What is an LPA?
An LPA is a group of stakeholders from organisations working in the region/woreda, who meet regularly to share experiences on issues of joint interest and develop ways of working together. The organisations represented may be governmental, civil society or private sector, and may work in implementation, policy or research.
Each LPA has a professional, full-time facilitator who is responsible for engaging stakeholders and driving the LPA process, with support from the RiPPLE office.
Why have LPAs at woreda, regional and national level?
LPAs at different levels focus on the key priorities and issues at that level. For example, implementation and use of water and sanitation services mainly takes place at woreda level, while the national level is more concerned with overall sector strategy and macro-level relationships between access to services, poverty reduction, economic growth and progress towards development targets such as the MDGs or Universal Access Plan.
It is critical to bring together the experiences and achievements of LPAs at different levels in order to maximise learning and effect real change in the sector. The issues facing the different levels cannot be viewed in isolation. The LPAs will be in regular communication to share the outcomes of their learning and change processes, and to explore options for scaling up successful approaches. In fact they may be best viewed as multiple branches of a single LPA.
The establishment of effective LPAs is a complex challenge, but their potential impact is great, and it is hoped that the linkages developed will persist beyond the project lifetime of RiPPLE.Page last updated 16 Jun 2008
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