1. TIMOR LESTE - Vision Long term vision
- Achieve universal access to water and sanitation by 2030 and 91% families using improved toilet by 2020
- 20% reduction in U5 stunting (from 51.9% in to 42% in 2019): WASH is the important contributor.
Focus for
- Stregthen legal framework and improved planning and management for sustainable and equitable access.
- Increase investment in rural and urban WASH sector to improve institutional capacity and incease services.
- Enhance inter-ministerial/inter-sector coordination for synergy and sustainability.
Water:
69% access to improved water (JMP 2013), on-track for MDG
Sanitation:
Slow progress, 39% use improved toilets and 29% practice OD (JMP 2013).
Rural-urban inequalities:
Rural OD 39% and urban OD 8% - 92% of people practicing OD live in rural areas

2. Challenges Key Opportunities
- need for policy and costed strategic plan for effective resource mobilization;
- need to strengthen institutional capacities for effective programme delivery and sustainability, especially at sub-national levels;
- increase effectiveness in coordination amongst the sector ministries (MoH, MoPW, MoE and MSA), both at national and sub-national level.
- strengthen monitoring and reporting systems.
Tools used:
Water and Sanitation Information System (SIBS), WASH Forum and Sanitation Theme Group Meetings

3. Progress on 2012 commitments
Key achievement areas
- Adoption of Basic Sanitation Policy and mainstreaming of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS);
- Increase investment in Human Capital (sanitarians for sub-districts, sanitation technicians for districts, and sub-district facilitators for water);
- National Government Monitoring System for Water & Sanitation (SIBS)established and operational.
Areas of slow achievement
- Investment in Rural and Urban WASH infrastructure and their operation and maintenance;
- Finalization of water resource and water supply policies.
Carry-over to 2014
- Increase investment in Rural and Urban infrastructure and their sustainability (O&M);
- National consultation and finalization of water resource policy and law and water supply policy;
- Develop and cost WASH strategies
- Continue to invest in SIBS and assets and human resources mapping.

4. 2014 Committments Policy and strategies Coordination Finance Finance
* National water supply policy and water resource policy and law approved;
* Sanitation, Water Supply and Public Health and Hygiene Promotion Strategies developed and costed;
* Human resource capacity mapping for MoH and MoPW completed.
Sustainability
* Reinforce the existing BESI (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) coordination mechanism both at national and sub-national levels (guidelines approved and implemented).
Equity
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Finance
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* Implementation of urban national/district strategies for water, sanitation and hygiene is funded;
* Urban WASH institutional structure in both Ministries resourced and funded
* Implementation of rural national/district strategies for water, sanitation and hygiene is funded;
* Rural WASH institutional structure in both Ministries (MoH and MoPW) resourced and funded.
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