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Greetings!
I am forwarding the Terms of Reference of the House of Commons
Parliamentary Committee which has called for responses from all over the
globe. Please note however that there is a time limit. Responses should be
sent in by October 20th.
The note makes it clear that responses can be sent in by email as
attachment, with a covering letter however. Also, they are not placing any
minimum retrictions on report length and have stipulated that notes above 6
pages should have a one page summary.This means we can send in short, crisp
notes on any of the themes.
I am planning to send in a note based on the Tamil Nadu TWAD experiment
in `Democratisation of Water Management' arguing that working to democratise
the functioning of public water utilities through governance reform and
institutional transformation is not only cost effective but also in ensuring
greater ownership by community and increased democratic functioning. We also
need to challenge the international financial instittuions which have
created this myth of need of huge investments with the attendant condition
that this can be brought about only by the private sector and therefore the
sector should be privatised. While categorically opposing privatisation
there is also need to expand on other areas related to water sector reform.
I had earlier circulated the paper on the institutional reform work we
had undertaken in TWAD. THe paper is available in the TWAD website. Anyone
reauiring the paper can write to me and i will only be too happy to send the
paper and other details.
regards,
International Development Committee
News
Release
Committee
Office, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA
Committee Contact: Chloe Challender 020 7219
1226
Internet site: www.parliament.uk/indcom
PN 55b, Session 2005-06
Attn: News Desks: Political, Foreign, Diplomatic Correspondents
20 July 2006
Terms of Reference for Water and
Sanitation Inquiry
Evidence of a global water crisis is widespread. Currently,
more than 2 billion people have no access to sanitation and one billion are
without access to clean water. The UN believes that over the next 2 decades
the
average supply of water per person worldwide will drop by a third. The
increasing scarcity of water will hit poor people the hardest, with farmers,
slum dwellers and women and children amongst the most vulnerable groups.
Access
to clean water and sanitation are basic human
requirements, and are crucial to many aspects of poverty reduction,
including
improved health and sustainable economic and social development.
The International Development
Committee is to begin an inquiry into Water and Sanitation.
The main purpose of the inquiry will be to
examine how donors – notably the UK's Department for International
Development (DFID) - can support progress towards Millennium Development
Goal 7,
which aims to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable
access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation by 2015, and support
progress towards other MDGs through achieving
outcomes in water and sanitation.
In 2005, DFID announced a doubling of its aid to Africa for water. The 2006
DFID White Paper has doubled
this figure again to
£200 million by 2011. The White Paper pledges support for
the delivery of water and sanitation services and the sustainable and
equitable
management of water resources. The inquiry will examine how DFID is
fulfilling
these commitments, as well as assessing multilateral efforts to secure
progress
on water and sanitation. The Committee will also look at progress by other
stakeholders on water and sanitation.
The Committee invites interested organisations and
individuals – especially those from developing countries – to submit written
evidence addressing any of the following points:
Water service delivery
The role of donors and governments to ensure water service delivery
to poor peopleSecuring the right balance between different aspects of
service
provision, including public/private sector involvement and urban/rural
challengesDFID's role in enhancing accountability and overall water
governanceCo-operation, co-ordination and capacity-building between and
with
water operators, governments and donors (including public-public and
public-private partnerships)How DFID can support replication and
scaling up of 'best-practice'
water and sanitation provision
Sanitation
DFID's policies and resources for the three core aspects to
sanitation: hygiene promotion, household sanitary arrangements and
sewage
treatmentDFID's prioritisation of sanitation within its overall
programme
Financing and aid
Instruments for water and sanitation
Ensuring international financing and aid instruments for water and
sanitation are fit for purposeHow DFID can maximise the effectiveness
of the EU Water Initiative
and international funding mechanismsThe role of aid in supporting the
private sector's involvement in
water and sanitationDFID's prioritisation of water and sanitation
within its overall
programme, including its Public Service Agreement and its individual
country assistance plans
DFID's organisational
capacity for support to water and sanitation
Internal co-ordination between Policy Division and country
programmesDFID's capacity to bring other stakeholders into the water
and
sanitation policy-making process DFID's role in building political
leadership across the UK Government
for water and sanitation
Water resource
management
How DFID can support the implementation of integrated water
resources managementHow DFID can help promote better irrigation and
water storage,
especially within AfricaHow donors can help to mitigate the effect of
dam-building on poor
people
How the public and private sectors can work together to address
water pollution
Urbanisation and water
The implications of rapid worldwide urbanisation for water and
sanitation provision
Improving health and education
through water and sanitation interventions
Links between water, sanitation, health and education Coherence of DFID's
water and sanitation work with its work on
health and education
Gender aspects of
water and sanitation issues
How donors can promote gender equitable access to water supply and
to sanitationLinks between water, sanitation and women and girls'
health and
education
Gender mainstreaming and sensitivity within DFID's water and
sanitation workHow DFID can support women as drivers of change for
water and
sanitation
Implications of
climate change for water and sanitation
Future global supply of, demand for and conflict over water in the
light of recent evidence on climate changeThe coherence of DFID's work
on climate change, conflict and water
Evidence should be sent to the Clerk of the Committee by
Friday 20 October 2006.
