USAID’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Finance (WASH-FIN) program has been implemented since 2016 with the objective of closing financing gaps to achieve universal access to water and sanitation services through sustainable and creditworthy business models, increased public funding, and expanded market finance for infrastructure investment. The program has so far helped raise over USD 68.4 million in 8 countries in Africa and Asia, showing that it is possible to leverage private financing to the sector. However, USD 68 million is a drop in the bucket compared to the USD 114 billion per year that is estimated to be needed to bridge the sector financing gap. Using examples from the Philippines, Cambodia, and Kenya, this session will frame the WASH finance gap as a governance challenge focusing on the lack of clarity in sector actor roles and responsibilities, particularly within sectors undergoing decentralization/devolution processes. Using examples from Senegal, Mozambique and South Africa, the session will also showcase how technical assistance programs like WASH-FIN can help address water sector governance challenges to enable both the framework and financing mechanisms needed to crowd-in new sources of financing for both public and private WASH service providers. This interactive session is targeted at WASH practitioners managing and regulating water utilities, government decision makers, financiers, and academics. By the end of the session, participants will have developed an appreciation of key sector governance challenges and how they may be addressed to enable increased access to non-traditional financing to public and private WASH service providers.
Time Activity Presenters/Panelists
13:30-13:35 Welcome remarks, housekeeping and session introduction-Alyssa Boyer, Chief
of Party, USAID’s WASH-FIN
13:35-13:10 Keynote Address: Importance of Governance in Financing the WASH Sector
TBD, USAID
13:10-13:15 Participant Live Polling-Barbara Kazimbaya Senkwe, USAID’s WASH-FIN
13:15-13:25 Presentation- Defining the WASH Finance Gap as a Governance Issue: USAID’s
Experience- Jeff Goldberg, Acting Global Water Coordinator, USAID
13:25 – 13:40 Interview on Innovative Financing Mechanisms
1. The PARC Program, a Financing Facility for the Renewal of Exhauster Trucks
for Sanitation Service Providers in Senegal - Mariama KA, Senior Investment
Manager, Delegation Generale a l’Entreprenariat Rapide des Femmes et des
Jeunes (DER), Senegal
2. The INCA, Municipal Debt Fund which blends local and international funding to
provide an additional infrastructure financing option for local municipalities and
investors in South Africa – Shiva Makokoto, Executive Director and Deputy CEO
at RBN Fund Managers, UK.
Interviewer: Steve Sena, Deputy Chief of Party, USAID’s WASH-FIN
13:40-14:10 Panel Discussion- Strengthening the Enabling Environment to Crowd-in
Financing to the Sector
1. Eng. Peter Njaggah, Director of Regulation and Compliance, Water Services
Regulatory Board (WASREB), Kenya
2.Lim Minh, Executive Director, Cambodia Water Supply Association, Cambodia
3. Ababacar Mbaye, Executive Director, ONAS, Senegal
Moderator: Barbara Kazimbaya Senkwe, Senior WASH Governance Advisor, USAID’s WASH-FIN
14:10-14:25 Open Q&A session with panelists and audience
Moderator: Barbara Kazimbaya Senkwe, Senior WASH Governance Advisor,
USAID’s WASH-FIN
14:25 – 14:30 Conclusion and Wrap-up, Alyssa Boyer, Chief of Party, USAID’s WASH-FIN
USAID's WASH-FIN
