Financial sustainability is critical for achieving sustainable services. However, tracking financial flows in the WASH sector is notoriously complex and fragmented.
Published on: 16/01/2013
Understanding the full life-cycle costs of (rural) WASH services is a big step towards increasing effectiveness of limited available funds in the sector. Equally important is identifying sources of funds to cover the required expenditure. Topic 1 of the symposium will be divided into three sessions which will explore financing sustainable WASH service delivery. The three sessions include:
1. Monitoring financial flows to improve sustainable service delivery
This session will explore the importance of monitoring expenditure on water, sanitation and hygiene activities and assess ways in which expenditure can be linked to long lasting improved service delivery. Case studies will be presented that show how national governments and NGOs can track and monitor the costs and the financing of annual recurrent expenditures.
2. Financial monitoring to assess cost effectiveness of sanitation and hygiene interventions
This theme will reflect on a range of cost effectiveness studies of sanitation and hygiene interventions to assess the methodologies used in these studies and the role they can play in improving the targeting of future investments and the sustainability of interventions.
3. Methodologies to monitor financial flows (and how much they cost)
This session showcases different approaches that are being tested and used at global, national and district level to monitor and use financial data. This will include an assessment of the cost of monitoring as well as an examination of how financial monitoring can be linked to improved planning and budgeting for rural areas.
