In the development of the MEKWATSAN, UN-HABITAT seeks:
- Innovation: faster delivery mechanisms will be pilot tested and introduced
to more quickly achieve targets. Alternative financing mechanisms will be explored
to enable the poor to benefit from the interventions as well as technical and
management innovations
- Community Involvement: partnership will be promoted between all levels
of civil society as well as both private and public sectors. Involving the community
as a partners and not just a casual observer will ensure that the interventions
are community responsive and socially inclusive
- Pilot initiatives will be monitored carefully and documented to support
scaling up and replication
- Rehabilitation: where the systems exist, rehabilitation will form the
basis to any expansion programme
- Private Sector Participation: the potential for the private sector to
become involved in the delivery of water supply and sanitation services will be
explored and tested, such a small-scale independent service providers
- Sustainability: sustainability is fundamental to the programme, engendering
ownership and building awareness are the two basic building blocks for sustainability,
both within the community and local public sector. Pro-poor pricing policies and
structures as well as targeted subsidies will be employed to ensure the poor can
benefit from the interventions at an affordable basis
- Results-Based: adopting a results based implementation approach will introduce
a measure of real effectiveness. Monitoring and evaluation will be a common theme
to all activities and components, which will yield results that can be independently
audited
- Collaboration/Cooperation: in addition to partnering with the Asian Development
Bank, a dialogue for cooperation has been opened with the European Union, World
Bank, and a number of bilateral agencies and non-profit organizations. UN-HABITAT
is also exploring linkages with other on-going initiatives such as the Phnom Penh
Plan for development Management
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