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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global | Private Sector | AquaFed | AquaFed commits to helping five SWA country partners that are considering PPPs in water and sanitation by December 2019 , with expertise and information from our members. | 2019 | |
| Global | Private Sector | Aquafed | To advance the implementation of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, private water operators federated in AquaFed commit to supporting governments of SWA 'priority countries' and others to establish new and/ or engage/ work through existing national, local and regional multi-stakeholder platforms. | 2024 | |
| Global | Private Sector | Aquafed | Private water operators federated in AquaFed commit to supporting leaders in SWA 'priority countries' with private sector expertise and consultancy to rapidly scale up progress to achieve SDGs 6.1 and 6.2. | 2024 | |
| Global | Research and Learning | SIWI-Stockholm International Water Institute | SIWI will continue to support the achievement of governance related SWA commitments (including capacity building), in collaboration with other partners, in the countries where we work. | 2021 | |
| Global | Research and Learning | WaterAid | In countries where we work, WaterAid will support progress in government-led policies, standards and plans that positively influences hygiene behaviour to maximise the benefits of access to safe water and sanitation. | 2022 | |
| Global | Research and Learning | IRC | Continue to lobby and advocate for priority areas for national systems strengthening: national government leadership and accountability; sector finance, monitoring; research and learning | 2021 | |
| Global | Research and Learning | SIWI-Stockholm International Water Institute | SIWI will contribute to the assessment of building blocks and collaborative behaviours in the countries where we work, to come up with action plans for improved governance | 2021 | |
| Global | Research and Learning | SIWI-Stockholm International Water Institute | SIWI will support governance mechanisms for universal and sustainable water and sanitation services in countries where we work, directly, or with other partners. These might include among others, capacity development, development of new guidance/tools, support for new policies, national or local plans, coordination mechanisms, regulation & accountability. | 2021 |
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Line of Control as promulgated in the 1972 SIMLA Agreement
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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 |