Water and Sanitation Trust Fund:Water and Sanitation Trust Fund:UN-HABITAT’SUN-HABITAT’S Response to Response to MDG and WSSDMDG and WSSD

By:Kalyan RaySenior Adviser on Water, Sanitation & InfrastructureOffice of the Executive Director

Millennium Summit TargetsMillennium Summit TargetsSufficient improvement in Sufficient improvement in the lives of at least 100 the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by million slum dwellers by 20202020Halve by the year 2015, the Halve by the year 2015, the proportion of people proportion of people without access to safe without access to safe drinking waterdrinking water

Johannesburg Summit Johannesburg Summit Sanitation TargetsSanitation Targets

Halve by the year 2015, the Halve by the year 2015, the proportion of people who do not proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitationhave access to basic sanitation

CSD 12 & 13 CSD 12 & 13 Water, Sanitation, H.S.Water, Sanitation, H.S.

New Mandates for Water and SanitationNew Mandates for Water and Sanitation

The MDG Context: A New Opportunity

Commitment at the highest level to a set of quantitave time bound targets

A new compact: Water, Sanitation and Human Settlements – An Entry point for realization of other MDGs

The Goal and the Process: MDGs and PRSPs

ODA: More and Better

The Country by Country, Donor by Donor, Project by Project Approach is NOT the Answer

The Need for a Programmatic Approach Committing More, Implementing Better. Greater Focus on Monitoring and

Evaluation

UN-HABITAT’s ResponseUN-HABITAT’s Response

A Water and Sanitation Trust Fund Established in October 2002, with a well-defined Goal and a Clear Set of objectives

Focus on: Pro-poor Investments Reliance on core competencies:

– Advocacy, Awareness Raising and Education– Building Capacity Linked to Follow-up Investments– Building Partnerships at Local Level– Demonstration and Piloting of Innovative Approaches

Water and Sanitation Water and Sanitation Trust FundTrust Fund

Promoting pro-poor

investment through

regional water and sanitation programmes.

Strategic support to

local pro-poor water and sanitation initiatives.

Monitoring of progress towards

internationally agreed goals and targets.

Development of norms,

standards and management toolkits for pro-poor

investment.

Delivery MechanismsDelivery Mechanisms

Regional ProgrammesRegional Programmes Water for African Cities programmeWater for African Cities programme Water for Asian Cities programmeWater for Asian Cities programme

Strategic Initiatives at Regional LevelStrategic Initiatives at Regional Level Lake Victoria Water & Sanitation InitiativeLake Victoria Water & Sanitation Initiative Greater Mekong Water and Sanitation InitiativeGreater Mekong Water and Sanitation Initiative

Normative WorkNormative Work Global Assessments: State of Water & Sanitation Global Assessments: State of Water & Sanitation Pro-poor Governance ToolkitPro-poor Governance Toolkit Rights-based Approach to water and SanitationRights-based Approach to water and Sanitation Integrated Urban Water Resource ManagementIntegrated Urban Water Resource Management Environmental AssessmentsEnvironmental Assessments

Monitoring Progress with Achievement of MDGMonitoring Progress with Achievement of MDG

Building Strategic Partnerships Building Strategic Partnerships with Development Partnerswith Development Partners

International Financing InstitutionsInternational Financing Institutions Asian Development Bank ($500 Million over 5 years)Asian Development Bank ($500 Million over 5 years) African Development Bank ($362 Million over 5 years)African Development Bank ($362 Million over 5 years) The World Bank (under negotiation)The World Bank (under negotiation) EU ?EU ?

Donor Countries and InstitutionsDonor Countries and Institutions EU member states: The Netherlands, Norway, (Sweden)EU member states: The Netherlands, Norway, (Sweden) Canada – Canada Fund for AfricaCanada – Canada Fund for Africa European Institutions: IHE-Delft; IRC; IIED; WEDC; SIWI European Institutions: IHE-Delft; IRC; IIED; WEDC; SIWI Africa: ENDA; CREPA;CEFOC; NETWASAfrica: ENDA; CREPA;CEFOC; NETWAS

Committed in-flow of funds vs. Projected Expenditure (Cumulative)

In million US$

-100

102030405060

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Year

BudgetIncomePoly. (Budget)Poly. (Income)