Creating an Action Plan
Scan the list of goals for each sanitation sector. Depending on the city, if there are numerous goals, they will have to be prioritized accordingly.
For achieving the goals of a city, there would be varous existing technical and non-technical solutions, which would require coordination from institutional, regulatory and financial aspects. At this point, it becomes crucial to prioritise goals and objectives to create a clear action plan.
Prioritisation of the goals are mostly made according to the impact of a key issue on the (1) environment (2) health (3) policy and (4) finance. The higher the impact, the more priority that particular issue will have. Prioritisation of the goals can be made as per the criteria below:
Criteria |
0 Marks |
1 marks |
2 marks |
3 marks |
Environmental impacts |
No positive |
Minor impact |
Noticeable |
Major impact |
Health impacts |
No Impact |
Minor improvement |
Major improvement |
Alleviation of a epidemic |
Policy impact |
No mandate to |
Its in mandate |
Mandatory |
Need of hour |
Cost of action/ mitigation |
$ |
$$ |
$$$ |
$$$$ |
*A high score indicates high prioritization activity