[{"bbox": [97, 152, 1135, 207], "category": "Text", "text": "climate-related events in line with the framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Building back better is a principle that is and remains relevant."}, {"bbox": [97, 217, 1135, 457], "category": "Text", "text": "Due to the lack of accessible water sources for domestic consumption, a large number of Mozambique's rural population rely on natural water sources (such as ponds, rivers and hand dug wells). With Mozambique's recent lack of rainfall and prolonged periods of drought, many have not been able to rely on these natural water sources. This has resulted in communities having to travel greater distances to access water, putting available water sources under greater pressure. The need to travel greater distances to search for water is resulting in many children dropping out of school or regularly being absent. They have to spend their days walking miles to find water instead of being in the classroom. Diseases are also a lot more common during drought periods. Droughts result in a reduced amount of drinking water leading to a lack of hygiene and sanitation. This causes diseases to spread more easily."}, {"bbox": [97, 469, 1135, 525], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Identification of main stakeholders and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:"}, {"bbox": [97, 535, 1135, 722], "category": "Text", "text": "At National level, the action will be implemented under the overall coordination of the National Directorate of Water Supply and Sanitation (DNAAS), organic unit of the Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, led by AIAS and the Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority (AURA). At Provincial level, key stakeholders will be the Provincial Infrastructure Services (SPI), Provincial Directorates of Public Works (DPOP), AIAS delegations, AURA provincial desks, as well as Provincial Departments for Health and Education. At District level, activities will be coordinated with the District Administrations and their sectoral departments/services."}, {"bbox": [97, 732, 1135, 867], "category": "Text", "text": "The strong involvement of institutions (duty bearers) in implementing an intervention is an effective way of developing the sector. This aspect was recognized on the final evaluation of the AGUASANI programme, and the same approach is being proposed for this action. Therefore, all implementation activities will be led by the decentralized institutions such as AIAS Delegations, District Service for Planning and Infrastructure (SDPI), DPOP and AURA provincial desks, which lack capacity in terms of human and operational resources."}, {"bbox": [97, 877, 1135, 960], "category": "Text", "text": "The national institutions will have a support and guidance role to their provincial branches which will be directly responsible for the implementation of the programme and through the project steering committee, to ensure timely advice and decision making."}, {"bbox": [97, 970, 1135, 1052], "category": "Text", "text": "The provincial institutions will ensure a regular coordination with district actors and facilitate information flow for programme monitoring and reporting, and will coordinate programme activities with the authorities of selected towns, the health and education sectors, and other provincial stakeholders."}, {"bbox": [97, 1062, 1135, 1303], "category": "Text", "text": "Through the implementation of the programme, new actors will emerge and in particular private operators that will be contracted to run the water systems. Indeed, in 1998, the Government introduced the Delegated Management Framework (DMF) for urban water supply services. This framework is based on a public-private partnership, whereby assets are owned by the Government, and operations are managed by the private sector under a concession, lease or management contract. The DMF centralizes responsibility for asset management and contracting for operations; it foresees the eventual decentralization of these responsibilities to municipalities. Under the DMF, the Water Regulatory Council (CRA) was also created (now called AURA - Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority) with the current responsibility to regulate all public piped water supply and sanitation systems as well as to ensure affordability and accessibility of water."}, {"bbox": [97, 1313, 1135, 1448], "category": "Text", "text": "Besides, Local Water Regulatory Councils (CORALs) will perform the local regulation of the services and sanitation groups will plan, implement and monitor sanitation activities and sanitation entrepreneurs will develop the market of on-site sanitation. Since most of these roles and responsibilities of the private sector are quite new, there is a need to make them acquainted with their new roles under the new mandate and to improve their capacities."}, {"bbox": [97, 1458, 1135, 1563], "category": "Text", "text": "Civil society organisations (including women's rights organisations) will be involved during the consultation of water supply technical options/tariffs, etc. They will also play an active role in the generation of demand for sanitation. The Disabled People's Organisation ADEMO will play an important role in activities involving people with disabilities."}, {"bbox": [97, 1575, 1135, 1632], "category": "Text", "text": "The beneficiary communities (rights holders) will also have a role to play in the self-construction of latrines and the improvement of greywater (refers to domestic wastewater without faecal contamination) management. Further,"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 26"}]