Global scaling up rural sanitation project : progress report july 1, 2009–june 30, 2010

Global scaling up rural sanitation is 3.5 years into implementation and is continuing to build on the results delivered and outcomes achieved in each of the three countries. Through the water and anitation program’s (WSP) support to national and local governments and the private sector, an estimated 8.3 million people have gained access to improved sanitation facilities and are no longer defecating in the open. Th e project is on track to either meet or surpass intended outcomes in the states of Himachal Pradesh (HP) and Madhya Pradesh (MP), India, and in East Java, Indonesia. In HP, rural sanitation household coverage is now reaching more than 90 percent at the end of may 2010. In MP 410 gram panchayats have been verified as open defecation free (ODF), representing 789,000 people, or 53 percent of end of project (EOP) targets. In East Java, Indonesia, almost 750,000 people have gained access to improved sanitation and nearly 1,400 communities have been declared open defecation free. WSP is confident that more than 1 million people in East Java will gain access by december 2010 and that the original target of 1.4 million will be achieved by the end of the project, november 2011. In Tanzania, WSP is supporting government efforts to improve the implementation oring of rural sanitation programs. For the first time in Tanzania, the responsibility for monitoring gains in sanitation access has been clearly defi ned and a set of core performance indicators in line with Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) defi nitions
developed. This is a tremendous accomplishment and lays a solid foundation on which to build capacity at the village, ward and district levels in monitoring and data collection. WSP supported the government roll out of a village registration system to collect data on nine key indicators, including access to improved sanitation. Given the lack of national level data, WSP cannot yet reliably report on the number of people having gained access to improved sanitation facilities. WSP supported the government roll out of a village registration system to collect data on nine key indicators, including access to improved sanitation. Given the lack of national level data, WSP cannot yet reliably report on the number of people having gained access to improved sanitation facilities. Working with local and national governments and the private sector, WSP has directly contributed to strengthening the enabling environment to adopt, replicate and sustain the project approach beyond the original large scale project areas. To date, an estimated more than US$33 million has been spent by local and national governments in support of scaling up rural sanitation.
In India, the states of HP and MP have strengthened the National Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) program by adopting key project principles advocated by WSP. During this reporting period, WSP India also provided technical support to the National Government’s TSC department in carrying out a nationwide assessment of good and weak performers at the state level and identifying key lessons. WSP has also provided support to the national government in supporting a participatory national-wide process to develop a strategy for rural sanitation for the next 10 years. In Indonesia, in 25 out of 29 project districts, local government has taken over implementation from the resource agencies and are implementing CLTS activities using their own funds. In Tanzania, the government is poised to pass sweeping legislation in sanitation and hygiene and, with WSP technical assistance, mandate that sanitation progress be measured in line with JMP indicators. Further, a memorandum of understanding between the four ministries is nearing finalization. This will create a more rationalized national program management structure and performance
framework within which gains in rural sanitation can be monitored by the government and external donor community that is supporting a swap approach. [authors abstract]