Towards Universal Access to Water and Sanitation

Jose Gesti – WASH Specialist

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Outline

1. Baseline situation 2. SDG 6 - Implementation 3. Key aspects for social

monitoring

Baseline situation

The MDG target for drinking water target has been met…

Target met globally

In 3 countries, less than half the population has access to improved water sources in 2015

The world has missed the sanitation target

Target unmet globally

In 47 countries, less than half the population uses improved sanitation in 2015

SDG 6 – Implementation through existing tools and social instruments

SDG 6

SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Target 6.1: By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all

Target 6.2: By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all, and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations

SDG 6 Key to success of other SDGs…

• Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

• Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition ...

• Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

• Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education ...

• Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

• Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, ... • Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation • Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

• Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

• Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

• Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, ... • Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Implementation of the Human Rights to W & S

• The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation entitle everyone to safe, sufficient, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water and sanitation services

• The handbook on realising the

HRTWS gives States clear guidance on how to do that

Increase budget allocations

Sanitation and Water for All Partnership

• Increase sector coordination • Visibility for the WASH Sector and its resources • Capacity building for stronger systems and institutions: better

targeting of resources

Sustainability of WASH services

Sustainability Pathway

Bottleneck Analysis with use of WASH BA Tool and other existing

tools

Sustainability Compact

(Agreement Government and Sector Partners)

Implementation of commitments

Sustainability checks

of compacts and sustainability

Building capacity: supply & services

Cost-efficient water supply interventions

Access in remote areas

Building capacity: creating demand

Water Safety Management

FRAMEWORK FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER

Building capacity: creating demand

Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) to end open defecation

Open defecation

Unimproved sanitation

Improved latrine

Flush toilet coverage

Building capacity: supply & services

Sanitation Marketing to sustain sanitation services • Reinforces demand • Help to local

businesses to expand the supply

• challenges to reach remote areas and the poorest households;

Building capacity: creating demand

Hygiene practices – hand washing and menstrual hygiene

• Sustaining and monitoring hygiene behavior change is complex and an ongoing challenge

• Emerging lessons on habit formation from other sectors (e.g. weight loss) is informing development of more comprehensive approaches

WASH in institutions

WASH in Schools + WASH in Health Centers

Essential Environmental Health Standards in Health Care

Climate Change and Resilience

WASH AND CLIMATE

RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT

STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

Key aspects of social monitoring

Measuring inequalities

WHO / UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (2013)

Collection time and gender dimensions of water hauling

Time to collect drinking water >30 minutes Women shoulder the largest burden in

collecting drinking water

Urban and rural disparities: access to improved water sources

80% of those without access live in RURAL areas

3 Northern Africa

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29 [SERIES NAME]

65 Chad

57 Burkina Faso

46 Sudan

28 Sierra Leone

40 [SERIES NAME]

77 South Sudan

23 Nigeria

13 Kenya

0 Mauritius

28 Cabo Delgado

43 Nampula

75 Zambezia

60 Tete

37 Manica

50 Sofala

13 Inhambane

20 Gaza

7 Maputo provincia

0 Maputo cidade

12 Urban

51 Rural 50 Urban Poorest 20%

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27 [SERIES NAME]

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37 [SERIES NAME]

0

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0 Urban Richest quintile

13 Rural Richest quintile

96 Rural Poorest quintile

21 AFRICA

Geographical and wealth disparities: open defecation

Practice of open

defecation (%)

Closing the gap in one generation is possible