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Argentina

Publishing Water and Sanitation Data (AR0085)

Overview

At-a-Glance

Action Plan: Argentina Action Plan 2019-2022

Action Plan Cycle: 2019

Status: Active

Institutions

Lead Institution: National Directorate of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Secretariat of Infrastructure and Water Policy, Ministry of Interior, Public Works and Housing

Support Institution(s): ACIJ, Sed Cero & Avina

Policy Areas

E-Government, Public Participation, Public Service Delivery, Sustainable Development Goals, Water and Sanitation

IRM Review

IRM Report: Argentina Design Report 2019-2021

Starred: Pending IRM Review

Early Results: Pending IRM Review

Design i

Verifiable: Yes

Relevant to OGP Values: Access to Information , Civic Participation

Potential Impact:

Implementation i

Completion: Pending IRM Review

Description

What is the public problem that the commitment will address?
The ownership or enforcement authority of the rules and regulations of drinking water and sanitation services in Argentina corresponds to each provincial government within their respective territories, with the exception of the area assigned to the AySA concession in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA, for its acronym in Spanish). It is estimated that in Argentina there are more than 1,800 providers in urban locations. Of that total, 23 correspond to providers in provincial and regional jurisdictions, which provide the service to 70% of the population served by drinking water in the country; the other 30% is served by municipal operators and cooperatives. The sector is complex and heterogeneous, and there are many opportunities for improvement in the area of water and sanitation coverage, sewage treatment and quality of the service, as well as in operators ́ efficiency, environmental sustainability and economic sustainability. This scenario of multiple operators and jurisdictional and administrative atomization demonstrates the need for an information system that unifies and standardizes the operation data, and that serves as a public policy tool through the monitoring of objective variables and indicators, within the framework of the general goals of universal access to drinking water and sewers.

What is the commitment?
The commitment involves publishing 10 indicators of at least 8 operators from 8 provinces, representing approximately 50% of the population served by drinking water networks in the country, and their annual update. This action seeks to generate a tool to identify the needs of municipalities and provinces in the provision of these services. Additionally, the Secretariat of Infrastructure and Water Policy (SIPH, for its acronym in Spanish) will develop an administrative act to implement the National System for Information on Drinking Water and Sanitation, the Management and Results Plans, and the mechanisms for incentives and conditions for the adhesion of the jurisdictions to such programs. Finally, a multi-stakeholder roundtable will be formed to deal with issues related to the sector, including the design of a methodology or strategy for addressing water supply to rural, concentrated and dispersed populations, and other topics of interest.

How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem?
The existence of standardized information related to services will improve the definition of policies, plans and programs from the national and provincial levels to achieve the objectives of the National Plan for Drinking Water and Sanitation, as well as guide the investment prioritization, the establishment of management goals and the evaluation of the performance of providers. Also, the publication and availability of such information will give civil society tools to monitor the quality of service provision. Users will be able to know and follow, through standardized indicators, the quality of the service they receive and the efficiency of the provider. In this way, the user will have more tools to assert their rights as a consumer in drinking water and sanitation services, which often represent natural monopolies.

Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values?
The commitment is relevant to transparency by making new information available and generating a system of public indicators on the provision of the drinking water network service. This will in turn improve access to information by users of this indispensable service.
This commitment also includes a space for citizen participation to address issues in the sector, including a strategy for water supply to rural populations.

Additional information
This proposal is closely linked to the following commitments:
● The goals established by the 2030 Agenda of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which entail: i) achieving universal and equitable access to water and sanitation services (targets 6.1 and 6.2), and ii) improving the quality level of the provision, which includes reducing pollution and specifically reducing untreated wastewater by half and increasing reuse processes (target 6.3).
● The proposal for the selection of indicators for the monitoring of providers has antecedents in point 4.3 of the National Plan for Drinking Water and Sanitation.

