Objectives of the Workshop 

The objective of the workshop is to undertake a participatory assessment by the key stakeholders of lessons from all the pilots, which are either in operation and or have reached substantial completion, with a focus to ensure long term sustainability of the schemes.  

The workshop is expected to provide a platform for the three main stakeholders: the people, the private sponsor, and the public sector (SDF, DPHE) to make an assessment of the successes and challenges of the pilots, in empowering the people to receive improve services from sponsors, the sponsors capacity to deliver water supply services to the people, the efficiency of the service providers, and the quality of the services.

The Workshop Process  

The two day workshop will be held in one of the field stations close to a fully operating piped water supply. Through a participatory process the workshop will be designed to enable a cross-section of different stakeholders to analyze the successes and challenges of the pilots in the technical; financial; and social aspects.  

• Day one – first half participatory assessment: Participants will have the opportunity to listen and learn from different village schemes from the perspectives of the people/consumers, the sponsors/service providers, as well as from selected local government representatives and the SDF.

• Day one – Second half field assessment: Following the intensive sharing of individual scheme experience from the stakeholders perspectives, participants will next move to one operating piped water scheme to observe and discuss with the consumers including vulnerable, poor and rich segment of the community on the quality of water supply service, the water use pattern, the water availability, tariff and payments, O&M and other issues.

• Day two – first half plenary session: Participants will reassemble in smaller groups to analyze field findings and compare with their individual village situation, identify generic issues and new lessons applicable to improve their operations. The workshop will conclude with a session where stakeholders from each individual scheme prepare and present a roadmap for long term sustainability by prioritizing key lessons, solutions and steps to be taken by the individual scheme stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation, operation, maintenance and monitoring.

Participants are:

            Representative from Sponsors organization, Community members, SDF & WB.