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determine budget utilization, actual resource flows from different sources, and value for money actually
achieved. Despite its importance, while developing performance monitoring for sanitation it is necessary
to address constraints related to difficulty in measuring health and hygiene related outcomes and their
attribution to sanitation measures. Given the household and community focus in sanitation appropriate
institutional mechanisms are also needed for their participation in performance monitoring. Emphasis
on performance monitoring is also required because of limited experience in scaling up approaches.
Thus, synthesized feedback provided by a good performance monitoring system to policy makers is
essential for continuously assessing their effectiveness and making the necessary mid-course
corrections.
Monitoring is a management tool that is intended to provide managers with information about how an
initiative or process is performing. Monitoring takes place at intervals throughout the life of the
sanitation initiative or process. Examples include monitoring of the quality of materials used in the
implementation of a new sanitation initiative and monitoring of the effluent quality produced by a
treatment facility.
Evaluation takes place after the completion of an initiative or programme. It aims to answer such
questions as were the intended objectives achieved, was the expenditure as expected and did the right
people benefit as intended.
The key functions of agencies in the sanitation sector are policy formulation, regulation, investment,
operations and maintenance of sanitation facilities, and the commercial activity of supplying the needy
with desired sanitation services. Traditionally, these functions have been carried out in most of the cities
in a supply-driven way with a high degree of centralized control, little local accountability, and little
involvement of consumers. The consequence has been failure to cope with the growing problems of
urban sanitation.
Monitoring and evaluation of city sanitation plan has three purposes:
To evaluate the effectiveness of the planning process, or assess the effectiveness of the phases
in the preparation of the city sanitation plan, including sanitation mapping, defining the
sanitation development framework, and preparation of reports. The results of the evaluation
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