Indonesia National Sanitation (Sanitasi Total Berbasis Masyarakat) Programme

ABSTRACT

Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world. With population of 252 million from 360 ethnic groups, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world. Reportedly, the country managed to meet the water related Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets, however fell short of achieving ones for sanitation1. To accelerate access to basic sanitation the Government of Indonesia (GoI) launched a national sanitation programme called "Sanitasi Total Berbasis Masyarakat"2 in 2010 (henceforth referred to as the STBM programme). UNICEF Indonesia Country Office (henceforth, 'UNICEF' refers to the Indonesia Country Office unless otherwise indicated) is one of the key and longstanding partners extending support to the Government of Indonesia (GOI) for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)sector. UNICEF, with assistance from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has been implementing a two-country programme i.e. Malawi and Indonesia, named 'Scaling-up and Strengthening Community Approaches to Total Sanitation', since 2013. 'UNICEF-BMGF Sanitation Programme in Indonesia' (also referred to as UNICEF support to STBM) is part of this cross-regional partnership. Initially, the programme was planned for three (03) years i.e. 2013-15, however later extended for two more years i.e. November 30, 2017. UNICEF-BMGF Sanitation Programme in Indonesia (2013-17) is object of this 'Endline or End of Programme Evaluation'. The readers may note that it is titled as 'Endline Evaluation Survey' in the evaluation TORs, however this remains an 'End of Programme or Ex-post Evaluation'. The report offers an overview of the 'National STBM Programme', which this UNICEF-BMGF programme set out to strengthen and accelerate delivery.