Contents

Niger overview

Sanitation overview

PanAfrica CLTS programmein Niger

Institutional mapping

Already existing platforms(networks, LAs)

Niger- Situational analysis on CLTS/SLTS/ULTS

1.Niger overview

  • Population: 15,000,000 pop in 2009 (CIA estimate). 17% urban; 83% rural(Eau-Vive)
  • GDP/capita PPP: 719$US in 2010 (IMF)
  • Main economic activities:subsistence agriculture, food and mineral exportations
  • Major cultural groups: Hausa, Zarma-Songhai, Gourmantche, nomadic people
  • Religions: Islam (90%), Christians, Animists
  • Political regime: military junta (as of 2010)
  • Geographical context:Mostly desert, tropical in Southern parts.

2.Sanitation overview

  • Figures

Rural population with access to ameliorated sanitation facilities in 2008 : 3% (JMP, 2008)

Total population with access to ameliorated sanitation facilities in 2008: 7%

  • Responsibleauthorityfor sanitation

Rural sanitation is a shared responsibility of:

  1. the Ministry of Water (Ministère de l’Hydraulique) sub-divided in 9 Directorates, among these the Directorate for rural Water; the directorate for Urban, peri-urban water and sanitation. The Regional and departmental directorates of water and responsible of sanitation at decentralised level
  2. the Ministry of public health and control of endemic diseases(Ministère de la santé publique et de la luttre contre les endémies), through the directorate for public hygiene and educational health and the regional directorates for public health at decentralised level.

The National Commission for Water and Sanitation (Commission Nationale de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement-CNEA) is the organisation responsible of coordination and consultation of national WASH policies and strategies.

  • Policies/strategies in place

Support programme for the WASH sector (Programme d’Appui au Secteur Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement-PASEHA) elaborated by the Ministry of Water and DANIDA, not adopted yet (as of 2010) by government and still has to be validated by CNEA.

A Blue Book(Livre Bleu) has been developed in 2004-2005 by and for all partners in the Niger water and sanitation sector. It provides an independent assessment of the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals regarding water and sanitation and casts a critical eye on sector policies and strategies. The Blue Book contains proposals and provides a platform for action, in order to ensure that all citizens have equitable and sustainable access to water supply and sanitation.

  • Challenges in country

1.Improve access to Water and Sanitation to the economically or geographically poor

2.Reinforce the role and the capacities of local actors

3.Prioritise sanitation

4.Improve water access in small towns

5.Maintain the financial balance of the sector

6.Reduce unit costs (ref, Livre Bleu, 2004)

  • Major ongoing programmes/initiatives

Specific projects on sanitation are quite few at the moment, the usually are included in broader water programmes. Funding agencies are the same for both the water and sanitation projects, and there is no project directly financed by the State or the districts. However, some initiatives are co-funded by districts (from 0.7% to 5% of investments).

Among the ongoing (or recently ended) sanitation projects: FSIL Maradi, Projet Eau et Assainissement pour un développement durable à Torodi, Soutien aux Initiatives Communales d’eau et d’assainissement Scolaires dans le département de Boboye, PAEDD. A thorough analysis of sanitation projects in rural areas was made in 2010 by Eau-Vive.

  • History of CLTS in Niger

To support the Water Supply and Sanitation Ministry of Niger in its efforts to improve rural sanitation, UNICEF introduced CLTS in ten pilot villages in 2010 and is training community volunteers in hygiene promotion and environmental sanitation.

Government has also created in 2009 under the supervision of the same Ministry, a National committee in charge of promotion and follow-up CLTS approach.This committee is composed of representatives from ministries in charge of hygiene and sanitation and NGOs who support the sector.

3.PanAfrica CLTS programmein Niger

  • Target populations

103 villages inDosso and Tillabéri regions

  • Specific objectives/country:

Overall objective:

To contribute to improving communities abilities to access quality health service, clean drinking water and sanitation facilities in order to decrease child morbidity and mortality.

Specific objectives:

  1. Scale up from 7% to 20% primary sanitation infrastructures coverage rate in 103 communities within Dosso and Tillabéri departments through CLTS approach.
  • Progress (in 2010):
  1. Training provided to Plan Niger staff on CLTS
  2. Training provided to the media on CLTS approach (3 journalist and 3 health agents have been involved)
  3. Social mobilization of 14 pilot communities to achieve ODF- Training provided to community masons (16 community masons have been training)
  • Challenges (in 2010):
  1. The implementation of the approach in the communities which have been already received the latrines’ subsidy represents a major challenge;
  2. The period of food insecurity affect the implementation of the CLTS approach
  3. Women and the elderly are the most interested by latrines compared to young people- how to get them interested?

4.Institutional mapping

  • Government agencies

Ministry of Water (and sub-bodies)

Ministry of public health and control of endemic diseases (and sub-bodies)

  • Major donors

AFD, DANIDA, Swiss cooperation, GIZ, JICA, Belgian cooperation, UE, UNICEF.

  • Majors INGOs

Action Contre la faim, Aide et Action, Eau Vive, Centre Carter, Croix Rouge, Global 2000, GOAL, Catholic Relief Service, Plan Niger

  • Major local NGOs

Enfant de l’Aïr, RAIL, DEDEC, ASV, SAPTHA, DEMI-E, AL UMA

  • Other relevant actor

Regional centre for drinking water and sanitation (Centre regional pour l’eau potable et l’assainissement–CREPA)

National school for Public Health (École Nationale de Santé Publique (ENSP))

Training centre for water and sanitation techniques (Centre de formation aux techniques de l’Eau et de l’assainissement (CFTEA))

Small but growing private sector (consultation and construction)

5.Already existing platforms(networks, LAs)

The Alliance of WASH Resource Centers (L’Alliance des Centres Ressources pour le WASH (ACR/WASH))

Level: national

Frequency of meeting, location (if constant):

Actors involved, leaders: Set upin 2010, to merge the WASH campaign, Livre Bleu and the Global Water Partnership into one body. It comprises 14 organizations, including the government and NGOs, and is coordinated through CREPA.

Contact organisation/person: Mr. Yacouba Zabeirou, Director of CREPA

List of ongoing topics:

The ACR-WASH has developed its strategy from 2010 to 2012. It will focus on four points:

  • exchange of knowledge and sharing of best practicesthrough meetings, publications and sharing sector evaluation results;
  • harmonizing sector strategies, methods, approaches and toolsused by people in the field. The ACR-WASH will identify relevant approaches and tools and develop proposals;
  • influencing the development and implementation of national policies and strategies,through participation in the relevant committees, in formulation of proposals to stakeholders and providing support in identifying and implementing projects and programmes;
  • ensuring the visibility of work done through a communications strategy, advocacy and support for the national and international media.

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