The project RRM Mansehra aims to support the UPU and other Implementation Partners of the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the development and implementation of projects based on multi-sectoral and multidimensional approaches. The RRM Mansehra Project was conceived to ensure the integration of the sectors of water supply, wastewater, and solid waste management through the pilot of infrastructure schemes to be implemented following a systematic process. It is a contribution to good governance with a particular focus on equipping the district Line Departments with improved tools for effective participatory and evidence-based planning, design, and implementation. Additionally, it shall directly address the Global Sustainability Goals, in particular No. 11 ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’, No. 5 ‘Gender Equality’, No. 6 ‘Clean Water and Sanitation’, No. 9 ‘Innovation and Infrastructure’.

The Project objective “to identify, develop, implement, promote, and document pilot models based on a combination of related infrastructure measures, suitable for replication in other districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” will be achieved through the delivery of a package of activities organized within the following outputs:

Output 1: Improve the capacity and competence of public service departments on province, district, and tehsil level.

Output 2: Identification, development, and implementation of technical solutions for measures integrating the sectors of water supply, wastewater and solid waste management.

Output 3: Development and introduction of measures to raise the awareness of local population and contribute to change their behaviour regarding the protection of natural resources.

Output 4: Identification and documentation of best practise technical solutions, participatory approaches, capacity building and awareness raising for replication in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.