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UN HABITAT - Water and Sanitation Trust Fund: Annual Report 2009
Abstract
The year 2009 marked the second year of implementation of the UN-HABITAT Water and Sanitation Trust Fund (WSTF)
Strategic Plan for the period 2008 to 2012. The overall focus of the Plan is on consolidating the existing portfolio of the
Trust Fund combined with modest expansion.
Although results accomplished in the previous year have been impressive in a number of areas, diminishing financial
resources make it increasingly difficult to deliver against these expected outcomes of the programme. The funding challenges
did not have a direct impact in 2009, but they prompted the Trust Fund management to take a more cautious and less
ambitious approach for the future and commence a process of achieving savings, notably in terms of project staffing.
Fortunately, the Government of Spain has pledged a substantial contribution of Euro 7 million. Additionally, in the
beginning of 2010 the Government of Norway and the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company have formalised their
contributions.
In response to an increasing emphasis of UN-HABITAT on documenting results rather than activities, an impact study on
the activities supported by the Trust Fund was commissioned in the reporting year. Undertaking a comprehensive analysis of
the WSTF’s impact in two sample countries (Nepal and Kenya) and of WSTF activities globally on the theme of “Gender
Mainstreaming”, the study marks the first phase of a plan to regularly assess the impact of the WSTF.
In the following pages, we invite readers to accompany the Watsan Trust Fund in its 2009 journey.
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