Ecuador
Improvement of access to water and sanitation services within the work area of “social inclusion and habitat”
Drinking Water and Sanitation in Rural Communities and Small Municipalities Programme
Ecuador
In 2021, finished the Fund’s main bilateral programme in Ecuador. Drinking Water and Sanitation in Rural Communities and Small Municipalities (ECU-050-B), which initially received a 13-million-euro contribution from the FCAS and a three-million-euro local contribution, and was implemented by the National Water Secretariat (SENAGUA). As part of the programme, and in conjunction with another Fund intervention implemented by the IADB (ECU-005-M), it was published in 2018 the document “Guidelines for Social Management in Drinking Water and Sanitation Projects in Rural Communities“. It is a tool from which the Water Secretariat of Ecuador (SENAGUA) will work to ensure adequate and simultaneous application of social and technical processes in the implementation of the projects.
In total, six projects were successfully implemented, but the rest of the planned project portfolio could not be implemented due to administrative reasons at SENAGUA, the health emergency caused by COVID-19 and changes in the sector’s institutions[1]. All of the foregoing has resulted in numerous delays and a succession of extensions, until it was finally decided to conclude the programme in March 2021, failing to achieve all of its objectives. The beneficiary entity proceeded to repay 12,064,157 million euros, which was paid on 30th July of the same year.
In 2022, after passing through the Fund’s Advisory Board and Executive Board, a decision will be made as to how to reuse the reimbursed amount. The Spanish Development Cooperation’s commitment is, however, that a significant part of the funds will return to the country and to the communities that have not yet been able to improve their living conditions.
However, despite the difficulties, some significant results can be highlighted, such as the fact that 40% of the Water Boards’ Boards of Directors were made up of women and more than 5,400 people received training on participation and gender issues, according to the beneficiary’s final report.
[1] SENAGUA has merged with the Ministry of Environment into the current Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition.
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