Estudio sobre los Mecanismos de rendición de cuentas en el sector de WASH

The study finds that government accountability in Peru's WASH sector is still under construction, with a lack of integrated mechanisms despite existing legal frameworks like DL 1280. While various multi-stakeholder platforms exist, they are fragmented and lack formal coordination with the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (MVCS). The COVID-19 pandemic did not significantly impact government-to-citizen accountability because such mechanisms were largely non-existent, though it did accelerate digital coordination. Additionally, there is low awareness among national experts regarding the SWA partnership and its Mutual Accountability Mechanism (MAM), with the government's commitments primarily tied to the National Sanitation Plan 2017-2021.

• Government accountability in the WASH sector is currently being developed; while DL 1280 (Ley Marco de la Gestión y Prestación de los Servicios de Saneamiento) establishes accountability between the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (MVCS) and citizens, it has not been fully implemented.
• Multi-stakeholder platforms in the WASH sector, such as the Mesa de Agua, Red Agua Segura, and the Foro Peruano para el Agua, suffer from fragmentation and weak articulation, and their relationship with the MVCS is often described as merely protocolary.
• There is no integrated accountability mechanism in the WASH sector, although partial practices exist, such as urban service providers reporting to the population and rural Water and Sanitation Management Boards (JASS) reporting to their assemblies.
• The COVID-19 pandemic did not affect government-to-citizen accountability because no such mechanism from the MVCS was known to exist, although the pandemic did promote the use of telematic coordination and digital procedures.
• Awareness of the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership is limited among Peruvian experts; while 60% have heard of SWA, only 28% are fully aware of its objectives and activities in Peru.
• Peru's commitments within the SWA Mutual Accountability Mechanism (MAM) are based on the National Sanitation Plan 2017-2021, but non-state SWA partners were not involved in identifying these commitments, and there is a lack of annual evaluation processes.

APA

Liera, C., & Sanchez, Z. (2021). Estudio sobre los Mecanismos de rendición de cuentas en el sector de WASH. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/peru.pdf

Chicago

Liera, Carla, and Zoraida Sanchez. Estudio sobre los Mecanismos de rendición de cuentas en el sector de WASH. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2021. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/peru.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{liera2021estudio, author = {Liera, Carla and Sanchez, Zoraida}, title = {{Estudio sobre los Mecanismos de rendición de cuentas en el sector de WASH}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2021}, month = jan, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/peru.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }