[{"bbox": [83, 106, 1146, 292], "category": "Text", "text": "Municipalities will implement various capacity building packages to enable them to sustainably manage the WASH sector (safe water quality, climate change resilience, DRR, proper O&M, adequate water fee collection and inclusion of all people). In particular, the action will develop capacity to monitor physical progress and expenditure and provide updated data (including data disaggregated by sex and other relevant categories) and information on the status of WASH in the area feed the national WASH Management Information System. Municipalities will establish Municipal WASH Units and develop municipality WASH plans, which will include maintenance and upkeep. Municipalities will have to contribute financially."}, {"bbox": [83, 303, 458, 329], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Activities related to Outputs 2.1 and 2.2:**"}, {"bbox": [83, 342, 1146, 609], "category": "Text", "text": "Activities will aim to extend water supply that complies with government's service level standards to the unreached. It will include physical improvement of water supply in terms of coverage on the one hand and functionality, safety, service quality and sustainability including the climate resilience on the other. Existing schemes will be rehabilitated/repaired to comply with government's service level. All water resources development and scheme designs will address applicable climate resilience and DRR measures for sustaining water supply in the context of changing climate, favouring nature based solutions and GESI responsiveness. A human rights based approach will be promoted (a) applying all human rights for all; b) meaningful and inclusive participation and access to decision-making; c) non-discrimination and equality; d) accountability and rule of law for all; and e) transparency and access to information supported by disaggregated data. Procurement of works will be done using country systems, with public audits conducted regularly."}, {"bbox": [83, 620, 449, 647], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Activities related to Output 3.1 and 3.2:**"}, {"bbox": [83, 659, 1146, 846], "category": "Text", "text": "Activities will support municipalities to ensure the sustainability of the ODF status and to upgrade sanitation and hygiene to the total community-led sanitation level, including public buildings such as schools. Awareness and training will be conducted to improve personal, household and institutional (schools, health stations, public facilities) sanitation and hygienic behaviours. Particular attention will be given to women's right to dignified menstruation (focuses on menstrual hygiene management and works against harmful Chhaupadi practices) and to persons with disabilities. Inclusion of women and groups in vulnerable situations in all community-based decision-making will be promoted. Sanitation will be expanded to also address faecal sludge management."}, {"bbox": [83, 857, 1146, 938], "category": "Text", "text": "Municipalities will receive technical support to provide permanent access to and use of improved sanitation facilities (physical improvements, increasing the number of safe facilities and, especially, improving the maintenance and cleanliness and, consequently, consistent use of institutional toilets)."}, {"bbox": [87, 956, 297, 987], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3. Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [83, 1013, 529, 1039], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental Protection & Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [83, 1051, 1146, 1105], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcomes of the SEA screening** (relevant for budget support and strategic-level interventions): The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) screening concluded that no further action was required."}, {"bbox": [83, 1116, 1146, 1198], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcomes of the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) screening** (relevant for projects and/or specific interventions within a project): The EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) screening classified the action as Category C (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [83, 1209, 1146, 1288], "category": "Text", "text": "**Outcome of the CRA (Climate Risk Assessment) screening** (relevant for projects and/or specific interventions within a project): The Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) screening concluded that this action is no or low risk (no need for further assessment);"}, {"bbox": [83, 1314, 624, 1340], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [83, 1340, 1146, 1629], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G1. This implies that gender equality and women and girls empowerment is a significant objective of the action. Based on previous experiences, the action will harness the potential of inclusive access to WASH to promote transformational change on exclusionary practices and behaviours, such as ending menstrual segregation. The action will ensure equal representation in all decision-making bodies supported by the action, such as water user groups. Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) requires a systematic analysis of power relations between genders, persons with and without disabilities, and Dalit and other cast people as an example and the intersectionality of these different systems of oppression. It means a systematic commitment to promote equal participation, decision-making roles and access to services in all activities of SUSWA. The action will collect and produce sex-disaggregated data whenever applicable, include the GESI dimension in the baseline assessment, and monitor and evaluate gender sensitive and intersectional indicators."}, {"bbox": [83, 1656, 229, 1682], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Human Rights"}, {"bbox": [1051, 1694, 1158, 1718], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 17"}]