Working towards a new multi annual strategy

In 2019, IRC Consult was selected by Woord en Daad to carry out an evaluation of its sustainable water programme. This evaluation formed part of a wider set of activities that served as input to develop a Woord en Daad’s new multi annual strategy (2021-2025).

Our services included

• The design of an evaluation and learning matrix to guide the learning process;
• Training on outcome harvesting and the facilitation of outcome harvesting exercises to generate lessons of ongoing programmes;
• A systems-based framework analysis;
• Conducting on reflection sessions
• Analysis
• Evaluation report

For this work, we assessed the rural WASH sector in Lao People's Democratic Republic, looking at existing service delivery models and its challenges, and scoped out opportunities for programme design and links to existing programmes

In readiness for a WASH programme costing around 25 million USD, we conducted a pre-scoping study of the rural WASH sector in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. We assessed critical sector information, and combined desk research and information from interviews with key players, with a focus on four areas:

• Institutional set-up, legislative framework, sector financing, and sector monitoring
• Existing service delivery models for rural and urban water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools
• Opportunities for programme design and linkages to existing World Bank/ Water and Sanitation Program initiatives
• Opportunities for programme design and links to existing World Bank/ Water and Sanitation Program initiatives
• Next steps and areas for further investigation

The services we provided included:

• a report on the WASH sector in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the key challenges
• a report on the costs and financing of Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s WASH sector
• a final report entitled: Lao Sector Assessment: Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) including Institutional WASH