22nd Mole Conference discusses decentralised WASH services delivery
By RCN Ghana · 11 March 2011
The 22nd edition of the longest running annual Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector event in Ghana, the Mole Conference is currently on going at Busua Beach Resort in the Central Region of Ghana. The conference is discussing the theme, ‘‘Towards Decentralized WASH Services Delivery: Challenges and Lessons".
The 22nd edition of the longest running annual Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector event in Ghana, the Mole Conference is currently on going at Busua Beach Resort in the Central Region of Ghana. The conference is discussing the theme, ‘‘Towards Decentralized WASH Services Delivery: Challenges and Lessons".
The key objective of the conference is to take stock, share experiences, challenges, lessons and the way forward on the effort towards decentralized water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services delivery. The specific objectives of the workshop are to discuss the sustainability of WASH Services with respect to small town water supply; identify and discuss the implications of Oil and Gas industry to the WASH resources in Western Region; and to gain consensus on mechanisms for expanding CLTS and in a way which enable people move up the sanitation ladder.
The conference covers four sub themes, namely, i) Governance, Accountability and Aid Effectiveness in the WASH sector; ii) dealing with long term financing for small town systems; iii) Oil and Gas and its implications in the WASH sector; and iv) Scaling up Sanitation and Hygiene- The CLTS factor.
Governance, Accountability and Aid Effectiveness in the WASH sector:
The Paris Declaration on Aid-Effectiveness, the Accra Agenda for Action and the European Union Code of Conduct all commit the development partners to improve aid effectiveness. Poor governance has been blamed for most of the crisis in WASH today, especially with regard to effective /local government leadership, transparency and accountable conduct of service providers, be they public, private or not-for-profit. Ghana has taken gian…
The 22nd edition of the longest running annual Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector event in Ghana, the Mole Conference is currently on going at Busua Beach Resort in the Central Region of Ghana. The conference is discussing the theme, ‘‘Towards Decentralized WASH Services Delivery: Challenges and Lessons".
The key objective of the conference is to take stock, share experiences, challenges, lessons and the way forward on the effort towards decentralized water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services delivery. The specific objectives of the workshop are to discuss the sustainability of WASH Services with respect to small town water supply; identify and discuss the implications of Oil and Gas industry to the WASH resources in Western Region; and to gain consensus on mechanisms for expanding CLTS and in a way which enable people move up the sanitation ladder.
The conference covers four sub themes, namely, i) Governance, Accountability and Aid Effectiveness in the WASH sector; ii) dealing with long term financing for small town systems; iii) Oil and Gas and its implications in the WASH sector; and iv) Scaling up Sanitation and Hygiene- The CLTS factor.
Governance, Accountability and Aid Effectiveness in the WASH sector:
The Paris Declaration on Aid-Effectiveness, the Accra Agenda for Action and the European Union Code of Conduct all commit the development partners to improve aid effectiveness. Poor governance has been blamed for most of the crisis in WASH today, especially with regard to effective /local government leadership, transparency and accountable conduct of service providers, be they public, private or not-for-profit. Ghana has taken gian…
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