Commitments

  1. Transparency in Extractive Industries

    AR0079, 2019, Access to Information

  2. Interactive Map for Information about Indigenous People

    AR0080, 2019, Capacity Building

  3. Budget Transparency

    AR0081, 2019, Access to Information

  4. Opening of Information in the Public Works Contracting System

    AR0082, 2019, Access to Information

  5. Legal Needs Survey

    AR0083, 2019, Access to Information

  6. Public Information on Human Trafficking

    AR0084, 2019, Access to Information

  7. Publishing Water and Sanitation Data

    AR0085, 2019, E-Government

  8. Transparency of the National Judicial Council

    AR0086, 2019, Access to Information

  9. Transparent Recommendations of the General Audit Office

    AR0087, 2019, Anti-Corruption

  10. Federal Penitentiary Diagnosis

    AR0088, 2019, Access to Information

  11. Active Transparency Initiative

    AR0089, 2019, Access to Information

  12. Federal Program on Open Government

    AR0090, 2019, Capacity Building

  13. Federalization of the Micaela Law

    AR0091, 2019, Capacity Building

  14. Gender Disaggregated Employment Data

    AR0092, 2019, Access to Information

  15. Systematize Information About Sexual and Reproductive Health Policies

    AR0093, 2019, Capacity Building

  16. Open Congress Action Plan

    AR0094, 2019, Open Parliaments

  17. Monitoring of comprehensive sexual education program

    AR0095, 2019, Access to Information

  18. Design Open Congress action plan

    AR0096, 2019, E-Government

  19. Opening of Information on the Selection Process of Judges

    AR0035, 2017, Access to Justice

  20. Opening of Public Information on Disciplinary Procedures for Judges

    AR0036, 2017, Access to Information

  21. Second Stage of Portal "Datos.Jus.Gov.Ar"

    AR0037, 2017, Access to Information

  22. Open in the Change Process Files to Open Government

    AR0038, 2017, Access to Information

  23. Bring the Budget to Citizens: Bill Diffusion Budget and Monitoring Public Policy Priority

    AR0039, 2017, E-Government

  24. Integrated Mining Information System

    AR0040, 2017, Anti-Corruption

  25. Productive Data Portal

    AR0041, 2017, Access to Information

  26. Platform on Climate Change: Information Transparency and Action

    AR0042, 2017, Access to Information

  27. Implementation of Data Standard for Open Procurement (EDCA)

    AR0043, 2017, Access to Information

  28. Opening Information Gender Equity in Science and Technology for Influencing Public Politics

    AR0044, 2017, Access to Information

  29. Starred commitment Opening Data from the National Congress

    AR0045, 2017, Access to Information

  30. Transparency and Participation in Health Policy: Implementation of Mechanisms to Prevent Conflicts of Interest

    AR0046, 2017, Anti-Corruption

  31. Deepening the Openness and Transparency of Information Related to Procurement and Contracting of PAMI

    AR0047, 2017, Access to Information

  32. Elaboration of a Bill Funding of Political Parties

    AR0048, 2017, Anti-Corruption

  33. Monitoring of the National Action Plan for the Prevention, Assistance and Eradication of Violence Against Women 2017-2019

