Development Partner Roundtable on Sustainable Sanitation in Asia

21 September 2018
Tokyo

Multilateral Development Banks&

Bilateral Agencies
Statements on the Way Forward
to Achieve Target 6.2
By MDB & BA participants

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Introduction of Sustainable Sanitation for All
• SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation
for all;
• Country-wide inclusive sanitation(CWIS) and the whole sanitation business
chain;
MDBs Statements - Way Forward to achieve Target 6.2
“Sanitation for All From Now”
1. Common Goal
• sustainable and safe management of water and sanitation for all;
• with a more concerted effort on sanitation.

2. Promote Country-wide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) and Whole Sanitation Chain

• institutional framework- ensuring the ownership/leadership;
• regulatory framework- make it mandatory;
• human capital- capacity building;
• optimal technical designs;- digital tech, resource recovery, IT Apps
• private sector participation- private operators as sub-contractors;
• increase demand for safely managed sanitation services through strategic
communications campaigns- more buy-in;
MDBs Statements - Sanitation for All from Now
3. Institutionalize Sanitation for All
• Champion CWIS and whole sanitation chain approaches within our
organizations, our clients and partners;
• Mainstream into our operations and promote continuous learning and
networking.

4. Immediate opportunities
• Identify immediate opportunities to apply the CWIS approach and integrate
non-sewered sanitation (NSS) components into our ongoing and planned
sanitation investments;
• Integrate with case-by-case approaches, such as flood management and solid
waste management; compass is more important than maps
• Promote progressive financial strategies that accelerate access to safe services
for all.
MDBs Statements - Sanitation for All from Now
5. MDB/BAs coalition.
• Long way to go to achieve Target 6.2;
• Work together;
• Start with development of standard guidelines and checklist for CWIS and
sanitation business chain
• Cover planning, implementation and monitoring phases.
THANK YOU!
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Message: no matter how poor

the existing sanitation is, there is a
way to improve now.