On 3 May 2012, IRC, CONASA and FHIS organised a seminar on standardisation of intervention models in the Honduran WASH sector. Participants included representatives from governmental agencies and NGOs. Read more about the background, the objectives and the foreseen outcomes of the seminar.
Published on: 07/05/2012
Organizations tend to apply different models of intervention for their water and sanitation projects. Sometimes there are even differences in intervention models within the same organization. Some of the differences are minor, but others are more substantial. Most NGOs implement their activities directly, while government agencies tend to outsource the work. There are also differences in the activities of community participation models. This leads to a confusing situation for communities, municipalities and even the same institutions. It also limits the applicability of best practices in the different project cycles.
Intervention models also differ in their unit costs and are applying different cost criteria. Also this can happen within the same institution. This is partly caused by the fact that programs are funded by different donors with their own cost criteria. But the situation is also due to the fact that there is little understanding of the costs of different intervention models and the factors that influence costs. This lack of knowledge limits the possibility of generating more efficient projects.
To respond to this situation, IRC, CONASA and FHIS support a process to get to a standardsiation of intervention models, in which criteria are applied effectively and efficiently, based on an analysis of costs of intervention models. The process was kicked of with the organisation of a seminar on 3 May 2012 on standardisation of intervention models and its costs.
