Rural Water Supply and Sanitation National Target Programme II

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Rural Water Supply and Sanitation National Target
Programme II

• Joint Annual Review 2007
• Overview

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RWSS NTP II

• The GoV RWSS NTP II is the main programme
  providing water supply and sanitation services in
  the sector and covers the period 2006 - 2010.
• RWSS NTP II targets for are
• 85 of population using clean water with 60 lcd
  (50 with access to standard TC09)
• 70 rural households with hygienic latrines
• 70 hygienic sanitation for livestock pens
• 100 access to clean water and hygienic latrines
  for rural schools, clinics and commune peoples
  committees and public places
• Minimize environmental pollution at trading
  villages, particularly at food processing ones.

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Funding (in VND)

• Bn Vnd
• Central state budget 3,200
• Local budget 2,300
• International funding 3,400
• Peoples contribution 8,100
• Preferential credit (mainly SPB) 5,600
• Total 22,600

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Pilot Provinces

• AusAID/Danida/Netherlands are co-financing NTP II
  through Targeted Programme Budget Support (TPBS)
  and this approach represents a major commitment
  of support through GoVs own financing and
  implementation structures.
• This is a learning process for both GoV and
  donors and thus a phased approach has been
  adopted with TPBS being directed to 9 pilot
  provinces (Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Ninh
  Thuan, Phu Yen, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Tra Vinh and
  An Giang) until end of 2008.
• Pilot activities will allow the potential system
  risks to be further investigated in the nine
  provinces and help develop greater focus on
  sanitation and hygiene, better targeting to the
  poor, improved OM and further decentralisation.
• The TPBS is complemented with technical and
  capacity-building support to help address current
  weaknesses in service delivery and improve the
  effectiveness of RWSS expenditure.

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Organisation and Management

• Implementation is carried out by the relevant
  authorities at local (P/D/CPC, Dard, DoH, DoET)
  and central (MARD, MoH, MoET etc) levels.
• NTP II is overseen by a Steering Committee
  chaired by the Minister of MARD which has already
  met twice this year.
• To support the SC and implementation a Standing
  Office (SO) has been established under the
  Department of Water Resources at MARD.
• Joint donor / GoV reviews are undertaken
  bi-annually
• Joint Supervision Mission occurs around March
  assess progress against programme benchmarks /
  triggers.
• Joint Annual Review (JAR) occurs around October
  is more on a policy / strategic level.
• The JAR paves the way for the annual
  consultations between GoV and donors later the
  same month.

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Joint Annual Review

• The first JAR took place from 24th Sept - 5th Oct
  cumulating in a workshop on the 5th Oct to
  present and discuss the findings.
• The main purpose is to review programme design,
  implementation and sector policy.
• The focus of this years JAR was on
• pro-poor targeting and guidance
• sanitation and demand driven planning
• water quality
• institutional set up
• reporting mechanisms for monitoring triggers and
  benchmarks in the future.

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JAR Recommendation 1

• The review came up with 12 recommendations
• Capacity Building
• The SO and the provincial authorities supported
  by relevant ministries and TA should prepare and
  resource a capacity building action plan as
  specified in the benchmarks. Important aspects
  include
• finalization of the guidelines and the supportive
  institutional framework
• undertaking of the necessary training in the
  guidelines and key new approaches (i.e.
  decentralization, pro-poor targeting, planning,
  IEC, OM, monitoring and reporting
• monitoring of the adherence to guidelines and
  implementation of the capacity building plan

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JAR Recommendation - 2

• Institutional Framework
• The SO structure and staff responsibilities
  should be defined and disseminated to
  stakeholders. As a minimum
• Job descriptions should be prepared for SO staff.
  
• MOH should allocate a full time resource perons
  to the NTP II.
• The SO should include expertise in state budget
  financial management.

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JAR Recommendation - 3

• Experimentation in Pilot Provinces
• The SO, with the support of TA, should cooperate
  with the 9 pilot provinces to encourage
  flexibility and innovation in NTP II
  implementation to identify best practice
  approaches that can be replicated.

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JAR Recommendation 4

• Sanitation and IEC
• Progress in the implementation of sanitation
  programs (coverage) especially at household level
  and the effectiveness of IEC approaches in the
  pilot provinces should be monitored by MOH, the
  provincial and district authorities as well as
  the SO as specified by the benchmarks i.e.
• increased recurrent funding for sanitation and
  IEC
• rollout of affordable household sanitation
  solutions

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JAR Recommendation - 5

• Decentralisation
• Provincial authorities in the pilot provinces,
  with the support of the SO and TA should
• plan for early delegation of implementation from
  province to districts and communes.
• use the resources available, including local and
  international TA to build capacity at the local
  level
• consolidate the lessons learnt for national
  replication.

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JAR Recommendation - 6

• Budget Allocation
• The GoV should review and confirm with the TPBS
  donors that the budget allocation for 2008 will
  be made consistent with the funding agreement.

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JAR Recommendation - 7

• Planning and Reporting
• The SO supported by TA should provide training to
  improve and standardize the quality and
  timeliness of physical and financial planning and
  reporting as specified in the benchmark.

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JAR Recommendation - 8

• Technical Assistance
• The TA workplans should focus on achievable
  results within the key areas for new approaches.
  This is likely to differ from province to
  province. The TA reporting channels at provincial
  level should be formalized.

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JAR Recommendation - 9

• Triggers and Benchmarks
• The SO and provinces should formally report on
  progress on the benchmarks and triggers at half
  year intervals in line with the GOV reporting
  cycle.

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JAR Recommendation - 10

• Operation and Maintenance
• SO and provinces supported by TA should the
  reinforce emerging recognition of the importance
  of OM including the adoption of a viable tariff
  and appropriate application of institutional
  models for OM consistent with the relevant
  trigger.

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JAR Recommendation - 11

• Water Quality
• MARD and MOH should take a feasible, practical
  and prioritized approach to ensure compliance
  with clean water hygienic standards for small
  water supply schemes. The RWSS partnership should
  follow up on the results of these studies when
  they available towards the year end and integrate
  them into its overall water quality initiatives.

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JAR Recommendation - 12

• Donor Fund Transfer
• Efforts should be made by the donors to
  synchronize the timely transfer of funds in order
  to provide greater budget certainty to assist MOF
  planning.

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Pilot activities

• During the JAR Workshop after presentation of the
  recommendations other sector stakeholders were
  requested to present possible relevant pilot
  activities that are ready to be scaled up in the
  pilot provinces

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Potential Pilot Activities

• IDE Sanitation marketing supporting the private
  sector in delivering appropriate sanitation
  services.
• UNICEF IEC materials for promoting different
  types of sanitation technologies.
• SPB They have large successful programme which
  is part of NTP II providing credit for water
  supply (mainly connection fees) and sanitation
  (mainly latrines) services.

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Possible Pilot Activities

• EMW supporting the small scale private sector
  operators for managing water supply schemes.
• SNV supporting the relevant institutions in
  delivering WS services and have activities such
  as poor targeting, community micro-financing and
  appropriate technologies such as biogas.

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Possible Pilot Activities

• Other relevant activities
• Red River Project This project is developing
  private enterprise management model for operating
  piped water schemes. 
• Hand Washing Campaign MoH with support from WSP
  are developing a National Hand Washing campaign
  using social marketing techniques to promote HW
  with soap.

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RWSS NTP II

• If you require further information about RWSS NTP
  II please contact
• Standing office ntp2.tl_at_mard.gov.vn
• John Pinfold john_at_mard.gov.vn

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