PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE PROGRESS REPORT

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PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE PROGRESS REPORT

• NATIONAL SANITATION TASK TEAM
• 31 August 2005

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Presentation Outline

• Background
• Progress since last briefing
• Sector collaboration, coordination and progress
  in establishing provincial and local task teams
• Progress regarding institutional development
  and performance (capacity building)
• Challenges on rolling out programme
• Impact of sanitation budget

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Background

• Previous report in October 2004.
• Since 2004, the backlog of people without access
  to basic sanitation has been reduced from 17
  million to 16 million people.
• Sector collaboration and coordination has been
  achieved through NSTT, PSTTs and DSTTs.

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Background Targets

• Targets as they appear in the SFWS
• 2005 eradicate backlog in schools.
• 2006 replace bucket system.
• 2007 eradicate backlog in clinics
• 2010 eradicate household backlog.
• Due to inadequate funding these could not be
  met especially bucket and institutional targets.

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State of Sanitation

• 16 million people without basic sanitation
• 231 000 Households using bucket systems
• 2 744 Schools with inadequate or no sanitation
  facilities
• 2 614 Clinics requiring support to improve
  sanitation

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Progress with regards to household sanitation

• Sector target (04/05) 300 000 household
  facilities 398 812 units were delivered MIG-74
  245,DWAF-107 219 Housing-217 348.
• 825 975 people were reached through HH
  programme.
• 145 118 households served with sanitation from
  April 2005 - June 2005.
• 800 000 units p/a needed to meet 2010 target
• Although 04/05 target was met delivery has to
  increase three times to meet 2010 target.

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Progress since last briefing Bucket Eradication

• R200 million for 2005/06
• 35 000 buckets will be replaced with
• available funding
• 7 600 buckets replaced during the first quarter
  of this year. (April June 2005)

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Progress since last briefing Housing

• From April 2004 to March 2005 a total of 217 348
  houses with toilets were completed.
• This year 46 098 houses have been built.
• A total of 1,8 million houses have been
  constructed since the inception of the housing
  programme in the 1994/1995 financial year.
• R4, 8 billion is available for the construction
  of houses in the 2005/06 financial year.

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Housing

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• Comprehensive Plan for the Creation of
  Sustainable Human Settlements approved by Cabinet
  on 1 September 2004.

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Progress with school sanitation

• 4 300 schools without sanitation in 2004.
• Since September 2004 July 2005,
• 1 285 schools were provided with sanitation.
• Target for 2005/06 is 2 117 schools to be
  provided with sanitation facilities based on
  available funding.
• 747 schools were provided with sanitation during
  period April July 05.

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School sanitation Progress Cont.

• Health and hygiene education to be incorporated
  into the syllabus of grades r- 9 learners.
• Resource material has been developed and is
  being tested by Rhodes University.
• Material will be officially launched in March
  2006 during the sanitation week.

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Clinic sanitation Progress

• In 2002/03, R35 million was provided to pilot
  clinic sanitation (VIP)
• Pilot clinic sanitation programme targeting
  Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Limpopopo, North
  West and Mpumalanga implemented.
• Programme officially launched by the Ministers
  of Health and Water Affairs and Forestry in
  Limpopo in July 2005.
• 2 291 toilet seats or more than 500 blocks of
  toilets have been constructed.

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Clinic Sanitation lessons learnt

• Progress is accelerated when more than one
  service provider is appointed.
• Delays in the transfer of funds to municipalities
  hampers progress.
• Distance between clinics affects delivery pace
  and costs.
• Internal and external communication on the
  project has maximised benefits.
• Healthy competition between provinces increases
  pace of delivery ( best programme)

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Institutional Development Performance

• Sector Collaboration
• Lack of clarity on roles was a stumbling block in
  the past.
• Coherent approach developed through sector
  collaboration and coordination.
• Sector departments and partners collaborating
  through NSTT, PSTTs and local structures.
• NSTT Terms of Reference detailing scope of work,
  nature of collaboration and roles of partners
  developed.
• Common vision and coordination through NSTT
  workplan.

