Burundi - SWA

Commitments	Progress Stage	Priority Area	Category
Progress: Completed Almost Completed Good Progress Slow Progress Major Barriers No data
Increase the priority of the water and sanitation sector to the same rank of health and education, in national plans, in dialogue with donors, in the poverty reduction strategy paper	2014 2013	Political Prioritization	Visibility
Milestones of Progress: Health, education and WASH taken into account within part 3 of the Strategic Framework for Poverty Reduction (CSLP) II; improvement of access and quality of basic services and strengthening of social protection of the CSLP II. Steps Remaining to Fully Achieve: Adopt Water Code texts, develop and adopt Sanitation Code and its application texts and open a Water Desk. Likely to Achieve for 2014? Yes, likely Influence of 2012 HLM on progress of commitment: Some influence
Increase the priority of the water and sanitation sector to the same rank of health and education, in national plans, in dialogue with donors, in the poverty reduction strategy paper	2014 2013	Political Prioritization	Visibility
Milestones of Progress: Water desk management manual validated and investment plan being prepared. Steps Remaining to Fully Achieve: Adopt a finance plan and sign the decree, operationalize the Water Desk with FONIC (Fonds National d Likely to Achieve for 2014? Yes, likely Influence of 2012 HLM on progress of commitment: Highly influential
Reinforce the strategy designed to mobilize financing for projects in the water and sanitation Sector	2014 2013	Political Prioritization	Financing
Milestones of Progress: The relevant sub-group from the water and sanitation cluster, established in 2012 to develop the strategy, has been strengthened. A sector conference to implement the Geneva roundtable commitments was held in 2013. Steps Remaining to Fully Achieve: Monitor the implementation of commitments and engagements by Government and technical and financial partners. Validate and adopt the global strategy. Likely to Achieve for 2014? Yes, likely Influence of 2012 HLM on progress of commitment: Some influence
Develop an appropriate tariff system for the recovery of costs associated with the development of water resources and improvement of hygiene and sanitation, including cost recovery for the elimination of wastewater through users’ fee charged for water services	2014 2013	Political Prioritization	Financing
Milestones of Progress: Organizational audit of REGIDESO completed and being implemented; strategy study underway; draft user-pay and polluter-pay law validated. Steps Remaining to Fully Achieve: Continue reforms of REGIDESO by Government and Technical development partners; adopt user-pay and polluter-pay laws ; apply the 1992 waste water billing law. Likely to Achieve for 2014? Yes, likely Influence of 2012 HLM on progress of commitment: Some influence
Take into account the specific needs of the poor and other vulnerable groups	2014 2013	National Planning Processes	Planning
Milestones of Progress: Increase in the rate of involvement of women and youth in urban water points management and the delegation of urban public fountains management. Steps Remaining to Fully Achieve: Array Likely to Achieve for 2014? Yes, likely Influence of 2012 HLM on progress of commitment: Some influence
Increase funding for domestic access to drinking water and sanitation by the allocation of specific budget lines, including for sanitation and hygiene, for an amount equivalent to 0.5% of GNP	2014 2013	Political Prioritization	Financing
Milestones of Progress: Progress in sector funding (bilateral aid) but Government’s budget is still weak. Steps Remaining to Fully Achieve: Increase internal budget by Government as economic performance improves. Likely to Achieve for 2014? Possible (with extra effort) Influence of 2012 HLM on progress of commitment: Some influence
Establish a coordination mechanism for the sector	2014 2013	National Planning Processes	Coordination
Milestones of Progress: First publication of the Technical Monitoring Committee (CTS) annual report on the implementation of the SNEau framework. GSEAE and the Permanent Secretariat for Partners coordination (GCP) meet regularly (GSEAE meeting, Strategy Forum and Policy Forum). Steps Remaining to Fully Achieve: Implement a National Committee for Coordination of the Water and Sanitation Sector (CNCE) by Government (decree for implementation approved and currently under legislation). Likely to Achieve for 2014? Yes, likely Influence of 2012 HLM on progress of commitment: Some influence
Strengthen at national level the follow-up on progress towards national targets and targets set by the MDGs	2014 2013	Evidence Based Decision Making	Monitoring
Milestones of Progress: Regular GSEAE, CTS, CNCA, RAC and INEA meetings and TLAS updated yearly and progress reports towards MDG; sector planning units (UPS) established. Steps Remaining to Fully Achieve: Continue to implement Sector Planning Units (UPS) by GSEAE and related ministries, and implement CNCE. Likely to Achieve for 2014? Yes, likely Influence of 2012 HLM on progress of commitment: Some influence
Regarding access to sanitation, the government plans to strengthen the institutional, regulatory and legislative frameworks	2014 2013	National Planning Processes	Planning
Milestones of Progress: National sanitation policy and its action plan adopted in September 2013. Steps Remaining to Fully Achieve: Develop and validate a Sanitation Code and its application texts. Likely to Achieve for 2014? Yes, likely Influence of 2012 HLM on progress of commitment: Some influence