ONE DAY SEMINAR ON:STRATEGIC AND CONCEPTUAL PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY

ANDSANITATION SERVICES FOR ALL AFGHANS

22nd November 2015 at MRRD, Kabul

PPT On WASH Policy Problem/Solution

Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Irrigation Program (RuWatSIP)

• Background of Enabling Environment in WASH • WASH Problem Tree Analysis• Relevant Events •Objective Tree Analysis

Outline

History/Background of WASH Enabling Environment

• 2003/4 First WatSAN Policy•Revised in 2007•Revised and Renamed as WASH Policy in 2010.• Was developed in the context of (ANDS) that proposes to achieve (MDGs) by 2020/not happened • Currently under revision Specific focus on Changing Attitude/rather than physical Infrastructure.•WHY? Next Slide

Produced By: Mohammad Afzal Safi

Core Problem

Causes Effects

Based on Field Evidence, Translation of WASH

Policies into Practice have not Gone Beyond Aspiration

Project base Uncoordinated Provision of WASH Services in the

Absence of Data

WASH Policy Problem–Tree- Analysis

Groundwater depletion/ Contamination and

Environmental Pollution

Lack of Strong Community Based O&M

System

Low Coverage and Use of Alternative Sources of

Water and Unsafe Disposal of Excreta

Public Awareness/ More Focus on Physical Infrastructures Rather Than Social Aspect,

Creation of Ownership and Sustainability

Insufficient Sources, poor Capacity, Poor Quality Services Political Commitment, Donors

Fatigue

The Relevant Events: • World Water Day/WWD• National Sanitation Workshop/ LFA• National Hydro-geological Conference• National GIS Conference• World Toilet Day/WTD• Global Hand Washing Day/GHW and• This Seminarall Blinking towards solution to the core problem

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Enhance Capacity , Political

Commitment, Formulate and Sell

the PLAN

Poverty and Poor HealthPoverty and Poor HealthPoverty and Poor HealthPoverty and Poor Health

Causes Effects

Overall Objectives

Move from Project base Uncoordinated Towards Progmatic

and Coordinated Provision of WASH Services in the light of Data and

Planned Activities

Public Awareness Campaign Through Contextualized CLTS Approach, More Focus on CHANGING People Attitude

Rather Than Provision Physical Infrastructures

WASH Policy Help Lead All Players from Policy Makers Down to practitioners and

Communities in Action

WASH Policy Objective –Tree- Analysis

Provision of WASH Services without Environmental and

Health Degradation

People Take over the responsibility of their own WASH Assets ENSURE Sustainability

Marching Towards Universal Coverage and Usage of WASH

Facilities in Sanitary Way

Produced By: Mohammad Afzal Safi

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