National Coordination to scale-up CLTS in Ghana

What is NTWGS? A ‘small’ group formed by EHSD in 2007 Made up of ‘Middle Level Senior Officers’ of the Sub-Sector Meets once every quarter but have emergency meetings in between EHSD and Unicef are main sponsors NTWGS reports to the Director of EHSD

Why NTWGS To respond to the capacity challenges in EHSD in particular and the Sanitation Sub-sector in General

Functions Support NESPoCC with Evidence-based information on Sanitation Provide of practical Hand-on technical advise to EHSD and the sub-sector review of Technical documents, strategies, plans and programmes Play Advocacy Role Promote Coordination Knowledge Management and Sharing Any other function, EHSD may assign

Main Achievements Organization of IYS in 2008 Supported the formation of GWJN Adoption of CLTS as rural sanitation model and strategy in Ghana Mounting of ES Sanitation courses in 3 universities in Ghana Developed sector Materials and Documents Raised Profile of Sanitation in the country Enhanced Collaboration among sector players Organization of Study Tours and Seminars

Membership Director of EHSD –Chair Extension Services Coordinator of CWSA-Vice-Chair Programme Officer EHSD-Secretary Programme Officer SHEP –Member Senior Officer, WD-Member Deputy REHO, ER-Member Deputy REHO, CR-Member Programme Officer, CONIWAS Programme Manager, APDO WASH Specialist, Trend-Member Programme Manager, Pronet South-Member Dean, School of Engineering, KNUST-Member WASH Specialist, Unicef-Member Programme Manager, WAG-Member Water and Sanitation Advisor, RNE- Member Water and Sanitation Advisor, CIDA-Member Water and Sanitation Advisor, CIDA-World Bank-Member