Ethiopia - Management Businesses to improve sanitation services in Arba Minch

The project concept of Arba Minch Town Municipality was submitted to AWF (African Wildlife Foundation) in response to a Call for Concept Notes on “Municipal-Supported Unsewered Sanitation Improvements for the Urban-poor in Sub-Saharan Africa", launched by AWF in 2011. This project will help the municipality of Arba Minch to address urgent sanitation needs at a time when its basic infrastructure and service levels are still largely inadequate, leaving more than half of the population without access to proper toilet facilities. It is fully aligned with the objective of this call to strengthen the development and implementation of all components of the sanitation value chain. The Project includes three components with a number of concrete outputs: (i) Component 1 targets the improvement of the sanitation service chain by increasing the demand for the construction of improved toilets, increasing the effectiveness of transport services for human excreta, increasing the production of compost from bio-solids and increasing the demand for compost for reuse; (ii) Component 2 focuses on the improvement of the Sanitation Planning and Municipal Capacity Building by increasing the coverage of the existing strategic sanitation plan and institutionalising operational sanitation planning; and (iii) Component 3 ensures efficient and effective utilization of AWF grant proceeds, and the timely delivery of project outcomes and outputs. The Executing Agency will be Arba Minch Town Municipality and the project will be implemented over a period of 48 months.