This blog post discusses key findings and lessons learned from an evaluation of the long-term sustainability of selected components from the USAID-funded Environmental Services Program (ESP) in Indonesia. The program was implemented from 2004–2010 and included capacity-building efforts to improve financing and management of Indonesian municipal water utilities.
When this report was released, public infrastructure investment— including and especially in the water sector—was at a virtual standstill in Indonesia. In that context, one of the targets of the Environmental Services Program (ESP) was to increase access to sustainable financing for water utilities in Indonesia. Toward this end, ESP has embarked on a number of strategies to explore alternative sources of financing and encourage new investment.
The USAID–funded Indonesia Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Penyehatan Lingkungan untuk Semua (IUWASH PLUS) project recently launched the Regular Desludging Services or Layanan Lumpur Tinja Terjadwal (LLTT) Guidelines.
Through a cooperative program with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), the U.S. Water Partnership (USWP) has deployed U.S. hydrologists and water experts abroad for short-term consultancies, training programs, and public diplomacy missions. The program, termed by one expert participant as “Hydrologists without Borders,” helps U.S. embassies build cooperation and support for critical water issues in key countries, and has served as a new avenue for U.S. embassies to market U.S.
USAID/Indonesia’s Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IUWASH) program was designed to support the Government of Indonesia (GOI) in making significant progress toward achieving its safe water and sanitation Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets by expanding access to these services. The $40 million project that operated in more than 50 Indonesian municipalities from 2011 to 2016.
The Indonesia Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IUWASH) Project was been a five-year four-month, $40.7 million initiative designed to support the Government of Indonesia in the achievement of its safe water and sanitation Millennium Development Goal targets, as well as its policy objective of “Universal Access” to water and sanitation services nationwide.
This webinar presents key findings from an evaluation of the long-term sustainability outcomes associated with the USAID-funded Indonesia Environmental Services Program (ESP) activity, implemented from 2004–2010.
The USAID Indonesia Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Penyehatan, Lingkungan untuk Semua (IUWASH PLUS) project is a five-year, $39.6 million initiative designed to assist the Government of Indonesia (GOI) in increasing access to water supply and sanitation services as well as improving key hygiene behaviors among urban poor and vulnerable populations. IUWASH PLUS works in close collaboration with governmental agencies at all levels, donor agencies, the private sector, NGOs, communities, and others to achieve:
The USAID Indonesia Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Penyehatan Lingkungan untuk Semua (IUWASH PLUS) project is a five-year initiative to expand access to water supply and sanitation services and improve hygiene behaviors among the urban poor.
Securing Water for Food (SWFF) Grand Challenge Innovator aQysta, Barsha Pump | 2014–2017
Barsha means rain in Nepalese. Nepal is a country with more than 6,000 rivers, but its smallholder farmers often lack access to water for irrigation.
