SEH: Getting off to a Good StartSEH: Getting off to a Good StartMerri Weinger, USAIDMerri Weinger, USAID

SEH Kick-Off Meeting, November 3, 2010SEH Kick-Off Meeting, November 3, 2010

This presentation will:This presentation will:

Briefly review our vision for SEH in Briefly review our vision for SEH in key program areaskey program areas

Discuss priority countries and Discuss priority countries and making overtures to Missionsmaking overtures to Missions

Highlight expectations for Year OneHighlight expectations for Year One

SEH: SEH: So who came up with that So who came up with that

name?name? Healthy Households and Communities Healthy Households and Communities

as end-products of EH Initiative as end-products of EH Initiative What is a Healthy Household?What is a Healthy Household? Supportive Environments Supportive Environments

• PolicyPolicy• Infrastructure/InstitutionsInfrastructure/Institutions• FinancingFinancing• Community organization/participationCommunity organization/participation

WASH and IAQWASH and IAQ

Integration not essential- but Integration not essential- but encourage cross-fertilization and encourage cross-fertilization and learninglearning

Cross-cutting elements include:Cross-cutting elements include: HardwareHardware Behavior change strategyBehavior change strategy Private sector entrepreneursPrivate sector entrepreneurs Creative financing Creative financing

Scale and Sustainability Scale and Sustainability

Working at scale as cross-cutting Working at scale as cross-cutting themetheme Define scaleDefine scale

Aim for Sustainable Service DeliveryAim for Sustainable Service Delivery

Sub-Objective 1: Sub-Objective 1: Increasing Availability and Use of Increasing Availability and Use of

Proven InterventionsProven Interventions Scaling up sanitation activities in at least 10 Scaling up sanitation activities in at least 10

countriescountries In partnership with other donors, private sector, civil societyIn partnership with other donors, private sector, civil society Including demand creation and availability and use of quality Including demand creation and availability and use of quality

sanitation productssanitation products With sustainable models for financing sanitation product and With sustainable models for financing sanitation product and

service deliveryservice delivery

With strong evidence base and With strong evidence base and documentationdocumentation

Support for USAID’s Sanitation Working GroupSupport for USAID’s Sanitation Working Group

Scaling up Proven Scaling up Proven Technologies for Water SupplyTechnologies for Water Supply

Cost-effective approaches for communities Cost-effective approaches for communities outside piped networksoutside piped networks Implement water supply development activities Implement water supply development activities

(e.g. rainwater harvesting, protecting wells, etc.)(e.g. rainwater harvesting, protecting wells, etc.) Multiple Use Water SystemsMultiple Use Water Systems Build capacity of small scale WASH providers in Build capacity of small scale WASH providers in

private sector private sector

Effective interaction with other country Effective interaction with other country activitiesactivities

Scaling up Proven Technologies for Scaling up Proven Technologies for Promotion of Improved Water Promotion of Improved Water

QualityQuality Focus on models for getting right product Focus on models for getting right product

into consumer’s hands, e.g. filtersinto consumer’s hands, e.g. filters

Expansion of distribution channels for Expansion of distribution channels for underserved populations underserved populations

Scaling up HandwashingScaling up Handwashing

Support for PPPHW Support for PPPHW and efforts to take and efforts to take handwashing to scale handwashing to scale in at least one countryin at least one country

Handwashing with Handwashing with soap/handwashing soap/handwashing stations as core stations as core component of component of sanitation initiativessanitation initiatives

Indoor Air Quality: Indoor Air Quality: More Than Cookstoves More Than Cookstoves

Develop framework for impact for Develop framework for impact for IAQ includingIAQ including Access to appropriate cookstovesAccess to appropriate cookstoves Behavior change approaches Behavior change approaches Enabling environmentEnabling environment

Sub-objective 2:Sub-objective 2: WASH & HIV/AIDS Integration WASH & HIV/AIDS Integration

Increase visibility of sanitation in Basic Care Increase visibility of sanitation in Basic Care PackagePackage

Go beyond home-based care Go beyond home-based care

Focus on Technical Working Groups- OVC, F&NFocus on Technical Working Groups- OVC, F&N

