Project: Municipalities Network Advocacy on Sanitation in South Asia phase II (MuNASS II)

 

Project Donor/Partner : BMGF/United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC), Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN)

Project Area : SFDs of 65 municipalities nationwide with technical support in 7 provinces’ 7 municipalities and 5 pilot municipalities from phase I

Project Duration : November 2021 – June 2024

Project Goal : to develop and demonstrate innovation on safely managed sanitation to achieve SDG 6.2 and mainstream into regional agenda, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations.

Project Brief:

In 2017, phase I of “MuNASS program” was implemented to support the roll-out of the Institutional and Regulatory Framework (IRF) for Faecal Sludge Management in Nepal. After implementation of Phase I of the MuNASS program, a need to scale up the program was recognized. In this prospective Phase II of MuNASS program was launched to support meet SDG target 6.2.

The project was initiated with the objectives to determine the sanitation status of 65 municipalities and to generate national and provincial level SFD, to enhance knowledge and skill of municipal staffs on operation of FSTP and to enhance capacity of elected officials regarding the need for FSM.