Preliminary guidelines for review and assessment of progress under the Protocol on Water and Health Dr. Rainer E. Enderlein, Consultant

Repoting is always a challenge The Protocol on Water and Health takes an innovative approach to reporting

Repoting is always a challenge Reporting = = > learning lessons = = > doing better

Protocol’s provisons (art. 7 (5)) A summary report is an evaluation of the data collected and an assessment of progress achieved Summary reports are prepared by the Parties and submitted to the secretariat for circulation to the other Parties.

Protocol’s provisons (art. 7 (5)) Summary reports should follow guidelines established by the Meeting of the Parties. Summary reports are self-standing documents produced and submitted under the sole authority of the Parties to the Protocol. They may become the subject of a compliance review.

Protocol’s provisons (art. 7 (5)) In compiling these summary reports, Parties can use reports including relevant information that have been produced for other international forums.

Indicators were set, so far, for 4 subject areas: Drinking water coverage and sanitation coverage Drinking water quality Outbreaks and incidents of water-related disease Service quality of collective systems of water supply and sanitation

Challenge: Setting indicators for 9 remaining subject areas Application of recognized good practice to the management of water supply and sanitation Occurrence of discharges of untreated wastewater and untreated storm water overflows Quality of discharges of wastewater from wastewater treatment installations

Challenge: Setting indicators for 9 remaining subject areas Disposal or reuse of sewage sludge and the quality of wastewater used for irrigation purposes Quality of waters used as sources for drinking water Quality of waters generally used for bathing Quality of waters generally used for aquaculture or for the production or harvesting of shellfish