The GSF programme in Burkina Faso seeks to improve sanitation and hygiene products and services, and community based sanitation and hygiene monitoring systems. Concentrated in the Centre Nord and Cascades region of the country, the programme will also include behaviour change promotion focusing on key hygiene behaviours. The programme launch is planned for July 2012, and it will feature proven community-led approaches to stop open defecation. The pace of implementation is expected to pick up throughout 2012.
Promotion and awareness raising for sanitation and hygiene will be done through Information, Educational and Communications (IEC) at the local, national and regional levels. For example, manuals and guidelines on methods to improve sanitation and hygiene, targeted at local and national government actors, will be distributed to partners and sector stakeholders at national level meetings and elsewhere.
Capacity development is one of the centre pieces of the GSF’s activities in Burkina Faso. Through it, the programme will support local government actors as well as small service providers to improve the range and quality of services offered to households. At the national level, activities are intended to support government agencies to mobilize additional resources for the sector and implement national sanitation and hygiene strategies in areas selected for transformative action.
Identification and dissemination of effective approaches will be an important outcome. The programme will monitor, document and evaluate all supported projects, assess the cost-efficiency of supported projects and disseminate the results of all evaluations. Programme coordinating and audits will include coordination and consultations amongst the National Programme implementer, the Country Programme Monitor, and other key stakeholders, particularly the national government, and regular external audits of the programme.
