Transcript SAWFA - Sanitation and Water for All

BANGLADESH VISION
Long term vision
• Achieve universal access to safe drinking water,
sanitation and hygiene by 2021 by eliminating
inequalities in services and ensuring
sustainability.
Focus for 2014-2016
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Continue political commitment and priority to
eliminate open defecation;
Encourage households to move the sanitation
ladder from the ODF;
Increase WASH services in HtR areas, disaster
prone areas and other difficult areas;
Increase access to safe water in arsenic
contaminated areas;
Promote integration of WASH services in other
sectors such as education, health and nutrition.
Water:
83% have access to improved
water, On-track for MDG.
Sanitation:
82% have access to sanitary
latrine (55% improved &
27% shared), 14% unimproved and only 4%
practice OD.
Inequalities:
Rural households (5%) are
likely to practice more OD
than urban settings (2%) .
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CHALLENGES
Key Bottlenecks :
 Limited funds to sanitation projects particularly in
Rural areas and in urban slums;
 Weak coordination among stakeholders;
 Low capacity of LGIs and Weak monitoring;
 HtR areas and other difficult areas;
 Climate Change and Natural disasters;
Tools used :
Consultation
with
stakeholders
& GLAAS
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 Peri-urban settings are not targeted with
appropriate approaches;
 Human sludge management in urban areas.
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Progress on 2012 Commitments
Key achievement areas:
 Sanitation project proposal has been submitted for approval addressing
the needs of geographically difficult areas and the most marginalized groups
in rural areas and urban slums;
 Sector Development Plan has been approved with time-bound actions
supported by government directives;
 Initiative has been taken to approve the arsenic implementation plan.
Areas of slow achievement:
 Separation of WASH budget.
Carry-over to 2014:
 Separate budget line for WASH;
 Implement and Monitor arsenic implementation plan.
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2014 Commitments
Finance
Ministry
of
Finance
Finance
will Increase
Policy & Plans
By 2016, at least additional
approve by 2015 the proposal Government budget
7.00 million people living in
of separate budget lines for by 05% for WASH in
arsenic contaminated areas
water, sanitation and hygiene each financial year.
gain access to arsenic safe
(WASH) that was presented
water (within Bangladesh
in 2012.
Standards).
Policy & Plans
Policy & Plans - Equity
By 2016, increase access to
Enhanced WASH projects to HtR areas focusing
Improved Sanitation from
Climate Change effects with special emphasis to
55% to 60% through
disabled and extreme poor.
sanitation movement.
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