Indonesia

The potentials of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) were first assessed in September 2004 through a rapid assessment carried out by Dr Kamal Kar which considered the potential for CLTS in the WSLICII (Water and Sanitation for Low Income Communities Phase 2) project areas in South Sumatra and in West Java (funded by the World Bank and AusAid and implemented by the Indonesian Government). The initial findings from this assessment led to plans for pilot in six different provinces in Indonesia, namely in: Nusa Tenggara Barat NTB (district Sumbawa), East Java (district Lumajang), South Sumatra (district Muaranim), West Java (district Bogor), West Kalimantan (district Sambas) and Jambi (district Muaro Jambi). Of these six pilot locations, two (Sambas and Muaro Jambi) were non-WSLIC-II project locations.

Training workshops on CLTS in Lumajang and Sumbawa in May 2005 were attended by at least 70 participants from different districts of east Java and NTB, among them more than 20 senior level officials from the Health Ministry, WSLIC–II project, the National Planning Board (Bappenas), Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Public Works and the different District administrations. Additionally, a good number of Field Facilitators, Kabupaten (district) and Kecamatan (sub-district) level extension staff; Kepala desas (village chief) and community members also participated.

The first review of CLTS pilots in Indonesia was carried out between 9 November and 1 December 2005. Afterwards, a national workshop on CLTS was facilitated in Jakarta from 28–30 November 2005. Participants from all the six CLTS pilot areas attended the national workshop and shared their first experience of adoption/introduction of CLTS as well as planning strategies for scaling up. Other donor agency personnel and NGOs that had expressed interest in CLTS were also invited to the workshop.