Improving Sustainability of the WASH Sector in Upper Egypt
VNG International
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Description
Improving Sustainability of the WASH Sector in Upper Egypt is a project focusing on four governorates in Upper Egypt to improve the sustainability of WASH investments and services by developing and institutionalizing community engagement and multi-stakeholder cooperation in WASH governance. To ensure sustainability and impact the focus is on actions that are locally replicable and scalable through institutionalized methodologies and practices.
SDGs 6 (sustainable management of water) and 16 (inclusive societies, and effective, accountable and inclusive institutions) are highlighted in the approach to sustainability of the sector from both a perspective on social as well as institutional sustainability: social sustainability on the one hand to ensure that service providers in the sector have the capacity to act in a responsive manner to the needs and input of their communities in order to provide quality services, where citizens are not subjected to structural obstacles related to e.g. health in WASH as well as participation in determining service provision needs; institutional sustainability on the other hand to ensure that relevant institutions, policies, and procedures at local level are functional and meet the needs of users of WASH services, wherein the actors are clear on their roles and are capacitated to fulfil those roles effectively through a clear multi-stakeholder approach.
Through a Water Operators Partnership established with Dutch Water Partners and the local water companies, the water board Brabantse Delta and drinking water company Brabant Water and their extensive network of water operators in the Netherlands, the project takes a peer-to-peer approach to institutional knowledge transfer with Egyptian water companies. With a focus on cross-stakeholder and inter-governorate knowledge exchange, the project aims to allow for uptake of good and new practices shared across regions, for replication and scale-up in other regions, for multiplication of exchange of good practices and learnings.
The SDGs are a basis for both the implementation and M&E framework of the project. They are an integral component globally for the development of the sustainability of WASH and climate adaptation, as well as a basis of Dutch development cooperation.
The project's focus, lying in the nexus of social and institutional sustainability with actions targeting community engagement in the target Governorates in Upper Egypt as well as technical assistance in water management of the local water companies, works to synergize between actions, actors, levels of governance, to support achievement of SDGs:
- Contribute to the need for more efficient water and resource allocation in face of climate and desertification challenges in Egypt.
- Analyze where risks for water availability and social and environmental impacts emerge and supporting in how to invest in more efficient systems/practices to reduce those risks on water shortages.
- Support to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Government of Egypt's investments in the WASH sector in the target regions.
- Develop and strengthen the responsiveness of local government and Water and Sanitation Companies to communities in WASH services.
- Produce replicable solutions which can be rolled out to other Governorates and regions.
- Connect those solutions with the SDGs in the Governorate Strategic Plans 2030 and raise the awareness of the stakeholders to the SDGs.
Funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Implemented in partnership with Dutch Water Partners Brabantse Delta (Water Board of Province of North Brabant) and Brabant Water (Drinking Water Company of Province of North Brabant); Implemented with the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Local Development, the Egyptian Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities, and the Egyptian Holding Company for Water and Wastewater
SDGS & Targets
Goal 5
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
5.1
End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
5.1.1
Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex
5.2
5.2.1
Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age
5.2.2
Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence
5.3
5.3.1
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2
Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5.4
Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
5.4.1
Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location
5.5
Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
5.5.1
Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments
5.5.2
Proportion of women in managerial positions
5.6
Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences
5.6.1
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
5.6.2
Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education
5.a
Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
5.a.1
(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure
5.a.2
Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
5.b
5.b.1
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex
5.c
Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
5.c.1
Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment
Goal 6
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
6.1
By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
6.1.1
Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services
6.2
By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
6.2.1
Proportion of population using (a) safely managed sanitation services and (b) a hand-washing facility with soap and water
6.3
By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
6.3.1
Proportion of domestic and industrial wastewater flows safely treated
6.3.2
Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
6.4
6.4.1
Change in water-use efficiency over time
6.4.2
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources
6.5
By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
6.5.1
Degree of integrated water resources management
6.5.2
Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation
6.6
6.6.1
Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time
6.a
6.a.1
Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan
6.b
Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
6.b.1
Proportion of local administrative units with established and operational policies and procedures for participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
Goal 16
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
16.1
Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere
16.1.1
16.1.2
16.1.3
Proportion of population subjected to (a) physical violence, (b) psychological violence and/or (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months
16.1.4
Proportion of population that feel safe walking alone around the area they live after dark
16.2
End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children
16.2.1
Proportion of children aged 1–17 years who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers in the past month
16.2.2
16.2.3
Proportion of young women and men aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18
16.3
Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all
16.3.1
Proportion of victims of (a) physical, (b) psychological and/or (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms
16.3.2
16.3.3
Proportion of the population who have experienced a dispute in the past two years and who accessed a formal or informal dispute resolution mechanism, by type of mechanism
16.4
By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all forms of organized crime
16.4.1
16.4.2
16.5
Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms
16.5.1
16.5.2
16.6
Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels
16.6.1
16.6.2
Proportion of population satisfied with their last experience of public services
16.7
Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels
16.7.1
Proportions of positions in national and local institutions, including (a) the legislatures; (b) the public service; and (c) the judiciary, compared to national distributions, by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups
16.7.2
16.8
Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance
16.8.1
Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations
16.9
By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration
16.9.1
16.10
Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements
16.10.1
16.10.2
16.a
Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime
16.a.1
16.b
Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development
16.b.1
SDG 14 targets covered
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Key beneficiaries of the project are the governorates of Qena, Sohag, Assiut, and Minya; Egyptian Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW); Affiliated Companies of HCWW in Qena, Sohag, Assiut, and Minya.
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Sanna, Project Manager