Capacity building

Non-sewered sanitation is largely predominant in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2020, this sanitation method, often managed informally, represented 72% of the access in rural areas and 78.6% in urban areas. Therefore, formalizing non-sewered sanitation should be considered as a key issue for local authorities, which are usually responsible for this service.

Objectives :
• Share experiences and good practices in the design and implementation of shared-benefit projects (adaptation and mitigation) in the water sector,
• Promote the integrated management of water resources in the various economic sectors while taking into account climate change;
• Identify and prioritize actions, projects and financing tools for ensuring water security and climate change adaptation and mitigation;
• Identify Capacity needs of countries for achieving SDGs 6 and 13 through the implementation of water-related NDCs.

Key opportunities through innovative funding mechanisms to implement North-South, South-South and Triangular water cooperation to improve access to water and sanitation for all.

Transboundary water cooperation is one of the bedrocks of international security since it has proven spill over economic and peace benefits beyond the water sector. It is thus important to advance cooperation on shared water resources to promote peace. One of the well-tested and tried ways of advancing water cooperation is through the establishment and implementation of legal frameworks for transboundary water resources.

Individual sanitation, especially in rural areas, is often the poorest part of national sanitation policies. While public money largely subsidises urban master plans and collective infrastructures, individual sanitation, by nature on the private domain, is the sole responsibility of households. The latter, when they are aware of the problem, find themselves having to manage the financing, design, construction and maintenance of their infrastructures and the management of its by-products.