Tracking commitments

AfricaSan 2011 traffic lights screenshot
A screenshot of the AfricaSan 2011 traffic lights paper

WaterAid regularly produces 'traffic lights' papers which aim to track governments' progress in taking the necessary steps to address the sanitation crisis, including mobilizing adequate financing and establishing effective institutions.

These papers have been produced since 2008 in collaboration with agencies such as UNICEF and the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP). They have been adopted as the official mechanism for tracking progress of commitments made at sanitation conferences in Africa (AfricaSan) and South Asia (SACOSAN) and they also act as an accountability mechanism.

WaterAid has also recently launched www.WASHwatch.org which is essentially an online version of these traffic lights papers. It monitors government policy commitments and budgets for WASH, allows for real-time analysis and takes a collaborative, open-access approach.

AfricaSan traffic lights

2011

2008

 

SACOSAN traffic lights

 

Africa Water Week traffic lights

 

South Asia traffic lights

 

East Africa traffic lights