📋 Tender Overview
The review process of the National Basic Sanitation Plan (Plansab), with a base year of 2022, advanced another stage this Tuesday (24), after being assessed and approved by consensus at the 9th Ordinary Meeting of the Interministerial Basic Sanitation Committee (CISB). The ministrys meeting, in Brasilia, marked the documents final steps before official formalization, which will be a fundamental advance for the development and strengthening of federal policy in the sector.
With the presence of representatives from the Cities ministries; Planning and Budget; Environment and Climate Change; Development, Industry, Commerce and Services; Regional Integration and Development; Health; Farm; and Civil House; the meeting featured a detailed presentation on the Plansab review process.
The work went through several stages, including the incorporation of data from the IBGE Demographic Census, which took place in 2022, and the complete availability of data at the end of 2024, with a specific working group being established to support the review, two public hearings and consultations were held in 2025, as well as hearings from four National Councils at the beginning of this year. In total, more than 900 contributions were received, arising from the phases determined by legislation, of which 333 were accepted. At the same time, eight thematic notebooks were published.
Among the plans main advances are the updating and improvement of technical concepts, adjustments to guidelines and advances in diagnosis with the inclusion of analysis on sanitation in schools and indigenous territories, quilombolas and vulnerable areas. Indicators were also improved, with a review of metrics related to water quality, sewage coverage and solid waste management, in addition to the incorporation of environmentally appropriate alternative solutions.
The correlation with National Plans was observed, such as Planares and Plano Clima, as well as attention to critical municipalities in the issue of rainwater drainage, updating the necessary investment values until 2033 and the establishment of 80 action strategies to achieve the goals of universalization.
The review also sought to align Plansab with the Legal Framework for Basic Sanitation and federal policy guidelines for the sector, reinforcing its role as a central instrument for planning and coordinating sanitation actions in the country. With approval by the CISB, the document now goes for legal analysis and subsequent submission to the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic, a stage that precedes the formalization of the material by decree.
During the meeting, the proposal to update the CISBs Internal Regulations was also discussed, with the aim of improving the Committees governance, functioning and decision-making processes, in line with the current guidelines of the public basic sanitation policy. The initiative seeks to provide greater clarity to the responsibilities of the member bodies.
Among the main changes proposed, the following stand out: the strengthening of the Technical Chambers, with an extension of terms of office to up to two years; the possibility of creating temporary and permanent Working Groups; the extension of the Working Groups operating period to up to 180 days; the provision of drafting an Operational Manual to regulate procedures; the establishment of an annual meeting calendar; and the expansion of the participation of invited bodies, in addition to the inclusion of linked entities, without voting rights.
Established as an instance of coordination of the Federal Basic Sanitation Policy, the CISB plays a strategic role in the coordination between bodies and entities of the federal public administration, contributing to the advancement of universalization and improving the quality of sanitation services in Brazil.
Plansab
Prepared in 2013 and with a 20-year horizon, Plansab must be evaluated annually and reviewed every four years, as provided for in the Legal Framework for Basic Sanitation. The plan consists of an integrated planning instrument for sanitation in Brazil, comprising drinking water supply, sanitary sewage, urban cleaning and solid waste management, drainage and urban rainwater management.
Documents relating to Plansab are available via the link.
Read the full meeting resolutions published in the Official Gazette:
CISB Resolution No. 9
CISB Resolution No. 10
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