Testing CLTS Approaches for Scalability: Project Briefing

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1 Testing CLTS Approaches for Scalability: Project Briefing Jonny Crocker & Vidya Venkataramanan The Water Institute at UNC 37 th International WEDC Conference Hanoi, Vietnam September 15 19, 2014 Generously funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2 Outline 1. Project introduction 2. Project activities 3. Our philosophy: relevancy and rigor 4. Preliminary findings

3 Testing CLTS Approaches for Scalability Objective: Evaluate the potential for scale up of CLTS by engaging local actors Partners: Plan International, The Water Institute at UNC Funder: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Duration: October 2011 September 2015 Setting: 10 countries

4 Timeline Year 1 Project startup Implementation Years 2 and 3 Data collection Analysis Year 4 Dissemination

5 CLTS implementation actors involved Community NGOs Management Facilitators Triggering Demand Natural Leader Construction Latrines Open Defecation Free Government Households

6 Project activities Project Activities Contribution Broad Context Global literature review Understand existing evidence 7 case studies 3 situational assessments Broaden scope to additional settings Understand context in focus countries High Detail 3 project evaluations Detailed evaluation of CLTS actors

7 Three project evaluations Ghana Evaluate the impact of building Natural Leaders capacity on CLTS costs and outcomes Ethiopia Evaluate the impact of Teachers as facilitators on CLTS costs and outcomes Kenya Assess the influence of training district government in CLTS program management

8 NEPAL Seven CLTS case studies In depth interviews w/ government, NGOs, and communities at national and local levels LAO PDR CAMBODIA INDONESIA Three research questions: What are the roles of local actors in CLTS implementation? What enabling factors have led to successful scaling of CLTS? What constraining factors have prevented successful scaling of CLTS? NIGER UGANDA HAITI

9 Relevancy and rigor 1. Designing our project 2. Building mutual understanding 3. Revisiting our assumptions and research questions

10 Designing our project What is the main barrier to CLTS reaching scale? How can we address this barrier? What is the most rigorous research design that fits?

11 Sample findings: Literature review records identified as relevant, 133 met criteria for full review Peer reviewed literature Focus on impact of interventions through mixed methods Disconnect between study design and conclusions Grey Literature Focus on processes and implementation More extensive than peer reviewed literature, with less rigorous methods Natural leaders, teachers, local government Generally, staff identified CLTS case as studies change of agents successful projects but no rigorous evidence of their impact on CLTS Generally, CLTS case studies of successful projects Grey literature review released December 2013; full literature review now being refreshed for 2015

12 Sample findings: Situational assessments Institutional arrangements for CLTS in Ghana GHANA Monitoring International and local NGOs, environmental health officers and assistants, natural leaders Training facilitators International NGOs, bi and multilaterals Triggering International and local NGOs Follow up Local NGOs, environmental health officers and assistants, natural leaders Verification Local NGOs, environmental health assistants, natural leaders Certification District verification team Financing Ministry of Finance, International NGOs, bi and multilaterals

13 Sample findings: Learning Series Who is involved: triggering

14 Sample findings: Project evaluations Total person hours Time spent on facilitation in communities in Ghana (by region) Central Upper West Volta Triggering Natural Leader engagement Rainy season End of contract push Program Month

15 Testing CLTS Approaches for Scalability Plan International and the Water Institute at UNC Generously funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Case Studies: Haiti Niger Uganda Nepal Lao PDR Cambodia Indonesia Project Evaluations: Ghana Kenya Ethiopia Literature Review: Global

16 Visit our project website! News Research Tools web: waterinstitute.unc.edu/clts

17 Acknowledgements The Water Institute at UNC Plan International in USA Plan International in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya Plan International in Cambodia, Haiti, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Niger, Uganda Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Photos by Jonny Crocker except where otherwise noted. Unless otherwise specified, the information or findings shared in this document are a result of a subagreement to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Plan International USA, which was a recipient of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.