GLOBAL SANITATION FUND PROGRAMME

The Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) is a pooled global fund to boost expenditure on sanitation and hygiene to help large number of poor people to attain safe sanitation services and adopt good hygiene practices. It is estimated that 2.5 billion people, about 40% of the world population, do not have access to basic sanitation. The GSF offers an efficient and cost-effective opportunity for contributors to help the world’s poorest people access this most basic everyday need. The GSF is a program of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and was launched in 2008.

GLOBAL SANITATION FUND PROGRAMME NEPAL

GSF in Nepal started from 2010 for five years with the commitment to support the government for operationalization of Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan 2011. The successful ongoing implementation of GSF Program in Nepal in Six districts (Bajura, Bardiya, Arghakhanchi, Sindhupalchowk, Sunsari and Bhaktapur ) and six muncipilities ( Madhyapur Thimi, Gulariya, Tikapur, Bhaktapur, Ithari and Inaruwa ) in five developmental regions, has led towards expansion of the program in 8 Terai districts (Parsa, Bara, Rautahat, Sarlahi, Mahottari, Dhanusha,Siraha and Saptari) and 1 mountain district Dolakha covering the time-frame up to 2017. In 2015, GSF was further expanded to Nuwakot, Rasuwa Morang and Jhapa

The expansion of the GSF program in Nepal aims to support the Government of Nepal to achieve national sanitation target of 100% coverage by taking up the most challenging 8 Terai districts with low sanitation coverage. The campaign will follow the approach as prescribed by the National Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan. Therefore, the campaign will be led by District Water Sanitation and Hygiene Coordination Committee (D-WASHCCs), Village Development Committee (VDC) Level Water Sanitation and Hygiene Coordination Committee (V-WASH-CCs) and Municipal Level Water Sanitation and Hygiene Coordination Committee (M-WASH-CC) with continuous and regular monitoring and follow up by Regional Water and Sanitation Coordination Committee (R-WASH-CCs ) and National Sanitation and Hygiene Coordination Committee (NSHCC).UN-Habitat through its sub-grantees will provide support, to the respective D-WASH-CC and V/M-WASH-CC based on an agreed program of action for implementing the Master Plan.

PROGRAMME AREA 

In the first phase of implementing GSF, six districts in Nepal were selected by National Hygiene and Sanitation Coordination Committee (NHSCC) covering all development regions as well as all ecological regions – Mountain, Hill and Terai. GSF has targeted 205 Village Development Committees (VDCs) and 6 municipalities from the 6 GSF program districts including an additional municipality from Kailali district, Tikapur Municipality. The GSF program districts are Arghakhanchi, Bajura, Bardiya, Bhaktapur, Sindhupalchowk and Sunsari. Out of these 6 districts, Bajura, Bardiya, Arghakhanchi and Bhaktapur and Tikapur municipality had attained ODF status. Sindhupalchowk had reached 98% coverage before the earthquake with alarming setback after earthquake. After the successful intervention in six districts as mentioned above, GSF extended its program activities in 9 additional districts – Dolakha (mountain region) and eight Terai districts in the eastern and central regions of Nepal with low sanitation coverage (Parsa, Bara, Rautahat, Sarlahi, Mahottari, Dhanusha, Siraha and Saptari).  The program was further extended to four districts which are Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Morang and Jhapa.At present, the program is implemented in 485 VDCs of 13 districts for the ODF campaign.

PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

a) Consensus Building

b) Sector Coordination and Planning

c) Capacity Building

d) ODF Campaign

e) Sanitation Marketing

f) Monitoring

g) Knowledge Management

GSF ENTITIES IN NEPAL

National Sanitation and Hygiene Coordination Committee (NSHCC): NSHCC gives strategic guidance and supervision to the GSF program in Nepal to ensure alignment with national sector policies, strategies, and the Master Plan. NSHCC is a multi-stakeholder platform led by the government.

Executing Agency (EA): EA administers the fund, including the award of grants in response to proposals, technical support to Sub-grantees and monitoring.

Sub-grantees: Sub-grantees are the implementing agencies for GSF program. Local bodies, NGOs and CBOs are eligible agencies to work as the Sub-grantees

WORKING PRINCIPLE OF GSF PROGRAMME IN NEPAL

Policy enabler: Support for localizing Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan 2011.
Ownership and institutionalization: Integration and linkage with government program through local level Strategic Plan/Plan of Action led by local bodies.
Stakeholders Participation: Recognition of multi-stakeholders efforts in central, regional, district, municipality and VDC levels
Campaign: Adoption of wider campaign approach to back up on going sanitation movement.
Sustainability: Resource pooling, cost-sharing and local leaders