Empowering Local Authorities For WASH Service Delivery: Localizing the MDGs

1. Empowering Local Authorities For WASH Service Delivery: Localizing the MDGs 1st National Water & Sanitation Forum Water Supply and Sanitation ~Attaining The MDGs Abuja 29th August – 1st September 2006 Sam Adejo Okedi

2. Contents Slide Background ………………………………………………………..…………..3 Decentralization ………………………………………………….…………4 Governance @ 3rd Tier ………………………………………..……… 5 Achieving The MDGs ……………………………………………………6 The Local Millennium Development Goals-Initiative.…7 Key Parallel Concept Successes…………………………………… 8 Suggested Actions ………………………………………………………..… 9 Key Questions …………………………………… 10

3. BACKGROUND Recent Sector Findings • Development of national policy frameworks for water – HIGH • Good diagnosis of water-poverty-economics linkages – LOW • Coordination of institutions within the sector – MEDIUM/LOW • Financing plans and budget – LOW • Implementation through decentralisation process – MEDIUM/LOW • Engagement with and reaction to stakeholders – LOW • Monitoring and evaluation – LOW NATIONAL REFORM AGENDA & Governance Questions for the Sector

4. DECENTRALISATION – Problem with Governance • Key Question of Decentralisation - Role • Political? • More power in public decision making allocated to citizens and elected representatives • Administrative? • Redistribute authority, responsibility and financial resources for providing public services (deconcentration, delegation , devolution) • Fiscal? • . If local governments and private organizations are to carry out decentralized functions effectively, they must have adequate revenues—raised locally or transferred from the central government • Economic? Key Conditions for Successful Decentralisation

5. 3rd Tier Governance - Nigeria • The Nigeria Experiences since 1976 • ALGON • The NWSSP – 2000 • The NRWSS-F 2005 • The Power Equation (not proven though) • P>= C.A.R. • P = Power; C = Control; A = Authority; R = Responsibility. • Issues • Roles and Responsibilities • Participation • Accountability • Service Delivery

6. THE MDG GOALS Water + Sanitation Targets WATSAN Indicators Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and hunger Goal 2: Achieve Universal primary education Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality Goal 5: Improve maternal health Goal 6: Comnbat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development Target 9: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources Target 10: Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation Target 11: By 2020 to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers. Indicator 30 & 31 Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved Water Source, Urban & Rural Proportion of population with access to improved sanitation, urban and rural THE MDGs • 2000 & 2002 • Water linked to the 8 Goals • Non Prescriptive • Political Tool • Accountability Tool • Planning Tool • Local Actions • Poverty, Data, activities, centrality of LGAs • In Nigeria • Poverty Reduction • NEEDS • Awareness • Linkages • Commitments • Meeting MDGs in Nigeria N$£$£$£?

7. Local Millennium Development Goals-Initiative PLANS –NEEDS, SEEDS, LEEDS P a r tner ship /Ca paci ty B uil ding D ata C o llec tio n & Anal ysi s T arge t Se tti ng Resource Plan C o v e r a g e p l a n ( PIP) Fund ing Mec hani sm Trac king Pr ogre ss Le arni ng Adv ocac y Targets Gov erna nce Wat er Points Latr ine s Fi nanc ing Baseline/inventorying M&E Vulnerability Assessment Ac cess HHWR Sus tain abi lity Community Livelihood I nsti tuti ons WATSSAN Mapping Fun ding Tripodal Programme Frame • Localising the MDGs • Empowerement concept • Awareness & Sensitization • Benchmarking • Capacity building + Leadership + Governance • Development of plans • Gap Calculation • Marketing of Plans • Resource Mobilisation • Citizens Action • Scaling-up

8. KEY CONCEPT & PARRALEL CONCEPT SUCCESSES WBCPRP • FGN/DFID/UNICEF Rural Water & Sanitation Project (IGD/WES)-Pilot/progr • Nigeria Community Based Poverty Reduction Projects in 6 States WB/AfDB-Pilot • The EU MPP3-Pilot • The Small Town Projects - Pilot • EU SRIP-Water-Pilot • UN- Millenium Village Pilot • WaterAid Nigeria LMDG-I WANG LMDG-I

9. SUGGESTED ACTIONS • Political, Legislative, Policy and Adminstrative Actions • Involving key Decentralisation principles • Empowering Local Authorities • Investment and programme support at the Local levels – Moving money closer to action • Capacity Building Programmes at the Local Government areas for governance to include • Creation of WES/WASH Departments • Human Resources • Financial Management • Service Delivery • LEEDS Plans using Watsan Sector Plans as pivots • Benchmarking & Monitoring programm with emphasis on Peer/Self Assessment principles • More movement on NWSSP (2000), NRWSS-F 2005 & the Developement of a comprehensive national Programme – Scaling up - using the sector inventoring output • The Role of ALGON as advocacy body, self regulation, service to the poor people.

10. KEY QUESTIONS • Understanding and untying key legislative and political constraints • Implications for current power holdings • Undersaynding the roles, responsibilities and limitations of key stakeholders and institutions • Donor support and financing • National Programme • Budget Support • Direct Local Government Level Programme Financing • LEEDS Development • Capacity Development at Local Levels • Governance at the Local level • THANKS