Performance Improvement through Learning in Sanitation Uganda (PILS) till 2012
Performance Improvement through Learning in Sanitation (PILS) is a two year project funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA). This initiative aims at improving local level management and the provision of sanitation services in three districts in Northern Uganda. Referred to as ADA PILS, the project was launched in October 2009 and is jointly managed and implemented by IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), NETWAS Uganda and Caritas Gulu in close collaboration with district and sub-county government and local NGOs. ADA PILS covers 2 sub-counties in each of the districts of Gulu, Pader and Kitgum. With the overall goal of improving sanitation and hygiene behaviour in rural households and schools, the approach is based on facilitated district and sub-county level multi-stakeholder learning through action research. The project builds on experiences and lessons from the LeaPPs programme carried out in the north-western part of Uganda and runs till 2012.
Documentation of good practices
One of the components of the PILS project is the documentation of good practices from local government, village and school levels. The various cases presented here were documented by staff from districts and sub-counties, with the support of the project partners (CARITAS, IRC and NETWAS).
PILS Newsletters and reports
Newsletters and reports about inter-district, district and sub-county learning events under the Performance Improvement through Learning in Sanitation (PILS) project in Northern Uganda. The objectives of these learning events are:
- Review and strengthen coordination and communication for sanitation;
- Review and share practices and lessons among stakeholders;
- Share experiences and lessons from action research at all levels.
Newsletters are shared at local, district, regional and national levels and through this website with WASH practioners in general.
PILS project information sheet - March 2010
25 May 10
In March 2010 the convenors of the Austrian Development Agency – Performance Improvement through Learning in Sanitation (ADA PILS) project released an information sheet/project brief that:
- provides a brief narrative of the context in which the ADA PILS initiative is being implemented; and
- introduces the envisaged deliverables of the ADA PILS initiative.
Focussed on the areas of sanitation and hygiene (S&H), ADA PILS supports in the re-integration process of internally displaced peoples (IDPs) in three post-conflict areas most severely affected by the North Ugandan conflict (i.e. Pader, Gulu and Kitgum).
The ADA PILS project is institutionally anchored in the District Water and Sanitation Coordination Committee (DWSCC) of Uganda and is a collaborative initiative spearheaded by IRC, NETWAS Uganda and Caritas Gulu.
More information on this initiative may be drawn from the ADA PILS Project Brief of March 2010.
ADA project brief.pdf (254.3 kB)
Introduction visits to ADA PILS districts
03 Mar 10
In February 2010, introduction visits were carried out to Gulu, Kitgum and Pader districts to introduce the Learning for Improvement in Sanitation (ADA PILS) project and to create ownership. Read more on the outcomes and the reports of these visits.