iiii
Further Information:
The membership of the Committee
is as follows: Malcolm Bruce MP (Chairman, Lib Dem), John Barrett MP (Lib
Dem),
John Battle MP (Lab), John Bercow MP (Con), Hugh Bayley MP (Lab), Richard
Burden MP (Lab), Mr Quentin Davies MP (Con), Mr Jeremy Hunt MP (Con), Ann
McKechin MP (Lab), Joan Ruddock MP (Lab), Mr Marsha Singh (Lab).
Committee website: www.parliament.uk/indcom
Watch
committees and parliamentary debates online: www.parliamentlive.tv
Publications/Reports/Reference
Material: Copies of
all select committee reports are available from the Parliamentary Bookshop
(12 Bridge Street, Westminster,
020 7219 3890) or the Stationery Office (0845 7023474)
Evidence submitted should:
- if possible, be provided electronically in MS Word
or Rich Text format, either by e-mail to indcom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or on a disk.
If
submitted by e-mail or e-mail attachment, a letter should also be sent
validating the e-mail;
- the letterhead should contain your full postal
address and contact details;
- any memorandum of more than six pages should begin
with a one page summary;
- have numbered paragraphs;
- and avoid the use of colour or expensive-to-print
material;
- further guidance on the submission of evidence can be
found at
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/witguide.htm;
Material already published elsewhere should not form
the basis of a submission, but may be referred to within a memorandum, in
which
case a hard copy of the published work should be included. Submissions can
be
sent via indcom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or, by post, to International
Development Committee, 7 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA.
Please bear in mind that Committees are not able to investigate individual
cases.
Once submitted, evidence is the
property of the Committee. The
Committee normally, though not always, chooses to make public the written
evidence it receives, either by printing the written evidence alongside the
oral evidence or by making the evidence available through the Parliamentary
Record Office.
If there is any information you believe to be sensitive you should
highlight it and explain what harm you believe would result from its
disclosure; the Committee will take this into account in deciding whether to
publish or further disclose the evidence.
It would be helpful, for Data Protection purposes, if
individuals wishing to submit written evidence send their contact details
separately
in a covering letter. You should be aware that there may be circumstances in
which the House of Commons will be required to communicate information to
third
parties on request, in order to comply with its obligations under the
Freedom
of Information Act 2000.
iiii
Detailed enquiries to Chlöe Challender, Committee Specialist on 020 7219
1522 or challenderc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
iiii
__________________
Dr. V. Suresh & D. Nagasaila
Advocates
President, PUCL-Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry
Advisor for Tamil Nadu, to the Supreme Court Commissioner on Food Security
Office: Hussaina Manzil, 3rd Floor,
255 (Old No. 123), Angappa Naicken Street, Chennai 600 001.
Phone Nos.:
Off.:+91-44-25352459
Res.:+91-44-24493494
Mobile/Cell: 094442-31497
E-mail: rightstn@xxxxxxxxx
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Greetings!
