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Moving to scale

Ugandas ExperienceBy Disan Ssozi – Ministry of Water and

Environment

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Uganda: from projects to programme

Late 1980s: Multiple donor projects

Early 1990s: Consolidated donor specıfıc programmes

2001: Sector Reforms lead to (i) Sector-Wide Approach to Planning (SWAP) (ii) Decentralised Service Delivery & (iii) Coordination

Sector working group Sanitation subsector working group Joınt sector reviews Districts water and sanitation coordinatıon committees Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET)

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2004: Sector Preformance Measurement Framework (11 key performance indicators)

2008: Joint Water and Sanitation Sector Programme Support (JWSSPS)

Future: Aligned donor support in accordance with Paris Declaration

Process: Project support -> basket fundıng -> budget support

Uganda: from projects to programme

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Positive Sector Developments

National overview Improved transparency Ownership and leadership by

Government Informed strategic decision making by

Government Improved collaboration between

Government and other sector players

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Challenges

Scaling up pilot projects on innovatıve technologies & approaches is hard in a SWAP environment

Inadequate sector finance (barely keepıng up with population increase)

Central and local Government capacities

Sustainability of existing services