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DASCOH Foundation Organized Integrity Management Toolbox for Small Water Supply System (IMT-SWSS) Workshop

With the financial & technical support of Water Integrity Network (WIN), DASCO Foundation is conducting the implementation of integrity management tools (IMT-SWSS) in the field of rural areas in Godagari Upazila. The planned IMT activities will be implemented through coordination of GOs, NGOs and WRMC (Water Resource Management Committee).

Conducted two IMT workshops for two schemes in two areas based on geographical location. Workshop-1, Place- Kakanpara drinking water supply scheme, Date: 12-14 May 2024 and Workshop-2, Place- Bidirpur drinking water supply scheme (Pirijpur) Date: 27-29 May 2024. The IMT workshops started with a session on good news and bad news which focuses on what kind of news the participants would like or not like to hear about their water systems and the effects this would have on their operations. It was then followed by a session on Integrity which focused on the participants’ views on what integrity means and its importance. On this, participants mainly pointed out the bad new- customers do not pay bills properly, Scheme has more expenditure than income, Water users waste more water, customers are harassed to pay bills, to lack of funds, In case of damage, no funds are available for any repairs, resulting in sudden cut off of water supply, Due to climate change, the project may be ‍stopped  due to the possibility of desertification of the northern region  at water projects as the bad news that they wouldn’t want to hear. On the good news, Only Pirijpur WRMC in Rajshahi provides 24 hours water to the customers, project works are repaired in an integrated manner, manage the scheme rationally proper implementation, Sensible beneficiary formation, ensuring continuous safe water supply, all parties have active participation in project implementation and management, volunteers perform their duties properly, there is no scope for corruption in this scheme, people have easy access to clean and safe water supply. efforts to establish equitable rights to water continue. To summarize this step, participants learned the importance of working with integrity as a way of ensuring that a system has more of good news than bad news.