Availability of Basic Services/Facilities (PI0617)

Indicates whether there are basic services present onsite and a system in place to maintain them as of the end of the reporting period. This metric is intended to be used in combination with WASH Facilities Type (PD3668).

Reporting Format Yes/No
Metric Type Metric
Metric Level Product/Service, Organization
IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2021. Availability of Basic Services/Facilities (PI0617). v5.2.

Footnote

Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including what type of basic services are available.

Usage Guidance

This metric is intended to capture whether the organization has basic services provided on premises as of the end of the reporting period, as well as a system to maintain them.
For Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services, this metric requires access level to be "Basic" or "Safely Managed" according to the criteria set forth in the Joint Monitoring Programme's Service Ladder for Drinking Water, found here: https://washdata.org/monitoring/drinking-water). For more information, see Service Level Type (PD5205).
For other impact goals and sectors, services and facilities must be provided at the basic or higher level as defined by international standards, and organizations should footnote which standards are applied.
These data are often most accessible through site visits or surveys, with visual confirmation that improvement projects have been completed.
In some contexts, this metric can serve as an indicator of whether the outcome being sought by an investor or organization is occurring (the WHAT dimension of impact). For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see IRIS+ and the Five Dimensions of Impact (https://iris.thegiin.org/document/iris-and-the-five-dimensions/). No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. The selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.

Impact Categories & Themes

Cross Category

Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).