Original Query: Padmaja Nair, Independent Consultant, Lucknow
Posted: 07 April 2006

As an independent consultant involved in water supply and sanitation (WSS) service delivery, I frequently am asked to design projects that involve collaboration between State and Non–State actors ( NGOs, PRIs, CBOs, FBOs, Private sector, etc.) in the delivery of drinking water and sanitation services to the poor communities in both the rural and urban areas.

I am sure there are a lot of initiatives in WSS sector out there, where collaboration between the State and the Non-State service providers has been successfully implemented.

I would like members to share their experience, knowledge, information, related to successful partnership between State and Non-State actors, on the following lines, where these actors are engaged in the delivery of water and sanitation services:

• Forms of organizational relationships or partnerships that were used operationally
• Nature of Formal or informal arrangement on partnership/ collaboration between them
• The factors within a state that promote such collaboration

Look forward to responses

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