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Gender Thematic RETAs

Pilot Testing Participatory Assessment Methodologies for Sustainable and Equitable Water Supply and Sanitation Services, RETA 6224, 2004

The primary goal of the TA is to assist rural water supply and sanitation (RWSS) implementing agencies and communities achieve sustainable and equitable services. The TA will focus on two ongoing ADB-financed projects in Sri Lanka and Viet Nam and will develop and test participatory methodologies for pro-poor, participatory, gender-responsive, and demand-responsive approaches in water supply and sanitation (WSS) projects.

TA activities will mainly focus on six activities:

1. Training and capacity building on the methodology for participatory assessments (MPA). Project staff will be trained in:
   1. the methodology and tools through hands-on applications;
   2. criteria setting for sustainable and equitable WSS;
   3. methods for processing of data; and
   4. analysis of outcomes, both qualitative and quantitative statistical analysis.
2. Application of the MPA in selected project areas. The MPA will be tested in 120 villages in six districts in Sri Lanka and 10 villages in two provinces in Viet Nam.
3. Documentation of results and lessons learned. The data generated from the pilot tests will provide insights into project implementation approaches that influence different components of sustainability and the implications for changes in approaches to enhance sustainability.
4. County-specific actions for improved operations. Results from the pilot tests will be used to develop action plans to improve current operations taking into account a participatory, demand-responsive, gender-sensitive, and poverty-sensitive approach.
5. Dissemination of assessment results and lessons learned. Two national and one regional multi-stakeholder workshops will be organized to widely share lessons of the testing and formulate recommendations for sustainable WSS services.
6. Recommendation for improvement of the national RWSS strategies. Recommendations from the workshops will be synthesized into a proposal for RWSS strategy changes for government consideration, in alignment with the poverty reduction strategies of both countries.

The expected outputs of the TA include:

1. increased capacity of communities, especially poor women, and project agencies to plan, manage, and sustain the WSS services of the two selected projects;
2. increased institutional capacity and accountability for gender and social inclusion in developing and implementing the selected country WSS policies and projects;
3. quantitative and qualitative data to generate management information for the selected projects' analysis and policy formulation;
4. country-specific actions to plan and implement improved WSS services; and
5. recommendations for improvement of the national rural water supply and sanitation strategies of both countries.

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