PA Water Supply and Sanitation in Low-Income Communities

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The Project Development Objective for this project is to increase access to sustainable water supply and sanitation services in participating communities. The specific objectives are to: 1. Enable participating households and communities in rural and poor urban areas to access water and sanitation services through innovative approaches geared to providing services on a sustainable basis; for evidence-based decision-making, with the long-term goal of strong institutions, a focus on beneficiaries and better coordination among stakeholders; 2.Initiate a policy dialogue under the leadership of the Ministry of Health (MINSA) and generating the knowledge basis; and 3.Improve sanitation and hygiene practices. There are 4 components to the project. Component 1: Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene which addresses the problem of low coverage levels by combining hardware activities to extend coverage and software activities to improve impact and sustainability. Component 2: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation which will focus on the provision of services in smaller towns and marginal peri-urban areas. This component will also support alternative models of provision of services in areas where the National Water and Sewer Agency (IDAAN) is not currently operating. Component 3: Policy Development which aims at initiating a policy dialogue under the leadership of MINSA, with the long-term goal of developing sector policies. The creation of a sector information system will also be promoted as a means to inform this dialogue and make the challenges of the sector more visible. Finally, it will promote greater awareness concerning rationale water use, the need for cost recovery and government policies in the sector. Component 4: Project Management which will finance the cost of salary, travel and general operating costs of the project management unit, as well as monitoring and evaluation activities and institutional strengthening.

FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management

World Bank Group

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Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Government