1. WASH Enabling Environment Framework, Theory of Change and Tools
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2. WASH Sustainable Development Goal 6
Outline
Learning Objectives
WASH Sustainable Development Goal 6
UNICEF WASH Strategic Framework
Enabling Environment: Definition
WASH Programming and Context Capacity
WASH EE
Functions, Framework, Theory of Change, Support Process, Tools
Group Work

3. Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to
Define "enabling environment" in the context of WASH
Describe importance of WASH EE to reach SDG 6
Define and describe “Theory of Change” for WASH EE
Define “context capacity”

4. WASH Sustainable Development Goal 6
Universal access by 2030
At-scale service delivery and behavior change
Increase in scale and rate of progress
Reducing inequality
Access for all population groups (whether location, income level, ethnicity, gender, etc.)
Sustainable: country can
Maintain service programs
Operate facilities
Maintain behavioral practices with minimal outside resources
NOTE TO FACILITATOR:
Lead a discussion with the group about what factors are essential for countries to reach the WASH SDG 6…
Discuss the limitations of a project approach….
Difficult to achieve SDG through piece-meal project approach
Ask participants what the challenges to program success might include:
Lack of leadership or political support
Inadequate regulations
Lack of dedicated or sustained resources
Lack of monitoring and evaluation
Insufficient human resources

5. UNICEF 2016-2030 WASH Strategic Framework
Enabling environment is one of the programmatic approaches to reaching UNICEF’s goals
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6. Enabling Environment: Definition
What is an Enabling Environment (EE)?
Creates in-country conditions for sustainable, at-scale WASH services
Supports the context for expanding WASH programs and service delivery
Uses established practice with lessons learned
Other names for EE – sector reform, upstream, systems change
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Ask participants to brainstorm definition of enabling environment?
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7. WASH Programming and Context Capacity
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This figure provides a broad indication of the types of WASH programming approaches appropriate to the “context capacity.” UNICEF’s involvement in strengthening the enabling environment and related WASH systems will be a greater focus as capacity increases. The shades of green in this figure represent levels of intensity: light green/yellow represents a low intensity level, the leaf green represents a moderate level of intensity, and the dark green a high level of intensity.
This typology is important for EE programming. By mapping the national or subnational context, Host governments with support from UNICEF, can determine the appropriate programming approaches to deploy and, consequently, define the skills and resources the country requires to maximize results.
The exact program design will be determined by the specific context; however, generally there will be a shift in the types of programming approaches deployed as “capacity” increases.
Concentrate on EE
Some EE Focus
No EE Focus Needed

8. Factors that influence WASH EE engagement and support
Group Work
Factors that influence WASH EE engagement and support
List different factors that influence the WASH EE in your country.
For each factor, identify whether UNICEF can have influence on it or not and why.
Discuss with your table and share with the larger group when asked.
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The purpose of this exercise is to get participants to understand the different types of factors that will influence how participants engage in supporting the WASH EE in their country.
ASK PARTICIPANTS
Using your knowledge and experience, discuss the different factors that will influence how you would engage in supporting the WASH EE in your country?

9. WASH EE Functions Sector Policy and Strategy
Institutional Arrangements
Sector Coordination
Service Delivery Arrangements
Regulation and Accountability
Sector Financing
Budgeting
Financing
Sector Planning, Monitoring and Review
Planning
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Sector Capacity Development
The core WASH enabling environment functions are aligned with those used in the UNICEF WASH-BAT tool and may need to be adjusted as the WASH-BAT tool is improved.

10. Context: WASH EE Framework
Ask participants:
WHAT ARE THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF BUDGETING AND FINANCING?
Financial flows are adequate and predictable and meet national targets.
The WASH sector is able to attract different sources of funding.
WHAT INDICATORS CAN BE USED TO MEASURE BUDGETING AND FINANCING?
Budgeting
Budgetary allocations include enough funds to support to the delivery of services.
Budgetary allocations include enough funds to cover capital expenditures to meet national water sector investment targets.
The budget is adequate and disaggregated between each of the subsectors (rural, urban, water, sanitation).
The budget and expenditure are publicly available.
Financing
Financial flows are predictable.
Financial needs for sector operations are known
Amount of funding available from taxes, tariffs and transfers to fund sectoral operations are known
Existence of legal and institutional frameworks for financial transactions to take place;
Public allocations to water and sanitation as % GDP
Existence of financing institutions

11. What functions did Ethiopia have in place ?
Group Work
WASH EE in Ethiopia
Drawing on the WASH functions what do you think was in place that is not specifically listed here?
What functions did Ethiopia have in place ?
Thinking back to the last slide where we talked about the 9 governance functions, what functions did Ethiopia have in place here. What do you think was in place that is not specifically listed here?
Government strengthened the EE for rural sanitation by…
Developing a new policy
Creating programmatic approaches for rural sanitation
Developing a sector-wide approach with unified indicators and monitoring systems
Better targeting and increasing external financing for rural sanitation
Results
OD declined from 84% to 34%
Inequality in access to sanitation between the top quintile and the bottom quintile declined

12. Context: WASH EE Theory of Change
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13. WASH EE Support Process

14. How will you support WASH EE?
Group Work
How will you support WASH EE?
What are the implications for you as UNICEF staff to work on the EE?
What kind of skills are needed to work on EE?
What kind of support will you need to move away from the conventional way of doing business and help the government do the same?
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Lead a discussion using these three guiding questions.
Ensure that participants use their experiences to inform the discussion.

15. Read the tool sheet you get Think or discuss with your partner
Group Work
WASH EE Tools and Use
Read the tool sheet you get
Think or discuss with your partner
Purpose of tool
How you have used or would use it
Challenges to using it
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Please make sure you have List of Tools handout ready and available for participants.
Round Robin Tool Sharing – 20 Minutes
Participants will work in pairs or alone. They will read a description of one tool and answer the questions. (10 Minutes)
Participants will describe the tool in one minute and explain how to use it. (10 Minutes)
UNICEF Advocacy Toolkit
WASH Joint Sector Reviews (JSRs)
Monitoring Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High-level Commitments
UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS)
WSP Country Status Overviews (CSOs) (World Bank)
Rural Sanitation EE Assessment (World Bank)
Sanitation and Water for All (SWA)
WASH Bottleneck Analysis Tool (WASH-BAT) (UNICEF)
ESI Costing Toolkit (World Bank)
Track-Fin (WHO)
Value for Money (VFM) Tool (DFID)
Public Expenditure Review (PER) of WASH sector (World Bank)
Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) of WASH sector (World Bank)
Territorial expenditure analysis of WASH
Fiscal space analysis (UNICEF)
Economic Sanitation Initiative Toolkit
UNICEF Accountability Reference Guide

16. For more information, please contact
David Tsetse, Ph.D.
WASH Specialist, Planning Monitoring and Capacity Building Programme Division
Tel:
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June 2016
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