Sanitation Development in Timor Leste

1. TIMOR-LESTE: NEW COUNTRY, NEW SANITATION DEVELOPMENTS
EASAN 3, 10th September 2012

2. AGENDA
Presentation Structure
• Introduction to Timor-Leste
• National Plans and Objectives for Sanitation
• National Achievements and Progress
• Timor-Leste Government Sanitation Programmes
• East Asia Regional Linkages
• Conclusions

3. INTRODUCTION
Timor-Leste
• Timor-Leste became a sovereign state in
2002
• Population is 1.1 million
• Largely rural population that is difficult to
access.
• For rural areas improved sanitation coverage
is 18%
• For urban areas improved
sanitation coverage is
61%

4. NATIONAL PLANS
National Basic Sanitation Policy
• National Policy was approved in March 2012
• National Policy Objective:
To reduce death and disease and bring about social, economic, educational and
environmental gains for all through the safe elimination of harmful waste from the
environment and the practice of healthy behaviours.
• National Policy objective required outcomes to achieve the over
arching objective:

5. NATIONAL PLANS
National Sanitation Strategic Plan
• National sanitation strategic plan development started in
November 2011
• Plan for the capital Dili has been drafted
• Decentralized Waste Water Treatment Systems planned for
Dili
• Guidance developed ready for district level strategic planning
Strategic plan for rural areas: 2020
Sanitation Status

6. NATIONAL TARGETS
National Targets for Improved Sanitation Coverage
100% 100%
92%
90% 85% 100%
82%
% Coverage with Improved
80%68% 90%
70% 67% 68%
sanitation
60%
50% 49%
40% 44% Dili urban
30% District urban
20% 18%
10% Rural
0%
2010 2015 2020 2025 2030

7. NATIONAL TARGETS
Policy Outcome Targets for 13 Districts

8. ACHIEVEMENTS
Sanitation Achievements
• National Basic Sanitation Policy Developed from
2007 – 2012
• National Plan for Sanitation Marketing Developed
• National Sanitation Strategic Plan in Development
• Sanitation and Environmental Health Monitoring
Systems Developed

9. PROGRESS
Sanitation Progress
Additional People with Access to Rural Population ODF
Basic Sanitation Progress
80,000
ODF
70,000
Triggered not ODF
60,000
Not triggered not ODF
50,000
40,000 16%
30,000
20,000
58% 26%
10,000
0
2008/09 2010 2011 2012
Partners 9,427 40,412 70,033 62,087

10. SANITATION PROGRAMMES
Sanitation Demand Creation
Activities to build widespread
demand for improved sanitation:
• Triggering of improved
practices
• Sanitation marketing product
promotions
• Behaviour change
communications campaign CLTS triggering activity
• Increased willingness to pay

11. SANITATION PROGRAMMES
Sanitation Supply Strengthening
Developing sustainable, local supply
of sanitation goods & services:
• Improved availability of products
and information
• Development of affordable
toilets (Currently ~USD60
options)
• Building capacity of local
enterprises
• Encourage progress up sanitation
ladder CLTS triggering activity
Affordable Pit Lining

12. REGIONAL LINKAGES
Regional Learning
• Recent study tours for government and partners to
Indonesia, Cambodia and Bangladesh
• Sanitation marketing work has involved
information exchange between Timor-
Leste, Cambodia and Laos facilitated by IDE
• Support from WSP for sector gap-filling and
regional learning

13. REGIONAL LINKAGES
Conclusions
• Regional support for high-level advocacy to
national governments for sanitation sector
• Human Resources development for the sector will
be key for Timor-Leste
• Sanitation Marketing is a nascent approach in
Timor-Leste and many other countries, greater
information exchange for practitioners/businesses
in the region
CLTS triggering activity

14. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION, OBRIGADU!