Sustainability as a political priority

Darren Saywell, Vice-Chair

Stockholm, September 2014

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2014 High Level Meeting

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and SWA Chair H.E. John Agyekum KufuorOpening of the 2014 High Level Meeting Hon. Mrs. Sarah Reng Ochekpe, Minister of Water Resources, Nigeria and President of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW)Hon. Mr. Sufian Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Ethiopia

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Sustainability is key to objectives of SWA

Recognized by all as a major obstacle in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector

2014 High Level Commitments Dialogue

• included in guidance provided to partners

• discussed during the preparatory dialogue

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Sustainability at the Sector Ministers’ Meeting

• Highlighted the need to shift from infrastructure focus to systems-strengthening and development of a service philosophy

• Participants noted the need to:

• Shift to a service industry approach• Generate sufficient finance • Raise service levels to match expectation • Monitor and ensure accountability

• Both developing countries and donors highlighted the role of development effectiveness

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Sustainability at the High Level Meeting

• Many countries tabled commitments relating to sustainability

• Some donors called for sustainability to be at the heart of aid programmes

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Both developing countries and donors made commitments related to sustainability

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Almost half of developing country sustainability commitments related to decentralisation & capacity building

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Examples of Sustainability Commitments

Policy, plans and MOUs aiming at long-term service• In Mali The Ministries of Sanitation and Water undertake to extend

“sustainability pacts” from 3 regions in 2014 to 5 regions in 2016.

• BMGF commit to ensure that the life-cycle cost approach is used by donors, implementers and governments.

Sustainable financing mechanisms• In Benin the Ministry of Economy and Finance, in cooperation with the

Ministry of Health, will work to get a sustainable fund for hygiene and sanitation established by 2015.

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Examples of Sustainability Commitments

Building institutional, HR capacity, decentralization • Madagascar will decentralize the sector by making the municipalities the

actual project managers and by strengthening the capacity in terms of staff, equipment and methodologies.

• The Netherlands commits to require from all partner programmes to include: a component to strengthen sector capacities needed for sustained service delivery; for planning and monitoring.

Monitoring and Accountability • Senegal commits to establish a Rural Wells Office (OFOR) - a public body

responsible for monitoring the operation and management of rural water schemes by private sector operators and providing support and advice to private sector operators.

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We need new ideas, new approaches

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