Spatial development and water management

The Evaluation is meant as a learning exercise for the Danish development programme for the water supply and sanitation sector. The focus of the evaluation is on institutional and financial sustainability. The evaluation is to review whether the Danish development assistance is relevant, effective, efficient and conducive in achieving the recipient countries’ goals and targets with regard to sector development.

The evaluation consisted of:

1. a preparatory phase, including desk review, identification of key issues and development of suitable methods for evaluation,
2. field studies and
3. synthesis of findings and conclusions.

The activities undertaken under the evaluation were, amongst others:

1. Assessment of the water supply and sanitation sector in the concerned countries with focus on institutional and financial aspects;
2. Assessment of Danish water supply and sanitation interventions by applying relevant evaluation criteria, with focus on institutional and financial sustainability;
3. Assessment of funding mechanisms, financing levels and country capacity for determining long-term sector sustainability and its ability to achieve agreed development goals; and,
4. Clear recommendations on future policy directions.

Issues addressed during the evaluation process include:

1. Water supply versus sanitation: a separation is made because policies, achievements, impacts, actors, capacities etc. may differ considerably between the two sub sectors.
2. Urban versus semi/peri-urban versus rural. Also for these sub sectors, considerable differences are expected.
3. Levels and actors: national level, regional (local) level; public, private, community. Capacities, commitments.