1. DecentralisedCooperation as an alternative model for financing water and sanitation:Eau Vive’sexperience in Burkina Faso IRC International Symposium on SustainableRural Water ServicesFinancingSustainabilityKampala, 13-15 April 2010
2. Contents Context - France and Burkina Faso What is decentralised cooperation? The OudinSantini Law Burkina Faso PASEP – Programme to improve water services Introduction Implementation Results Scaling up Decentralised Cooperation Sustainability and Scaling-up
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4. Context: Burkina Faso Decentralisation context – laws governing water management PN-AEPA: national framework for reaching MDG for Watsan Local authorities are responsible for water and sanitation services
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6. Local authorities: lack of skills and capacities to manage servicesSEDIF and Reims Métropole – more than just financing Able to bring different perspectives and approaches Reims Métropole manages its own public water supply services Local authorities within SEDIF contract with a private operator Experience with water management realities Flexibility in project planning Responsibility for water lies with the local authorities (Fr and BF) Sharing of experience and expertise for equivalent roles and responsibilities – both governance and technical aspects ONEA - Technical expertise as national operator and project partner Eau Vive and CIEDEL - Technical expertise, understanding of both contexts for facilitation and implementation
7. PASEP: Implementation Creation of Communal Water Commissions as a consultative body and to represent all stakeholders Visits, training and exchanges on water supply service issues Infrastructure investments to strengthen network capacities
8. PASEP: Results Local authorities – real capacity to manage water supply service Local stakeholders – better appropriation of issues and improved dialogue French partners – better understanding of local water service issues (at political, financial and social levels) Water supply networks – financially viable Future prospects – Opportunities to scale up actions
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11. DecentralisedCooperation : Sustainability and scaling up POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERY Strong and lasting ties - relationship and trust built by working together: Helps ensure continued financial support Potential to shift focus from a project approach to on-going service support Sharing of experiences and capacity building: Helps to ensure technical sustainability Stable source of financing for water – potentially up to 1% of resource consumption in France
12. DecentralisedCooperation : Sustainability and scaling up POTENTIAL FOR SCALING UP Existing partnerships: relationship of trust already in place that can be built on Expand actions together Mobilise further partners Bring in other local authorities who wish to get involved in decentralised cooperation Potential of the OudinSantini Law Favourable institutional context Historical context Legislative framework for decentralised cooperation Equivalence of responsibilities at local authority level
13. Thankyou for your attentionJuste Hermann NANSI For more information: www.pseau.org www.eau-vive.org www.ciedel.org
