Key elements

Long term management and planning using 2nd-line structures in cooperation with the local authorities.

Partners

CEDIR  (Centro de Desarrollo y Investigación Rural).
CEFODI  (Corporación Esmeraldeña para la Formación y el Desarrollo Integral).
CenAGRAP (2nd-line structure water organization in the Cañar district).
Tuk Yak (2nd-line structure water organization in the Suscal district).
COPLAV (2nd-line structure water services in the Oña district).
Municipal governments and administrations in the relevant districts.

Target groups

• Drinking Water committees of the different water systems.
• Water associations (intercommunal) and/or communal governance bodies.
• Municipal authorities in the relevant districts.

Objective

Participatory management structures and processes guarantee a sustainable performance of the rural  drinking water, irrigation water and sanitation services for 75,000 users in the 6 districts.

Main results

• The newly installed or rehabilitated systems are all governed by a representative and functioning water committee,  that has received specific training on administrative, financial and technical aspects.
• The different water committees are efficiently coached by water associations and/or municipal governance structures, with representation from both consumers and local governments.
• The 2nd-line structured water organization are integrated in the long term plans and vision of the drinking water and sanitation sector in each district.

Financing

DGOS/DGCD, EU, and the LNE department of the Flemish Government, TMVW, IMDC, BFOS and GROHE in the framework of the Flemish partnership for Water and Development.