Water and the Rotary-USAID International H2O Collaboration presentation

Rotary International Institute, Bellevue, WashingtonOctober 2, 2010

Water and the Rotary-USAID International H20 Collaboration:

What We’ve Learned About Partnership

John BorrazzoU.S. Agency for International Development

Water (and Sanitation!)

• WHY?The need

• WHAT? The solution

• HOW? The role of partnership

• WHO? The International H20 Alliance

• WHAT NEXT?

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The Problem: Facts and Figures

• Approximately 900 million people lack access to an improved source of drinking water.

• 2.5 billion people lack access to basic sanitation – 1.5 billion defecate openly.

• 1.5 million children under the age of 5 die each year as a direct consequence of diarrhea linked to inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene.

• 1.4 billion people live in river basins where water extractions exceed recharge – and this will only worsen in the face of population increases and climate change.

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The Problem: Facts and Figures

WHO/UNICEF, 2010

The Problem: Facts and Figures

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The Human Face of the Problem

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The Human Face of the Problem

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The Human Face of the Problem

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The Human Face of the Problem

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The Human Face of the Problem

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The Human Face of the Problem

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Solutions…old news?

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• Political will

• Adequate human, institutional, and financial resources

• Normative behavior change

• Consideration of the broader water resources context

• Evidence of what works where

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Sustainable solutions require…

USAID’s Integrated Approach

Water Resources

Management

Water Productivity

Water Supply, Sanitation, Hygiene

USAID’s Integrated Approach

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FOOD SECURITY

CLIMATECHANGE

HEALTH

WATER

USAID Water Sector funding

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Traditional USAID Approach to Providing Assistance

Project

Implementer

resources

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Global Development Alliances

Alliances are co-designed, co-funded, and co-managed by partners so that the risks, responsibilities, and rewards of partnership are equally shared.

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US Resource Flows to the Developing World in the 1960s: $5.1 Billion

Private Flows 29 %

Public Flows 71 %

Public Flows 16.8 %

Private Flows 83.2 %

US Resource Flows to the Developing World in 2005: $164 Billion

Need for Partnerships

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USAID Partners

Investors

Local/National

Governments

NGOs

Implementers

Local/RegionalBusiness

Think Tanks

MultinationalCorporations

Donors

Foundations

Universities

Shared ObjectivesReligious

InstitutionsDiaspora

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GDA Principles

Share resources, risks, and responsibilities

Innovative approaches to working with new partners

Jointly defined problem and solution

Mutual Investment Goal of 1:1 leverage of cash, expertise, systems, networks and other resources

Significant and sustainable development impact

Public good

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Alliances from 2001 - 2009

Over 1000 Alliances to date (300 active)

Average GDA Leverage: 2.7:1

More than 3,000 distinct partners

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Respective Assets

• Policy influence

• Development expertise

• Convening power

• Long-term in-country technical presence

• Funding

• Grassroots membership

• Local decisionmakers

• Proven leaders

• Links between developed and developing countries

• Funding

USAID Rotary

Launch in March 2009…

“We intend this joint effort to be a model for future alliances with other strategic partners and in this way to enhance our contribution to world understanding, goodwill, and peace.”

Bill Boyd, Chair International H2O Collaboration Steering Committee, Rotary International President, 2006-2007

“The service ethic and commitment of Rotary clubs in these countries will be complemented by USAID’s development expertise and technical leadership.”

Alonzo Fulgham, USAID Acting Administrator, 2009

Collaboration Funding

• Parallel funding model• US$2 million per pilot country, totaling US$6 million

overall funding.• Per pilot country:

– US$1 million from USAID– US$1 million from Rotary

• One US$500,000 Rotary Foundation Grant• US$500,000 Rotarian and District donations

Pilot Countries: Dominican Republic

• Working with Save the Children and ENTRENA

• Installing plastic bio-sand water filters

• Providing boreholes, mechanized water systems, latrines

• Providing hygiene training

Pilot Countries: Ghana

• Working with Relief International and Community Water & Sanitation Agency

• Providing boreholes, mechanized water systems, latrines and water closets

• Rainwater harvesting• Providing hygiene training

Pilot Countries: Philippines

• Working with Philippine Sanitation Alliance, Winrock International, Development Alternatives Incorporated

• Constructing water supply systems

• Addressing wastewater and solid waste management

• Implementing a septage collection, treatment and reuse program

The Opportunity…

• Increase scale

• Improve effectiveness and efficiency

• Increase sustainability and systemic change

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Critical Success Factors to Date

• Need solid guidance to the field

• Need to coordinate administrative process and funding cycles

• Agree early on monitoring and evaluation

• Focus on sustainability

• Build trust

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What next?

• Think big

• Don’t forget about sanitation

• Focus on outcomes, not inputs/outputs

• Ensure that sustainability is a core value

• Embrace new / additional partners

• Accept that there’s always more to learn

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Working together, we can do it!

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