Knowledge management and outreach

Sanitation and Water Partnership for the Mekong Region (MSAWAP)

WEDC staff involved:

• Dr Julie Fisher
• Dr Andrew Cotton
• Anne Blenkinsopp

Summary of project activities and outcomes:

The purpose of the SAWAP programme, supported by its twin objectives, was:

• To promote country and inter-country effort to identify, test, and promote large scale use of innovative solutions to sustainable sanitation, water supply and health, particularly for the poor, to include:
  • on the ground verification of costs and effectiveness;
  • the identification of enabling policy, regulatory and institutional environments; and
  • improving the flow and efficient use of resources.

WEDC was responsible for identifying how the proposed DFID programme could best support SAWAP by carrying out a stakeholder analysis. This was used to support WSP planning processes, considering options and start up needs.