Regional: Accelerating Sanitation for All in Asia and the Pacific

Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Rural sanitation - Rural water policy, institutional and capacity development

Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban policy, institutional and capacity development - Urban sanitation - Urban sewerage

Asian wide, around 2 billion people still lack access to basic sanitation, posing a huge challenge to SDG 6.2. In November 2018, the ADB, as part of its continued partnership with BMGF, committed to promote Countrywide/Citywide/Countywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS)_in its operations to support the and support the creation of_a global platform among development partners on 'Sanitation for All from NOW (SDG6.2)_._Utilizing such a platform, development partners would champion CWIS and Whole Sanitation Business Chain approaches to (i) plan and deliver services for everybody to benefit from good quality and sustainable sanitation services, (ii) safely manage human waste along the whole sanitation service chain, (iii) prioritize the unserved, particularly those in low-income and vulnerable communities, (iv) consider effective resource recovery and re-use, and (v) embrace a diversity of technical solutions for adaptive, mixed, and incremental approaches and combine non-sewered sanitation (NSS) including fecal sludge management (FSM), and sewered solutions.

The proposed KSTA will accelerate CWIS by supporting upstream work covering:

Regulatory frameworks to support sewered and non-sewered sanitation options

Institutional arrangements to delineate responsibilities and ensure ownership and leadership of the government;

Regulations and standards that address current and emerging trends, and enforcement of the same, e.g. making_fecal sludge desludging mandatory;

Strengthening human capital and developing capacity for holistic planning, design, and implementation of sanitation improvements as well as enforcement regulations;

Optimal technical designs utilizing technology, resource recovery, IT applications;

Promoting private sector participation in operation and maintenance as sub-contractors; and

Increasing demand for proper sanitation services through strategic communication campaigns.

Access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene achieved for all, and open defecation eliminated by 2030, with special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations (Sustainable Development Goal 6.2)

Adoption of CWIS principles in ADB operations increased

Support for CWIS projects provided

Knowledge on CWIS principles improved

CWIS-related capacity and awareness in DMCs improved