By Eng. Disan K. Ssozi ,Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda
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ContextLate 1980s: Multiple donor projects
Early 1990s: Consolidated donor spefic programmes (e.g. Danida Sector Support Programme, Sida Programme, etc)
2002: Sector-Wide Approach to Planning (SWAP) in a Decentralised Environment
2008 - 2012: Joint Water and Sanitation Sector Programme Support (JWSSPS)
Future: Progressively aligned/harmonized donor support in accordance with the Paris Declaration
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Process of Sector Performance Monitoring
Data Collection (Local Government)
Compilation, analysis, key issuesCompilation,
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Data compilation & analysis (sub-
sector)
Annual Sector
Performance Report (SPR):compilation,
quality assurance, peer review
& retreat.
Approval.
Presentation and Discussion: Joint Sector Review (Govt, Donors, NGOs)
+ Agree ~6 „undertakings“
Action & follow-up
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11 key golden indicatorsAccess to safe water Hygiene
Functionality Water Quality
Investment Cost Water for Production
Equity Gender
Sanitation Management
Regulation
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Example 1Indicator 1:
% of (rural) people within 1.5km of an improved water point
Calculated:
Assumed number of users for protected springs, taps, handpumps and rainwater facilities
National Average = 63%
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Example 2Indicator 3:
Average cost per beneficiary of new water and sanitation schemes
Calculated:
Annual expenditure divided by number of new persons served with improved water facilities
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Resource Requirements
1. Technical Support (at least initially)
2. Human resources (Ministry Staff)
3. Financial resources for report production and dissemination
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The long road travelled.... 1998 SWAP (with District Conditional Grant) 2002 Sector Performance Measurement Framework (consultant led)2003 First Sector Performance Report (consultant led) 2004 Second Sector Performance Report (MWE led with TA support)....up to 2008
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....and the distance covered Consensus on basic definitions Transparency (and loss of power ??) What to do with sensitive issues? Time for top management to be fully on
board Data format and analysis Champions and institutionalization!!
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Key Challenges Too many district local govts
(79 in total) Coordination of all sector
players Data reliability & verification Prioritisation Link to planning & budgeting Too transparent?? Lack of wider distribution
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Next Steps …….
2. Strengthen institutionalisation of SIMS at central and LG levels
3. Link SIMS and intra-sector budgeting process4. Continue the preparation of annual SPRs with
emphasis on in-depth analysis of issues and benchmarking with other countries.
5. Invest in capacity development for the central and LG staff involved in the process
6. Introduce performance measurement framework for the environment sub-sector
Please visit: www:mwe.go.ugThank you!
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