During its start up process in several countries, a number of positive outcomes can be attributed in part or whole to the Global Sanitation Fund's preliminary implementation work. WSSCC expects a large number of such positive outcomes in the future, the most important of which are those that lead to increased and sustainable access to sanitation and hygiene services for people currently without them. The knowledge gained through GSF implementation will be shared freely by WSSCC.
The GSF is bringing people together and supporting nation-wide consultation processes.
- Madagascar is a great example for intra-sector collaboration and an agreed approach jointly led by the government and non-governmental organizations. This collaborative spirit, fostered by WSSCC and the GSF, is crucial.
- In Senegal, the Minister of Urbanisation and Sanitation welcomed the GSF programme as a valuable contribution to pursuing its aims and objectives in rural areas.
- In Nepal the GSF programme was designed by a multi-stakeholder group of governmental and non-governmental agencies together with international agencies.
People are starting to see GSF as “lead donor, starting point, future platform” that will inspire future funding by others.
- In Madagascar, there are great hopes for stimulating other donors and district administrations to commit new funds to a similar approach.
People are responding to the GSF principles and see it working effectively in light of the Paris Declaration principles on aid effectiveness.
- In Madagascar, GSF is helping to put the declaration into practice and fostering “home ownership” of development work. The programme is designed and led by other people’s agendas; therefore, it is not seen as an external programme. The programme is designed by the Malagasy people in and for their own environment.
The GSF is contributing to changed approaches to sanitation-related work.
- The programme in Madagascar will adopt a region-wide approach engaging all national and international agencies that are active in those regions.
- In Senegal, the GSF programme is encouraging a collaborative approach, including local NGOs, rather than government only.
- In Nepal, GSF has been fostering increased acceptance of bottom-up sanitation approaches whereby people’s own interest in improved sanitation is stimulated and governments begin to reduce ineffective top-down, subsidy led hardware construction programmes. In Nepal, the GSF programme will seek to increase sustainability through combining CLTS with sanitation marketing.
Targeting the poor and unserved populations is one of the most important principles of GSF.
- In Senegal, the GSF programme works in marginal areas that are far from the capital and main urban centres.
The GSF is supporting successful and sustainable approaches.
- In Madagascar, the GSF supported programme builds on the success of UNICEF’s and WaterAid’s CLTS and sanitation marketing efforts, among others.
Updated 6 April 2011.
