Addressing the Human Resource Capacity Gaps in Rural Sanitation and Hygiene

From March to October 2022, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability (WASHPaLS) #2 Activity conducted a sanitation and hygiene sector workforce capacity needs assessment (CNA) focused on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South and Southeast Asia. The CNA concentrated on rural sanitation and hygiene and was designed to assess the human resource (HR) capacity needed to deliver safely managed area-wide sanitation and basic hygiene sustainably and at scale with emphasis on on-site sanitation. The overall assessment included six country-level CNAs (in Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, India, Nepal, and the Philippines) to understand local dynamics and validate and complement initial findings from a global desk review and informant interviews. The assessment examined HR capacity against a predefined set of functions required to sustainably deliver sanitation and hygiene services and included an exploration of the role and capacity of volunteers and the informal workforce.

This report presents the overarching findings and recommendations, incorporating findings from the global review and the individual country assessments. The report is aimed at DPs (development partners), (international) non-governmental organizations ([I]NGOs), training and education institutes, and/or knowledge networks globally, as well as national governments and their in-country partners.

The following country level reports can also be downloaded from this page:

• Sanitation and Hygiene Sector Capacity Needs Assessment: Ghana country report.
• Sanitation and Hygiene Sector Capacity Needs Assessment: India country report.
• Sanitation and Hygiene Sector Capacity Needs Assessment: Nepal country report.
• Sanitation and Hygiene Sector Capacity Needs Assessment: Nigeria country report.
• Sanitation and Hygiene Sector Capacity Needs Assessment: The Philippines country report.
• Sanitation and Hygiene Sector Capacity Needs Assessment: Rwanda country report.