Ecosan Services Foundation is an NGO raising the awareness on sustainable sanitation in India, and carrying out training courses with different target groups in South Asia.
The Toolbox by the Global Water Partnership offers a lot of information on institutional roles in the water sector. It offers two main informational sectors in this topic, one sector for creating an organisational framework and one for building institutional capacity.
GWP (2003): B1. Creating an organisational framework. In: Sharing knowledge for equitable, efficient and sustainable water resources management. Global Water Partnership (GWP), pp.35-57 URL [Accessed: 15.04.2019]
Based on decentralisation concepts and theories, Johnson describes a decentralisation processes in India.
JOHNSON, C. (2003): Decentralisation in India: Poverty, Politics and Panchayati Raj. (= Working Paper 199 ). London: Overseas Development Institute URL [Accessed: 15.04.2019]This webpage from the UNDP and the UNODC provides a lot of information about corruption and the fight against it.
This factsheet is good to get an idea on PPPs. It offers a list of further reading material, and includes tips for the preparation of a PPP.
KHAN, S. COTTON, A. (2003): Public Private Partnerships and the poor in water supply projects. Leicestershire: Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) URL [Accessed: 11.04.2019]
The Sanitation Research Strategy includes a part about institutional and management aspects of sanitation service delivery, helping to identify short-term and long-term objectives.
WRC (2003): Sanitation Research Strategy. Water Research Commission (WRC) URL [Accessed: 11.04.2019]
This document is on sanitation and the challenges of improving it. It includes some case studies and ideas about building an institutional framework for its cause.
SCOTT, R. COTTON, A. GOVINDAN, B. (2003): Sanitation and the Poor. Leicestershire/London/Delft: Resource Centre for Water, Sanitation and Environmental Health (WELL) URL [Accessed: 11.04.2019]
This paper on institutional frameworks is very helpful for getting more information about the topic. It is offering both detailed information and links to further reading material in each of its sections.
IEES (2006): Challenges in Developing an Institutional Framework. Wolhusen: International Ecological Engineering Society (IEES) URL [Accessed: 11.04.2019]
The DWAF offers information about the institutional structure for service provision, which is very helpful for getting an overview of the topic. Chapter summary available online.
DWAF (2003): Strategic Framework for Water Services. Republic of South Africa: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) URL [Accessed: 11.04.2019]
Ghana has experience in working with PPPs in the watersector, which is documented in this factsheet. Especially the conclusions/lessons learnt are interesting for building PPPs in other countries.
LARBI, E. (2005): PPP and the Poor in Water Supply Projects: The Ghanaian Experience. Leicestershire: Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) URL [Accessed: 11.04.2019]
The dominant paradigm in rural water provision in Bolivia has focused on the provision of infrastructure, whether by government agencies or international cooperation groups. However, the investment in infrastructure has led neither to universal access for all Bolivians nor to consistently high levels of services for those who do have access to a water system. This paper will describe the transition of one international non-profit organisation, Water For People, from supporting dispersed water projects throughout the country towards targeted support of water services at the municipal level, aiming to support permanent universal services.
FOGELBERG, K. (2013): From Adopt-a-Project to Permanent Services. The evolution of Water For People’s Approach to Rural Water Supply in Bolivia. المُدخلات: Water Alternatives: Volume 6 , 367-383. URL [Accessed: 11.04.2019]
Volume I of the Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater focuses on policy, regulation and institutional arrangements. Accordingly, its intended readership is made up of policy-makers and those with regulatory responsibilities. It provides guidance on policy formulation, harmonisation and mainstreaming, on regulatory mechanisms and on establishing institutional links between the various interested sectors and parties. It also presents a synthesis of the key issues from Volumes II, III, and IV and the index for all four volumes as well as a glossary of terms used in all four volumes is presented in Annex 1.
WHO (2006): Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater excreta and greywater. Volume I. Policy and Regulatory Aspects. Geneva: World Health Organisation URL [Accessed: 10.04.2019]This is a website of a project called “Water, Households and Rural Livelihoods Project (WHiRL), which promotes access of the poor to sustainable water supplies for domestic and productive uses in areas of water scarcity. Many of the case studies are from India and South Africa
This briefing note summarises the importance of good sector resource allocation and sets out some mechanisms for achieving this in theory and in practice. It has useful examples for allocating water to sanitation.
FISHER, J. (2005): Allocating National Resources in the Water and Sanitation Sector. (= Well Briefing Note 11 ). Leicestershire: Loughborough University URL [Accessed: 10.04.2019]