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Introduction - Vision - Strategy - Process

Gujarat 2010: Introduction

“Every man whose soul is not a clod Hath visions”
John Keats

This document endeavours to express in words the collective vision of a group of devel-opment activists, planners and thinkers. Visions, unlike dreams, are fruits of past actions and seeds for the future. This exercise, therefore, is not meant as mere rhetoric but is intended to be a blueprint for future action.

The process of articulating a people's vision in water supply and sanitation sectors in the state of Gujarat for the year 2010 was inspired by a similar effort initiated at the global level by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) in 1997. Develop-ment activists in Gujarat were quick to respond to this stimulus. Through dialogue and discussion, they have come up with clear ideas on a desirable scenario in the water supply and sanitation sectors by the year 2010. This exercise, in fact, strengthens past efforts and ongoing processes made by non-government organisations (NGOs) in Gujarat.

Besides compiling /crystallizing ideas together in one paper this Vision document has the following applications:

• It initiates an ongoing process of sharing of experiences, achievements, strategies and concerns.
• It can support the process of planning by CBOs, NGOs, GOs and donor agencies for setting targets, evolving new partnerships, and for resource mobilisation.
• It may, if effectively used, become a tool for advocacy with governments at several levels.

This document, along with the Global Vision 21 and a national Vision for India, can become a collective effort of GOs, NGOs, CBOs and corporate sector partners to improve the water supply and sanitation scenario in a holistic way. It can also orient the planning process in the context of water supply and sanitation as people's entitlements.

The Vision document has two main parts: the first part articulates an overall scenario in the year 2010 in each of the sub-sectors (e.g. health, policy-change) in the context of water supply and sanitation. The Vision presentation reads as if the reader is in the year 2010. The second main part lays down goals for each sub-sector and suggests strategies and actions to achieve these goals.

The section on the Vision process describes the group’s own experience in articulating this Vision for Gujarat.

The Vision