Mutual Accountability Mechanism
Mutual Accountability Mechanism
Accountability is central to the SWA partnership. It is the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s actions and account for them to others. It is a requirement for progress and a human rights principle.
Accountability is about how promises are translated into action and aspirations into reality. While States ultimately have an obligation to ensure the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation, all stakeholders have a role to play in moving our societies toward the vision laid out in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
In response to this need, the Sanitation and Water for All partnership has created the Mutual Accountability Mechanism: a tool for partners to commit and hold each other to account for progress in achieving the SDGs’ water and sanitation targets – as well as an opportunity to collaborate, learn and catalyze collective action.
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What is the Mutual Accountability Mechanism?
SWA’s Mutual Accountability Mechanism (MAM) is the only global accountability process in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector that is dedicated to all stakeholders working together towards achieving universal access to water and sanitation services. The mechanism helps to set priorities and a shared vision for the sector, as well as to identify roles and responsibilities for achieving them.
The MAM provides a process for all partners to make commitments and hold each other to account on the specific, measurable, time-bound actions they plan to take to achieve their targets set on the road to reaching the Sustainable Development Goal 6.
Commitments tabled under the MAM are based on national policies and enable monitoring. In just four years since the mechanism’s launch, over 400 commitments have been tabled, with half of them coming from 60 national governments.
COMMITMENTS
Government
External Support Agencies
Civil Society
Research and Learning
Private Sector
| Country | Constituency | Body / Organizations | Commitment | Target year | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | Multi-stakeholder, govt-led | Local Governments with support of Department of Water Supply and Sewerage, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, Development Partners, INGOs, CSOs, Municipal Association, National Association of Rural Municipalities | Develop costed WASH plans in 400 local governments, ensuring access to WASH services for priority ranking of social/ infrastructure needs, aligning with the Sector Development Plan and SDGs. | 2023 | |
| Nepal | Multi-stakeholder, govt-led | Ministry of Water and Sanitation with support of Department of Water Supply and Sewerage, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, Development Partners, INGOs, CSOs, Municipal Association, National Association of Rural Municipalities | Approve the Hand Hygiene for All (HH4A) roadmap. | 2023 | |
| Niger | Government | Ministry of Water and Sanitation | Achieve a basic sanitation access rate of 40% | 0 | |
| Niger | Government | Ministry of Water and Sanitation | Develop and implement a resource mobilization strategy | 0 | |
| Niger | Government | Ministry of Water and Sanitation | Develop the National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Policy based on SDG 6 challenges. | 0 | |
| Niger | Government | Ministry of Water and Sanitation | Achieve a 50% rate of basic access to drinking water in rural areas and 80% in urban areas. | 0 | |
| Nigeria | Civil Society | SOCIETY FOR WATER AND SANITATION -(NEWSAN) | Work with the government and advocate for the establishment of appropriate mechanism and conducive environment that will guide the participation of the private sector in supporting and providing WASH services and hasten the achievement of Nation Wide ODF by 2025. | 2025 | |
| Nigeria | Civil Society | SOCIETY FOR WATER AND SANITATION -(NEWSAN) | Build advocacy messages, activities and engage with policy makers in order to hold them accountable for their compliance with Nigeria’s WASH sector’s 2014 and 2019 SWA commitments and, Ngor declaration by 2025. | 2025 |
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Why should my government or organization participate?
The Mutual Accountability Mechanism provides a concrete entry point for dialogue, transparency, and coordination. It is an opportunity for stakeholders to sit around the table to plan, mutually commit to act in a coordinated way, and improve the Sustainable Development Goal 6 outcomes through collaborative efforts. The MAM provides a framework for tracking progress and increasing the visibility of water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives, nationally and globally.
Global Accountability Report 2024
COMMUNICATION TOOLKIT
Documents
View all Key documents| Key documents | Type |
|---|---|
| Mutual Accountability Mechanism Global Report 2023 | |
| MAM commitments in focus: Gender | |
| MAM Commitments in focus of Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| Mutual Accountability Mechanism: Finance Commitments Analysis for Africa | |
| SWA and finance |