Water, Sanitation & Hygiene-WAB & NGOF By promoting technological innovation (sector window) and inclusive management processes at local level (LGov approach), the project will contribute to improve the access to adequate WATSAN (water/sanitation) facilities for most vulnerable population groups mainly living in hard to reach areas. Ultimately, the health-related costs of these groups will be reduced, the project will directly have positive impacts in their economic and social situation. The envisaged Development Goal of the project is to contribute to the health and hygiene situation of households in rural hard to reach areas of Bangladesh, by developing and promoting context specific, replicable and user friendly models of WATSAN practices within their communities. Thus, the project adds to the achievement of the national goals and the MDG for water, sanitation and hygiene. The tentative Expected Outcomes are: (1) Excluded and vulnerable population groups in selected rural hard to reach areas have established their access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation facilities, and, they have adopted improved hygiene practices. (2) Local Governments and services agencies in the selected areas respond more effectively to needs of their citizens for safe drinking water and improved sanitation facilities. (3)Citizens in the selected areas participate actively in the design and management of water and sanitation facilities within their communities, in accordance with their needs.