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Sector Assessment
The objective of a sector assessment is to decide whether and how best to include a school hygiene, sanitation, and water component in an education, health, or water supply and sanitation (WSS) project. The sector assessment gives the task manager a broad overview of the major opportunities and constraints with which school hygiene, sanitation and, water is faced so that the task manager can implement a hygiene, sanitation, and water in schools component successfully in a specific investment project.
The first phase of sector assessment is a review of the country context in which the school hygiene, sanitation, and water component of an investment project is to take place. This first phase clarifies the nation's policy and strategy for providing health, education, and WSS services and takes stock of ongoing programs and capacities. This analysis involves discussions with the various responsible sector agencies and stakeholders and a review of existing strategies and other documentation.
In the second phase of sector assessment, the task team formulates a strategy that (i) addresses whether hygiene, sanitation, and water in schools interventions are required; and - if so - (ii) identifies the key issues that will affect successful implementation and (iii) proposes how the project should address them.
Because of the multidisciplinary character of interventions for hygiene, sanitation, and water in schools, the sector assessment can also be a tool of advocacy and a motivator for action. It can enable different stakeholders to reach a common understanding of the issues and possible solutions that will improve hygiene, sanitation, and water in schools interventions.
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