Strengthening Solid Waste and Fecal sludge Management Capacity of the GKMA (Phase 1)

A detailed agreement on the scope is still necessary but these are the initial thoughts: To strengthen sustainable and gender-inclusive sanitation value chain in Karamoja (and ideally GGGI and the EU discussed to inlcude the GMKA as well - to be decided upon) especially for an after-containment value chain that will be complimentary to the on-going KOICA-UNICEF project. As there is very limited data on the business-as-usual situation of the sanitation value chain in Karamoja, a field visit will be planned to collect necessary data and to conduct a consultation with district / local government. The field visit will also involve visits to UNICEF project sites to assess status-quo capacity to collect, transport, and treat increasing amount of fecal sludge. Furthermore the objective is to have UG14 "Development of affordable and sustainable financing solution for sanitation sector in Uganda" included in the proposal, and based on feedback from the MT during the PIN review this would mean that the UG14 project idea can go beyond just the financing vehicle for the sanitation vc and can have a broader and wider impact.