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MGISC Report New Text.Indd Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention September 29, 2018 - October 2, 2018 Event Report B The Delhi Declaration Having noted the importance of the 4 Ps – Political leadership, Public funding, Partnerships and People’s participation – in scaling up sustainable sanitation, we, the participants at the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention 2018, will strive to ensure that everyone in the world has access to safe sanitation. Like India, we too are committed to eradicating open defecation. We rededicate ourselves to the speedy achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. i ii Contents Message from the Minister v Message from the Secretary vii Abbreviations ix Executive Summary 1 Key Takeaways 3 Day One: Inauguration and Technical Sessions 5 Day Two: ‘Gandhi Trail’ field visit to Gujarat 11 Day Three: Swachh Bharat Mission and the World 13 Day Four: Swachh Bharat Day and the Delhi Declaration 17 Annex 1: Awards during Swachh Bharat Diwas Ceremony at the Rastrapati Bhawan on 2nd October, 2018 19 Annex 2: List of Ministers in Attendance at MGISC 21 Annex 3: Agenda for the Convention 24 iii iv UMA BHARTI MINISTER OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, NEW DELHI-110003 Message from the Minister In a 1937 publication of Harijan, Mahatma Gandhi wrote - “ An ideal village will be so constructed as to lend itself to perfect sanitation. The very first problem the village worker will solve is its sanitation”. In 2014, it was this vision of Gandhiji re-intensified by the Honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi; which led to the sanitation revolution India is experiencing today. The Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Mission), launched in October 2014 by Hon’ble Prime Minister, began with the vision of achieving a clean and open defecation free nation by October 2019. What was initially viewed as a very audacious goal, is about to become a reality for all of us. This has been possible, not just due to the political willpower that has prioritized this social good, but also by the people themselves, who have incorporated ‘swachhata’ or cleanliness, into their lives. Last few years, India has taken massive strides towards achieving universal sanitation. By late September 2018, the number of people practicing open defecation in rural India had already decreased significantly from 550 million in 2014 to less than 150 million. This massive behaviour change campaign, the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), has been transformed into a people’s movement, or what we like to call – a jan andolan. In our assessment, we find four clear success factors which paved the way – Political will, Public financing, Partnerships, and People’s participation. As a result, today, India is well on track to become open defecation free (ODF) by 2019, significantly contributing to the global achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6.2, “sanitation for all”. Moving forward on this sanitation journey, the SBM is intensifying its parallel focus on what we call ‘ODF+’, the arm of the Mission working towards Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) and general swachhta (cleanliness) in rural India. To share the experience of the SBM with other countries and to learn from them, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India, organised the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC) in New Delhi, from 29th September to 2nd October 2018. We hope that the MGISC outcomes will lead to the international community rededicating itself to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6.2 “sanitation for all”. UmaUBhi Bharti v vi Parameswaran Iyer Secretary Government of India Ministry of Drinking Water & SanitaƟ on 4th Floor, Pt Dindayal Antodaya Bhawan, N D-110003 Tel: 24361011, 24362715, e-Mail: [email protected] Message from the Secretary The Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC) provided an opportunity for Ministers of Sanitation and other sector experts from around the world, to learn about India’s sanitation programme, the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), and also helped India learn from the global experiences on achieving and sustaining open defecation free communities. It served as a platform to reaffirm the global commitment to SDG 6.2 – “sanitation for all”. On 2nd October, the culminating event of the MGISC, we also launched the 150th birth year celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi, as the Swachh Bharat Mission entered its fifth and final year of implementation. In these last four years, the SBM has shown tremendous progress with the national rural sanitation coverage having increased from 39%, at the time of the launch of the Mission in October 2014, to over 95% in October 2018. The SBM, today, is arguably the world’s largest behaviour change programme and this unprecedented progress has been possible mainly due to the massive people’s movement or ‘jan andolan’ of the people of India, supported by all levels of the Government, and led by the Hon’ble Prime Minister himself. With this, the Swachh Bharat Mission is on track to achieve an Open Defecation Free (ODF) India in 2019, well before the global SDG deadline of 2030. In parallel, the SBM continues its emphasis on sustaining the social, health and economic gains made by ensuring that the behaviour change gets ingrained in people’s consciousness and becomes the norm. The Mission also focuses on solid and liquid waste management and general cleanliness, and is committed to moving beyond ODF to ODF+. This report seeks to summarize the outcomes of 4 days of spirited experience sharing between the participants during the various plenaries, technical sessions and field visits of the MGISC. Having shared valuable lessons and its best practices, India is committed, with the rest of the world, to the speedy and sustainable achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Parameswaraneswaran IyerIyer vii viii Abbreviations GIWA Global Inter-faith WASH Alliance GoI Government of India HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus MDWS Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation MGISC Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention NGO Non Government Organisation NITI Aayog National Institution for Transforming India OD Open Defecation ODF Open Defecation Free ODF-S Open Defecation Free – Sustainability PBK Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra SDG Sustainable Development Goal SBM Swachh Bharat Mission SBSI Swachh Bharat Summer Internship TBC Toilet Board Coalition WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund USD United States Dollar WSSCC Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council ix x Executive Summary The Government of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), or the Clean India Mission, on 2 October 2014, with an aim to build a Clean and Open Defecation Free (ODF) India by 2 October 2019, as a befitting tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary. The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, made a clarion call to the nation to initiate a sanitation jan andolan (a people’s movement). People came together to end the practice of open defecation, and clean their own homes, workplaces, villages, cities, and surroundings. India has been on an incredible Swachhata (cleanliness) journey, capturing the imagination of over a billion people. The rural sanitation coverage of India increased tremendously, from 39% in October 2014, at the launch of the SBM, to more than 95% as of October 2018. This translated to the construction of more than 87 million household toilets under the Mission and, as a result, 25 States/Union Territories, 530 districts, and over 500,000 villages have declared themselves ODF. According to the World Bank sponsored National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS), over 93% of people with access to toilets use them. The Mission is not only the biggest sanitation campaign in the world, but arguably the biggest behaviour change program ever. This success has largely been achieved through the 4 Ps: Political leadership, Public financing, Partnerships and People’s participation. To share India’s phenomenal journey towards universal sanitation with other countries attempting to achieve the same, as well as to learn from the experiences of other countries on achieving and sustaining sanitation outcomes, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India organized the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC) from 29th September to 2nd October 2018, on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission. The MGISC brought together 55 sanitation ministers and nearly 200 international representatives and experts from 70 countries. The convention was inaugurated by the Hon’ble President of India, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind, and the closing ceremony was graced by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi and the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, marking the beginning of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth year celebrations. Other eminent participants included the Executive Director of UNICEF Ms. Henrietta Fore; Chair, Sanitation and Water for All, and former Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Kevin Rudd; union ministers and chief ministers from India, and many other national and international delegates. The Convention saw the sharing of sanitation success stories and lessons from India and the participating countries through plenary and technical sessions, ministerial dialogues, an exhibition of sanitation innovations, as well as a field visit. There were rich discussions and deliberations on a range of topics critical to sanitation
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