Advocacy

Sanitation and Water for All: A Global Framework for Action
Despite numerous political commitments and billions of dollars of investment by donors, national governments and private actors, many countries are off-track to meet the MDG target on sanitation and water supply. Why has progress been so slow and uneven?

Part of the answer lies in political will: not enough high-level support for reforms needed to make progress possible. Part lies in national capacities: not enough capacity to plan and use existing financing to establish sustainable services. And part lies in financing: not enough money going where it is needed most, both in terms of donor funding and national budget allocations.

The WGF supports Sanitation and Water for All: A Global Framework for Action on (SWA) which is bringing together national governments, donors, and other development partners to address these obstacles. Building on existing initiatives, the SWA will provide a global platform to bring political focus and accountability to the sanitation and water supply sector and help donors and development partners to coordinate their efforts and to direct resources where they are most needed. The SWA will assist off-track countries to develop actionable national plans and attract financing, and on-track countries to ensure their progress is sustained to achieve the MDG target and to go beyond 2015 towards the ultimate goal of universal coverage.

In co-operation with UNDP Regional and Country Offices, WGF has participated in Regional SWA meetings and will be supporting Ministerial Delegations attending the SWA High Level Meeting in Washington DC in April 2010, where definitive commitments to sanitation and water supply provision are expected.

Partners: UNDP Mongolia, UNICEF, WSSCC.