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Sector Policy/Strategy

Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT)

Year of publication:

2018

The Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT) is a facility-led risk-based approach which focuses on implementing incremental improvements over time to improve quality of care. When a climate-lens is applied to WASH FIT, risk assessments can identify triggers and provide warning signs to facility management teams to help them to develop mitigation measures for future climate-related events. The target audience are WASH and Health specialists and managers interested in planning for new, or upgrade existing WASH services in health care facilities.

Planning Monitoring and Review

Implementing the OECD Principles on Water Governance

Year of publication:

2018

This report takes stock of the OECD Water Governance Principles’ use and evolving practices, and provides an indicator framework building on lessons learned from their implementation in different countries and contexts. It is aimed at interested cities, basins, regions and countries wanting to strengthen their water policies.

Institutional Arrangements

The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: An annotated selection of international and regional law and mechanisms

Year of publication:

2017

The handbook compiles and annotates extracts from international law and mechanisms, thereby demonstrating how the various frameworks contribute to the realisation of those rights. It targets civil society, parliamentarians, government officials and other actors to help a better understanding of the broader context of the rights to water and sanitation with the aim of strengthening their work in these areas at national level.

Sector Financing

Covershot of the UNICEF Public Expenditures Tools Guidance PDF

Choosing Public Expenditure Analytical Tools for Use in the WASH Sector

Year of publication:

2017

This Guideline provides an introduction to the most relevant expenditure analysis tools for the WASH sector – Public Expenditure Reviews, Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys, TrackFin WASH Accounts and Budget briefs.

Institutional Arrangements

KoroSan: On-site Household Sanitation Guidelines for Fiji

Year of publication:

2017

Technical guidelines for sustainable on-site sanitation in villages, settlements, small towns and periurban areas. Developed and tested in Fijian villages, but applicable to other non-atoll tropical islands.

Crosscutting Areas

Accelerating WASH: Acceleration Tools

Year of publication:

2017

Acceleration-thinking is a method by Water Alliance International that aims toward the achievement of universal access to WASH by 2030. This set of tools for WASH sector development are aimed at sustaining WASH after the Alliance's programmes stop, and accelerating to be able to meet the needs of a growing population.

Institutional Arrangements

A guide to strengthening the enabling environment for faecal sludge management

Year of publication:

2017

This Guide presents an introduction to conceptualising and strengthening the enabling environment for faecal sludge management (FSM) services in low-income urban areas. It is based on WSUP’s experience working with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop market-based solutions for on-site sanitation services in the cities of Dhaka and Chittagong (Bangladesh), Kisumu (Kenya) and Lusaka (Zambia).

Planning Monitoring and Review

JMP Global Database

Year of publication:

2017

The purpose of the WHO/UNICEF JMP Data portal is to make available reliable estimates of national, regional and global progress on WASH to inform decision making by government, donor and civil society organisations. It allows users to explore the latest country, regional and global statistics (including new data for sub-national regions and wealth quintiles), create and share customised charts, and to download the data for further analysis.

Sector Policy/Strategy

Covershot of the Risk Assessments and WASH Tool

Risk Assessments for WASH

Year of publication:

2017

This tool and its proposed methodology set out an approach for conducting risk assessments for the WASH sector covering a wide range of hazard groups affecting the sector, as well as climate change related risks in more detail. The tool is a resource for the WASH sector as a whole. While it focuses primarily on rural WASH services encompassing small-scale and community systems, the approach can be applied to both rural and urban settings.

Institutional Arrangements

A District Level Roadmap for Universal Access to Sustainable WASH Services

Year of publication:

2017

This roadmap presents a framework of elements for WASH systems-building at district level, aiming to contribute to achieving universal access to sustained services. It is primarily aimed at professional staff of organizations supporting local government, who are well versed in sector context and processes, and governments involved in the district-wide approach, and other organisations engaged in facilitating WASH systems change and interested in applying these principles.

Sector Financing

IRC WASH Costing and Budgeting Tools

Year of publication:

2017

The tools have been developed by IRC, Water for People and Aguaconsult. They build on Water for People’s “Everyone Forever” programme and IRC’s work on life-cycle costing and financing of sustainable water and sanitation services.
This set of 4 WASH costing and budgeting tools aims to help analyse costs and create a financial overview at the district level.

Capacity Development

Enabling Environment for WASH e-Learning Course

Year of publication:

2016

This online course is intended to build the capacity of WASH professionals so they can support national governments in improving WASH service delivery. It presents existing approaches, processes, tools, resources, new thinking, and innovative mechanisms for strengthening the EE for WASH service delivery. The course course is open for self-enrollment and can be taken at the learner’s own pace.

Planning Monitoring and Review

WASH Accountability Mapping Tools

Year of publication:

2016

Accountability mapping tools are participatory instruments developed to assess the status and quality of accountability lines within the water and sanitation sector. These spreadsheet-based tools produce graphics of
the water sector, represented as a comprehensive system of accountability relations involving policy makers, service providers and communities.

Crosscutting Areas

Leave No One Behind

Year of publication:

2016

In order to ensure “Leaving no one behind”, the WASH Alliance International (WAI) has developed two tools to help improve inclusiveness in its programme and partner organisations:
1) Leaving No One Behind Through adopting an Inclusion Lens (guidance document)
2) Organisation Inclusion Assessment Tool (spreadsheet)

Sector Policy/Strategy

Screenshot of WB Climate Risk screening tools

Climate and Disaster Risk Screening Tool – Water and Sanitation

Year of publication:

2015

The screening tool facilitates an in-depth assessment of current and future climate and disaster risks in different sectors such as agriculture, energy, health, transportation and water-sanitation. The screening assessment produces a detailed project risk report.

Crosscutting Areas

Global Advocacy for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: A Resource Guide

Year of publication:

2015

This guide aims to serve as a tool for professionals, implementers, and advocates looking to pursue and promote WASH advocacy efforts. It provides a list of annotated resources that cover WASH and global advocacy, along with relevant organizations in the WASH advocacy field.

Institutional Arrangements

Realising the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: A Handbook

Year of publication:

2014

This Handbook gives guidance on the implementation of the human rights to water and sanitation as defined by the international human rights legal framework. The main target audiences include governments at all levels, donors and national regulatory bodies, however, it provides information that will also be useful to civil society, service providers and human rights organisations.

Capacity Development

Violence, Gender & WASH: A Practitioner's Toolkit

Year of publication:

2014

By recognising both the risks of violence associated with WASH and the potential benefits of WASH, this toolkit aims to shine a light on this problem and encourage practitioners to recognise their capacity to make WASH safer and more effective.

Planning Monitoring and Review

Water Integrity Management (IM) Toolbox

Year of publication:

2014

The IM toolbox is a systematic, bottom-up approach to identify and address the integrity risks in the day-to-day operations and management of a water sector organization. Water sector organizations can use the approach to optimize their business models and reduce the risks that are affecting their performance on the long term.

Planning Monitoring and Review

Screenshot of new Sanitation Marketing Toolkit at WSP

Sanitation Monitoring Toolkit

Year of publication:

2014

This UNICEF toolkit provides sanitation and hygiene sector professionals with the current approaches to sanitation monitoring, including guidance on how to use various monitoring instruments and the latest tools and resources. The focus is on rural sanitation.

All Tools

Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT)

Implementing the OECD Principles on Water Governance

The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: An annotated selection of international and regional law and mechanisms

Choosing Public Expenditure Analytical Tools for Use in the WASH Sector