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Institutional Development Performance

• Provincial Sanitation Task Teams
• Structures not homogenous, but organised to meet
  provincial and broad national objectives.
• Forums functioning at district or WSA levels in
  Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Kwa Zulu Natal, Western Cape
  and Eastern Cape.
• Broader district water services forums exist in
  Northern Cape and North West.
• WSA Sanitation forum in Mpumalanga proving to be
  successful in performance management, monitoring,
  co-ordination and problem solving.

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Institutional Development Performance

• Sanitation Subsidy
• Regular adjustments in response to inflation and
  price increases.
• Sector bench marks for standards developed.
• Recognise the need to provide mixed levels of
  service as part of basic sanitation.
• R3000 ceiling for dry on-site sanitation.
• R4000-R9000 for intermediate and high levels of
  service.
• The above ceilings include hard and soft issues.

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Institutional Development Performance

• Performance Monitoring
• MIG-information system launched in July 2005.
• Dual monitoring evaluation system in use until
  all users are registered.
• Sanitation checklist/template to improve
  diagnostic assessment support within Project
  Consolidate developed.
• Monitoring complemented by sector wide
  sustainability audits and evaluations.

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Institutional Development Performance

• Contribution to Economic and Social Development
• Municipal Guide and Position Paper on sanitation
  job creation to guide MIG delivery has been
  approved. Guide to be piloted with WSAs.
• Sector Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on job
  creation has been developed.
• Since programme inception, 23 886 jobs created
  through DWAF transfers.

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Institutional Development Performance

• Capacity Building and Training
• Discussions with ESETA for accreditation of
  Masibambane Coordinators course in progress.
• Task Teams created to support municipalities
  with financial planning, monitoring and reporting
  under MIG.

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Institutional Development Performance

• Sanitation advocacy, information, education and
  communication
• WASH - awareness raising campaign launched in
  partnership with UN Water Supply and Sanitation
  Collaborative Council.
• Baswa le Metsi - promoting involvement of young
  people in sanitation.
• Sanitation week in 2006 to raise profile.

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Challenges facing programme

• Despite robust advocacy programmes, communities
  are reluctant to accept intermediate and basic
  service and prefer waterborne sanitation
  especially in bucket eradication thus slowing
  down progress.
• Low prioritisation of the sanitation programme by
  WSAs
• Inadequate equitable share funding to operate and
  maintain infrastructure.

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Challenges cont.

• Procurement policies at municipal level not in
  line with local available skills. (In many cases
  the local service providers are inexperienced
  and lack technical knowledge). DWAF gives
  support.
• Municipalities in the process of adjusting to new
  roles - internal systems and procedures not in
  place in some.

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Sector plans for dealing with challenges

• Complete national sanitation strategy for the
  sector and increase programme ability to provide
  mixed service levels.
• Supporting municipality to implement MIG.
• Provide complementary capacity to municipalities
  in line with Project Consolidate.
• Knowledge management and best practice promotion.

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Sector plans cont.

• MIG sanitation framework to be developed.
• Scenario planning guidelines to improve
  prioritisation at local levels.
• Review WSDP/IDP with WSAs.
• Ongoing peer review and support through best
  practice promotion.
• Support to PSUs PMUs. (dwaf dplg)
• Review and align guidelines to MIG.

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Wayforward/ Critical Success Factors

• Feasibility studies and proper planning
• Sector bench marks.
• Synchronise Capacity Building Grant and MIG
• Sector support within Project Consolidate
• Sector collaboration

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Critical Success Factors

• Capacity development and support at local levels
  including synchronizing MIG and CBG
• Adequacy of water supply for higher levels of
  service (Water Summits).
• Manage community aspirations and ensure
  appropriate and sustainable services.
• Reliability of statistical data.
• Appropriate technology
• Monitoring and evaluation

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