First meeting of the Expert Group on assessing progress in achieving equitable access to water and sanitation

The first meeting of the Expert Group on monitoring progress in achieving equitable access to water and sanitation in the pan-European region under the Protocol on Water and Health took place on 27-28 September 2012, in Paris, France.

The first meeting of the Expert Group discussed:

• the approach and methodology of the score card project
• the general structure of the project’s final product
• the detailed content of the score card, in particular the targets name and targets rational, the indicators, the scoring options and the possible means of verification.
• the draft terms of reference for the pilot projects: methodology, country team, timeline and respective expected outputs
• the future steps.

Relevant initiatives related to the development of the score card were also presented.