Urban sanitation markets: scale and resilience - PowerPoint Presentation

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Urban sanitation markets: scale and resilience organised by BOND’s UKWN and Overseas Development Institute 4th December 2015

Jonathan Parkinson - Senior WaSH Programme Development Specialist, Oxfam GB Esther Shaylor - Sanitation Marketing Specialist, Philippines, Oxfam GB

Market-based Programming to Support Sustainable Sanitation Service Delivery after Typhoon Haiyan Experiences from Eastern Samar PhilippinesSlide2

Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) - Nov 2013 Typhoon Hagupit approaching Samar, Philippines on December 6Followed by Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) December 2014

Significant damage to sanitation infrastructure, particularly at the household level, Thousands of households were left without toilet facilities. Sanitation infrastructure that remained overwhelmed by increased use Major impacts on human health and dignityTyphoon Haiyan affected more than 10 million people and displaced hundreds of thousands of peopleTacloban was the worst hit city Slide3

Traditional humanitarian responseWater supplyProvision of bladder tanks and trucking water to relocation sitesDistribution of

water ‘kits’SanitationConstruction of emergency toilets in relocation sitesSanitation rehabilitationSeptage /fecal sludge managementHygieneProvision of hygiene kitsHygiene promotion campaignsSlide4

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hat’s the problem ? .........Exacerbate dependencies on external assistance. Presents challenges for “exit strategy” and longer term sustainable solutions.Weakens government agency involvementUndermines market rehabilitation and economic recoveryNON-MARKET BASED (IN-KIND) EMERGENCY RESPONSES Slide5

National strategy for promoting universal access to improved sanitation and hygiene behaviour focusing on ending open defecation and phased approach to sanitation developmentTransitionsing from emergency response to early recovery and development

PhATS - Philippine Approach to Total SanitationSlide6

Climbing up the Sanitation Ladder…Slide7

Assessment of local manufacture processes Using market assessment to look at material cost/availabilityDevelopment of design range of toilets for different marketsTraining of masons in construction techniquesDevelop an approach to support and encourage female masons for sanitation service delivery

Development of WASH related products for a market based approach Slide8
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Market strengthening actions to increase commerical opportunities for market actors Support to sanitation suppliers/traders and service providers WhAM -

Integrated market-based programmingSupport to beneficiaries to enable them to procure WASH goods and services Slide10

Move from sanitation marketing to WASH and Markets (WhAM)Enabiling environment Legitimisation of small-scale (informal) sanitation service providers Monitoring of sanitation markets Strengthen market regulatory framework Market development in partnership with Chamber of CommerceSanitation enterprise development Understanding the market (market mapping and assessment) Develop viable business models Business planning and pilot business models

Provide organisational support from larger companies Slide11

Enabling the poor to access sanitationMicro-finance Partnerships with Micro Finance Institutions MFI loans cover construction costs with interest of 2.5% per month Loan repayments in small weekly installmentsVouchers for the poorest UNICEF-Oxfam low cost toilet subsidy

materials, toilet bowl, slab, etc redeemed her voucher by placing her order with Oxfam’s MFI partner construction by trained & accredited local masons Slide12

ChallengesHelping finance organisations see WASH related products as profitable

Organisational attitudes and skillset to working with the private sector / MFIs Getting government to play a regulatory/supporting roleCo-ordination and mainstreaming of approachesCurrent perspectives Additional financing facilities : coops, savings groups etc.Social franchisingTapping into municipal funds to support capital investmentsSeptage management for sustainable O&MSlide13

Preparedness

ShockEmergency responseRehabilitationBuilding resilience Market analysis and programmingStrengthening the development – humanitarian response continuum Slide14

Efficiency of delivery

(from humanitarian agency perspective)Effectiveness of delivery from beneficiary perspective (including choice / preferences and dignityLivelihood benefitsCommercIal benefits for businesses

BENEFITS TO MARKET ACTORSBENEFITS TO AFFECTED COMMUNITIES

Benefits to the economy during post-disaster rehabiliation and reconstruction

MULTIPLIER EFFECT

Benefits of

market-based

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Thanks to the team !!!Slide16

Jonathan Parkinson Senior WaSH Programme

Development Specialistemail: jparkinson1@oxfam.org.uk | skype: jonathan_oxfamgbEsther ShaylorSanitation Marketing Specialist, PhilippinesEmail: eshaylor@oxfam.org.uk | Skype: eshaylor

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