Water Supply and Sanitation Development Project

The development objective of Water Supply and Sanitation Development Project for Papua New Guinea is to support the development and strengthening of the planning and implementation capacity of water sector institutions, and to increase access to water supply services in selected urban towns and rural districts. There are four components for this project. 1) The first component, Institutional structures for the implementation of the National WaSH Policy, focuses on supporting the development of the key sector institution i.e., the WaSH Project Management Unit (PMU), and key sector tools (strategies, plans and sector instruments) that will form the management framework of the sector as envisaged in the National WaSH Policy. It has the following two subcomponents: (a) Support to the establishment, operationalization and strengthening of the WaSH PMU; and (b) Support to the development and/or implementation of key sector tools. 2) The second component, Rural and Peri-urban Water and Sanitation, will support the WaSH PMU to develop a framework for the coordination, planning and implementation of rural and peri-urban WSS in districts and in peri-urban areas. It has the following two subcomponents: (a) Investment planning, design, and financing structures for rural and peri-urban WSS; and (b) Infrastructure investment in water and sanitation systems in rural and peri-urban areas. 3) The third component, Urban Water and Sanitation, focuses on supporting the expansion of WSS services to urban areas, specifically in district and provincial towns where Water PNG has the mandate to provide these services. It has the following two subcomponents: (a) Operational improvement and capacity building of Water PNG; and (b) Infrastructure investment in water and sanitation systems in selected District and or Provincial Towns. 4) The fourth component, Contingent Emergency Response (CER) , will allow for the rapid reallocation of funds from other components to provide emergency relief,...