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Few Words F irst of all, on behalf of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board (the Board) I wish all the best in year 2066 to all partners, stakeholders and beneficiaries of the programme supported by this Board and hope the Year 2066 adds another milestone in the development of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation sector in Nepal. This annual report reflects back on the Board’s overall performance, draws lessons from successes and failures over the last year and formulates forward looking organisational resolutions for New Year 2066. In April/May 2008, negotiations with the International Development Association/World Bank were concluded for Grant Assistance of US$ 27 Million as Additional Financing to RWSSP II, thus extending the project period up to 31 Dec, 2010. To this effect, the grant Agreement between the Government of Nepal and IDA/the World Bank was signed on August 26, 2008 and Subsidiary Agreement between the GoN and the Board was signed in Oct 2008. By end of March 2009, the Board has been able to complete 572 water supply and sanitation schemes (cumulative progress) in more than 70 districts of Nepal benefiting 426,288 populations with supply of safe drinking water and increased access to sanitation facilities. Furthermore, about 800 WSS schemes are in development and implementation phase to be completed by end of 2010 with a cumulative target of benefiting 1.04 million populations with safe drinking water and sanitation facilities. Compared to the 74% annual expenditure of FY 2064/65, the trend up to second trimester indicates the budget realisation will be above 80% by end of FY 2065/66. The Board has adopted a demand led approach to Water and Sanitation where the communities take lead role in identification, planning, and execution of rural water supply and sanitation schemes. The successes of this approach have been applauded by stakeholders at different levels. In April 2008, senior executives from the World Bank headquarters visited WSS schemes in Kaski and interacted with the communities and were very much impressed with the impact of the project on rural households. This gave positive push to the decision for additional financing of the project. Similarly, the Board’s participation and effective presentation of the real life stories by community members together with demonstration of models of WSS schemes in the Water Week (17-20 Feb, 2009) held in Washington DC attracted a lot of interest among senior officials of the World Bank for continued support to the rural water and sanitation programme in Nepal. Furthermore, the RWSSP II achievements and successes were shared with policy makers and high ranking government officials engaged in water and sanitation sector in Nepal through workshops and seminars, which contributed towards creation of good momentum for appreciation and recognition of the Board’s approach. Now the responsibility lies with us for capitalising on the positive synergies created at higher level for design even more effective and up scaled RWSS programme beyond Dec 2010. We all are aware that challenges of meeting the millennium development goals and national WSS targets are further aggravated by multifaceted issues like: the worsening security situation in Tarai where the project activities at times are hampered and delayed, increasing price of the non-local material cost for the schemes resulting in high per capita cost, growing need to take the WSS services and facilities to remote districts and communities that are not yet been served requiring high operational costs and additional efforts, and shortage of technical human resources in the market with increasing demand elsewhere in/outside the country for such expertise resulting in nonavailability of qualified people for design and supervision of the hardware/construction part of the schemes. The Board holds the view that tackling these challenges and proving ourselves capable of delivering good quality services to the needy communities require coordinated efforts of all stakeholders at different level. Let’s join hands for tackling the challenges faced by the RWSS sector and proving ourselves capable in improving the overall sector performance to bring it to higher level. Arjun Narsing Rayamajhi Executive Director 2 · RWSSFDB Annual Report 2008
Contents Few Words About RWSSFDB 1 Objectives 1 Key Strategy 1 Board’s Working Modalities and Guiding Principles 2 Programme Component 2 Scheme Cycle 2 Major Achievements 3 Community Organization and Mobilization 6 Water Supply System and Operation & Maintenance 9 Environment Management Plan & Water Quality 12 Health, Hygiene and Sanitation 15 Poverty Reduction Through Women Technical Support Service 18 Jeevika Karyakram 19 Human Resource Development 20 Social Inclusion 21 Financial Transparency and Accountability 23 Monitoring and Evaluation 24 Jagaran Karyakram 25 Partnership Building 26 Sustainability of Scheme 27 Institutional Development Studies 29 Abbreviations 30
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