I am forwarding the Terms of Reference of the House of Commons
Parliamentary Committee which has called for responses from all over the
globe. Please note however that there is a time limit. Responses should be
sent in by October 20th.
The note makes it clear that responses can be sent in by email as
attachment, with a covering letter however. Also, they are not placing any
minimum retrictions on report length and have stipulated that notes above 6
pages should have a one page summary.This means we can send in short, crisp
notes on any of the themes.
I am planning to send in a note based on the Tamil Nadu TWAD experiment
in `Democratisation of Water Management' arguing that working to democratise
the functioning of public water utilities through governance reform and
institutional transformation is not only cost effective but also in ensuring
greater ownership by community and increased democratic functioning. We also
need to challenge the international financial instittuions which have
created this myth of need of huge investments with the attendant condition
that this can be brought about only by the private sector and therefore the
sector should be privatised. While categorically opposing privatisation
there is also need to expand on other areas related to water sector reform.
I had earlier circulated the paper on the institutional reform work we
had undertaken in TWAD. THe paper is available in the TWAD website. Anyone
reauiring the paper can write to me and i will only be too happy to send the
paper and other details.
regards,
International Development Committee
News
Release
Committee
Office, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA
Committee Contact: Chloe Challender 020 7219
1226
Internet site: www.parliament.uk/indcom
PN 55b, Session 2005-06
Attn: News Desks: Political, Foreign, Diplomatic Correspondents
20 July 2006
Terms of Reference for Water and
Sanitation Inquiry
Evidence of a global water crisis is widespread. Currently,
more than 2 billion people have no access to sanitation and one billion are
without access to clean water. The UN believes that over the next 2 decades
the
average supply of water per person worldwide will drop by a third. The
increasing scarcity of water will hit poor people the hardest, with farmers,
slum dwellers and women and children amongst the most vulnerable groups.
Access
to clean water and sanitation are basic human
requirements, and are crucial to many aspects of poverty reduction,
including
improved health and sustainable economic and social development.
The International Development
Committee is to begin an inquiry into Water and Sanitation.
The main purpose of the inquiry will be to
examine how donors – notably the UK's Department for International
Development (DFID) - can support progress towards Millennium Development
Goal 7,
which aims to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable
access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation by 2015, and support
progress towards other MDGs through achieving
outcomes in water and sanitation.
In 2005, DFID announced a doubling of its aid to Africa for water. The 2006
DFID White Paper has doubled
this figure again to
£200 million by 2011. The White Paper pledges support for
the delivery of water and sanitation services and the sustainable and
equitable
management of water resources. The inquiry will examine how DFID is
fulfilling
these commitments, as well as assessing multilateral efforts to secure
progress
on water and sanitation. The Committee will also look at progress by other
stakeholders on water and sanitation.
The Committee invites interested organisations and
individuals – especially those from developing countries – to submit written
evidence addressing any of the following points:
Water service delivery
The role of donors and governments to ensure water service delivery
to poor peopleSecuring the right balance between different aspects of
service
provision, including public/private sector involvement and urban/rural
challengesDFID's role in enhancing accountability and overall water
governanceCo-operation, co-ordination and capacity-building between and
with
water operators, governments and donors (including public-public and
public-private partnerships)How DFID can support replication and
scaling up of 'best-practice'
water and sanitation provision
Sanitation
DFID's policies and resources for the three core aspects to
sanitation: hygiene promotion, household sanitary arrangements and
sewage
treatmentDFID's prioritisation of sanitation within its overall
programme
Financing and aid
Instruments for water and sanitation
Ensuring international financing and aid instruments for water and
sanitation are fit for purposeHow DFID can maximise the effectiveness
of the EU Water Initiative
and international funding mechanismsThe role of aid in supporting the
private sector's involvement in
water and sanitationDFID's prioritisation of water and sanitation
within its overall
programme, including its Public Service Agreement and its individual
country assistance plans
DFID's organisational
capacity for support to water and sanitation
Internal co-ordination between Policy Division and country
programmesDFID's capacity to bring other stakeholders into the water
and
sanitation policy-making process DFID's role in building political
leadership across the UK Government
for water and sanitation
Water resource
management
How DFID can support the implementation of integrated water
resources managementHow DFID can help promote better irrigation and
water storage,
especially within AfricaHow donors can help to mitigate the effect of
dam-building on poor
people
How the public and private sectors can work together to address
water pollution
Urbanisation and water
The implications of rapid worldwide urbanisation for water and
sanitation provision
Improving health and education
through water and sanitation interventions
Links between water, sanitation, health and education Coherence of DFID's
water and sanitation work with its work on
health and education
Gender aspects of
water and sanitation issues
How donors can promote gender equitable access to water supply and
to sanitationLinks between water, sanitation and women and girls'
health and
education
Gender mainstreaming and sensitivity within DFID's water and
sanitation workHow DFID can support women as drivers of change for
water and
sanitation
Implications of
climate change for water and sanitation
Future global supply of, demand for and conflict over water in the
light of recent evidence on climate changeThe coherence of DFID's work
on climate change, conflict and water
Evidence should be sent to the Clerk of the Committee by
Friday 20 October 2006.
