EMPOWERS was a four-year regional project at governorate, district and village level in Egypt, Jordan and Palestine. This publication is not a manual but it does provide guidance for those who think that tracking the obstacles and opportunities for change is important.
SCHOUTEN, T. MIZYED, B. AL-ZOUBI, R. ABU-ELSEOUD, M. ABD-ALHADI, F.T. (2007): The Inside Story – Process Documentation, Experiences from EMPOWERS. Amman: Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and Management (INWRDAM) URL [Accessed: 19.06.2019]Library
This booklet on NGO-based impact monitoring is addressed to staff members of development organisations, i.e. national organizations such as NGOs, federations or government organizations which promote self-help groups. It explains how NGO-based impact monitoring works in a simple, illustrated and easy-to-understand manner.
GERMAN, D. GOHL, E. (1996): Participatory Impact Monitoring Booklet 2: NGO-based impact monitoring. Eschborn: GATE/GTZ URL [Accessed: 19.06.2019]IRC Sanitation Pack, SanPack for short, contains an overview of available methods, techniques and tools in a low-cost, non-sewered sanitation service model, including participatory approaches. It is a reference guide containing links to relevant documents explaining the different stages in the sanitation cycle.
PALDIN is an innovative, open, learning program with the aim of capacity building of adult educators. Unit 2 (process documentation) discusses the aims and objectives of the activity of documenting all processes of developing an adult learning setup, methods and tools used in it; such as process narration and flow charts. It also tells us how to conduct process documentation.
JAIN, S. MISHRA, M. DIGHE, A. GOSWAMI, P.R. (2006): Participatory Adult Learning, Documentation and Information Networking (PALDIN), Course 2. In: JOSEPH, J.A. ; (2006): Unit 2. Documentation Process. New Delhi: 13-26. URL [Accessed: 19.06.2019]This short booklet is written for leaders or members of self-help groups and describes how group-based impact monitoring works in a simple and easily understandable style.
GERMAN, D. GOHL, E. (1996): Participatory Impact Monitoring Booklet 1: Group-based impact monitoring. Eschborn: GATE/GTZ URL [Accessed: 19.06.2019]This training manual about Integrated Water Resources Management contains a module on indicators and its application.
TAYLOR, P. LIDEN, R. NDIRANGU, W. JIN, L. (2008): Integrated Water Resources Management for River Basin Organisations – Training Manual. Pretoria: International Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources Management (Cap-Net) URL [Accessed: 19.06.2019]“Most Significant Change” is a tool that is used during a process documentation for analysing Information. This publication is aimed at organisations, community groups, students and academics who wish to use Most Significant Change to help monitor and evaluate their social change programs and projects, or to learn more about how it can be used. The technique is applicable in many different sectors, including agriculture, education and health, and especially in development programs.
DAVIES, R. DART, R. (2005): The “Most Significant Change” (MSC) Technique – A Guide to its Use. Cambridge, Hastings: URL [Accessed: 19.06.2019]This short booklet explains the concept of participatory impact monitoring in depth, but in a simple and richly illustrated way.
GERMAN, D. GOHL, E. (1996): Participatory Impact Monitoring Booklet 4: The concept of participatory impact monitoring. Eschborn: GATE/GTZ URL [Accessed: 19.06.2019]This paper reports and discusses currently available evidence on the economic aspects of sanitation, including the economic impacts of unimproved sanitation and the costs and economic benefits of some common improved sanitation options in developing countries.
MINH, H.V. ; HUNG, N.V. (2011): Economic Aspects of Sanitation in Developing Countries. In: Environmental Health Insights 2011: Volume 5 , 63–70. URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]This briefing note presents an application of the life-cycle costs approach (LCCA) to sanitation in rural and peri-urban areas in four different countries— Andhra Pradesh (India), Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Mozambique. The document compares the differences between the financial costs of traditional and improved latrines, and the quality of service delivered to users.
IRC (2011): Applying the Life-Cycle Costs Approach to Sanitation. (= Briefing Note , 3 ). The Hague: International Water and Sanitation Center (IRC) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]This is a case study on implementation of WSP at Kampala, Uganda.
GODFREY, S. NIWAGABA, C. HOWARD, G. TIBATEMWA, S. (n.y): Water Safety Plans for Utilities in Developing Countries – A case study from Kampala, Uganda. URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]The Sewer Master Plan presents an analysis of the hydraulic capacity of the Palmdale’s sewer system under current and future flow conditions, recommended capital improvements required to ensure adequate capacity to serve new development, and an assessment of the structural condition of the city’s sewer system based on video inspections performed to date, and a recommended sewer repair/renewal/replacement program to maintain sound structural condition in the future.
RMC (2009): City of Palmdale Sewer Master Plan - Final Report. URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]The first module is an introduction to the life-cycle cost approach and the service delivery approach.
WASHCOST (2012): The life-cycle cost approach to water, sanitation and hygiene. Module 1. The Hague: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]This paper describes Sanitation as a Business as an innovative approach to operation and maintenance challenges in household sanitation improvements.
BRAMLEY, S. BRESLIN, E. (2010): Sanitation as a Business: A new spin on the challenge of Sanitation Operation and Maintenance. URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]The case study from Bangladesh on application of WSP for Rain Water Harvesting Systems.
DPHE-ITN (2006): Water Safety Plan for Rain Water Harvesting System in Rural Water Supply System. URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]Water and sanitation services for the very poor remain grossly deficient over large areas of the globe, and financing water and sanitation improvements for these people remains a major challenge. This paper proposes six key solutions to overcome this challenge.
WSUP (2012): Financing Water and Sanitation for the Poor: six key solutions. London: Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]This report summarises the Bellagio principles, which can be considered a basis for sustainable sanitation approaches.
EAWAG ; SANDEC ; WSSCC (2000): Summary Report of Bellagio Expert Consultation on Environmental Sanitation in the 21st Century. Duebendorf & Geneva: Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology EAWAG & Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council's mission is to achieve sustainable water supply, sanitation and hygiene for all people in the world. This is the annual report 2009 of WSSCC.
WSSCC (2009): 2009 Annual Report. Geneva: Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]This factsheet introduces financial and economic costs and benefits in relation to sanitation systems. It provides an overview of analytical approaches for comparing sanitation interventions using financial and economic analyses and illustrates these using results from various studies.
PARKINSON, J. HUTTON, G. PFEIFFER, V. BLUME, S. FEIEREISEN, P. (2012): Financial and economic analysis - Factsheet of Working Group 2. Eschborn: Sustainable Sanitation Alliance URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]The publication provides an up-to-date summary of CLTS status, lessons and experiences from the region, and highlights some of the key areas that require further attention and better quality uptake of CLTS at country level, and as such guide in accelerating efforts for reaching open defecation free (ODF) status and overall sanitation and hygiene improvements at scale.
UNICEF (2013): Community-Led Total Sanitation in East Asia and Pacific . Progress, Lessons and Directions . Bangkok: UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, Plan, WaterAid and Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) URL [Accessed: 18.06.2019]