Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Ministerial Meeting ANNUAL WATER & ENVIRONMENT JOINT SECTOR REVIEWS (UGANDA’s EXPERIENCE) Economic Conference – Addis Ababa 15-16 March, 2016 D.M.Mukama Programme manager/Uganda Sanitation Fund Ministry of Health

Established in 2001 & held every year. Participants; Background Established in 2001 & held every year. Participants; approximately 200 professionals, senior government officials, sector development partners, private sector and civil society as well as political leaders Desire for more efficient investments and effective outcomes measurement/assessment Response to a move from project funding to the Sector Wide Approach – Part of SWAp Agreement on key actions (undertakings)

Objectives Overall sector performance assessment. Provision of guidance on key sector strategic issues and resource allocation with particular emphasis on accountability and transparency. Enhancement of involvement of stakeholders in sector processes. Discussion of good practices, sector challenges and getting consensus on government budget priorities

Processes A Joint Technical Review (JTR) is held half-way during the financial year (April) Each year, an annual Sector Performance Report is prepared. It captures data on practically all sector activities based on the sector performance measurement framework. The performance measurement framework has key indicators (Golden) on the following themes:- In the discussion only the themes should be mentioned Joint sector review is usually held around September/October

Measurement framework Theme Golden Indicators Access % of people within 1.0 km (rural) and 0.2km (urban) of an improved water source Functionality % of improved water sources that are functional at time of spot-check Value for Money Average cost per beneficiary of new water and sanitation schemes Access/Use (sanitation) % of people with access to improved sanitation (household and schools) Quality % of water samples taken at the point of collection , waste discharge that comply with national standards Quantity Cumulative water for production storage capacity (m3)]

Measurement framework Theme Golden Indicators Equity Mean Parish deviation from the District average (sub-county difference from the national) Access/use (hygiene) % of people with access and using hand-washing facilities Management % of water points with actively functioning Water and Sanitation Committees Gender % of Water User Committees/Water Boards with women holding a key position Water Resources Management Compliance % of water abstraction and discharge permit holders complying with permit conditions

Success factors Government leadership of the process  Sector coordination – Working groups  Sector Wide Approach – resource allocation  Annual target setting/undertakings. Linking the review to the annual budgeting process (agreement on sector priorities)  Institutionalized practice of annual Sector Performance Reports; Increased levels of transparency and mutual accountability. Incentives for DP leadership for harmonisation: Rome/ Paris/Ghana Declarations,

Challenges Inconsistent and unreliable data: Strengthen MIS to give timely and reliable information, link MIS/SPR to budget decisions. Reducing participation of other relevant Ministries such as Education, Health and Agriculture Declining emphasis on the implementation of undertakings – perhaps since it is no logger a major factor in triggering financial release from DPs as was the case in the past since Time management to adhere to the agreed review programme especially report preparation Consultancy support: - To a larger extent, there is still reliance on external support to prepare the report and to write the minutes of the review

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