Global Water and Sanitation Initiative GWSI Contributing to
Global Water and Sanitation Initiative (GWSI) ‘Contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by scaling-up established capacities’
The Problem § 1. 1 Billion lack access to safe water & 2. 4 Billion lack basic sanitation § 4 Million die annually (80%<5 yrs) § 30% of common recurrent diseases are Wat. San related § 100 Billion US$ productivity lost annually § 4 out of 8 MDG’s focus on Wat. San needs
The Response § Federation commitment (S 2010, Wat. San Policy, GWSI) § UN Declaration – ‘access to safe water & sanitation, a human right’ § UN Commitment – CSD & MDG’s § 2 nd UN Decade for Water 2005 -15 All of the above contributes to an increased global momentum to ‘increase sustainable Wat. San coverage’
Wat. San Activities 1993 -2006 2. 5 Million People served by Developmental Wat. San North-East Russia Secretariat Geneva Switzerland Active in over 35 Countries Slovaki Kazakhasta Hungar a n Bosnia-Herzegovina Croatia y Uzbekista Albania Azerbaijan North Korea Macedoni n Turkey Tajikistan a Syri Iran Afghanistan China Iraq a Nepal Algeria Pakistan Jordan Bangladesh Cuba India Myanmar Haiti Belize Laos Dominican Rep Eritrea Guatemala Honduras Thailande Philippines Sudan Panama El Salvador Guinea Bissau Djibuti Cambodia Nicaragua Vietnam Venezuela Somalia Nigeria a Costa Rica Liberia. Cote Malaysia Ethiopia Sri Lanka Uganda Colombia D. R. d'Ivoire Cong Kenya o. Rwanda Papua Indonesia New Tanzania Angola Comores Guinea East Peru Malawi Zambia Timor Mozambique Bolivia Zimbabwe Namibia Paraguay Madagascar Botswana Swaziland Lesotho Fiji Argentina 6. 5 Million People served with Emergency Wat. San
Federation Wat. San Beneficiaries 5 M Developmental 9 M Emergency 2. 5 M Developmental 6. 5 M Emergency Wat. San : Projected increase in demand delivery Developmental Wat. San : Scaling-up with the GWSI
Lessons Learned - conclusions § Well established Wat. San Disaster Response capacity – demand increasing – Federation recognised as a leader in this field – partnerships with WHO, Unicef, OXFAM Etc. § Further capacity needed - maintaining of standards & HR’s § Developmental programmes increasing – many as follow-on to Disaster Response, now 35% of Wat. San activities § Need for better coordinated and common approach – increase resource opportunities/partnerships – increase impact on MDG’s
Established Methodologies § Led by ‘software’ (i. e. community participation, community fundraising and training for O&M, behavioural change in hygiene practices)
Established Methodologies § Appropriate ‘hardware’ (i. e. simple low-cost technology to enable community level sustainability)
GWSI – Progress § Set of GWSI criteria identified § EU-ACP Water Facility bids (Austrians, British, Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, German, and Spanish RCS’s for Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Haiti, Dom. Republic, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. ) Cost/Ben: 20 Euro § Wat. San and PLWHA Pilot in Kenya (Nestle, Procter and Gamble, British RCS § GWSI Information booklet and project design checklist § GWSI ‘software’ booklet/toolkit to be published
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