This report summarizes findings from a pilot study in Nepal to develop methods for monitoring safe management of on-site sanitation (SMOSS). The SMOSS project is an initiative led by WHO/UNICEF JMP with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The UNICEF Nepal country office, guided by the JMP team and in partnership with the Ministry of Water Supply and selected local governments, carried out a set of key activities which included identifying and engaging stakeholders leading to an inception workshop, mapping existing monitoring systems and data, identifying gaps in Ministry of Water Supply’s NWASH MIS in questionnaire in line with global monitoring of SDG 6.2, and designing of data collection methods to pilot in field to address these gaps.