WASH Sector Monitoring: Where will the future take us?

, Clarissa Brocklehurst, SWA Secretariat

World Water Week in Stockholm, August 26th 2012

The context

• Huge expansion of the number of sector monitoring initiatives

• Now the SWA partnership offers new opportunities:– Coordination and consolidation of

monitoring initiatives – Use of sector monitoring results for

powerful advocacy

Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP)

Large Household Surveys (DHS,

MICS)

Census

National Statistics Offices, USAID,

UNICEF

Global monitoring landscapeInputs Sector Processes Outputs Outcomes Public /Donor Finance,Cost recovery (TTT),Human Resources

Policy, Strategy, Planning, Budgeting, M&E

Water Schemes, Sanitation facilities, Sanitation /Hygiene Promotion , WASH in schools and health facilities

People using improved facilities and practicing hygiene

Sub-national(district, province, state)

Country

Regional

Sector Information and Monitoring Systems

Global

Gov. t agencies in charge of water, sanitation, health, education, infrastructures, -urban/rural -line ministries

Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP)

Country Status Overviews (CSOs)

Large Household Surveys (DHS,

MICS)

CensusCountry Status Overview (CSOs)

Global monitoring landscapeInputs Sector Processes Outputs Outcomes Public /Donor Finance,Cost recovery (TTT),Human Resources

Policy, Strategy, Planning, Budgeting, M&E

Water Schemes, Sanitation facilities, Sanitation /Hygiene Promotion , WASH in schools and health facilities

People using improved facilities and practicing hygiene

Sub-national(district, province, state)

Country

Regional

Sector Information and Monitoring Systems

Global

Programme and Project-based monitoring , waterpoint mappingDevelopment partners, NGOs

Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Water (GLAAS)

Bottleneck Analysis Tool (BAT)

Gov.t (water, sanitation, health, education, finance, budgeting)Joint Sector Reviews

Sector Information and Monitoring SystemsGov.t agencies (water, sanitation, health, education, infrastructure)

Some household surveys

Monitoring of E-Thekwini and other SANs

GLAAS regional snapshots

Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP)

Country Status Overviews (CSOs)

Large Household Surveys (DHS,

MICS)

CensusCountry Status Overview (CSOs)

Global monitoring landscapeInputs Sector Processes Outputs Outcomes Public /Donor Finance,Cost recovery (TTT),Human Resources

Policy, Strategy, Planning, Budgeting, M&E

Water Schemes, Sanitation facilities, Sanitation /Hygiene Promotion , WASH in schools and health facilities

People using improved facilities and practicing hygiene

Sub-national(district, province, state)

Country

Regional

Sector Information and Monitoring Systems

Global

Programme and Project-based monitoring , waterpoint mapping

Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Water (GLAAS)

Bottleneck Analysis Tool (BAT)

Joint Sector Reviews

Sector Information and Monitoring Systems Some household surveys

Monitoring of E-Thekwini and other SANs

Monitoring of WASH in schools UNESCO EMIS

Creditor reporting System

IBNet Utility

GLAAS regional snapshots

World BankMonitoring of HLM Commitments

The Global Monitoring Framework has its weaknesses:

• Overcrowded, fragmented, duplicative• Parallel systems keep being added• Valuable data not fully used • Timing of data collection not coordinated • Not enough feedback into country-level planning

BUT• Lots of recognition that monitoring is important!

HOW TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE?

Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP)

Household Surveys (DHS,

MICS)

Census

Global monitoring landscapeInputs Sector Processes Outputs Outcomes Public /Donor Finance,Cost recovery (TTT),Human Resources

Policy, Strategy, Planning, Budgeting, M&E

Water Schemes, Sanitation facilities, Sanitation /Hygiene Promotion , WASH in schools and health facilities

People using improved facilities and practicing hygiene

Sub-national(district, province, state)

Country

Regional

Global

Joint Sector Reviews

Sector Information and Monitoring Systems

Programme and Project-based monitoring

Sector Information and Monitoring Systems

Bottleneck Analysis Tool (BAT)

Country Status Overview (CSOs)

Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Water (GLAAS)

Regional summaries of country sector analyses

GLAAS regional snapshots

Monitoring of E-Thekwini and other SANs

Household Surveys (DHS,

MICS)

Comprehensive Sector Information and Monitoring Systems

Sector Analysis in every country

Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP)

Household Surveys (DHS,

MICS)

Census

Global monitoring landscapeInputs Sector Processes Outputs Outcomes Public /Donor Finance,Cost recovery (TTT),Human Resources

Policy, Strategy, Planning, Budgeting, M&E

Water Schemes, Sanitation facilities, Sanitation /Hygiene Promotion , WASH in schools and health facilities

People using improved facilities and practicing hygiene

Sub-national(district, province, state)

Country

Regional

Global

Joint Sector ReviewsSector Information and Monitoring Systems

Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Water (GLAAS)

Regional summaries of Country Sector analysesGLAAS regional snapshots

Monitoring of E-Thekwini and other SANs

Household Surveys (DHS,

MICS)

Monitoring of WASH in schools and health

facilities

OECD Creditor reporting System

Sector Analysis in every country

Comprehensive Sector Information and Monitoring Systems

Monitoring of SWA HLM Commitments

Preliminary Consolidation “Wishlist”

• Strengthen country-led national and subnational monitoring systems

• Align program and project monitoring with national systems• Expand CSOs, BATs and others – achieve global reach • Align CSO/ BAT data collection with GLAAS• Coordinate timing of data collection • Coordinate other regional and global monitoring – create

consistency and eliminate duplication • Strengthen existing systems in other sectors to provide

information on WASH (for instance for schools and health facilities)

• Forge strong link between what is committed at High Level Meetings and what is monitored by country-led mechanisms

Monitoring is key to SWA’s objectives

Robust monitoring is essential for:• Country-led planning • Tracking of progress in expanding coverage • Assessment of investment effectiveness• Measurement of aid targeting• Global accountability

SWA Partners lead on GLAAS, JMP, CSOs and other monitoring initiatives

What role can SWA play?

As a Partnership, SWA can:• Increase coordination of monitoring between development

stakeholders who are SWA partners• Facilitate a shared global monitoring framework across the

entire sector • Support countries to use the results of monitoring to

strengthen sector processes • Encourage donor partners to use credible financial flow

data to better target assistance • Use monitoring information to raise the profile and political

prioritization of the sector• Advocate for WASH in global monitoring initiatives, in

particular in post-2015 monitoring