Supporting water services in small towns: the experience of GoAL WaSH programme in Lao PDR

摘要

In Lao PDR, it is estimated that more than 80 small towns (approximately 65% of all small towns in LaoPDR) and 5,000 remote villages (approximately 50% of all villages) lack water supply services. TheGoAL WaSH programme, a global initiative lead by UNDP and focused on supporting water andsanitation governance has addressed this challenge in Lao, in partnership with UN-Habitat. Up to now,the project has been successful in developing and obtaining approval for a national strategy for waterand sanitation in Emerging Towns, and this has been complemented with operational tools for adaptingtechnology and costs to the size of these towns. The adaptation of raw water treatment plant designs tosmall towns has been especially developed. Combining a governance approach with piloting initiatives inthe field has proved to be very effective for getting full support and ownership from the Government.