1. Lao PDR - Vision Long term vision Focus for 2014-2016
- Equitable and universal access: national coverage water 80% and sanitation 60% by 2015 (NSEDP)
- Alignment with poverty eradication outreach
- Improve HR and institutional strengthening for delivery and O&M
Focus for
- Improved sector coordination and collaboration
- Increase funding for water supply and ODF
- Concentrate on underserved remote and poor
Water:
70% have access to improved water, but urban/rural divide
Sanitation:
62% use improved toilets, lower rural coverage where 45% practice O.D.
Inequalities:
WASH access lower in South & for ethnic groups; strong rich/ educated - poor gap

2. Challenges Key bottlenecks
- Lack of a national overarching WASH policy
- Limited human resource capacity for implementation of WASH projects, service delivery and compliance
- Inadequate annual budget allocations;
- Inadequate ability to scale up rural sanitation and hygiene promotion;
- weak Monitoring and Evaluation capacity
Tools used:
LSIS
NSEDP, NGPES,
MNFSAP, IWA
Tools used
Ministry of Health/Lao Statistics Bureau, ‘Lao Social Indicator Survey’ (LSIS)
7th National Socio-Economic Development Plan (NSEDP),
National Growth and Poverty Eradication Strategy NGPES,
Multisectoral Food and Nutrition Security Action Plan (MNFSAP ),
International Water Association

3. Progress on 2012 commitments
Key achievement areas
- Coordination: among sector agencies and partners  WASH TWG
- Financing: SWA HLM accelerated action plan and priority setting
- Decentralization: through prioritization in district development funds for basic social services  MoH workplan
- WASH in Health Programming and in Schools
Areas of slow achievement
- Scaling up of sanitation and hygiene: more trained mobilizers (for CLTS), private sector for sanitation materials; promotion takes time & effort
Carry-over to 2014:
- Coordination: Joint Sector Review and setting up a M&E framework;
- Financing: to urge MoF to raise budget allocation for rural WASH
Carry-over to 2014:
- Coordination: Joint Sector Review and setting up a M&E framework;
- Financing: to urge MoF to raise budget allocation for rural WASH

4. 2014 Commitments Finance Policy and Plans Visibility
Increase the annual bud-get allocation for rural WASH to 30% of MoH budget and create a separate budget line for rural WASH
Formulation of an overarching policy on WASH for both urban and rural areas by 2016;
Open Defecation will be reduced to 35% in rural areas by 2016 and synergy with the Multisectoral Food and Nutrition Security Action Plan
Sustaina-
bility
Equality
Equality
Coordination
Capacity
Service Delivery
Strengthening WASH Sector Coordination: hold Annual Joint Sector Review and monitor agreed sector indicators
MOH and MPWT to raise institutional capacity by increasing its human resources at least by 15%, by 2016
By 2016, access to sustainable, equitable and safe water supply raised to 70% in rural communities