SANIMAS: Sanitation by CommunitiesWater Week

Washington DC, March, 2003

Indonesia Country Info

• Total area: 1,919,440 sq km OR about three times the size of Texas• Archipelago of 17,000 islands • Population: 231,328,092 (vs. 21,325,018, the population of Texas)• Population of Java is 107.5 million with a density of 814persons/km2

“Listen, pilot, demonstrate and mainstream”Listen

Lessons from other CBS initiatives in Indonesia

Pilot

Piloting SANIMAS in 8 communities in East Java and Bali: using DRAs, selection criteria

Demonstrate

Demonstration value: Lessons to date

Mainstream

Mainstreaming SANIMAS: Strategies and challenges

I. What we know

• Direct relationship between community participation and operational success

• Significant demand for sanitation services

• Lack of information on low-cost systems and their benefits

• Demand responsive approaches are essential for sustained sanitation

• The lack of investment in sanitation costs approximately $4.7 billion a year

LISTEN: What we know alreadyLISTEN: What we know already

Concept• Help 6-8 local urban communities prepare

and implement neighborhood sanitation systems of their choice.

• Use the built systems to demonstrate and to promote community based sanitation (CBS) around Indonesia.

Location: East Java and Bali

6 Communities – East Java

2 Communities – Bali

ComponentsComponents

Preparation

Demonstration & Implementation

Coordination & Management

– Contribution (range: US$15,000-26,000/city)– Experience with water and sanitation projects– Existence of and adherence to a sanitation

strategy– Mobilization of local facilitating agencies

Selection CriteriaSelection Criteria

• Well-defined long-list of CBS options for Indonesia

• Informed choice catalogue

• Training materials for local facilitating agencies

• MOUs signed in eight cities

• LFAs trained and ready to develop community action plans

Where are we?Where are we?

• Flexibility in implementation timeframe is key to DRAs

• Program vs. project-wise approaches

• Clear implementation strategy for DRA

• Work with groups that have a mandate to push CBS

• Governments committed and willing to contribute

Lessons to DateLessons to Date

– National workshop – Feb. 2004 to announce SANIMAS results and strategy

– Replicable process

– Mid-term plans that incorporate CBS options

– Promote appropriate design options for CBS

– Support capacity building of local contractors

– Locate long term funding

Mainstreaming CBSMainstreaming CBS

• Institutional framework –– Who’s responsible for sanitation?– Supporting policy

• Funding Challenges– Large-scale investment needed

• Scaling up – initially to other communities or nationally?

Challenges for Scaling UpChallenges for Scaling Up