Eawag: Das Wasserforschungs-Institut des ETH-Bereichs

Household-CentredEnvironmental Sanitation

an integrated planning approach

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HCES Status quo 2005

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

• Provisional guidelines published in summer 2005;

- Goal: provide guidance on how to operationalise the HCES approach and the Bellagio Principles

- Guideline does NOT provide step-by-step approach on how to plan/implement UESS programmes

- Principal audience: municipal planners and officials, sector specialists

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HCES – the process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

The HCES Concept explained :

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HCES - decision making

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

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HCES Approach

- places the householdhousehold and its neighbourhoodneighbourhood at the core of the planning process

- is based on the concept of ‘‘zoneszones’’,, and solving problems within the ‘zone’ nearest to where the problems arise

- employs bottom-up and top-down approaches within an integrated framework

- is based on the circular modelcircular model, emphasising resource conservation and reuse (rather than linear model)

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

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HCES – resource management

Concept based on circular resource management systems: HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

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HCES – an integrated approach

water supply

drainage

SW collection

composting

sewage systems

on-plotsanitation

landfill

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

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HCES Implementation process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

StepStep 1: 1: Request for assistance

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HCES Implementation process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

This step includes a launchinglaunching workshopworkshop and a signedprotocolprotocol agreementagreement between all stakeholders

StepStep 2:2: Launch of the planning process

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HCES Implementation process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

Status Status reportreport:: ward level and city wide status assessment

StepStep 3:3: Assessment of current status of UESS

Expertinputrequired..

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HCES Implementation process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

StepStep 4:4: Assessment of user priorities

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HCES Implementation process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

INSTITUTIONALINSTITUTIONALNGOsNGOs;;

PPP;PPP;

CommunityCommunity contractscontracts;;

FINANCIAL FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTSARRANGEMENTSMicrofinanceMicrofinance;;

MunicipalMunicipal fundsfunds;;

UESS UESS loansloans;;

TECHNOLOGIESTECHNOLOGIESOnOn--plotplot sanitation;sanitation;

ReRe--useuse & & recyclingrecycling;;

Urban Urban agricultureagriculture;;

ShallowShallow sewerssewers; etc; etc……..

StepStep 5:5: Identification of options

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HCES Implementation process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

StepStep 6:6: Evaluation of service combinations

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HCES Implementation process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

StepStep 7:7: Consolidated UESS plans for area

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HCES Implementation process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

StepStep 8:8: Finalising of consolidated UESS plans

• institutional set-up

• financial arrangements

• service & technology choices

• action plan for implementation

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HCES Implementation process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

StepStep 9:9: Monitoring, evaluation & feedback

Inititiating the HCES process- involve stakeholders

- clarify issues

- set priorities & objectives

HCES Plan formulation- identify options

- develop strategy

- prepare consolidated plan

HCES implementation- initiate projects & programmes

- monitor & evaluate

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HCES Implementation process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

StepStep 10:10: Implementation

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HCES Implementation process

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

HCES:HCES:An integrated & cross-sectoral

approach using environmentalenvironmental

sanitationsanitation as an entryentry pointpointfor the planning and

provision of a bundle

of key environmental services…

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HCES arrangements for implementation

HCES explained

10 steps

Selection Criteria

Government

FacilitatingNGO or

Academia

CBOsCBOs ororcommunitycommunity

groupsgroups

Utility orserviceprovider

national or inter-national funds

$$$

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HCES – Identification of suitable sites

Focus on:

Africa

South & SE Asia

Central America

HCES explained

Site Selection

Selection Criteria

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HCES - Identification of suitable sites

HCES Strategy

Site Selection

Selection Criteria Site selection will take into account a number of factors:

• Site and context-specific criteria (see below)

• NCCR JACS area (Joint Area of Case Studies)

• Existing Sandec connections in country/city;

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Selection Criteria for HCES Pilot Sites

HCES Strategy

Site Selection

Selection Criteria

The following 10 10 criteriacriteria should be consideredwhen identifying a pilot site:

Proven interest from population & authorities;

Socio-cultural environment is favourable: politicalwill;

Specific, easily definable neighborhood withinlarger city, preferably over 100‘000 inhab.

Urban or peri-urban area with >100 p.p.ha

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Selection Criteria for HCES Pilot Sites

HCES Strategy

Site Selection

Selection Criteria

Pilot site population 5‘000 – 30‘000 initially;

Avoid slum areas with high population mobility;

Proven community self-organizaton (CBOs, groups, etc);

Proven support institution within the region;

Infrastructure defecits perceived as a priorityproblem by the population involved;

Follow-up investment & implementation likely;

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HCES Strategy

Site Selection

Selection Criteria

It is not possible to fulfill all criteria in each selected location. Important is to make a careful selection in this crucial first stage of application & testing !

Selection Criteria for HCES Pilot Sites

There is also a danger that the HCES process will produce projects that nobody will fund, leaving the community disillusioned with the planning process…

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HCES – Initial pre-selection for 2006

HCES Strategy

Site Selection

Selection Criteria

JACS CACJACS CAC

JACS WAFJACS WAF

JACS SASJACS SAS

JACS SEAJACS SEA

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HCES Strategy

Site Selection

Selection Criteria

City of Kigali, local NGO

Municipality, seco

Kigali, Rwanda

Small town, Tanzania

7

8

EPCD, SDCFada N‘Gourma, Burkina6

Comité de Projet, CREPA, IRC

Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina5

ProDUS, FLACSO

Univ. of San José

San Jose, Costa Rica4

SPARC (NGO)Mumbai, Pune3

Shelter Associates (NGO)Pune, India2

People‘s Committee, CEETIA (Research Inst.)

Dong My Ward, Hanoi1

PartnerCity & Country

Green: NCCR funded test site Brown: additional Swiss funding

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Next steps in 2006

HCES Strategy

Site Selection

Selection Criteria

Next Steps

Review existing procedures in other projects;

Carry out site identification process;

Initiate first HCES planning projects by 06/2006;

Publish provisional guidelines in French and Spanish;

Continuous addition of tools & guidelines to HCES compendium;