Good practices for Social inclusion - Case studies and summary

court. In the peri-urban areas of Payakumbuh, women's groups already a mix goat
urine and composted kitchen waste for composting vegetable gardening and plant
nurseries. Plants are sold and rented out to businesses. A quick calculation with one
group taught that the profits provided up to 25% of the household income. Toilets
build over fish ponds also serve to generate income and food. When learning about
dry (eco-) toilets to produce compost and urine fertilizer, they expressed a strong
interest in a trial.
Municipal fund for neighbourhood projects
Blitar, a small town in East Java, is special for its community development fund. It
has twenty neighbourhoods, of which three are poor. The budget of the town was Rp.
6.14 billion (US$ 646,000) in 2004, double the amount of 2002. Under its community
block grant programme the city disburses 2% of its income directly to the
neighbourhoods for small projects, including an obligatory 13% for low cost housing.
The neighbourhoods themselves contribute 13-22% of the project funds in kind or
cash. The purpose of the fund is to increase public participation and self-management
and allow local officials and communities to exercise their autonomy. Village
Community Empowerment Institutions (LPMSKs) take care of mobilization. Women
participate in the mandated community assemblies or pre-musrembangs in which
these projects are planned. Since 2003 project selection criteria include the number of
poor beneficiaries. Most local grants go to improvement of infrastructure. From 2005
on, use of funds for hardware is restricted to 60%. Learning from mistakes is an
accepted part of the approach 31 .
City level action plans
This section describes a number of city-level action plans that were developed with
ISSDP to ensure social inclusive sanitation and hygiene programmes. However, it
starts with a description of the activities at the national level that were initiated to
support activities implemented in the cities, and the agreed measures to strengthen
gender equality within the ISSDP organisation itself.
Supportive Campaigns
At the national level, the ISSDP helps to strengthen an enabling environment which
will stimulate and facilitate cities to take up urban sanitation and hygiene
improvements. For this purpose, three campaigns will be undertaken to promote
sanitation and hygiene among the national, regional and local decision makers and the
urban poor.
Campaign for policy and decision-makers.
One reason for the low support to sanitation is that opinion leaders, policy makers and
managers do not see the links between sanitation, public health and economics. A
communication strategy, action plan, campaign and advocacy materials have therefore
been developed. They have a strong link to poverty reduction, but women are
presented as passive beneficiaries only: the national message, to be spread by only the
Minister of Women Affairs is ―without toilets women suffer more‖.
Sanitation Awareness Campaign
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