iiii
Further Information:
The membership of the Committee
is as follows: Malcolm Bruce MP (Chairman, Lib Dem), John Barrett MP (Lib
Dem),
John Battle MP (Lab), John Bercow MP (Con), Hugh Bayley MP (Lab), Richard
Burden MP (Lab), Mr Quentin Davies MP (Con), Mr Jeremy Hunt MP (Con), Ann
McKechin MP (Lab), Joan Ruddock MP (Lab), Mr Marsha Singh (Lab).
Committee website: www.parliament.uk/indcom
Watch
committees and parliamentary debates online: www.parliamentlive.tv
Publications/Reports/Reference
Material: Copies of
all select committee reports are available from the Parliamentary Bookshop
(12 Bridge Street, Westminster,
020 7219 3890) or the Stationery Office (0845 7023474)
Evidence submitted should:
- if possible, be provided electronically in MS Word
or Rich Text format, either by e-mail to indcom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or on a disk.
If
submitted by e-mail or e-mail attachment, a letter should also be sent
validating the e-mail;
- the letterhead should contain your full postal
address and contact details;
- any memorandum of more than six pages should begin
with a one page summary;
- have numbered paragraphs;
- and avoid the use of colour or expensive-to-print
material;
- further guidance on the submission of evidence can be
found at
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/witguide.htm;
Material already published elsewhere should not form
the basis of a submission, but may be referred to within a memorandum, in
which
case a hard copy of the published work should be included. Submissions can
be
sent via indcom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or, by post, to International
Development Committee, 7 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA.
Please bear in mind that Committees are not able to investigate individual
cases.
Once submitted, evidence is the
property of the Committee. The
Committee normally, though not always, chooses to make public the written
evidence it receives, either by printing the written evidence alongside the
oral evidence or by making the evidence available through the Parliamentary
Record Office.
If there is any information you believe to be sensitive you should
highlight it and explain what harm you believe would result from its
disclosure; the Committee will take this into account in deciding whether to
publish or further disclose the evidence.
It would be helpful, for Data Protection purposes, if
individuals wishing to submit written evidence send their contact details
separately
in a covering letter. You should be aware that there may be circumstances in
which the House of Commons will be required to communicate information to
third
parties on request, in order to comply with its obligations under the
Freedom
of Information Act 2000.
iiii
Detailed enquiries to Chlöe Challender, Committee Specialist on 020 7219
1522 or challenderc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
iiii
__________________
Dr. V. Suresh & D. Nagasaila
Advocates
President, PUCL-Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry
Advisor for Tamil Nadu, to the Supreme Court Commissioner on Food Security
Office: Hussaina Manzil, 3rd Floor,
255 (Old No. 123), Angappa Naicken Street, Chennai 600 001.
Phone Nos.:
Off.:+91-44-25352459
Res.:+91-44-24493494
Mobile/Cell: 094442-31497
E-mail: rightstn@xxxxxxxxx
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