WASH-FIN Year 6 Monitoring and Evaluation Plan

Tetra Tech leads WASH-FIN implementation with support from its original subcontractor partners Open Capital Advisors and SEGURA Consulting across its portfolio. The USAID Center for Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene manages the project. WASH-FIN seeks to close financing gaps to achieve universal access to water and sanitation services through the promotion of sustainable and creditworthy business models, increased public investment, and expanded market finance for infrastructure investment. WASH-FIN works in collaboration with national governments, development partners, financial institutions, service providers, and local stakeholders to close financing gaps and improve governance structures. In doing so, WASH-FIN supports self-reliance in targeted countries by accessing reliable sources of capital for sustainable, climate-resilient water, and sanitation infrastructure. The nature of WASH-FIN's global contract design presents significant opportunity to demonstrate technical successes across a wide variety of sector structures and maturities—thereby increasing the likelihood of replication and scale as these successes are solidified and disseminated to other global sector actors. In response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, WASH-FIN is adapting its implementation approach, while maintaining progress toward stated objectives and upholding the safety of staff, partners, and beneficiaries. The program's conceptual framework is based on a theory of change that outlines the relationships between inputs, activities, and outcomes. The results framework provides a structured approach to measuring progress toward the program's development objectives. The WASH-FIN Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (MEP) is designed to track progress toward the program's objectives and to identify areas for improvement. The MEP includes a set of performance indicators and targets that are aligned with the program's development objectives. The plan also outlines the data management approach, including data collection, quality assurance, storage, and security. The program's management structure includes a Chief of Party, a Global Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist, Home Office Technical and Project Management Staff, and a Tetra Tech Home Office MEL Specialist. The schedule for the program includes key milestones and deadlines for implementation and evaluation activities. The WASH-FIN program is implemented in several countries, with a focus on promoting sustainable and creditworthy business models, increasing public investment, and expanding market finance for infrastructure investment. The program works with national governments, development partners, financial institutions, service providers, and local stakeholders to close financing gaps and improve governance structures. The program's results framework includes several intermediate results, including increased access to water and sanitation services, improved water and sanitation infrastructure, and enhanced governance structures. The program's performance indicators and targets are aligned with these intermediate results, and the MEP provides a structured approach to measuring progress toward the program's development objectives. The WASH-FIN program is adapting its implementation approach in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, while maintaining progress toward stated objectives and upholding the safety of staff, partners, and beneficiaries. The program's conceptual framework and results framework provide a structured approach to measuring progress toward the program's development objectives, and the MEP provides a framework for tracking progress and identifying areas for improvement.