Study on Role of Private Sectors in Community Based WASH Business and Water Supply Service Management.

Government of Nepal (GON) had made commitment to provide potable water supply and sanitation services to all by 2027. For this, GON had developed comprehensive WASH sector development plan with targets, approaches and road map for the holistic development of WASH sector as well as to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-6 by 2030_..

 Plan International Nepal implements WASH related projects in Sunsari, Sindhuli and Makwanpur districts of Nepal.  It worked to improve and strengthen community and institutions level WASH services, practices and resilience; make sustainable and gender transformative  WASH service delivery as the  local and national agenda through the engagement of diverse stakeholders including WASH service providers, development agencies, community based organisations (CBOs) and private sector actors  in the project districts.

The purpose of the assignment was to understand the scope and scenario of private sector engagement with public-private partnership or private management modality in community based WASH business and water supply service management to make WASH service system functional and sustainable.  

SWN undertook the following activities:  

1. Assess existing scenario, enabling environment, barriers, role and efficacy of private sector engagement in WASH business and water supply service management.
2. Collect ideas, strategies, views on public private partnership, private management modality, and WASH sanitation and user committees with regards to ensuring functional and sustainable WASH services and management, and carry out their SWOT analysis.
3. Assess enabling factors and barriers for the engagement of women in WASH business.