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SAMPLE TERMS OF REFERENCE
SAMPLE TERMS OF REFERENCE
RWSS INTERVENTION DESIGN FOR:
(NAME OF MULTI-SECTOR PROJECT)
(NAME OF COUNTRY)
BACKGROUND
(Provide brief description of the project, including its background, stage of development or implementation, geographic scope, etc., drawing on country assessment or other preliminary information on the RWSS sector).
OBJECTIVE
The objectives of the RWSS component design are to establish an implementation strategy, define project activities and prepare guidelines under which RWSS sub-projects will be funded by the (name of multi-sector project).
(Add any additional information or objectives identified in the country assessment.)
TASKS
The assignment will be divided into the following tasks:
Task 1: Summarize Policy and Institutional Issues
Based on the country assessment or other existing information, summarize the main policy and institutional issues for RWSS, with particular reference to sustainable service delivery, to be financed under the project. This would include, but not be limited to:
• Policy and institutional environment and extent to which the demand-resp[&&&&&@@@@@]ive approach is used.
• Extent of unmet demand for RWSS services and performance of other projects or programs.
Task 2: Carry Out Sector Dialogue and Participatory Strategy Formulation
In view of the overall policy and institutional issues summarized above, initiate a participatory process with the major stakeholders and arrive at a c[&&&&&@@@@@]ensus on the basic strategy for including RWSS components in the project. This would be implemented through a series of c[&&&&&@@@@@]ultati[&&&&&@@@@@]/workshops, and would address how and under what conditi[&&&&&@@@@@], RWSS investments will be made under the project. It would include, at a minimum, the following strategic themes:
• Policy and institutional framework. Are fundamental reforms needed to the existing policy and institutional framework, before RWS can be c[&&&&&@@@@@]idered part of the project? For example, reform of the central or sector-based agency. If so, how will they be addressed? Within the project? Or in a sector-based project?
• Roles and resp[&&&&&@@@@@]ibilities. Clarify areas of resp[&&&&&@@@@@]ibility and collaboration for RWSS components of the project. For example, should RWSS subprojects be required to collaborate with existing sector-based instituti[&&&&&@@@@@], and/or existing norms? Do such norms need be created?
• Establishing technical norms and making service level opti[&&&&&@@@@@] available to communities. Recommend a policy and approach to ensure availability of service level choices to communities and adherence to technical norms during both the investment and operational phases. This should include a policy and implementation framework for communicati[&&&&&@@@@@] with the community at all stages of the subproject cycle.
• Hygiene and sanitation issues. Recommend a policy and approach to ensure that hygiene and sanitation issues become part of the RWSS component.
• Finance and cost recovery. Recommend a policy and approach for finance and cost recovery for both the investment and the operational phases.
• Community support and institution-building. Define the strategy to ensure local capacity for sustainable service provision. This will include:
-Local g***** capacity to backstop communities
-Support to NGOs and private sector to provide sustainable supply chains for software and hardware components
-Community contracting mechanisms
-Ensuring environmental and social safeguards and mitigation during installation and operational phases
Task 3: Define RWSS Component and Activities
Based on the results of Task 2, specify the types and estimated magnitude of RWSS investments that would be financed under the project. If applicable, define sector-specific institutional and capacity-building activities to be financed under the project. Describe how and where linkages with other subprojects or programs (such as health-related projects) will be promoted.
Task 4: Elaborate Operati[&&&&&@@@@@] Manual for RWSS Subproje |
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