"Learning and achievements of SWA Global platform and its relevance to achieving Hygiene and Sanitation Development in India" India WASH Summit 17 th February 2015, New Delhi Presentation by: R. MURALI, Regional Convenor - FANSA

About SWA Global Partnership Platform formed in 2009 for universal access to safe water and adequate sanitation. SWA is aimed at: 1.Increasing political prioritization of WASH

Priority areas of work 2. Promote coordinated action 3. Develop strong evidence base for informed decision-making on WASH 4. Strengthen the accountability between Governments and development partners

Current Partnership and Structure  97 partners including 48 National Governments and 5 from SA  A Chair and Vice-Chair who provide high-level direction.  Steering committee and task teams  Secretariat housed by UNICEF NY

Action  Partnership Meetings and 2013  Sector Ministers Meetings  High Level Meetings-2010, 2012, 2014  Monitoring of progress on commitments

Summary of Hygiene commitments Policy and Plans:  Hygiene must be a key component in the sector policy and plans  Integrated Hygiene strategy at the national level  Decentralized plans and targets

Summary of Hygiene Commitments Coordination and Alignment:  Integrate hygiene into Health and Education Sectors and develop prgramme framework for implementation  National Task teams to track progress and hygiene outcomes

Summary of Hygiene Commitments Means:  Skilled Human resources at all levels through nationwide training strategy  Adequate financial resources separately for Hygiene promotion  Dedicated budget for Hygiene education to be ensured by Donors in the WASH programmes funded by them  Prioritization of Hygiene within the overall WASH portfolio of donors  Engaging media, Private sector and NGOs

Tracking Hygiene Progress: Establish National level mechanism to ensure -Database -baselines -indicators -reporting -review -monitoring and evaluation -Research and Evidence collection on health outcomes Summary of Hygiene Commitments

Key achievements- HLM 2010  19 National Governments and 13 donors joined together to address the WASH challenges  Countries and donors made 165 and 74commitments respectively  On majority of the commitments progress is reported by both countries and donors  The progress on water and sanitation in 15 developing countries is significantly influenced by HLM Commitments

Key Achievements- HLM 2012  Brought together ministers responsible for finance, development co-operation, water and sanitation and heads of the world’s leading water and sanitation agencies.  415 commitments to address barriers to delivering sustainable water & sanitation services. In 2014, partners reported progress:  50 Completed  31 Almost Completed  186 Good Progress  105 Slow Progress  15 Major Barriers

Key Achievements- HLM 2014  43 countries and 12 donors tabled 309 and 70 commitments respectively  18 countries committed to eliminate open defecation by or before 2030  35 countries recognized that the elimination of socio-economic and geographic inequalities is fundamental to achieving the goal of universal access.

Some challenges  Highly diversified needs and expectations  Inadequate regional and country level partnership in line with the spirit of global partnership processes  Change of political leadership leading to inconsistency in engagement  Hard evidence needs to accompany the talk on commitments and accountability  Countries with huge figures of ‘unreached population’ are not on board

Need and Relevance for India to be part of the SWA  To be part of the global movement to raise the profile of sanitation and water and improve sustainable service delivery.  To understand emerging priorities and challenges from the global WASH scenario and accordingly update country’s vision and mission for accelerated progress on WASH  To have voice at the table with the world’s leading agencies shaping future approaches to water and sanitation development,  To be part of designing new instruments and approaches in the sector.

Need and Relevance for India to be part of the SWA  To join the ongoing dialogue on eliminating inequities and align country strategies  To influence development partners to align and support National Mission, plans and programme  To seek and contribute to the knowledge and evidence on addressing the key bottlenecks in WASH sector in order to speedup and scale up the relevant strategies at the country level for country targets on water and sanitation.

Thank you  “A fundamental requirement to success in bringing about complex change is a willingness to transform yourself, your environment and your institutions so that you have space for completely different ways of thinking, groups of people and actions. There must be a clear and central purpose to which everybody is united. But we still have to be able to demonstrate that the results are really coming through … this is part of accountability. ” Dr David Nabarro, at the 2013 partnership meeting