Seminar on monitoring of decentralised WASH services in West Africa

Seminar on monitoring of decentralised WASH services in West Africa

Updated - Friday 24 January 2014

Ouagaoudou, Burkina Faso, 07-09 April 2014

This is a bilingual seminar on Monitoring the decentralised delivery of WASH services in rural areas and small towns in West Africa in Ouagagoudou, Burkina Faso organised by IRC and pS-Eau. Designed in priority for stakeholders working in collaboration with local governments, this seminar will be an opportunity to share experiences in the field of monitoring WASH services at local level in West Africa.

The seminar will be structured around four themes:

  1. Monitoring and evaluation to support local governments’ water and sanitation strategic planning
  2. Monitoring and evaluation to improve water, sanitation and hygiene services
  3. Monitoring and evaluation to manage water and sanitation services
  4. Monitoring and evaluation to regulate water and sanitation services

but related topics are also of interest to the organisers.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 17 February 2014.

From Monday 7 April to Wednesday 9 April 2014 a seminar on monitoring of WASH services in West Africa will be held in Ouagaoudou, Burkina Faso. This seminar has evolved out of the IRC symposium on Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery in Addis Ababa in April 2013 convening some 400 WASH professionals from around the world. In order to bring stakeholders from West Africa up to speed with the latest thinking on WASH monitoring, and provide a venue for emphasising experiences in the field of monitoring WASH services at the municipal level.