📋 Tender Overview
The project strengthens policy, institutions, capacities and foster innovation in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in rural areas. For this closing phase, it will support the scaling up of key interventions, institutionalizes and capitalizes the knowledge acquired between the targeted countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and shares it with other regions and actors in the WASH sector. The program will also strengths and consolidates youth-led WASH enterprises.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Global
Water
Inclusive economic Development
Water supply
Water sanitation
SME development
Water sector policy
15.06.2025 - 14.06.2027
CHF 2’500’000
The project in brief
Background Despite the significant progress in improving the access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in the past two decades in Latin America countries (LAC), there are still millions of rural people who lack access to safely managed water and basic sanitation. Moreover, many governments in the region are struggling to ensure sufficient human and financial resources to the sector, better rural sector policy and regulations and capacities to provide sustainable WASH services. Youth-led social enterprises also face many financial, training and legal challenges to develop their WASH businesses. SIRWASH has boosted the relevance of rural areas, has generated awareness of the need to develop better policies to invest more thoroughly in rural areas as well as increasing the commitment of different counterparts in improving WASH performance. Therefore, the closing phase is expected to consolidate key policy frameworks, scale up successful interventions, improve the innovation ecosystem and knowledge management.
Objectives Rural communities of targeted countries have increased their access to an equitable WASH service due to the implementation of improved rural policies, strengthened capacities, empowered institutions and boosted innovation ecosystem.
Target groups Direct beneficiaries: i) Sectorial WASH entities; ii) Provincial and municipal governments and community-based entities; iii) (Young) WASH practitioners, (Young) entrepreneurs, National WASH Platforms, Civil Society Organizations;
iv) Private sector End beneficiaries: i) Vulnerable people from rural and dispersed communities in targeted countries.
Medium-term outcomes
Policies: The rural WASH sector of each country is improved through better policy implementation and improved regulatory framework.
Capacities and knowledge: Sectorial entities capacities are strengthened (including topics such as climate change and disaster risk reduction), knowledge is capitalized and disseminated through South – south collaboration.
Innovation: Youth-led WASH businesses are consolidated, and a platform is strengthened to foster and channel exchanges among youths, entrepreneurs and financiers.
Results Expected results:
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