Sustainable management structures for water and sanitation
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Key elements
Long term management and planning using 2nd-line structures in cooperation with the local authorities.
Partners
CEDIR (Centro de Desarrollo y Investigación Rural).
CEFODI (Corporación Esmeraldeña para la Formación y el Desarrollo Integral).
FMLGT (Fundacion Maria Luisa Gómez de la Torre).
CenAGRAP (2nd-line structure water organization in the Cañar district).
Tuk Yak (2nd-line structure water organization in the Suscal district).
COPLAV (2nd-line structure water services in the Oña district).
Municipal governments and administrations in the relevant districts.
Target groups
- Drinking Water committees of the different water systems.
- Water associations (intercommunal) and/or communal governance bodies.
- Schools and healthcare centers.
- Municipal authorities in the relevant districts.
Objective
Participatory management structures and processes guarantee a sustainable performance of the rural drinking water and sanitation services for 75,000 users in the 6 districts.
Main results
- The newly installed or rehabilitated systems are all governed by a representative and functioning water committee, that has received specific training on administrative, financial and technical aspects.
- The different water committees are efficiently coached by water associations and/or municipal governance structures, with representation from both consumers and local governments.
- The 2nd-line structured water organization are integrated in the long term plans and vision of the drinking water and sanitation sector in each district.
Financing
DGD, - the LNE department of the Flemish Government, TMVW, IMDC, BFOS and GROHE in the framework of the Flemish partnership for Water and Development -, the municipality of Bierbeek, the province of East Flanders.
