The Federal Democratic Republic of The Republic of Finland Ethiopia Ministry of Economic and Financial Ministry of Foreign Development Affairs Bureau of Economic and Financial Development WASH-BG - PLANNING PHASE COMPLETION REPORT APRIL 2008 – JUNE 2009 AUGUST 2009 ASSOSA Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia (WASH-BG) – Planning Phase PROGRAMME COMPLETION REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................... 1 1.1 MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PLANNING PHASE ................................................................................. 3 1.2 OTHER IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS....................................................................................................... 4 2 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 4 3 PROGRAMME BACKGROUND .............................................................. 5 3.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAMME WOREDAS....................................................................................... 5 3.2 REGIONAL GENDER PROFILE ................................................................................................................. 6 3.3 PRINCIPAL SECTOR POLICIES .................................................................................................................. 6 3.3.1 Government, Administration and Sector Organisation..................................................................... 6 3.3.2 General Legislation and Policies...................................................................................................... 8 3.3.3 Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Program ............................................................. 8 3.4 WATER, SANITATION AND HEALTH ....................................................................................................... 8 3.4.1 Gender .............................................................................................................................................. 9 3.5 MAIN OBJECTIVES OF FINNISH DEVELOPMENT POLICY ........................................................................... 9 4 PROGRAMME STRATEGY ...................................................................... 9 4.1 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................ 9 4.2 PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................................................................... 10 4.2.1 Planning and budgeting .................................................................................................................. 10 4.2.2 Geographical coverage ................................................................................................................... 10 4.2.3 Community applications and woreda plans .................................................................................... 10 5 INPUTS ........................................................................................................ 10 5.1 FINANCIAL FLOWS IN WASH-BG ........................................................................................................ 10 5.2 FINANCIAL RESOURCES – BUDGET FOR PLANNING PHASE................................................................... 11 5.2.1 Framework Budget ......................................................................................................................... 11 5.2.2 Money transfers from MFA to BoFED ........................................................................................... 12 5.2.3 Money transfers from BoFED to Regional Bureaux and utilization ............................................... 12 5.2.4 Money transfer from BGCSI to WASHCOs on CDF and utilization .............................................. 13 5.2.5 GoE matching fund transfers and utilization .................................................................................. 13 5.3 HUMAN RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................ 15 5.4 REGIONAL BUREAUX AND ZONAL OFFICES AND DESKS ...................................................................... 15 5.5 WOREDA AND KEBELE LEVEL .............................................................................................................. 15 5.6 TA STAFF DURING PLANNING PHASE ................................................................................................... 15 5.7 PHYSICAL RESOURCES ......................................................................................................................... 16 5.7.1 Project vehicles ............................................................................................................................... 16 5.7.2 TA Staff’s physical working environment ....................................................................................... 16 5.7.3 Counterpart Organizations Resources ........................................................................................... 17 5.8 ADEQUACY AND TIMELINESS OF THE DELIVERY OF INPUTS .................................................................. 17 6 ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................... 18 6.1 WATER POINT CONSTRUCTION IN FIVE PROGRAMME WOREDAS ........................................................... 18 6.2 WASH-BG GIS DATABASE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................... 26 6.2.1 Major development components ..................................................................................................... 26 6.2.2 Field visit to Metekel Zone .............................................................................................................. 26 6.2.3 Budget reallocation for the database development and GIS activities ........................................... 26 6.2.4 Trainings ......................................................................................................................................... 27 6.2.5 Identification and acquisition of data and information .................................................................. 28 6.2.6 Map production .............................................................................................................................. 28 WASH-BG Planning Phase - Completion Report - final ii Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia (WASH-BG) – Planning Phase 6.2.7 Challenges ...................................................................................................................................... 29 6.3 GENDER MAINSTREAMING ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................ 29 6.3.1 Gender mainstreaming workshop ................................................................................................... 29 6.3.2 WASH Planning PHAST Training .................................................................................................. 30 6.3.3 Gender and Community Development Fund (CDF) Approach ...................................................... 30 6.3.4 The Regional WAO ......................................................................................................................... 30 6.3.5 Staffing issues Woreda levels .......................................................................................................... 30 6.3.6 Challenges of mainstreaming Gender within WASH-BG ............................................................... 30 6.4 PUBLICATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 30 6.5 MAJOR TRAINING ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................................. 31 6.5.1 Artisan Training .............................................................................................................................. 31 6.5.2 Training and Retraining of WSC and WTWASHT .......................................................................... 31 6.5.3 Sanitation and Hygiene Training .................................................................................................... 31 7 RESULTS .................................................................................................... 35 7.1 RESULT 1: POTENTIAL FOR SPRING PROTECTION AND HAND DIGGING OF WELLS ASSESSED, PROVIDING A BASIS FOR DEFINITION OF PROGRAMME AREA AND SCOPE ................................................................................ 35 7.1.1 Hydro-geological study ................................................................................................................... 35 7.1.2 IRFA Studies ................................................................................................................................... 35 7.1.3 Assessment and Water selection ..................................................................................................... 36 7.2 RESULT 2: SOCIO - CULTURAL BASELINE STUDY COMPLETED .............................................................. 36 7.3 RESULT 3: HRD NEEDS ASSESSMENT AMONG WMERDB, BOH, BOE AND WAO STAFF AT REGIONAL, ZONAL AND WOREDA LEVEL COMPLETED AND HRD PLAN PREPARED ..............................................................