Hi everyone, 

We have just published our M&E guidelines and framework in Portuguese. Please do share with any bilingual or Portuguese-speaking colleagues!

• Monitoria e avaliação de saneamento e higiene nas zonas rurais: Orientações
• M&A de saneamento e higiene nas zonas rurais: Quadro de indicadores 

Thank you!

Alice

Dear Sr Member
Dr Ms Nyembezi 

Nice data brought out on Rural WASH Practices. 
I too admire the Rurals, for all along taking care of cow-dung, agri farm litter and others.
It is not hard to do FSM and take care of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene aspects Etc. 
All Practices taken care off well. With Best wishes.

Prof Ajit Seshadri 
www.vigyanvijay.org 
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Dear Alice,

Thank you for sharing the webinar recording  and guidelines publication on Monitoring and Evaluation for Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Guidance and Frameworks. I took time to listen to the recording and I will share some key takeaways from the webinar:

Why focus on Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene:

• It is necessary for results
• Assess what works
• Influence decisions and improve outcomes

Main aims of Monitoring and Evaluation

1. Area wide programs
2. Equity and inclusion
3. Safely managed sanitation
4. Behaviors
5. Systems Monitoring and Evaluation

The benefits of strengthened M & E is the provision of more information costs and benefits, identifies strengths and weaknesses, and provides more confidence in results.

Monitoring and Evaluation Framework: main sections for Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Services

• Elimination of Open Defecation
• Unimproved sanitation services
• Limited sanitation services
• Universal use of basic sanitation services
• Use of safely managed sanitation services
• Hygiene services

Components of Handwashing Indicator- a handwashing facility alone is not enough. You need to ask:

1. What-self reported handwashing practice
2. When- mention critical times for hand washing
3. Where- observed presence of hand washing facility withwater and soap
4. How- demonstration of hand washing practice

Equity and Inclusion provision in M&E Frameworks should include:

1. Identifying marginalized groups (in their different contexts)
2. Assessing barriers to the use of services
3. Disaggregated monitoring of marginalized groups
4. Assessing satisfaction with sanitation outcomes and services
5. Assessing of participation and empowerment
6. Assessing equity and inclusion systems

Guidelines on Monitoring and Evaluation

• Monitoring is against service levels to track progression:
• What should be monitored?
• What tools and processes should be used?
• Sampling of household surveys at community, household and individual level
• Validation checks: internally and externally
• Who should undertake M&E and how?
• Design of M&E systems for use and learning

Many thanks to the Sanitation Learning Hub for organizing this webinar. However, I would like to find out if there are any thoughts or discussions around having Part 2 of this discussion or any case study that has implemented the approaches provided in the framework?
 
Best,
Rosemary.

Hi everyone, 

The Sanitation Learning Hub has just published our monitoring and evaluation framework and guidelines in French.

Please do share with French-speaking colleagues!

Suivi et évaluation de l’assainissement et l’hygiène en zones rurales : Cadre et lignes directrices

Suivi et évaluation de l’assainissement et l’hygiène en zones rurales : Cadre des indicateurs

Please do let us know if these are useful to your work on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or reply below.

Thanks!

Alice

In case you missed it - the webinar recording is now available on YouTube here: 

Looking for progressive, comprehensive, people-focused approaches to monitoring and evaluating rural sanitation and hygiene?

Join our webinar on monitoring and evaluation for rural sanitation and hygiene on Wednesday 6th April at 10am UK Time! 

The event will be useful for monitoring and evaluation specialists, programme managers, principal investigators, funders and others working to assess progress in, and learn lessons about, the use of rural sanitation and hygiene services. 

Check out our website to register for the event and download the guidelines and framework 👇 
sanitationlearninghub.org/event/monitori...itation-and-hygiene/