Tajikistan

A Human Rights Based Approach to water and sanitation
WGF is co-ordinating a project in Tajikistan which aims to raise awareness of the rights and responsibilities of all stakeholders in the water sector.

The programme has been integrated into the UNDP country office's wider Communities Programme ‘Transforming Livelihoods, Redistributing Responsibilities and Overcoming Mountains’, that has had great success in promoting governance at the Jamoat (local) level.

This project is part of the GoAL WaSH Programme.

Water Rights and Responsibilities Awareness Campaign 
This project will be incorporated in Phase II of a wider UNDP country office rural development project. The specific activities of the project will include:

• Identifying one or more jamoats facing major problems in terms of their ability to provide safe and reliable water to the inhabitants for whom they are responsible;
• Reviewing the legislative framework, regulatory procedures within which the local governments operate to fulfill their duties regarding service delivery in the water supply and sanitation sector;
• Assessing the nature of the constraints facing both the public water utilities and private owners of water resources;
• Conducting an attitude survey on the public understanding of the rights and responsibilities of both rights-holders and duty-bearers regarding water both as a component of the natural resource base, and as a consumer good;
• Designing an awareness campaign based on the findings of the previous activities;
• In consultation with the appropriate authorities, implementing the campaign in the selected region(s).

Partners: UNDP Communities Programme, national and local governments.