USAID/Ecuador Tu Municipio Responde (TuMUNI) Activity
Photo credit: Licet Morillo for the USAID/Ecuador TuMUNI Activity
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Photo credit: Licet Morillo for the USAID/Ecuador TuMUNI Activity
National decentralization efforts have elevated the role that local municipalities play in Ecuador’s economic and social development. However, disparities in financial and technical capacities across municipalities have hampered progress in delivering large-scale growth.
USAID TuMUNI is a five-year (2023–2028) project to enhance the capacity of executive and legislative institutions at the local level to provide effective, inclusive, and citizen-responsive public services, and improve access to water and sanitation services in Ecuador.
TuMUNI supports the goals of catalyzing progress in economic growth, education, digital connectivity, and child nutrition; strengthening democratic governance; and increasing public trust by:
Though Ecuador has gone through a decentralization process, much work remains to ensure that local governments are equipped to deliver on citizen expectations for public services. TuMUNI evaluates local governance service delivery systems and creates additional efficiencies in staff productivity and delivery processes. These improvements in governance will increase public trust and strengthen livelihoods.
Access to water and sanitation is a key priority of TuMUNI as it has impacts on livelihoods, health, and security. By fostering participatory dialogues between water and sanitation service providers (WSSPs) and citizens, TuMUNI aims to align expectations on sector priorities and needs, increase WSSP accountability, and change citizen behaviors and attitudes toward paying for water services.
In addition, TUMUNI will work to create the conditions for a long-term social contract between WSSPs and citizens that is supported by the delivery of reliable, consistent water services that citizens see value in paying for.