, boosting

the global water governance system. A milestone in

the follow-up and review of Agenda 2030 will be the

first UN Global Synthesis Report on SDG 6 prepared

for the High-Level Political Forum 2018 on Transfor-

mation towards sustainable and resilient societies.

Key figures

Projects: 37

Number of staff (in full time equivalent): 11.4 of

which 0.5 abroad

Bilateral Budget: CHF 30.0 Mio (2018)

Multilateral Budget: CHF 0 Mio (2018)

Total annual SDC investments in water: CHF 160

Mio. (average 2014-2016)

41

iii. Water & Peace: Starting the implementation of specific

recommendations, including through the Geneva Wa-

ter Hub, while raising the importance of Water &

Peace as well as the recommendations of the High

Level Panel on Water and Peace in various fora and

strategic discussions.

iv. Water Diplomacy: GPW will further involve high-level

political leaders driving the processes themselves

(ownership), and seizing opportunities of joint man-

agement of the Yarmuk and Tigris river basins through

evidence based knowledge exchange and dialogue

(Middle East). In Central Asia, the emphasis is on fos-

tering north-south and south-south knowledge ex-

change as well as the implementation of educational

and operational projects at the regional level.

v. Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: The focus is on

establishing new opportunities and partnerships for

mainstreaming the HR2WS within the GPW portfolio.

vi. Sustainable financing and private engagement: GWP

will consolidate proven models of water valuation

through newly established initiatives in nature-based

solutions and water stewardship. Further emerging

concepts and funding schemes for water will meet new

models for financing risk assessment resulting in un-

charted territory of strategic financing.

vii. Water Pollution: A new programme will strengthen

water quality regulation, but also introduce measures

to prevent and control pollution and encourage new

pricing systems under the polluter-pays principle.

viii. Accelerated implementation of SDG 6: This shall be

addressed through strategic partnerships and distinct

knowledge exchange through the World Bank's Global

Water Security and Sanitation Partnership’s roll-out

and in Switzerland through RésEAU, Social Entrepre-

neurship and Swiss Bluetec Bridge remodelling and

capitalizing on NGO consortium accomplishments.

ix. Strengthening the Swiss position internationally and

nationally will continue to be a key focus with the

World Economic Forum 2018, the 8th World Water Fo-

rum in Brasilia and new strategic partnerships with

countries and the private sector.

x. With the Blue Peace Movement we enter into an

agreement with different parts of society and link the

three dimensions of sustainable development with the

peace agenda.

Key partners

Multilateral organisations

UN-Water, United Nations Economic Commission for Eu-

rope (UNECE), United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Institute

for Training and Research (UNITAR), United Nations Chil-

dren’s Fund (UNICEF), UN Secretary General's Advisory

Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB), Food and Agri-

culture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World

Meteorological Organization (WMO), Joint Monitoring

Programme WHO-UNICEF (JMP), Global Water Security

and Sanitation Partnership (GWSP), International Finance

Corporation (IFC), Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), Wa-

ter Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)

International institutions and platforms

Global Water Partnership (GWP), Water Integrity Network

(WIN), Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN), International

Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Strategic

Foresight Group India (SFG), World Water Council (WWC),

International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Water

Footprint Network (WFN), International Secretariat for Wa-

ter (ISW), Women for Water Partnership (WfWP), 2030

Water Resources Group (WRG), World Economic Forum

(WEF), Earth Security Group (ESG)

Swiss partners

IDANE Wasser, Swiss Water Partnership (SWP), AGUASAN

Community of Practice, Solidarit’Eau Suisse (SES), Geneva

Water Hub (GWH), WaterLex, International Centre for Wa-

ter Management Services (cewas), Eawag/Sandec, Swiss

Water and Sanitation NGOs Consortium, Swiss start-ups

and SMEs, Swiss universities and universities of applied sci-

ences: ETHZ, EPFL, Universities of Basel, Bern, Geneva,

Lausanne, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen and Zurich

Contact

SDC

Global Programme Water

Freiburgstrasse 130

CH-3003 Berne

Phone: +41 (0)58 462 31 07

Email: water@eda.admin.ch

URL: http://www.sdc-water.ch