Uganda to share strategy successes at World Water and Health meet in USA

Science meets policy

The ongoing Water and Health Conference in the USA, ” Where Science Meets Policy”, will share advance researches and development in the field of drinking water.

The conference provides a great networking opportunities to all the delegates and visitors which will help them to enhance their education and skills, and also get a chance to interact with experienced professionals, researchers, scientific minds and water quality professionals to gain an invaluable knowledge.

Uganda’s Strategic Sector Investment Plan

Sanitation in Uganda’s Strategic Sector Investment Plan, and Uganda’s Water and Sanitation Gender Strategy, feature in the UN-Water GLAAS “National systems to support drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene – Global status report 2019”.

The report states that the Government of Uganda, through its Ministry of Water and Environment, recently finalized a Strategic Sector Investment Plan for the period 2018– 2030 (6). Within the plan, sector funding requirements are assessed to meet 2030 targets for the water and environment sectors, as well as allocation of limited resources to maximize performance, as measured by 24 indicators – 18 of which are directly related to the SDGs. Indicators for sanitation are presented below.
Basic sanitation: Percentage of the population using an improved sanitation facility not shared with other households. Safely managed sanitation: Percentage of the population using safely managed sanitation services.

The plan notes, “Given the large achievement gaps currently facing the sanitation subsector, a substantial increase in funding is necessary to reach 2030 targets, particularly for safely managed sanitation”. Investments for sanitation included in the sector investment model include: wastewater treatment, FSM, sewerage O&M, wastewater treatment O&M, basic sanitation campaigns and safe sanitation campaigns.

The process of developing the investment plan was inclusive, with all the stakeholders in the WASH sector participating, and was based on the various targets set for the WASH sector.

Uganda’s Water and Sanitation Gender Strategy

The Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda developed the Water and Sanitation Gender Strategy 2018–2022 to mainstream gender and improve equity for water and sanitation. The goal of the strategy is to “empower men, women, boys, girls and vulnerable groups through ensuring equity in access to and control of resources in the water and sanitation subsector, contributing to poverty reduction” (9). In addition, the plan includes measures for other vulnerable groups including people living with disabilities.

The strategy has the following objectives: gender integration in policy, guidelines, plans and budgets;
capacity enhancement and promotion of a gender sensitive work environment;
economic empowerment through equitable access to and control of water resources, supply, sanitation and hygiene; gender documentation, reporting and monitoring; and gender coordination, partnership and networking.

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