PAMSIMAS-2 should invest greater Agree COMPLETED Infrastructure- resources and the required Water and strategies to ensure high facilitation DFAT has held discussions with Sanitation quality in sanitation and hygiene the World Bank about how (Jakarta Post) promotion, which includes working facilitation quality can be with MoH and other sector improved in the program. DFAT stakeholders through the Pokja to has suggested that facilitator develop an appropriate system to training is closely reviewed 13 accredit facilitators. through PAMSIMAS-2 to monitor training quality and how it is used/implemented in the field. Australian funds have been allocated under PAMSIMAS-2 to support MoH implement their sanitation and hygiene program. PAMSIMAS-2 should complement Agree COMPLETED Infrastructure- work with ‘demand-side’ Water and strengthened focus on ‘supply-side’ This has been included in the Sanitation to ensure availability of affordable design of PAMSIMAS-2. 14 (Jakarta Post) sanitation products through targeted support for market chain development. PAMSIMAS-2 should engage with Agree COMPLETED Infrastructure- GoI to expand the for Water and implementation beyond one-year This has been incorporated in the Sanitation as the current short time-frame PAMSIMAS-II design which (Jakarta Post) reduced quality and effectiveness, allows for community facilitators to 15 particularly of community assist villages for up to three processes. years. Noting there is constraints with Government of Indonesia Annual budget processes. PAMSIMAS-2 should analyse the Agree DFAT will discuss with the World Infrastructure- unit cost per beneficiary for Bank the possibility of including Water and hardware and software costs, not software costs in PAMSIMAS-2’s Sanitation just hardware only. This will raise Management Information System (Jakarta Post) awareness of such cost 16 (MIS). DFAT will raise this requirements for government recommendation in the next joint budgeting and will increase GoI-World Bank meeting on the transparency. MIS. PAMSIMAS-2 should examine Agree DFAT will discuss this issue with Infrastructure- reasons for any elevated hardware the World Bank in the Annual Water and costs in PAMSIMAS I and ensure Report meeting (Oct 2013) noting Sanitation the new design addresses these that this will require a focused (Jakarta Post) areas. This should be done whilst 17 examination. ensuring that pursuit of reducing costs does not impact negatively on system quality.
13 PAMSIMAS-2 should invest greater resources and the required strategies to ensure high facilitation quality in sanitation and hygiene promotion, which includes working with MoH and other sector stakeholders through the Pokja to develop an appropriate system to accredit facilitators. Agree COMPLETED DFAT has held discussions with the World Bank about how facilitation quality can be improved in the program. DFAT has suggested that facilitator training is closely reviewed through PAMSIMAS-2 to monitor training quality and how it is used/implemented in the field. Australian funds have been allocated under PAMSIMAS-2 to support MoH implement their sanitation and hygiene program. Infrastructure- Water and Sanitation (Jakarta Post) 14 PAMSIMAS-2 should complement ‘demand-side’ work with strengthened focus on ‘supply-side’ to ensure availability of affordable sanitation products through targeted support for market chain development. Agree COMPLETED This has been included in the design of PAMSIMAS-2. Infrastructure- Water and Sanitation (Jakarta Post) 15 PAMSIMAS-2 should engage with GoI to expand the for implementation beyond one-year as the current short time-frame reduced quality and effectiveness, particularly of community processes. Agree COMPLETED This has been incorporated in the PAMSIMAS-II design which allows for community facilitators to assist villages for up to three years. Noting there is constraints with Government of Indonesia Annual budget processes. Infrastructure- Water and Sanitation (Jakarta Post) 16 PAMSIMAS-2 should analyse the unit cost per beneficiary for hardware and software costs, not just hardware only. This will raise awareness of such cost requirements for government budgeting and will increase transparency. Agree DFAT will discuss with the World Bank the possibility of including software costs in PAMSIMAS-2’s Management Information System (MIS). DFAT will raise this recommendation in the next joint GoI-World Bank meeting on the MIS. Infrastructure- Water and Sanitation (Jakarta Post) 17 PAMSIMAS-2 should examine reasons for any elevated hardware costs in PAMSIMAS I and ensure the new design addresses these areas. This should be done whilst ensuring that pursuit of reducing costs does not impact negatively on system quality. Agree DFAT will discuss this issue with the World Bank in the Annual Report meeting (Oct 2013) noting that this will require a focused examination. Infrastructure- Water and Sanitation (Jakarta Post)