PMSB is an instrument that must be prepared by the municipality (or municipal consortium). Funasa performs support actions directly to the municipal health and/or sanitation departments, and also develops partnerships with the Federal Universities to establish the partnership between these institutions and the municipalities with a focus on the preparation of the plans.
 

Municipal managers

National

Indefinite

FUNASA partners with universities to prepare the PMSB with the municipal secretariats. This strategy has demonstrated success in certain contexts. Another initiative is that the aforementioned institution created a document that guides the step by step so that each municipality (of up to 50 thousand inhabitants) complies with the content that its Municipal Plan must contain so that they can actually access the resources to implement the actions. In this sense, according to Funasa guidelines, it is pointed out that the content of the plan must:
• Establish mechanisms for regulating and supervising basic sanitation services;
• Use indicators of basic sanitation services in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the effectiveness of sanitation actions;
• Promote the organization, planning and development of the sanitation sector, with emphasis on managerial training and human resources training.

According to the National Basic Sanitation Policy, the city halls of all municipalities in the country are responsible for preparing a Municipal Basic Sanitation Plan (PMSB) that ensures the four basic sanitation services. In this sense, FUNASA seeks to support the municipalities with workshops, programs in partnership with universities, guidance, and materials made available on the Foundation's website to facilitate access for professionals from the health departments.

The National Sanitation Information System SNIS monitors the number of municipalities that have PMSB. This information is reported by the municipalities to the Ministry of Cities, manager of said system.

FUNASA has budget lines for actions to support municipalities in the preparation of the PMSB. 
 

Decree nº 7.217/ 2010
Guidelines for PMSB elaboration