SLIDE 1 AFRICAN MINISTERS’ COUNCIL ON WATER
Sub-Committee of the AU Specialized Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment
The Ngor Declaration on sanitation and hygiene
By Kitch Bawa Sanitation Project Manager Stockholm 28, Sweden August 2019
Where do we stand?
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Monitoring the Ngor Declaration
“Recognising that the time has come to incorporate lessons from the eThekwini commitments”… ”setting out in particular clear indicators for the monitoring process”
▪ The Ngor Declaration on Sanitation and Hygiene
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AfricaSan International Taskforce AfricaSan International Taskforce SCML Workplan 2017-2019
1. Develop a harmonized framework for Ngor and SDG reporting with indicators disaggregated by gender, age and physical condition. 2. Support AMCOW to develop the capacity of the member states to report in Pan African system 3. Establish a baseline for Ngor indicators and integrate priorities into national and sub- national planning processes 4. Showcase evidence based reports to improve learning and to mobilise resources Monitoring and Learning Rural Sanitation Urban Sanitation AfricaSan Processes
Sub-Committees
Rural Sanitation Urban Sanitation AfricaSan Processes
SLIDE 4 Ngor monitoring indicators
▪10 Ngor commitments: 42 indicators ▪Indicators for Ngor commitments monitoring are staged to show progressive realisation of each commitment
Stage 1 indicators track the enabling environment
Stage 2 indicators track achievement of published country targets. Vision indicators track
and use
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Across Africa there has been good progress against the commitment to establish leadership and coordination structures. This is a key area which drives progress in the sector
Results- enabling environment
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The commitment to establish budgets for sanitation and hygiene continues to lag behind. Financing is necessary for enabling and accelerating progress to SDG 6 in Africa. The commitment to eliminate inequalities in access and use, remains a critical bottleneck which threatens to undermine progress across Africa.
Results- enabling environment
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Eliminating untreated waste, and encouraging its productive utilization is currently the worst performing of the Ngor commitments.
Results- enabling environment
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Results – country targets
▪ For most commitments less than half of countries have made sufficient progress in establishing the enabling environment, to be able to monitor progress against country targets. ▪ This pattern will change in the future as countries strengthen the enabling environment, and targets and tracking systems against which to measure progress are established. 8
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The Ngor vision
“The Ngor Vision is to achieve universal access to adequate and sustainable sanitation and hygiene services and eliminate open defecation by 2030”. 9
SLIDE 10 Basic sanitation
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<50% 50-75% 76-90% 91-100% No data
In most African countries less than half of people use at least basic sanitation.
Proportion of the population using at least basic sanitation, 2015 Source: JMP, 2017
SLIDE 11 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% North Africa Southern Africa West Africa Eastern Africa Central Africa
At least basic Limited (shared) Unimproved Open defecation
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% North Africa Southern Africa West Africa Eastern Africa Central Africa
At least basic Limited (shared) Unimproved Open defecation
Rural sanitation access Urban sanitation access
Predominantly a rural issue: In 14 countries in Sub- Saharan Africa more than half
practise open defecation
Open defecation remains high across Sub-Saharan Africa
SLIDE 12 Hygiene
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In most African countries less than 50% of the population have basic handwashing with soap facilities at home. Note: Data to monitor hygiene is available for
Proportion of the population with handwashing facilities including soap and water, 2015 Source: JMP, 2017 <50% 50-75% 76-90% 91-100% No data
SLIDE 13 Country dialogue : New learning leading to review national action plan and prioritization of actions
African Ministers’ Council on Water A sub-committee of the African Union specialized technical committee
- n Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment.
SLIDE 14 Multistakeholders statement to support the Ngor Declaration
African Ministers’ Council on Water A sub-committee of the African Union specialized technical committee
- n Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment.
➢4 participatory dialogues:
- Private Sector
- Local authorities
- Civil society
- Development Partners
One Statement : “Camissa Multi-Stakeholder Statement on Achieving Access to Adequate and Equitable Sanitation and Hygiene for All and Ending Open Defecation in Africa by 2030”
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Thank you Merci Obrigado
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