South asia city partners convening dakar block 1 introduction

SouthAsiaCity
PartnersConvening

Dakar,Senegal
November14th -18th,
2016


CityPartnershipforUrbanSanitationService
Delivery
• Xx citiesglobally
• XxcitiesinSouthAsia
• Outreachoverxx millionpeople
• CollaborationbetweentheFoundationandxxx
• Developingviableservicemodelsforon-sitesanitation
• Analysis,dissemination,andlearningwillaccelerateprocess
• Thislearningeventispartofthateffort


Sanitation

On-site

Solid
waste

Human
Human
waste
waste
(faeces

(faeces
and
urine)
and urine)
Off-site

Drainage

Focus of this
learning event


Intentionofthelearningactivity
• Learningactivity=
PreparatoryDgroup discussion+
CitiesconveninginDakar+
In-countryfollow-up(dependingonpartnerpriorities)
• NotlimitedtotheBMGFprogramme,butintendedtopromote
discussionaboutbestpracticesinurbansanitationandhygiene
amongpartners.
• Toexchangeideasanddeepenourunderstandingofservicesfor
on-sitesanitationfacilities


Whatwedon’twanttosee…

Whatwedo
wanttosee…

“Everythingcan

besolvedby
privatesector”

Optimism!
“Everythingwill
bebetterifpeople
doitthemselves”

Technology
optimism
only

“Everythingcanbe
solvedby
technology”

Government
optimism
only

“Everythingcan
bedonebythe
government
alone”

Business
optimism
only

Civilsociety

optimism
only


Objectivesoftheevent
• Identifyopportunitiesfor
learningincurrentcity
sanitationworkacrossthe
differentexperiences.
• DiscussbestpracticesforcitywideFSSMplanning,business
models,servicemodelsand
finance
• Buildrelationsandcollaboration

6


Logic of the event, 4 blocks:

1
2
3
4

• FSSMservices,progresssofar
• Citysanitationplanning
• SanitationFinance
• Sharingsessionsandwrapup

Programme by day
Monday

1

• FSSMservices,progresssofar

Tuesday

Dakarexperience,fieldassignment

Wednesday

Reportingback

Thursdaymorning

• Citysanitationplanning

Thurday afternoon

Fridaymorning

2

3

4

• Citysanitationfinance

• Countrygroupworkandwrappingup


Have a very good week!


SouthAsiaCityPartnersConvening
IntroductiontoBlock1

1

• FSSMservices,progresssofar


“Daddy, the stuff in the toilet – it won’t go down!!” “Don’t worry
baby, I went down to the city and filled out the simple application
yesterday, and guess what? They are coming today to clean our
pit!!” Wow! That’s pretty fast!


Whatdoweneedtoachieveinsanitation?
1. Separationofhumanwastefromhumancontactand
cleanerhealthierlivingenvironment
2. ServicesthatmeetaspirationsANDoccupationalhealth
andsafetystandards
3. Financiallysustainable services
4. Scaleandfasterprogress!

Sowhatdidyousayaboutthis?

• FSSM≠ FSTP
• FSSMinvolvestheentiresanitationvaluechain
• Theliquidpartistoooftenoverlooked
• Septictankstandardsnotappliednorenforced
• Whatgoesinthepit(householdbehaviour),meritsattention
• Arangeofsolutions,dependingonpopulationdensity
• Thereisstillamind-setissue:FSSMisgap-filling&temporary


Breakthroughs
• Globally:SDGtarget6.3,reductionofpollution,eliminatinguntreated
wastewater,promotingrecycling&safereuse.
• Bangladesh:InstitutionalandRegulatoryFramework(IRF)forFSM
• India:NationalStrategyforWaterSupplyandSanitation(2014),National
UrbanSanitationPolicy(2008),ManualScavengersActin2013.
• TestingtheIRF(Bangladesh),developingStateLevelGuidelines,Rapid
AssessmentTool”bytheMoUD,renamingofexistingWaterandSanitation
Boards,as“Water,SanitationandSeptage ManagementBoards”(India).
• Abilitytotalkopenlyabout“shit”
• Newtechnologies,suchasgulper
• Awarenessabouttheroleofprivatesector


MILLIONDOLLARQUESTION

a. Nostandardsforon-siteurbansanitationfacilitiesappliednor
enforced.
b. Servicesirregularandunsafe

c. Treatmentcostlyandineffective
d. Mostpeopleconsiderthisnormal!


Whatisneeded?
• MOREawarenessamongpolicymakersandalsogeneralpublic!
• GREATERpriority
• Usebothtechnologywith“wow”factorandlocalsolutions
• Makeincrementalsteps
• CountryspecificFSSMlearning,e.g.groups
• AttentiontoFSSMinuniversities
• Providingtoolsandsettingbenchmarks
• GeospatialplanningforFSSM


Safecontainment,
Whatwassaidaboutthis?
Yes,it’sanimportantissue
Thismightexplode
Skeptic tanks
SEP=SomebodyElse’sProblem
Eliminatingallformsofopendefecation
Notonlyhouseholds,alsotrains,ferries,slaughterhouses
Notonlyconstructionbutalsotimelyemptying


Whatmoredidyousay?Howdifficultitwillbe
todosomethingaboutthis?
• Therewouldbeoutrage!
• Septictankswerebuiltwith:

Ø Nofinancialsupportfromthegovernment
Ø Noguidancefromthegovernment
Ø Noenforcementorsupervision
• Whowilldothis?
• Wehavenoanswertosomeofthetechnicalissues
• Noteverybodyisinthesamecapabilitytocomply


Ideasfortheanswertothemilliondollar
question…
• Makethebuilderresponsible(self-regulation)
• MakeMasonryarealprofession
• IncludeemptyingasanintegralpartofODFprogrammes:
Ø 1st stepisODF
Ø 2nd stepisemptyingafter2years
• Startwithsmallfeasiblesteps
• Introducealsoothertypesoftoilets
• “Bundle”theserviceofconstructionandemptying


WhatarewegoingtodoinblockI?
Set-up our tool matrix

Our reference

City sanitation fair

Our context

Introduction by ONAS

Dakar context

Preparation for field assignment

Our questions

Field work
Sharing and feedback of field
assigments

Our observations

Recommendations for your city

What’s useful for my
city?