2016 UNC Water and Health Conference
Monitoring SDG Target 6.2 - Experience from Uganda
Richard Matua
Directorate of Water Development
Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda
10.10.2016
Presentation Overview
1. Process of Implementation
2. Institutional Set-up
3. Harmonization with National Monitoring
Process
4. Data availability
5. Lessons Learned
Process of Implementation
Two Level Collaboration
Harmonisation with National Monitoring Process
• Golden Indicators
– Uganda national indicators for WASH services
• Yearly Sector Performance Review
• Working on aligning Golden Indicators to
the SDG indicators
– Challenge: Different data sources
Golden Indicator 4.1
Household Sanitation
• % of people with
access to improved
sanitation in 2015/2016
– Rural: 79%
– Urban: 85%
• JMP (2015) (incl.
shared)
– Rural: 26%
References: JMP (2015). Country files: www.wssinfo.org/ + Uganda Water and Environment Sector Performance Report 2016
Data availability - Challenges
• Functionality of improved facilities is not
easily verifiable (e.g. septic tanks)
– contained/not contained
• Safe disposal in situ
– currently not covered by surveys
• Informal faecal sludge emptying
• Data on treatment is available
Safely managed – Public Facilities
• The MWE-DWD is mandated to provide
sanitation in public places, such as
– markets
– highways
– bus stations
• Would these be covered as “limited
services”?
• What about faecal sludge management from
these facilities?
Safely managed – Limited Services
• 63% of improved household facilities in
urban areas are shared
– typically by the urban poor
• Monitoring management of faecal sludge
from these facilities is important
Lessons learned
• Bureaucratic processes, such as the
nomination of stakeholders, require time
• Implementation of methodology is feasible
– some time and resources required
• Progressive data availability by integrating
new questions into surveys
Lessons learned
• Coordination and collaboration between
ministries and service providers is
paramount
• Local collaboration between Target 6.2
and 6.3 is crucial
• Target 6.3 requires a separate task team
for each indicator (6.3.1 and 6.3.2)
Thank you and Goal 6 Team Uganda!