Mustafa Talpur Regional Advocacy & Policy Advisor WaterAid

1. Sanitation: Partnership for Health & Dignity Mustafa Talpur Regional Advocacy & Policy Advisor WaterAid

2. Sanitation as a Human Right

3. CSOs Involvement in the Sanitation Sector CSO’s can supplement Govt’s efforts by: • Creating models • Seeking innovations • Demonstrating best practices • Working alongside with communities, Govts. and donors • Research, knowledge generation and dissemination • Building Sector Capacity

4. Successes….. • PIEDAR (WSSCC) • PLAN & • WATERAID • OPP/LPP/ASB/IRSP & OTHERS • RSPS/RSPN

5. Hindrances • Missing mechanism for community participation • Lack of information & Proper documentation • Statistics and definition • Low level of CSO-Govt coordination /duplication • Acceptance and recognition of CSOs role • Low response, reluctance to own CSO work • Mechanism for accessing Govt. resources • Addressing issues of sanitation chain • Sensitization of CSOs/ Sanitation

6. Suggested Country Sanitation Framework Community & Civil Society Establish accountable Leadership Increased and Long-term, financing Health Systems Focus Scaling up of successes Behavior change focus on schools Improved sector Monitoring, information & Coordination High Political Priority Universal Coverage Improved outcome of sanitation goals

7. Call to Action for Other Stakeholders ! • Integrate sanitation in all poverty reduction interventions • Increase spending on sanitation • Lobby governments through advocacy, capacity building and sensitization • Demonstrate innovative sanitation and hygiene models • Create partnerships that support local initiative and strengthen capacity at local level • Raise awareness on school sanitation and hygiene • Focus resources on working with excluded groups

8. Thank You !