    AR0049, 2017, Access to Information

  34. Publication of Audit Recommendations in Argentine Prisons

    AR0050, 2017, Access to Information

  35. Strengthening the Regime of Financial Disclosure Reports and Interest

    AR0051, 2017, Anti-Corruption

  36. Proactive Publication of Reports and Audits by the Office of the Comptroller General

    AR0052, 2017, Anti-Corruption

  37. Capacity Building in the Analysis of Public Accounts for Specific Actors

    AR0053, 2017, E-Government

  38. National Board of the Priority Projects of the Ministry of Modernization

    AR0054, 2017, E-Government

  39. Improving the Mechanism of Popular Initiative

    AR0055, 2017, Fiscal Openness

  40. Practical Training on Open Government

    AR0056, 2017, Capacity Building

  41. Participatory Development of a National Plan for Equal Opportunities

    AR0057, 2017, Gender

  42. Promotion of Mechanisms to Engage Civil Society in the Audit Cycle

    AR0058, 2017, Access to Information

  43. Opening Spaces for Discussion and Training on the Electoral Process in Argentina

    AR0059, 2017, Anti-Corruption

  44. Public Consultation for the Generation of Statistical Data on Education

    AR0060, 2017, Capacity Building

  45. Strengthening the Area of ​​Citizen Participation "Commitment to Education"

    AR0061, 2017, E-Government

  46. Citizen Participation in the Cycle of Cultural Policies Home Programs History and Culture of the Bicentennial

    AR0062, 2017, E-Government

  47. Perceptions and Representations of People with Disabilities on Service Institutions

    AR0063, 2017, Capacity Building

  48. Bureau of Policy Dialogue Habitat

    AR0064, 2017, E-Government

  49. Young Guide

    AR0065, 2017, E-Government

  50. Innovation Lab for Guaranteeing Rights Bodies and External Control

    AR0066, 2017, Capacity Building

  51. Technology and Electoral Process

    AR0067, 2017, Anti-Corruption

  52. Promotion and Strengthening Policies of Open Government in the Municipalities of the Province

    AR0068, 2017, Access to Information

  53. Starred commitment Open Urban Observatory Works: Accountability and Citizen Participation

    AR0069, 2017, Access to Information

  54. Platform Linking Civil Organizations and the Provincial Government

    AR0070, 2017, Capacity Building

  55. Strengthening Open Government Policies: to Promote Citizen Participation in Chubut

    AR0071, 2017, Capacity Building

  56. Institutionalization of Open Government Policies in the Province of Córdoba

    AR0072, 2017, Access to Information

  57. Collaborative Network Between Civil Society Organizations and State

    AR0073, 2017, E-Government

  58. Expanding Ecosystem of Access to Information in the Municipalities

    AR0074, 2017, Access to Information

  59. Strengthening Policies Open Data in Municipalities of the Province of Mendoza

    AR0075, 2017, Access to Information

  60. Participatory Platform for Citizen Protection

    AR0076, 2017, E-Government

  61. Participatory Preparation of a Draft Open Government Act Provincial

    AR0077, 2017, Legislation & Regulation

  62. Opening Information Service Justice

    AR0078, 2017, Access to Information

  63. State Capabilities in Open Government

    AR0020, 2015, Capacity Building

  64. Public Data Portal

    AR0021, 2015, Access to Information

  65. Participatory Policies for People with Disabilities

    AR0022, 2015, Capacity Building

  66. Advertising Rules

    AR0023, 2015, Access to Information

  67. Open University

    AR0024, 2015, Access to Information

  68. New Commitments in Average

    AR0025, 2015, Public Participation

  69. Roundtable

    AR0026, 2015, Local Commitments

  70. Social Security Statistics

    AR0027, 2015, Access to Information

  71. Federalization of Open Government Practices

    AR0028, 2015, Capacity Building

  72. Pilot Platform Public Nformation

    AR0029, 2015, Access to Information

  73. Platform "Justice 2020"

    AR0030, 2015, Access to Information

  74. Map Support

    AR0031, 2015, E-Government

  75. Virtual Networking Unit Technology

    AR0032, 2015, E-Government

  76. Virtual Technological Linkage Unit - Data Management

    AR0033, 2015, Access to Information

  77. Transparency of Information

    AR0034, 2015, Access to Information

  78. Digital Signature

    AR0001, 2013, E-Government

  79. Argentine Public Software

    AR0002, 2013, E-Government

  80. National Program for Critical Infrastructure Information and Cyber ​​Security (ICIC) and Internet Sano

    AR0003, 2013, Capacity Building

  81. Electronic Procurement System

    AR0004, 2013, Anti-Corruption

  82. Despapelización

    AR0005, 2013, E-Government

  83. Expansion of the Ict Survey (ENTIC)

    AR0006, 2013, Capacity Building

  84. Creating a Public Data Portal

    AR0007, 2013, Access to Information

  85. Best Practices Manual Open Government

    AR0008, 2013,

  86. New Procedures Portal

    AR0009, 2013, E-Government

  87. State Map

    AR0010, 2013, Capacity Building

  88. Link Training Plan and Those Responsible for Access to Information Public

    AR0011, 2013, Capacity Building

  89. Data Processing Matrix of Decree 1172/2004

    AR0012, 2013, Access to Information

  90. Bill to Reform the Judiciary

    AR0013, 2013, Access to Information

  91. Federalization of the Working Groups of the Digital Agenda

    AR0014, 2013, E-Government

  92. Open Government National Event

    AR0015, 2013, Access to Information

  93. Hackathon Public Data

    AR0016, 2013, Capacity Building

  94. Encouraging Participation Mechanisms Provided by Decree 1172-1104

    AR0017, 2013, Access to Information

  95. Regulation of Law 26654

    AR0018, 2013, Capacity Building

  96. Improved Commitment Letter Citizen Program

    AR0019, 2013, Capacity Building

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