PART 3 – 3 & 4 – TECHNICAL AND CAPITAL ASSISTANCE
Pacific WASH Resilience GUIDELINES
A practical tool for all those involved in addressing the
resilience of water, sanitation and hygiene services in the Pacific
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Technical and Capital Assistance Programmes
The WASH resilience model promotes two assistance programmes to beneficiaries to improve their WASH provision:
- Technical Assistance Programme (TAP) and
- Capital Assistance Programme (CAP)
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Technical Assistance Programme (TAP)
Technical assistance
A key step for resilience through the improvement of community management capacity
DWSSP Implementation
It evaluates three key areas of community WASH systems:
- understanding current water access and availability,
- looking at the required sanitation upgrades, and
- identifying and managing risks to the water and waste systems
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Benefits of integrating DWSSP in the national planning cycle
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What intervention is required?
Where does DWSSP fit in?
It is most effective when a community has pre-established sanitation and a functioning water system combined with good hygiene practices.
However, DWSSP can be used to support any community intervention, even one with limited prior knowledge and/or infrastructure.
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Capital Assistance Programme (CAP)
“A CAP helps a community by providing financial assistance where there is a need that is beyond a community’s means.”
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Considerations for a CAP Scheme
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