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Title: Update on Knowledge Management Capacity Building regional organisations Group work Learning

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Update on Knowledge ManagementCapacity Building
regional organisationsGroup work Learning
Sharing

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Ouagadougou , July 2012 Pels, IRC

Objectives of this session
Update on WA-WASH KM work 10
What has been done until today
What is expected of WA-WASH partners for KM
Capacity Building regional organisations 10
What changed
Tour d horizon desk research
Group work Learning Sharing
Work in country teams KM team to chair 40
Plot partner / other Learning Sharing
mechanisms
What CB is needed
Plenary reporting back group work 20

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Update on Knowledge Management

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

What has been done until today

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

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Knowledge Management?

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Make primary information flow (IM)
See next slide (NOT ADMIN INFO)
Share knowledge (KS)
See following slide
For engineers K I(ESA) or in text knowledge
is information in use.
KM gt KS..IM gt KS....IM gt KS IM

Experience Skills Attitude
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Information management

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Key to success
WA-WASH KM-team YOU!
After Action Review (AAR) method simple
Contact person ( 1st in line) at every partner
Up-to-date
Calendar of events / Who who list
Activities
GIS
IT support tools!

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Knowledge sharing

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Key to success
WA-WASH KM-team
Back to back with meetings (like now ?)
Document sharing processes gt FIU lead
Up-to-date
WHEN/WHO Calendar of events / Who who list
WHAT/HOW Documents (WPs, Press releases, PPTs,
ANYTHING)
WHERE GIS
IT support tools!

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.... KM links to

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Communication
Monitoring / Evaluation
Learning / Knowledge sharing
Information management / GIS database
IT use!
..... sustainability

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Lessons WAWI I II

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Begin as you mean to go on / KM team at the start
Need of key contacts in partner organisation
Regular communication in the KM team
Central repository for information
WHEN/WHO Calendar of events / Who who list
WHAT/HOW Documents (WPs, Press releases, PPTs,
ANYTHING)
WHERE GIS
Needs in-continent office
Language barrier!

11
Literature

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

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WA-WASH Central KM team

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Burkina Faso, Salouka
Mali, Koné
Ghana, Otum
The Netherlands, Bury
Niger, Ousmane
The Netherlands, Pels
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West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Build network in the WA-WASH partnership
Use ICT
Chrome / Google , mail, groups, drive, calendar,
CLOUD connect, Picasa, YouTube / SoundCloud /
Microsoft / Skype
WAWASHKM
Coming Drupal / DropBox / Twitter / Facebook
page
Run mail list https//groups.google.com/forum/?f
romgroups!forum/wawash
Populate blog / GLOWS portal
www.ghana.globalwaters.net / www.globalwaters.net
/ www.niger.globalwaters.net / www.burkinafaso.glo
balwaters.net www.mali.globalwaters.net
Keep Google WA-WASH / WASH sector country
Calendar current
https//www.google.com/calendar/b/0/embed?srcfh72
rdniukfmssvh9r4up664jo_at_group.calendar.google.com
Collect sector documents
Take inventory activities
http//www.akvo.org/rsr/project/447/
Use AKVO Really Simple Reporting .. Or alike in
GLOWS portal

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GLOWS website

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

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Ghana country blog

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

17
AKVO RSR Rain foundation

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

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AKVO RSR project example

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Step 1 Country Plans
Take stock of activities by WA-WASH
Step 2 NOW
Platforms for dialogues / learning sharing
where capacity is build Take stock
Step 3 GLOWS Portal
Make information flow
Within WA-WASH
Within platforms
Within sector
Towards public

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

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Update on Knowledge Management

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

What is expected of WA-WASH partners for KM

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Step 1 KM team
Kick-off workshop July 9-14, 2012
Step 2 NOW
Staff of WA-WASH partners needed to join the KM
country team
Step 3 GLOWS Portal
Make information flow
Within WA-WASH
Within platforms
Within sector
Towards public

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Nodes WA-WASH
Global
USAid
FIU / IRC
Country manager
Country platforms
WA-WASH Partners
Partner platforms
Implementers
Community
Beneficiary

Sharing Learning
RWSN / WWF etc
Learning / Sharing
Learning / Sharing?
Learning / Sharing
.
Management? )
Sustainable? )

Information flow
Browse
Reports
Portal / Blogs
Reports
Reports
Reports
Stories )
Stories )

) Triangulation field fact finding missions
needed.
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West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