Increase advocacy with OGAC/USG partnersIncrease advocacy with OGAC/USG partners

Global Community of PracticeGlobal Community of Practice

Other PrioritiesOther Priorities

WASH/IAQ & EducationWASH/IAQ & Education

WASH & NutritionWASH & Nutrition

WASH & IAQ and MCHWASH & IAQ and MCH Especially sanitationEspecially sanitation In collaboration with MCHIPIn collaboration with MCHIP

Sub-objective 3:Sub-objective 3:PartnershipsPartnerships

Maximize potential of SEH team and Maximize potential of SEH team and resource partnersresource partners

Partner with other key donorsPartner with other key donors

Foster public-private partnershipsFoster public-private partnerships

InnovationInnovation

Innovation = Technology AND new Innovation = Technology AND new ways of ways of doing businessdoing business

Capacity Building Capacity Building

Creating/collecting tools for capacity Creating/collecting tools for capacity building building Sanitation- CLTS/Sanitation MarketingSanitation- CLTS/Sanitation Marketing Building capacity of the private sectorBuilding capacity of the private sector IAQ IAQ

IdentifyIdentify What are the necessary skills?What are the necessary skills? Methodologies for skill-building, including Methodologies for skill-building, including

trainingtraining Where are the gaps?Where are the gaps?

GenderGender

Gender as visible cross-cutting Gender as visible cross-cutting element of projectelement of project

Include gender-specific objectives/ Include gender-specific objectives/ indicators/outcomes indicators/outcomes

Knowledge ManagementKnowledge Management

Build on existing KM investmentsBuild on existing KM investments Environmental Health Web-SiteEnvironmental Health Web-Site HIPHIP USAID Water Team web-siteUSAID Water Team web-site

Develop innovative and expanded Develop innovative and expanded approach to sharing, exchanging approach to sharing, exchanging knowledgeknowledge

Using creative learning approaches Using creative learning approaches

Priority CountriesPriority Countries

Reach agreement on most successful Reach agreement on most successful ways to approach countriesways to approach countries USAIDUSAID USAID + SEHUSAID + SEH SEH SEH

Ideally by March, 2011Ideally by March, 2011

Possible Priority CountriesPossible Priority Countries

UgandaUganda BangladeshBangladesh DRCDRC HaitiHaiti MalawiMalawi IndonesiaIndonesia BeninBenin

Possible Priority CountriesPossible Priority Countries

MadagascarMadagascar WASH in Schools in ZambiaWASH in Schools in Zambia WSP/Gates countries (Ethiopia, WSP/Gates countries (Ethiopia,

Tanzania, India, Indonesia)Tanzania, India, Indonesia) Nepal (?)Nepal (?) Mali (?)Mali (?) Nigeria (?)Nigeria (?)

Possible Priority Countries:Possible Priority Countries:TA to BilateralsTA to Bilaterals

GhanaGhana AfghanistanAfghanistan SudanSudan LiberiaLiberia SenegalSenegal TajikistanTajikistan TimorTimor PakistanPakistan

SEH:SEH:Year One ExpectationsYear One Expectations

SEH activities launched in at least 3 SEH activities launched in at least 3 countriescountries

Confirm key partnerships with other Confirm key partnerships with other donors/implementing partnersdonors/implementing partners

Identify at least 1 sanitation-at-scale Identify at least 1 sanitation-at-scale countrycountry

Key integration activities launchedKey integration activities launched Establish agreed Advisory Groups (e.g., IAQ, Establish agreed Advisory Groups (e.g., IAQ,

innovation, etc.)innovation, etc.)

Support from Support from USAID Environmental Health USAID Environmental Health

TeamTeam Rochelle Rainey: WASH specialist, Rochelle Rainey: WASH specialist,

with special focus on water qualitywith special focus on water quality

Jay Graham: WASH specialist, with Jay Graham: WASH specialist, with special focus on sanitation and IAQspecial focus on sanitation and IAQ

Tony Kolb: Urban Advisor and WASH Tony Kolb: Urban Advisor and WASH specialistspecialist