Established in 1990, the Water Supply and
Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSC...
Established in 1990, the Water Supply and
Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is the only United Nations body
devoted solely to the sanitation and hygiene needs of the most vulnerable and
marginalized people. In 2008, WSSCC established the Global Sanitation Fund
(GSF) to boost finances into countries with high needs for sanitation. GSF invests
in collective behaviour change approaches that enable large numbers of people
in developing countries to improve their access to sanitation and adopt good
hygiene practices. The GSF is supporting programmes in 13 countries and since
2008 has committed over $112 million to transform lives in developing
countries.
As part of the GSF M&E
framework, GSF commissions outcomes surveys to support independent verification
of program effects on the target population through quantitative data
collection. The surveys also provide further insights into equity and
sustainability considerations, as well as providing an opportunity to collect
data on areas that are challenging to collect through routine programme monitoring
systems.
The outcome survey adopts a
quantitative research design which includes household level interviews, school
and healthpost interviews, inspections of water, sanitation, and hygiene
facilities and structured observations of sanitation and hygiene behaviors in
the home.
The objectives of the
GSF Outcome Surveys are to:
- Provide
data on key sanitation and hygiene indicators to assess household, facility and
community outcomes of GSF supported programmes in the target communities;
- Identify
whether households in ODF declared communities have continued to use and
properly maintain improved toilets and hand washing facilities and continue to
comply to national ODF criteria;
- Understand
if the results achieved meet the needs of marginal and vulnerable populations;
- Identify factors obstructing sanitation and
hygiene behaviour change;
GSF has established a partnership
with the University at Buffalo for the purpose of strengthening and
standardizing the Outcome Survey methodology across all GSF Programmes. Under this partnership the first outcome
survey pilot was conducted in Malawi in April/May 2017. Based on the learning from the Malawi experience
and in order to pilot the tools and methodology in a francophone context, the
GSF programme in Togo has also been selected as another outcome survey pilot.
Following the pilot surveys, the
outcome survey tools and guidelines will be finalised and as of 2018 all GSF
supported programes will undertake regular outcomes surveys adhereing to the
same technical standards.
Objective of Consultancy
To support the GSF Executing Agenecy (EA) in Togo to provide quality assurance and technical support to the apointed research agency, so that the outcome survey adheres with the new GSF program-wide outcome survey methodology developed by University at Buffalo, GSF Geneva will recruit a survey consultant. The objective of the consultancy is to:
- Support the national research firm to plan the survey, to train data collectors on the new GSF outcome survey tools developed by UB, and to implement the survey adhering to the methodological recommendations.
- To document lessons from the pilot experience to contribute to further modification and refinement of the tools and methodology.
To provide technical support to future outcome surveys in GSF supported (francophone) countries (Senegal & Benin).