📋 Tender Overview
Project sponsor: Skat Consulting AG
Country: Moldova Funding amount: € 2,200,000.00 Start: 01.05.2024 End: 30.04.2028
Short description:
Project goal
The project targets to enhance the living conditions of rural Moldovan populations residing in the targeted villages by accessing year-round water for drinking water and household use as well as safe household sanitation. In order to achieve this, the project will work towards the following changes:
- Provision of safely managed water and sanitation services: Local public authorities and regional operators provide adequate water and sanitation services to the rural population;
- Recognition of decentralized and safely managed sanitation options: Decentralized sanitation systems (e.g. septic tank and faecal sludge management systems) are recognized by authorities as a viable, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable solution for sanitation in rural Moldova.
Expected results
In order to achieve the aforementioned outcomes, activities contributing to the achievement of the following five outputs are planned:
- Improved access to safe drinking water: The population of the partner villages/municipalities, including all women, men and vulnerable people, has equitable access to safe drinking water.
- Improved access to decentralized rural sanitation: Access to proven decentralized sanitation systems (septic tank systems and faecal sludge collection and treatment solutions) is improved.
- Strengthened capacities of operators and municipalities: The capacities of municipalities and delegated operators are strengthened for an improved management and maintenance of their water and sanitation infrastructure and services. Inter-community Development Associations (IDAs) might also be targeted under this output, where possible.
- Improved awareness of decentralized sanitation: Authorities (local and national) and the general population have an increased understanding of the respective advantages and disadvantages of centralized and decentralized sanitation systems for rural localities.
- Strengthened policy on decentralized sanitation: National authorities (key minis-tries such as the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development (MIRD), Ministry of Environment (MoE) and Ministry of Health (MoH)) recognize decentralized sanitation systems as viable solutions, and a policy document or guideline is issued related to the construction of septic tanks or other decentralized sanitation systems.
Target group
The project takes a holistic approach to provide improved Water and Sanitation by not only targeting, but actively integrating all relevant national, regional and local stakeholders. The direct beneficiaries are currently defined as follows:
1. Population of the defined rural areas with particular attention to the most vulnerable, including women-headed households.
2. Local and Regional Water Supply and Sanitation Operators/Utilities (including future operators of wastewater and
