Enabling Environment Assessment for Scaling Up Sanitation Programs: East Java, Indonesia

The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is in the start-up phase of a new Global Scaling Up Sanitation Project. The project is applying Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing (TSSM) to stimulate and scale up sanitation demand and supply. One of the central objectives of the project is to improve sanitation at a scale sufficient to meet the 2015 sanitation MDG targets in Indonesia, Tanzania and the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

The baseline assessment of the enabling environment was carried out during the start-up phase of the overall project in July and August 2007. A follow-up assessment will be carried out at the end of project implementation in mid-2009. This report presents the main findings and recommendations from the baseline assessment of the enabling environment to scale up, sustain and replicate sanitation improvements in East Java, Indonesia.

In order to ensure consistency in the assessment findings, WSP developed a conceptual framework for assessing the enabling environment for sanitation. This framework was developed based on a literature review and a series of discussions with key actors. The framework consists of eight dimensions considered essential to scaling up the total sanitation and sanitation-marketing approaches in rural areas:
• Policy, Strategy, and Direction
• Institutional Arrangements
• Program Methodology
• Implementation Capacity
• Availability of Products and Tools
• Financing
• Cost-Effective Implementation
• Monitoring and Evaluation

Table of Contents:

CREDITS

LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION
Assessment framework and methodology
Assessment Dimensions
Methodology of Assessment
Sampling Protocol

2. CONTEXT
Health Data
Poverty
Legal Framework
Impact of the 2004 Tsunami

3. RURAL SANITATION IMPROVEMENT
Evolution of Rural Sanitation in Indonesia
Indonesia Sanitation Sector Development Program
CLTS in Indonesia
Scaling Up Sanitation: The TSSM Project

4. FINDINGS
Policy, Strategy, and Direction
Institutional Arrangements
Program Methodology
Implementation Capacity
Availability of Products and Tools
Financing
Cost-Effective Implementation
Monitoring and Evaluation

5. CONCLUSIONS
Policy, Strategy, and Direction
Institutional Arrangements
Program Methodology
Implementation Capacity
Availability of Products and Tools
Financing
Cost-Effective Implementation
Monitoring and Evaluation

6. RECOMMENDATIONS
Policy, Strategy, and Direction
Institutional Arrangements
Program Methodology
Implementation Capacity
Availability of Products and Tools
Financing
Cost-Effective Implementation
Monitoring and Evaluation

7. ENABLING ENVIRONMENT INDICATORS

8. ACTION PLANS

REFERENCES

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: CLTS Effect on ODF Progress
Figure 2: Sanitation Coverage in East Java

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Project Areas and Numbers of Beneficiaries
Table 2: East Java: District Financial Commitments to Rural Sanitation
Table 3: Indonesia: Rural Sanitation Coverage Estimates
Table 4: District Characteristics in East Java
Table 5: Enabling Environment Indicators
Table 6: Indonesia: National Action Plan
Table 7: East Java: Provincial Action Plan

APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY