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Tracking commitments
In February 2008, WaterAid launched the first in its series of 'traffic light' papers which aim to track governments' progress in addressing the sanitation crisis. The 'traffic light' papers build on existing initiatives that measure levels of access to sanitation by monitoring the steps that governments are taking in the area of policy including UNICEF and WHO's Joint Monitoring Programme. These important steps, which include mobilizing adequate financing and establishing effective institutions, are the foundations on which progress will be made to ensure all citizens have access to adequate sanitation and all the benefits that this brings. The first of these papers, Giving Sanitation the Green Light, was released at the African Ministerial Conference on Sanitation (AfricaSan) that was held in South Africa in February 2008. Download Giving sanitation the green light The paper made clear where progress is being made and where action is needed. At the meeting, the attending ministers signed the eThekwini Declaration committing African governments to undertake many of the steps outlined in the paper. WaterAid is now working to monitor the progress that is being made on implementing these ambitious commitments. Download From commitments to action: Progress on implementing eThekwini in Eastern Africa ( WaterAid's first initiative to monitor governments' progress implementing eThekwini focused on the East Africa region and a paper was jointly undertaken with UNICEF and ANEW. The paper was presented at the East Africa Sanitation Conference held in Nairobi in November 2008 and attended by government and civil society representatives from nine countries across the region. The paper highlighted a number of areas where progress is being made but also where eThekwini commitments have not yet been met. Using the same methodology of mapping commitments and then assessing progress against these commitments, WaterAid undertook to assess South Asian governments' progress in meeting the South Asian Conferences on Sanitation (SACOSAN) commitments ahead of the third SACOSAN meeting in Delhi. The paper was presented at the SACOSAN civil society pre-meeting and a candlelit vigil was held to mark the 1,000,000 child deaths caused by diarrhoea that have taken place in South Asia since the previous SACOSAN meeting in 2006. Download Counting the cost: Poor progress on sanitation in South Asia WaterAid will continue to track progress by governments in meeting their commitments and will be publishing further 'traffic light' papers in the coming months. "2.5 billion people do not have access to even a basic toilet. This global failure is causing millions of preventable deaths, stopping children attending school, and preventing local and national economic growth. WaterAid’s Traffic Light papers highlight the gap between what governments have said they will do and what they have actually done. Until this gap is closed, it is hard to imagine an end to the sanitation crisis." Oliver Cumming, Policy Officer – Sanitation and Environment. Download One year gone, one year to go: Meeting the Delhi Declaration ( A discussion paper on issues of water and sanitation one year after the 'Delhi Declaration', and one year before SACOSAN IV in Sri Lanka in 2010, South Asian civil society organisations and networks are assessing governments' progress. Download Progress on the 'eThekwini commitments on sanitation' ( Africa is off-track to meet the Millennium Development Goal for sanitation. At current rates of progress, the target — to reduce by half those without access to adequate sanitation by 2015 – will not be met until 2084. This is a joint discussion paper from UNICEF, WaterAid and the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) published to coincide with Africa Water Week 2009. Read WaterAid's Africa Water Week blog here. eThekwini Indicators, Definitions and Scoring Criteria — English (
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