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Sida Evaluation 04/24 National Water Supply and Environmental Health Programme in Laos Joint External Evaluation Inga-Lill Andrehn Manochit Panichit Katherine Suvanthongne Department for Natural Resources and Environment and Department for Asia National Water Supply and Environmental Health Programme in Laos Joint External Evaluation Inga-Lill Andrehn Manochit Panichit Katherine Suvanthongne Sida Evaluation 04/24 Department for Natural Resources and Environment and Department for Asia This report is part of Sida Evaluations, a series comprising evaluations of Swedish development assistance. Sida’s other series concerned with evaluations, Sida Studies in Evaluation, concerns methodologically oriented studies commissioned by Sida. Both series are administered by the Department for Evaluation and Internal Audit, an independent department reporting directly to Sida’s Board of Directors. This publication can be downloaded/ordered from: http://www.sida.se/publications Authors: Inga-Lill Andrehn, Manochit Panichit, Katherine Suvanthongne. The views and interpretations expressed in this report are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida. Sida Evaluation 04/24 Commissioned by Sida, Department for Natural Resources and Environment and Department for Asia Copyright: Sida and the authors Registration No.: 1998-2436 Date of Final Report: November 2004 Printed by Edita Sverige AB, 2004 Art. no. Sida4367en ISBN 91-586-8485-9 ISSN 1401—0402 SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY Address: SE-105 25 Stockholm, Sweden. Office: Sveavägen 20, Stockholm Telephone: +46 (0)8-698 50 00. Telefax: +46 (0)8-20 88 64 E-mail: [email protected]. Homepage: http://www.sida.se Work Areas for Sida Funded Projects January 2002 to June Abbreviations and acronyms ........................................................................................ 7 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................... 9 1. Executive Summary ........................................................................................... 11 1.1. Background and Purpose ................................................................................................... 11 1.2. The National Centre for Environmental Health and Water Supply................................. 11 1.3. The United Nations Children’s Fund ................................................................................ 12 1.4. The Water and Sanitation Program East Asia and Pacific of the World Bank................. 12 1.5. Private Sector Involvement ................................................................................................ 12 1.6. The Nam Saat/Swedish International Development Agency Programme ...................... 13 1.6.1 Programme Implementation in Phase II ........................................................................... 13 1.6.2 Programme Implementation in Phase III ......................................................................... 14 1.7. WATSAN Facilities ............................................................................................................ 15 1.8. Promotion of Hygiene and Sanitation .............................................................................. 15 1.9. School Sanitation ............................................................................................................... 15 1.10. Human Resources Development ....................................................................................... 16 1.11. Promotion of Hygiene Behaviour Change ........................................................................ 16 1.12. Information, Education and Communication ................................................................... 16 1.13. Monitoring ......................................................................................................................... 17 1.14. Over-all Recommendations ............................................................................................... 18 2. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 18 2.1. Background ........................................................................................................................ 18 2.2. Purpose .............................................................................................................................. 19 2.3. Methodology and Approach .............................................................................................. 20 2.4. Comments on the TOR ..................................................................................................... 21 2.5. Outline of the Report ........................................................................................................ 21 3. Institutional Framework ..................................................................................... 22 3.1. Legal Framework ............................................................................................................... 22 3.2. Gol Laws and Policies ........................................................................................................ 22 3.2.1 The Water and Water Resources Law ............................................................................... 22 3.2.2 The Hygiene, Prevention and Health Promotion Law ..................................................... 22 3.3. The Gol National Water and Sanitation Strategy ............................................................. 23 3.3.1 The Strategy ...................................................................................................................... 23 3.3.2 Implementation of the First National Strategy ................................................................. 24 3.3.3 The 7-Step Approach Guideline ....................................................................................... 25 3.3.4 The Village WATSAN Book.............................................................................................. 25 3.3.5 The Mandate of the WATSAN Committee...................................................................... 26 3.4, Compatibility with Sida Policies ........................................................................................ 27 3.5. Nam Saat ........................................................................................................................... 28 3.5.1 Organisation and Responsibilities of Nam Saat................................................................ 28 4. Sida Programme Design .................................................................................... 30 4.1. Programme Partners and Programme Areas .................................................................... 30 4.2. Programme Design in Phase II .......................................................................................... 31 4.3. Staffing in Phase II............................................................................................................. 32 4.4. Main Constraints in Phase II ............................................................................................. 32 4.5. Achievement of Objectives in Phase II ............................................................................. 33 4.6. Programme Design in Phase III ........................................................................................ 34 4.7. Achievement of Objectives in Phase III ............................................................................ 35 4.8. TA Personnel...................................................................................................................... 36 4.8.1 Chief Technical Advisers (CTAs) ...................................................................................... 36 4.8.2 Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Adviser (RWSSA) ..................................................... 37 4.8.3 UNDP/UNV Regional Advisers ....................................................................................... 37 4.8.4 Short-Term Consultants .................................................................................................... 38 4.9. Transfer of Know How to Nam Saat Staff ....................................................................... 39 4.10. Sida Support and the Permanent Advisory Group (PAG) ................................................. 40 4.10.1 Sida Support ...................................................................................................................... 40 4.10.2 The Permanent Advisory Group ....................................................................................... 40 4.11. Programme partners .......................................................................................................... 42 4.11.1 UNICEF ............................................................................................................................ 42 4.11.2 World Bank Water and Sanitation Program – East Asia And Pacific. .............................. 43 4.12. Central or Provincial Programme Focus? .......................................................................... 45 5. WATSAN Facilities ............................................................................................. 46 5.1. Water Resources................................................................................................................. 46 5.1.1 Surface Water