Annexes Key dates from the Triple-S project Date Key events: management / International 11/2008 Grant signature 12/2008 Start of project inception phase (2 countries and 6 years) 2009/2010 Building relationships and understanding in country and internationally Launch of the study International symposium in Kampala on water services and community management (April 2010) Drafting the outcomes-based approach Principles framework (adopted 12/2009) Revised work plan and Toolkit for Strategic (Outcomes based) Planning and Management submitted and adopted Principles Framework (w/ 11 Building Blocks – first results from 13 Country study) Country scoping and decision to select and Uganda 05/2010 End of inception 06/2010 05/2011 (Year 1) and second Sustainability Forum in Washington DC (October 2010 and January 2011) Building blocks developed Annex AA developed to show progress in outcomes Merging of WASHCost and Triple-S International Workstreams for international influencing and networking 12/2010 Revised grant agreement based on revised work plan
06/2011 until 05/2012 (Year 2) Change of responsible Project Officer at the BMGF: Triple-S becomes a “legacy project” for the Gates Foundation Patrick Moriarty takes over from Ton Schouten as project director (July 2011) WASHCost & Triple-S @ 6th Water Supply Network Forum (Nov 2011) London sustainable WASH forum (March 2012) Publication by Practical Action of the 13 Country Study report (end 2011) IRC adopts Triple-S vision and theory for change (December 2012) Prioritise outcomes in country of recruitment of researchers 06/2012 until 05/2013 (Year 3) Mid-Term Assessment (June to October 2012) Fourth sustainable WASH forum WDC (March 2013) Revised planning (including experiments) (January 2013) Revised Theory of Change International workstream develops vision document of experiments Prioritise outcomes in country of recruitment of researchers Evolving partnerships & government leadership 06/2013 until 11/2014 (Year 4) Working on legacy End-of-Project Evaluation 2014) International level work on ambassadors for service delivery, case studies and debates Sector learning capacity Government leadership SDA in country guidelines Developing theory of whole system change and documenting practice in Ghana and Uganda 11/2014 End of Project
11 Have these publications proved useful for you as sector professional and practitioner? (Very useful/ Useful/ Not useful) Papers outlining the Triple-S Service Delivery approach (e.g. briefing notes on the Building Blocks, Theory of Change) Country-level case studies (e.g. 13-country publication on rural water service delivery, country-level baseline assessments) Research reports, particularly on specific experiments on going at country level Governments' policies, strategies, manuals, procedures that Triple-S directly contributed to. Think pieces and blogs to trigger sector dialogue Communication materials (e.g. videos) Single choice 12 What are the most relevant practices or concepts that publications have inspired you and that you have been able to replicate in your work? Open question 13 Have these publications had a significant impact in the way you conduct your work in the WASH sector? Single choice 14 Please explain in a few words Open question 15 What is, according to you, the usefulness of Triple-S publications compared to other sector publications? Single choice 16 How often do you visit the website of the Triple-S initiative, www.waterservicesthatlast.org? Single choice 17 Do you consider this website to be a good source of tips and methods to approach the sector? Single choice 18 What is the main information that you look for when visiting this website? Single choice 19 Have you taken part in any training session on Water Services that Last organized by Triple-S or IRC? Single choice 20 How useful have you found this training event to be in terms of capacity building? Single choice 21 Would you say these training sessions have induced a change in your attitudes and practices as sector professional? Single choice 22 Please explain in few words what have these training sessions contributed to change in the way you approach the water sector Open question 23 Are you familiar with the Triple S communication products such as videos, posters, cartoons, and blogs? Single choice 24 Do you think they are good quality communication products? Single choice 25 Do you consider these communication products have provoked changes in the way practitioners and people apprehend the development of water services? Single choice