Description

Since 2016, AfWA has supported local governments and in particular municipalities in the implementation of an exchange and capacity-building platform for WASH. This has already been demonstrated by the organization of 03 forums of Mayors of Africa, notably in February 2018 in Bamako, Mali during the 19^th International Congress of AfWA; in February 2019 in Cape Town in South Africa during the joint conference AfricaSan 5 and FSM5 and most recently in February 2020 in Kampala, Uganda, during its 20^th International Congress.

In practical terms in WASH, AfWA has been supporting since 2014, several African municipalities to improve their performance in the sanitation service. This is done through the facilitation of partnerships in pairs between municipalities that have good performances (The municipality of Ethekwini in Durban in South Africa, the municipality of Dschang in Cameroon and today, we would add the municipalities of Tiassalé and Yamoussoukro in Côte d'Ivoire, Kampala in Uganda and Yaoundé in Cameroon). Until 2022, capacity building actions in inclusive sanitation management are planned in nearly 50 cities in 15 African countries through partnership actions funded by USAID, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and cooperation German.

Given the configuration of local governments in the different countries of the world, it is important that coordination actions such as the forum of mayors so far organized only by AfWA, be extended / open to other local governors such as deputies, regional councilors, governors and counties, in short, all local governments according to the governance of the countires.

Projects included

Establish and support the operationalization of a global platform of local governments for the implementation of SDG 6 of sustainable development with a focus on inclusive sanitation.