Technical guidance and support in application of the WHO TrackFin tool to improve financing and targeting resources on WASH

In 2016, Kyrgyzstan*, a land-locked country in Central Asia, asked the World Health Organization (WHO) for technical assistance in order to pilot the WHO’s TrackFin tool. The TrackFin tool leads to a better understanding of how finance is directed towards a country’s water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, and its outcomes can be used to decide what actions are needed to improve financing and target resources.

We are providing support to the WHO in the following areas:

• the preparation and facilitation of an initial WASH sector stakeholders meeting
• mapping the institutional framework and key stakeholders to be involved in the implementation of TrackFin
• developing an action plan for the implementation of TrackFin
• helping to set up and support a national core team for the implementation of TrackFin
• providing support with data collection, and mapping service provision arrangements and financial flows
• providing technical inputs and guidance in analysing data and preparing reports
• supporting the dissemination of the TrackFin outcomes

* Kyrgyzstan has taken part in three reporting cycles of the UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS) initiative. The initiative aims to help decision and policy makers to make informed decisions about drinking water, sanitation and hygiene.