- Capacity building in corporate, institutional, financial and technical areas
- Identification and advice on access to funding arrangements
- To help to provide improved and sustainable water supply and sanitation for people currently without access
- Provide an example of how multi-sector partnering can work successfully for replication in other countries.
- To assemble and disseminate information on the outcomes and lessons learned from partnership working.

Progress in 2006-07
Ethiopia
• Full technical audit of the Water Treatment Works in Awassa and identification of requirements needed to bring it up to full capacity.
• Advice and support on techniques which could be used to improve the quality of water supply to some 120,000 people in Awassa Town.
• Training of officials in Central Government and eight towns in techniques for the identification of leaks. Advice to central and regional government on developing and implementing leakage strategies.
• Detailed recommendations made to Design and Supervision Enterprise on measures to be taken to meet the ISO 9001 standard.
• Recommendations made on streamlining of processes in Construction Enterprise.
• Workshop held to bring together senior management at Design and Supervision and Construction Enterprises to identify solutions to shared challenges, particularly around communication.
• Analysis undertaken of challenges facing Central Government, the SNNPR and Oromia in Water Resources Management.

Nigeria
• In Benue, the Local and State Governments have contributed to the refurbishment, repairs, and replacement of infrastructure enabling water supply schemes to be reactivated in the three pilot towns.
• Water Consumer Associations (WCAs) have been established in three pilot towns in Benue State. These comprise of members of the community and are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the reactivated schemes.
• PAWS has delivered capacity building support in a number of areas including community management and demand responsive approach techniques, data collection tools, local development planning processes, roles and responsibility of individuals and water treatment processes.
• Assessment of water supply to towns in Plateau and Bauchi States and advice on options for improving supply.
• Analysis of issues affecting water supply and sanitation provision in local health facilities and recommendations for improved management processes.
• Detailed analysis on extent of gully erosion in Anambra State and advice on options for tackling these problems.

South Africa
• Identification of main challenges to tackling water loss in Mogale City. Analysis of existing systems in place to tackle water loss in Mogale City and advice on ways of enhancing these.
• Improved capacity building to facilitate the development of more inclusive, democratic and adaptive governance processes for water management involving historically disadvantaged communities.
• Empowered teams of water professionals with skills in governance.
• More effective catchment management agencies in targeted provinces.
• Review of Mogale City's communications and customer care processes and advice on ways of enhancing them.
• Analysis of existing water infrastructure in Ndlambe. Assessment of existing institutional structures and policies in place in Sekhukhune municipality.
• Supporting Sekhukhune municipality in implementation of water management policies.

Partners for Water and Sanitation represents UK Government, the private sector (including professional bodies and industry organizations) and civil society organizations (including NGOs and Trade Unions). The partnership is being developed by a Steering Group, which comprises representatives from each of these three sectors, and is supported by a larger forum of all other partners. These have been responsible for the development of the concept and approach. The Steering Group and Forum are supported by a full time secretariat provided by the UK Government. Development and implementation of the initiative in partner countries will be guided by community involvement and is intended to be demand driven.
Partner country governments will select municipalities that are considered suitable for working with the partnership. Then working groups, in which each sector of the partnership is represented, will work with municipalities and local communities to identify needs and agree on how partnership expertise can be used most effectively.
Monitoring Arrangements
* Provide progress reports to Steering Group and Forum members at approximately monthly intervals
* Post project updates and information on website as required - at least monthly
* Publish reports following completion of projects in municipalities in partner countries

The UK is strongly represented on the expert and core groups developing the EU Water Initiative - Water for Life. The Partnership is also in contact with the World Bank to ensure that involvement in partner countries is complementary to existing programmes.

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Source(s): Government
One of the key deliverables of this partnership is intended to be advice on sources of, and access to funding. UK Government has committed resources for a secretariat and set aside funding for UK partners' travel and subsistence costs when involved in partnership activities. In addition, the UK Government is funding local coordinators to support the partnership working groups in partner countries. The main contribution made by the initiative will be in making available the skills and expertise of partners on a pro-bono basis.

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