UNICEF's sustainability checklist looks at institutional, social, technical and financial indicators to evaluate the sustainability of rural water supply projects.
Published on: 25/05/2011
To accelerate access to water supply in the rural areas, UNICEF is currently implementing a programme termed the One Million Initiative with allocated funds from the Government of the Netherlands. To assess the sustainability of this programme, UNICEF, in collaboration with government and non government partners, developed a programme management tool termed a Sustainability Check. The check involves a selected number of control and treatment communities which were selected based on a random statistical basis.
Sustainability was assessed in each of these 52 water supplies using a multivariate composite model tool. This tool considered the institutional, social, technical and financial indicators of sustainability and included the criteria outlined in the document below.
The sustainability check proved to be an effective snapshot of the status of sustainability in the three provinces. However, this means that it only gives a ‘snapshot’ of reality at a certain time. But, when data is collected periodically, comparisons can be made and trends identified.
Godfrey, S., Freitas, M., Muianga, A., Amaro, M., Fernadez, P. and Sousa Mosies, L. (2009) Sustainability check: A monitoring tool for the sustainability of rural water supplies. Water, sanitation and hygiene: Sustainable development and multi-sectoral approaches. 34th WEDC International Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2009. Mozambique. Reviewed Paper 719.
