Introduction to the GSFThursday 19th April 2012

Oliver JonesGlobal Sanitation Fund, WSSCC

Rationale for the GSF

• Programme of Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) – hosted by UNOPS

• "Water & Sanitation" tends to mean "Water"

• Sanitation is off track

• Address financial gap needed to achieve targets

• Target funds intelligently and effectively – identify & fill gaps

• Identify and foster organisations and approaches that can be implemented at scale

The GSF's principles

• Be people-centred, community-managed & demand driven

• Help poor, socially excluded and unserved communities

• Gender sensitive

• Expand coverage

• Respect national leadership

• Promote sustainable services

• Pool funds for maximum efficiency & low transaction costs

• Offer additionality

• Results-based

• Fraud and corruption: zero-tolerance!

Where we’re working

Programme Development

Ongoing: 7(Madagascar, Senegal, Nepal, Malawi, India, Cambodia, & Uganda)

Commencing 2012: 5(Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, & Togo)

Propose: 13(Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya, Mali, + 9 others TBC)

The GSF's Approach• Help large numbers of people attain improved

sanitation and hygiene

• Provide financial boost to national strategies

• Promote increased coordination & collaboration

• Work with and through Government systems

• Contribute to and leverage existing resources

• Help support active learning agenda

Type of work supported by the GSF

• Targeted at poor & excluded groups• Work at scale• Demand Creation:

– Raise awareness on sanitation – Promote hygiene– Engage leaders

• Supply Stimulation:– Strengthen supply chains– Sanitation marketing– Engagement with micro-finance

• Behaviour Change Communications • Support institutional structures• Learning & sharing agenda

GSF Structure

Management of the GSF• Government is the GSF entry point

• Programme designed in-country through consultative process

• Ongoing strategic oversight role of sector stakeholders in countries

• Managed by WSSCC, hosted by UNOPS

• Advised by GSF Advisory Committee

Programme Sequence in Tanzania

Programme Sequence in Tanzania