The programme focuses on all aspects of demand management,
economic, social, technical, legal, administrative and institutional.
Priority being given to reduction of unaccounted for water; pricing
and public-private relationships; equity in distribution of services;
regulation and reallocation of resources.
Priorities include the devlopment of appropriate technological
options; promotiong public, private, NGO partnerships for scaling up
sanitation process; innovating financial mechanisms for mobilization
of local funds for sanitation services.
Income generation for urban poor through
community-based water and sanitation services
The focus is to develop and implement strategies for
the provision of water and sanitation services that will maximize the
income and employment of the urban poor.
Pro-poor urban water governance
Priority being given for the development of institutional
framework that could focus on the needs of poor; decentralized, simplified
and transparent procedures accessible to the poor.
Monitoring of progress towards achieving Millennium
Goal targets in the water and sanitation sector in Asian cities
The Programme will monitor achievements, trends and
shortfalls in the provision of services for the urban poor in countries
in the region.
