4. ODF Nadia – Approaches
• Community led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach for
triggering behaviour change
• Linking of Government and Non- Government Organisation
• Community led monitoring system
• Use of IT based monitoring and Third party monitoring
system
• Convergence with Health, ICDS, Education departments
• Construction of community sanitation complexes in public
gathering places
• Agreement with Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Panchayati
Raj Institutions (PRIs) for supply chain management,
construction of Toilet and monitoring
33. ODF Nadia - Lesson learnt
• Correct understanding of the situation is the foremost requisite for
effective planning
• Social mobilization is critical in reaching out to the masses and in
inducting community level behavioural change
• Supply chain is crucial and go hand in hand with demand
• Breaking a bigger goal into smaller targets and allocating
responsibility of the targets to the individuals helps to effectively
manage a programme at scale
• Women participation in the progamme is game changer
• With the convergence of efforts and by using innovative approaches
helps to mobilize and leverage resources
• Intense monitoring is key to success of the programme
• Institutionalizing the systems and process are important for long
term sustainability
• Without dynamic leadership and vision big achievement is not
possible