Urban Water

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Urban Water Sanitation Panel

• Dr. John D. Skoda
• Capacity Building in Water and Sanitation
  involves
• Knowledge
• Institutional Development
• Finance

2
What is Capacity Building?

• The building of Human, Institutional, and
  Infrastructure Capacity to help societies develop
  secure, stable, and sustainable economies,
  governments, and other institutions through
  mentoring, training, education, physical
  projects, the infusion of financial and other
  resources, and most importantly, the motivation
  and inspiration of people to improve their lives.

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Knowledge obtain/update/validate

• Land Holdings
• Topographic Maps
• Population and Water Use
• Socio-Economic Data
• Current Wat/San Costs
• Wat/San Situation and Preferences
• Technical Options Opportunities
• Costs, Benefits Perceptions of Options
• Share Knowledge to Validate Motivate

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Institutional Development

• Develop More Effective Institutions
• Decentralize Governance to Maximize Use of Local
  Knowledge Motivation
• Devolve Authority Access to Means
• Build Regulatory Capacity Means for Conflict
  Resolution
• Institutional Development Must Link
• Individual Capacity Building with
• An Enabling Environment and
• A Shared Overall Objective.

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Finance

• Tailor to Particular Needs of Peri-Urban Systems
• Minimize Lead Time Transaction Costs
• Plan for Upfront Local Commitment/Input
• Take Time to Ensure Objectives Truly Shared
• Be Aware of
• External
• Foreign and
• Funny Money Syndrome.