JMP 5 year strategy 2016-2020

ABSTRACT

In June 2015 the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) published its final MDG assessment having successfully achieved its main objectives for the 2010-2015 period. This document outlines a new 5 year strategy which builds on experience and lessons learned since the JMP was established in 1990 and seeks to further enhance global monitoring of drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the context of the ambition of the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The JMP 2016-2020 strategy includes an updated vision and mission statement which is aligned with the 2030 Agenda. It outlines four main strategic objectives which seek to consolidate its normative function and its role as a global custodian of WASH data, to further strengthen country support and to promote a more integrated approach to monitoring WASH and related issues in collaboration with other agencies (Box)