Eritrea

For the coming year, our engagement in Eritrea will centre on national level and sub-national level interventions. At the national level, using SWA building blocks and collaborative behaviours as a conducive framework, the support will cover five key initiatives:

• Development of a national sanitation and hygiene policy reflecting the core Sustainable Development Goal principles of Leaving No one Behind (LNOB)
• Support the functioning of inclusive national coordination mechanisms for sanitation and hygiene
• In partnership with GoE, UNICEF, the National Union of Eritrean Women and UNFPA, support coordinated efforts to create a joint strong Menstrual Hygiene Management agenda in the country
• Provision of technical support in key areas identified as blocking Eritrea’s acceleration towards eliminating open defecation
• Support GoE and its partners mobilize the political and financial support required to reach the 2022 targets. 

At the sub-national level, our support will contribute to the implementation of the Government of Eritrea’s Open Defecation Free road map, developed by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and UNICEF in 2018. We will focus on LNOB, equality and non-discrimination and preventing slippage to accelerate the journey from triggering to open defecation free attainment.