In 2014, SWA partners tabled

383 commitments to address barriers to delivering sustainable water & sanitation services. In April 2015, progress on the commitments was as follows:

23 Completed27 Almost Completed164 Good Progress110 Slow Progress24 Major Barriers

Figure 1: Overall progress in 2015 of commitments by developing countries & Africa Region

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In April 2014, at the third High Level Meeting of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership, 43 developing country partners and 12 donor agencies made 383 commitments to address barriers to access to water and sanitation. This report provides preliminary highlights of the status of progress on the commitments as at the end of March 2015. Monitoring of commitments is a key mechanism to improve accountability in the sector. The full report and individual partner updates will be available on the SWA website in July 2015.

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Figure 2: Overall progress in 2015 of commitments by donors

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Good progress is being made on the majority of the country commitments and on three quarters of the donor commitments. Almost 80% of the country commitments were made by countries in the Africa region.

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Figure 3: Progress status by individual developing country partners

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Figure 4: Progress status by individual donor partners

Good progress is being made on the majority of the commitments across most categories. Progress is weak in the financing category where there is good progress on only 34% of the commitments.

Figure 5: Overall progress status by category by donors and developing countries combined

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THE HIGH LEVEL COMMITMENTS DIALOGUE

The High-Level Commitments Dialogue (HLCD) encompasses the High Level Meetings, the preparatory process that countries and donors conduct in advance of the HLMs to develop commitments and the annual monitoring of

the commitments. The HLCD is designed to encourage an on-going political dialogue, results on the ground and accountability in the sector.

In preparation for the 2014 HLM, 46 developing countries and 16 donors and development banks engaged in an intense five-

month preparatory process facilitated by the SWA Secretariat. There was a concerted effort to develop commitments which are “SMART” (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound). Countries also used available sector analyses to understand bottlenecks and jointly developed priorities for the sector.

The efforts invested to develop a focused, SMART set of commitments, by a broad set of stakeholders provides a basis from which partners can clearly advocate for results,

better implement actions and effectively monitor progress.

Monitoring progress of the HLM commitments is a key mechanism for strengthening mutual accountability, which is one

of the SWA’s main objectives.

When the global progress update is released in July 2015, countries plan to undertake advocacy activities to ensure continued attention toward achieving the unfinished commitments.

Countries will focus messaging and activities around the barriers and efforts required in their specific context to sustain progress and avoid slipping back on those they have already achieved.

Two-thirds of countries (29 countries) report using one or a combination of available sector analyses to identify bottlenecks, making the commitments relevant to each country’s context.

GLAAS* GLAAS* and otherOther toolsNot reported

Figure 6: Proportion of countries which used sector analyses to develop commitments.

* UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of sanitation and Drinking-water (GLAAS) report

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