Developing A Vision and Strategy for Water for Asian Cities (WAC) and Mekong Region Water and Sanitation Initiative (MEK-WATSAN) 2008-2012

Contents:

1. Background
1.1 Goals and Targets
1.2 Water and Sanitation Trust Fund
1.3 Four Complementary Priority Areas
1.4 Water for Asian Cities Programme
1.5 Mekong Region Water and Sanitation Initiative (MEK-WATSAN)

2. Four Years of Implementation: A Brief Overview

3. What have we Achieved

4. What have we Learnt

5. Strategic Priorities
5.1 Addressing the Challenge of Sanitation

6. Towards a Vision and Strategy
6.1 Developing A Vision and Strategy

7. Developing Country level Strategies
Objective 1. To Promote pro-poor urban governance to ensure the involvement of local authorities, communities, vulnerable groups and integration of social inclusion & gender equity in WATSAN service delivery
Objective 2. To increase access on safe water supply services with special focus for urban poor
Objective 3. Support to improve and increase sanitation coverage and hygiene promotion focusing on poor and excluded communities and promotion of sustainable sanitation practices
Objective 4. Support to adopt sustainable and environmentally friendly solid waste management (SWM) system
Objective 5. Mainstreaming gender, socially excluded, underprivileged communities and ethnic minorities
Objective 6. To address climate change through capacity building and demonstration projects
Objective 7. To enhance capacity for sustainable water and sanitation service delivery
Objective 8. To assist in monitoring and localizing MDG related water and sanitation

8. Resource Mobilisation

9. Conclusion