Water

Pilot and Demonstration Activities
Participatory Project Evaluation of Community Action in Hygiene Promotion in Shandong Province

Basic Information

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Background and Rationale

In early 2006, ADB will provide a loan for the Shandong Hai River Basin Pollution Control Project (SHRBPCP). The objective of the loan project is to improve environmental and social conditions in secondary cities and towns in the Hai River Basin to support planned urban development.

Until recently, environmental hygiene practices – such as those involving sullage and excreta disposal, food handling, waste disposal, and others – have not been given the importance it is due in water and environmental related programs. Water and sanitation programs frequently focus on the provision of hardware, missing out on the importance of hygiene awareness to realize the programs’ health benefits. For instance, hygiene behaviors linked with disease transmission need to be identified to formulate strategies for change.

Demonstrating the impact of hygiene promotion on public health and environmental improvement may be both time-consuming and costly, but addressing this is critical to optimize the impact of investment in water and sanitation.

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Objective

Improve environmental hygiene practice to realize the health benefits from the implementation of SHRBPCP.

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Expected Results

Some qualitative outputs are as follows:

• Beneficiary assessment on sanitation and hygiene behavior completed
• Benchmark data collected
• Monitoring indicators developed
• Awareness of target communities for sanitation and hygiene promotion improved
• Capacity building for implementing agencies to incorporate hygiene promotion in the project design and implementation completed
• Monitoring indicators and mechanism established

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Measurable Performance Indicators

The performance indicators for the proposed project are:

• Completion of beneficiary assessment for understanding hygiene behavior in three counties of Shandong province
• Implementation of awareness campaigns for hygiene promotion in three project areas
• Training on hygiene promotion and monitoring for community leaders and staff of executing agencies and related organizations
• Monitoring indicators and mechanism based on the benchmark data adopted by EA as part of the Project Performance Measurement System
• Conduct of provincial workshops in three selected counties of Shandong province

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Scope for Replication in Other DMCs

Potential replicability of this pilot model will be high. After implementing this pilot activity in the 3 counties, the lessons and good practices will be replicated in the other counties and cities of Shandong province. Potentials for wider dissemination and replication will be explored for future water supply, wastewater management and solid waste management projects in the PRC.

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Reports and Related Documents

Read the Proposal.