We undertake evaluations, assessments and support effective monitoring and evaluation for WASH programs and wider sector monitoring systems.
PROJECT | 2022-2024
Partnerships for a Resilient and Climate Smart Water Sector Program
ISF was commissioned by the Australian Water Association (AWA) to develop a Theory of Change (ToC) and a monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) framework for their partnership program. This initiative aimed to build climate-resilient water utilities and associations in the Asia Pacific region.
The partnership program involved eight international utilities from Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vietnam, and Indonesia; four associations from Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Pacific; and eight Australian water utilities. The MEL report was informed by comprehensive data collection, including 162 short surveys before and after study tours, 36 micronarrative survey check-ins, 25 most significant change interviews, three case studies, and nine semi-structured interviews at the start of the program.
The report encompasses a range of insights and recommendations, featuring co-created responses that were collaboratively developed with the stakeholders involved in the program.
PROJECT | 2023-2024
Selecting options for water and sanitation technologies in health-care facilities
ISF was commissioned by the World Health Organisation to develop guidance on selection of appropriate water and sanitation technology options for health-care facilities in the Western Pacific Region. The outputs include a guidance document with a decision-making framework, as well as two supporting documents – a literature review on current and emerging technologies and a background document on status and context of water and sanitation technologies in health-care facilities in the Western Pacific Region.
RESEARCH OUTPUTS
Water and sanitation technologies for health-care facilities: selecting options for adoption and scale-up in the Western Pacific Region (2024) (Guidance)
A literature review of current and emerging water and sanitation technologies for health-care facilities (2024) (Supporting document)
Current status and context in Western Pacific Region for water and sanitation technologies in health-care facilities (2024) (Supporting document)
PROJECT | 2021-2023
Self-supply water services in Asia and the Pacific
ISF, in partnership UNICEF (EAPRO and ROSA), developed 21 country factsheets providing an overview of self-supplied water services across Asia and the Pacific. These factsheets profile the prevalence of self-supply, spatial and temporal trends, service levels including water quality and availability, equity dimensions, and policy aspects of self-supply in each country.
PROJECT | 2021-2022
Multi-stakeholder platforms and mutual accountability in WASH
ISF, in partnership with SWA country partners, reviewed multi-stakeholder platforms and mutual accountability across five countries that received catalytic funds from Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), including Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, Niger, and Paraguay. The report identifies key factors supporting or inhibiting multi-stakeholder collaboration, assesses engagement and mutual accountability in each country, and highlights how these efforts contribute to achieving SDG 6.
RESEARCH OUTPUTS
Strengthening multi-stakeholder engagement and mutual accountability in water, sanitation and hygiene: Cross-country synthesis (2022) (Report)
PROJECT | 2021-2022
Monitoring safely managed services Water for Women Learning Agenda
ISF is coordinating an activity to reflect on and compile case studies concerning monitoring ‘safely managed’ water and sanitation services across civil society organisations and research partners in the Water for Women Fund.
RESEARCH OUTPUTS
Monitoring Safely Managed Water and Sanitation Services - Lessons from Water for Women (2022) (Website)
Monitoring Safely Managed Water and Sanitation Services: Case Studies from Water for Women (2022) (Case Study Report)
Monitoring Safely Managed Water and Sanitation Services: Synthesis of Case Studies from Water for Women (2022) (Synthesis Report)
Supporting progress in monitoring safely managed water and sanitation (2022) (Blog Post)
The importance of disaggregated data to inform action and understand inequalities in WASH (2022) (Blog Post)
