[{"bbox": [107, 153, 1134, 286], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Traditional Authorities** such as chiefs and traditional leaders, in cooperation with Councils, have responsibilities as regards conflict resolution and land management, including rangelands, maintenance of water supplies in villages and grazing permits. Political leaders (Parliamentarians and Councillors) and especially chiefs are important stakeholders and potential change agents, especially in relation to building consensus on catchment management approaches or promotion of sanitation and hygiene;"}, {"bbox": [107, 286, 1133, 337], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **The Ministry of Health** is mandated to provide sensitisation on hygiene and sanitation and data collection on water-borne diseases;"}, {"bbox": [107, 339, 1133, 419], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET)** is responsible for standards and guidelines for school on WASH. The primary and secondary schools are responsible for implementing school WASH including O&M of facilities and promotion of hygiene and handwashing in schools guided by the District Education Officers;"}, {"bbox": [107, 419, 1133, 471], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Lesotho Meteorological Services (LMS)** ensure meteorological data collection and weather forecasts. It also hosts the secretariat for climate change adaptation and mitigation activities;"}, {"bbox": [107, 472, 1133, 578], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **The National University of Lesotho (NUL)** currently has a poorly resourced inter-disciplinary **Water Institute**. The Water Institute intends to coordinate interdisciplinary research, education and outreach programmes related to water, and to explore alternative ways of dealing with climate change, population growth and land use changes in order to avert their impacts on water resources;"}, {"bbox": [107, 578, 1133, 630], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **The private sector in Lesotho** is not yet fully involved in ICM or WASH programmes, this will be further looked into throughout this action;"}, {"bbox": [107, 631, 848, 657], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Civil society organisations** that are working in the WASH and ICM sectors."}, {"bbox": [159, 712, 662, 744], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 777, 508, 808], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 824, 1120, 877], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective of this action is to ensure access to sustainable water and sanitation for all as a means for green and resilient growth and promoting peace and security in Lesotho and the region."}, {"bbox": [97, 903, 501, 930], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objectives of this action are to"}, {"bbox": [172, 930, 1133, 1009], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Increase access to safe, sustainable and affordable water, sanitation, and hygiene systems in rural communities²⁴, schools and clinics, through decentralised structures integrating a gender-based approach;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1009, 1133, 1062], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Lesotho sustainably manages its water and land resources comprising the water-energy and natural resources nexus and advances its climate resilience with an inclusive²⁵ approach;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1062, 1133, 1114], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Strengthen national water sector capacities to improve services and cooperation at community, catchment and transboundary levels."}, {"bbox": [97, 1114, 1010, 1142], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives are"}, {"bbox": [172, 1142, 1133, 1195], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1 Inclusive WASH facilities are implemented in rural schools and clinics without operational water supply, and water supply systems and public WASH facilities in their communities;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1195, 975, 1221], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2 A conducive decentralised framework for rural WASH is developed and approved;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1221, 1133, 1274], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.3 Local, district and national departments in charge of water supply are capacitated to implement the rural WASH framework, with a focus on women and persons with disabilities;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1274, 1133, 1327], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.1 The Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) approach²⁶ is implemented across the sub-basins of Lesotho for improved stewardship of water and land resources;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1327, 1133, 1380], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.2 ICM financing mechanisms are implemented in sub-catchments as multi-stakeholder partnerships to build long-term resource sustainability;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1380, 1133, 1433], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.3 The integration and implementation of the water-energy-natural resources nexus is strengthened under the ICM programme;"}, {"bbox": [172, 1433, 1133, 1485], "category": "List-item", "text": "3.1 Capacities of government cadres for water management, at technical and diplomatic level, are enhanced;"}, {"bbox": [86, 1555, 885, 1579], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²⁴ Rural communities are generally but not exclusively defined as areas not covered by bulk water systems."}, {"bbox": [86, 1578, 1142, 1623], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²⁵ Inclusive meaning: construction of inclusive (gender, disability) toilet blocks in schools (e.g.: adding a ramp, a wider entrance, or making a path wide enough for a wheelchair to pass, changing rooms for girls during menstruation, etc.)"}, {"bbox": [86, 1622, 742, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "²⁶ ICM approach is based on gender equality and climate adaptation principles."}, {"bbox": [1037, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 28"}]