(Brief) Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) Assessment in Dushanbe Tajikistan

Dushanbe Vodokanal (DVK) faces challenges in managing Dushanbe's urban sanitation due to rapid growth. Poor sanitation is linked to disease transmission, necessitating a comprehensive assessment to improve public health. The Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) approach by the World Bank’s Water Global Practice emphasizes service provision and enabling environments over mere infrastructure, promoting diverse, context-specific solutions for safe and sustainable waste management. The CWIS assessment in Dushanbe identified gaps and actions in seven areas: inclusive urban planning, engaging marginalized groups, protecting health and environment, prioritizing services for the poor, ensuring safety and sustainability, investing based on comprehensive analysis, and committing to transparency and accountability, across the whole sanitation chain. This assessment used tailored diagnostic tools, including faecal flow diagrams, City Service Delivery Assessment, Sanitation Service Chain Risk Assessments, business model canvases, and financial flow models, and gathered data through quantitative surveys of households, healthcare facilities, and schools, along with qualitative focus groups, interviews, and field visits, utilising the mWater platform for real-time data collection and reporting.