Assessing national WaSH targets through a water governance lens: a case study of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership commitments

Dysfunctional water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) systems are mainly determined by poor water governance, exacerbating inequalities and poverty. Multi-stakeholder partnerships provide an approach to more flexible and adaptive governance to explore these problems. In this article, national commitmen...

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Autores principales:	Leonie Schiedek, Sara Gabrielsson, Alejandro Jiménez, Ricard Giné, Virginia Roaf, Ashok Swain
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Materias:	national commitments sdgs target-setting wash water governance Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:39fd64bd2014467ca977ba3019d4988f2021-11-05T19:40:32ZAssessing national WaSH targets through a water governance lens: a case study of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership commitments2043-90832408-936210.2166/washdev.2021.049https://doaj.org/article/39fd64bd2014467ca977ba3019d4988f2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://washdev.iwaponline.com/content/11/5/805https://doaj.org/toc/2043-9083https://doaj.org/toc/2408-9362Dysfunctional water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) systems are mainly determined by poor water governance, exacerbating inequalities and poverty. Multi-stakeholder partnerships provide an approach to more flexible and adaptive governance to explore these problems. In this article, national commitments made to improve WaSH, made through the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership's Mutual Accountability Mechanism, are examined through qualitative content analysis and guided by the SMART framework to assess the current target-setting. The analysis reveals that there are differences in the participation of the different constituencies regarding the number of stakeholders participating and their performance for measurable and time-bound commitments. This applies especially to research and learning and the private sector. Countries have prioritized commitments related to policy and strategy, efficiency and enabling conditions; further research should understand the linkages of the SWA commitments with other priority-setting processes at the national level. In sum, the commitments leave room for improvement to specify approaches to water governance in more detail and the chance to support the creation of sustainable and resilient systems with more diversified commitments from a wider range of partners. HIGHLIGHTS The importance of more equal participation of all constituencies needs to be underlined, since there are differences in general participation and performance for SMART goals.; Priorities in presenting certain governance components should be explored further to assess national goal-setting thoroughly.; Diversifying commitments could increase the potential of commitments to support creating sustainable and resilient systems.;Leonie SchiedekSara GabrielssonAlejandro JiménezRicard GinéVirginia RoafAshok SwainIWA Publishingarticlenational commitmentssdgstarget-settingwashwater governanceEnvironmental technology. Sanitary engineeringTD1-1066ENJournal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, Vol 11, Iss 5, Pp 805-813 (2021)
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spellingShingle	national commitments sdgs target-setting wash water governance Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Leonie Schiedek Sara Gabrielsson Alejandro Jiménez Ricard Giné Virginia Roaf Ashok Swain Assessing national WaSH targets through a water governance lens: a case study of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership commitments
description	Dysfunctional water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) systems are mainly determined by poor water governance, exacerbating inequalities and poverty. Multi-stakeholder partnerships provide an approach to more flexible and adaptive governance to explore these problems. In this article, national commitments made to improve WaSH, made through the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership's Mutual Accountability Mechanism, are examined through qualitative content analysis and guided by the SMART framework to assess the current target-setting. The analysis reveals that there are differences in the participation of the different constituencies regarding the number of stakeholders participating and their performance for measurable and time-bound commitments. This applies especially to research and learning and the private sector. Countries have prioritized commitments related to policy and strategy, efficiency and enabling conditions; further research should understand the linkages of the SWA commitments with other priority-setting processes at the national level. In sum, the commitments leave room for improvement to specify approaches to water governance in more detail and the chance to support the creation of sustainable and resilient systems with more diversified commitments from a wider range of partners. HIGHLIGHTS The importance of more equal participation of all constituencies needs to be underlined, since there are differences in general participation and performance for SMART goals.; Priorities in presenting certain governance components should be explored further to assess national goal-setting thoroughly.; Diversifying commitments could increase the potential of commitments to support creating sustainable and resilient systems.;
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author	Leonie Schiedek Sara Gabrielsson Alejandro Jiménez Ricard Giné Virginia Roaf Ashok Swain
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author_sort	Leonie Schiedek
title	Assessing national WaSH targets through a water governance lens: a case study of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership commitments
title_short	Assessing national WaSH targets through a water governance lens: a case study of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership commitments
title_full	Assessing national WaSH targets through a water governance lens: a case study of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership commitments
title_fullStr	Assessing national WaSH targets through a water governance lens: a case study of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership commitments
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing national WaSH targets through a water governance lens: a case study of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership commitments
title_sort	assessing national wash targets through a water governance lens: a case study of the sanitation and water for all partnership commitments
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publishDate	2021
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Assessing national WaSH targets through a water governance lens: a case study of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership commitments

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