Capacity Development for Improved WatSan Delivery in Small Towns around Lake Victoria Maarten...

Capacity Development for Improved WatSan Delivery in Small Towns

around Lake Victoria

Maarten Blokland, UNESCO-IHE

NETWAS

Capacity Development for Improved WatSan Delivery in Small Towns around Lake Victoria

Purpose and structure:• Objective of CD in the LV WatSan Initiative• Conceptual CD Model• The CD Partnership• Approach and Methodology• Inquiry Process• Issues and CD Interventions• Lessons learned

Towns:

Muleba (Tz)Mutukula (Ug/Tz)Koytera (Ug)Nyendo (Ug)Mutukula (Tz)

Bondo (Ke)Bugembe (Ug)Bukoba (Tz)Bunda (Tz)Homa Bay (Ke)Kissii (Ke)



Lessons on CD from the WAC I project: Broaden the scope to include a.o. commercial and

business development aspects Include additional stakeholders such as Government,

CBOs and NGOs Ensure the presence of local capacity builders Further integrate capacity building and

infrastructure investments Improve the efficiency of contractual processes

Objective of LV WatSan:• In each of 10 ten towns around Lake Victoria, the

project will improve water supply, sanitation and environmental conditions

Objective of CD in LV WatSan • Capacity development will be provided to local

stakeholders, with a view to securing sustainable and equitable delivery of services

• The capacity development interventions will respond to specific on-the-ground issues in each town, in function of its unique circumstances, specific issues, organizational competences, etc..


Conceptual CD Model:

Towns: Various Shapes & Sizes Capacity Builders

CD

Info

Action for Improved Services


Consortium of Capacity Builders:• FCM: Pro-poor governance• UNESCO-IHE: Water, sanitation and

environmental management• GWA: Gender and disadvantaged groups• SNV: Local Economic Development• NETWAS: Implementation of CD

Interventions


Target groups for CD:• Multi Stakeholder Forum• Local and District Governments• Water and sanitation providers• Local entrepreneurs• NGOs, CBOs• Citizens / Users• Disadvantaged groups• UN-HABITAT


Staged Approach:• Initial Inquiries in each town• CD preparations

– Design of CD interventions– TNA RLCB and ToT

• CD implementation, supplemented by:– Ongoing inquiry and evidence gathering– Coaching– Capacity development for KD&M– Top level consultations

We have progressed to this point


Roadmap:We are here now


Inquiry with Local Stakeholders

Reviewing and Integrating Evidence by Theme

Design Capacity Development Interventions

Evidence Evidence Evidence

PPGovernc

Water Sanitation Environt LED Gender


Inquiry Methodology (Systemic Action Research):

Provide Capacity

Development Services

Information and data collection:• reports and on-site observation and data collection• multi-day and multi-stakeholder interviews including

cross referencing

Teams and expertise:• Multi-disciplinary team of 6 experts per town:

• governance• economic development• Gender and disadvantaged groups• water, sanitation• environment


Stakeholder interviews:


Outcome Inquiry (Map):


Outcome Inquiry (Details):

Points of Stakeholders, Stories Information Issues, Relationships Quotes


Focus on disadvantaged people• Pro-poor and gender sensitive focus • Landlord-tenant relationships

(Supra) Town institutions and organisations

• Institutions, Legal and regulatory frameworks

• Coherence & Relations at town level • Stakeholder interactions • Organisations and Systems• Planning systems and municipal

performance

Service coverage and quality • Service coverage• Quality of services • Quality of infrastructure• Development of Services • Operation & maintenance by watsan

providers • Drainage and Waste management by

local government • Town planning and Land ownership

Major Issues found (1):


Public engagement & access • Promises and expectations • Ownership of project and assets• Attitude, transparency, integrity • Impact on health and environment • Communication and sensitisation • WaSH awareness and practices

Infrastructure investment and processes.

• Investments and procurement processes

• Time requirement for investments and operational arrangements

• (Quality of) Contracts


Major Issues found (2):

From Issues

to CD Interventions:


• Dialogue• Debate• Discussion • Workshop• Round table• Exposure Tour• Conference• Field work

• Training• Tutorial• Apprenticeship

• Peer learning• Learning-by-

doing • Technical advice

• Networking• Change Mgmt

Programme • Awareness

raising• Mass

communication

CD Interventions Menu:

Work in Progress



Work in Progress

Lessons learned:• Most of the earlier lessons have been integrated into the

present LV WATSAN project design and CD component• Shared objectives and approach enabled the CD consortium to

develop an integral program of town-wide CD interventions• Methodology has produced high quality information on actual

watsan, the stakeholders, their relationships, and the issues• Methodology enabled ownership of the CD process by

stakeholders by inviting them to share and contribute their knowledge, experience, opinions and ideas to the process

• The findings confirm the need for strong and timely links between infrastructure investments and CD

• The CD approach will be analyzed and documented for future replication


www.fcm.ca www.unesco-ihe.org www.snvworld.org www.genderandwater.org www.netwas.org

Thank You

Asante

http://www.fcm.ca/

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http://www.gwa.org/

http://www.netwas.org/

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