WasH Needs Assessment ? Strategic Interventions

Job Description

Purpose of the Assessment:In line with the WaSH Sectoral Strategy 2020-2025 to enhance the evidence based approach for quality future interventions, Action Against Hunger will conduct a WaSH need assessment aiming at identifying potential solutions to mitigate effects of water scarcity in Jordan. Assessing the long-term factors that contribute to reducing the impact of water scarcity and provide sustainable solutions to cope with the limited water resources will be the core of the WaSH needs assessment. Action Against Hunger aims at having a comprehensive WaSH need assessment report focusing on the Northern Governorates of Jordan.?Expected starting date: Mid-AprilGeneral BackgroundIn Jordan, the limited water and sanitation services offered to vulnerable communities and practices contributing to environmental degradation are the main challenges that affect the socio-economic status of Jordanian populations. The root causes of these challenges are generated from environmental and political factors including the rapid growing population, climate change and the exacerbating scares water resources, in addition to other institutional and communal factors the affect the national water demand management.Jordan is the second most water scarce country in the world. The available water resources, ground water, surface water, and treated wastewater, are unable to meet the growing water demand of the country. Jordan?s per capita share of water is one of the lowest ratios in the world; it decreased over the last several years to reach less than 100 m3 per person far below the global threshold of severe water scarcity of 500 m3 per person[1].The water scarcity is further worsened by the high rate of natural population growth, combined with massive influxes of refugees, which created imbalance condition between population and water. In addition to the climate change manifested in unreliable rain and high temperature. In the case of unreliable rainfall, the impacts include less water availability, limited ground water recharge (3.8% out of the total rainfall[2]), inadequate dam water and sediments control which lead to reduced ground and surface water availability. Jordan consumes around 52% of the piped water for agricultural purposes and higher temperature also causes higher irrigation water demand due to evaporation loses.Despite the fact that more than 94% of Jordanians have access to safe drinking water and 84% of sanitation systems are described as safely managed. The quality of the water and sanitation services are still an issue as the current level of water supply delivered to the population is still below the global threshold of severe water scarcity and 42% of households do not have a sewer connection; only 6% have a sewer connection in rural areas. This limited access to continues water supply and safely managed sanitation system are resulting from high level of nonrevenue water, cost of the connection to the public networks services, limited monitoring capacity to support water authorities in prioritizing the improvements needs and the implementation of efficient cost recovery system.The water and sanitation issue in Jordan has also social and behavioral causes. Citizens and the private and public sectors need to be encouraged to share responsibility for water management and protection and work together to improve conditions within their local watersheds.Key DeliverablesThe WaSH needs assessment will take place in the period of ?1 April ? 8May, 2021. The following are the outputs shall be delivered to Action Against Hunger?s WaSH department:

• Detailed assessment methodology including questionnaires, targets (role of individual, sample size, targeted location) and timeline
• Assessment report responding to the following questions:

1. Behaviour change for water conservation techniques and practices : What are the main barriers at institutional and individual level that ACF programing need to overcome
2. Water utility services quality: at water utility level what are the main core problems / what prevent better water service delivery and what can Acf do to facilitate better service delivery

• Detailed WaSH actors mapping; other INGOs areas of intervention, national and international WaSH stakeholders and their influence in the sectors, and Community based organizations, which have the capacity to implement WaSH interventions.
• Proposition of four interventions to respond to the identified needs and gaps. This should follow the Action Against Hunger?s Concept Note template and include the proposed budget summary, required HR structure, work plan, and Logical Framework Approach (LFA). One of the four proposed intervention should include an integration of water and agriculture sectors.

Work plan?

• Briefing and interview with Jordan coordination office:

Number of working days: (1)Working day (cumulative): (1)

• Present summary of secondary data (ACF Jordan strategy, ACF assessments, WASH reports from country region) methodology and assessment tools:

Number of working days: (5)Working day (cumulative): (5)

• Review of Detailed assessment methodology including questionnaires, targets (role of individual, sample size, targeted location) and timeline:

Number of working days: (3)Working day (cumulative): (8)

• Data collect and activities related (weekly progress meetings):

Number of working days: (20)?????Working day (cumulative): (28)

• Workshop to present key findings and select main findings

Number of working days: (1)?Working day (cumulative): (29)

• Submitting first draft assessment report including all deliverable (draft stage):

Number of working days: (5)?Working day (cumulative): (34)

• Submit final assessment report including all deliverable:

Number of working days: (3)?Working day (cumulative): (37)

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