Sustainability Check of Community Water Supply Schemes Supported by UNICEF

Project Description

In recent years, UNICEF is taking the initiative in conducting sustainability check of water supply schemes to identify the causes of unsustainable interventions, solutions of overcome challenges, and capitalize lesson learnt and good practices. In accordance to the status stated above, it is important to conduct the Sustainability Check of the water supply schemes in few selected districts. The concept of sustainability check is relatively new within the UNICEF and evolving gradually. The UNICEF headquarters has been developing a Guidance to Design and Implement Sustainability Monitoring in WASH. UNICEF Nepal has planned to carry out a sustainability check through employing an independent team of professionals in selected water supply schemes in ten districts supported by UNICEF. The Sustainability Check study emphasizes on the importance of interpreting data utilizing information management tools in context to provide a comprehensive picture of a given situation to facilitate effective decision making.
The study is carried out in 40 schemes of ten districts including two earthquake recovery districts.
• 29 Schemes in UNICEF WASH development program districts – Baitadi, Doti Salyan, Parsa, Rautahat, Saptari, Siraha, and Mahottari
• 11 Schemes in UNICEF WASH earthquake recovery districts – Nuwakot and Kavre

Assignment Description

The scope of the works carried out by the consultant. • Develop a framework of 'sustainability check', which is viable for its replication, by reviewing the frame work developed and used by UNICEF Nepal last year and also of likeminded organizations and seek feedback from sector stakeholders as well • Carry out sustainability check of selected water supply schemes including social survey supported by UNICEF from 2014 to 2016 in selected development program districts and selected earthquake recovery districts • Identify and analyze the sanitation and health situation of the beneficiary party • Showcase the contributions/supports of UNICEF to the target (seven) districts • Measure the coverage of the interventions by UNICEF and/or other organizations • Address the limitation factors/constraints for effective WASH involvement; • Address the required needs to improve Construction Quality, Technology, Self- sustaining and Local Level back-up support. • Identify promoting factors for efficient and operative intercessions • Outline the needs, requirements, best practices and lesson learned from the survey • Preparation and submission of sustainability check report on findings, lesson learnt and recommendations to provide evidence for the sector for policy advocacy at all levels – local level/Pradesh/ Federal Governments - for developing O&M fund generation/ and formula based grant system for enhancing functionality of the water schemes.