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Collect, Compare,
Connect, Communicate,
Capacitate, Contact, Codify, Channel

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Compare
Communicate
Collect
Connect
Communicate
Contact
Channel
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West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

In every WA-WASH partner in every country staff
(at least one) to join the country KM teams.
To make the information flow
To take stock of activities
To co-edit the country calendar
To
FUI BF / Miami to work on Information systems

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Triangulation fact finding field research

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

WAWI (WA-WASH predecessor)
No legacy!!!!
World Vision / WaterAid / CARE have bits and
pieces
Let us not re-invent the square wheel again

WAWI legacy
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West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Knowledge Management is about POWER, ACCESS and
LANGUAGE

Green
Mailing-list
Network
Google Cloud
Co-creation
Partnership
Social media
Public calendar
Open data / open knowledge (WB)

Red
Mail C.C. and B.C.C
Hierarchy
MsDOS
Teaching
Project
Reports
Hidden agenda
Information on a need-to-know basis

Orange
Mail To
Silos
DropBox
Telling
Program
Website / portal
No agenda
Empowered secretariat

I leave it to you to score WA-WASH to figure out
challenges
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Capacity Building regional organisations

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

What changed

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Capacity building

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

IR C synergies between WASH, Food security and
Climate Change CB of national organisations to
integrate WASH and food security programmes and
adapt to climate change. Activities 3.1 to 3.3
IR D Strengthen regional enabling environment
for integrated WASH CB of regional organisations
to strengthen the potential in WASH advocacy,
KM and networking Activities 4.1 to 4.4.
IR B Improved sustainability of WASH services CB
of local authorities / water service providers
to plan, invest, operate and monitor WASH
services Activities 2.1 to 2.5 4.2.1.
IR A Accelerated access to improved WASH
services CB of communities and HH to use water
and sanitation facilities and adopt hygiene
behaviours Activities 1.1 to 1.7 2.2 2.5
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Re-focus of Inventory

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

There is no WASH regional organisations as such
in West Africa
EAA (WSAfrica former CREPA) has ambitions
The regional organisations are not WASH related
and dont hold any mandate on WASH

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Re-focus of Inventory

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

2009 ANEW Analysis of Water and Sanitation
Policies and Status of IWRM in Africa Advocacy
capacity assessment of African civil society on
water supply and sanitation

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Re-focus of Inventory

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

A number of questions that need to be answered to
help develop a CB program.
A study would help identify which learning and
knowledge platforms the program should be part of
to make sure that the knowledge and learning
created during WA-WASH are part of a bigger
picture and to make sure that the steps and
learning taken during this program are known by
the sector.
After having identified the platforms, the
assessment will look in the capacity of those
platforms to be a place of exchange of
information. These platforms will play their role
in the WASH sector. It will help in identifying
capacity gaps and the program would then build
capacity of the selected platforms, mainly
through the knowledge management activity handled
by IRC.
One important point is that the study should not
limit itself to NGOs platform but should include
any kind of learning platform existing on WASH in
each of the 3 countries Burkina, Ghana, and
Niger and eventually Mali if and when activities
are allow back. We agreed that this is an
important aspect of capacity building and IRC
should go ahead with it.

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Capacity Building Setting

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

WAWASH includes a CB component geared towards
decentralised organisations (IRC) and academic
institutions (Unesco) in each country, and
intra-regional organisations (FIU).
While developing the workplan in each country
last year, it became clear each partner would
carry on CB activities to implement its part of
the programme. The planned CB activities are in
direct relation with each partners project and
essential to the success of the WAWASH programme.
WAWASH also includes the assessment of WASH
capacities of governmental agencies and
non-governmental organisations (conducted by IWA)
and the assessment of capacities of WASH Learning
sharing platforms (conducted by IRC), in each
country. Based on these assessments, it will be
possible to identify the gaps in planning and
construction, operation and financing, social
mobilisation, as well as gaps in learning and
sharing information and knowledge, in each
country. Then based on each partners CB plan, it
will be possible to identify the gaps that our
programme will address by August 2015 and to
figure out overall WAWASH contribution to meet
capacity needs.
WAWASH seeks to develop approaches, methods,
tools and capacities that will last after the
programme ends (on top of infrastructure). It
means that the CB materials developed under
WAWASH should be made available to others and
benefit not only to the direct audience / targets
each partner will reach through its own
activities. In order to embed and to scale-up
WAWASH CB, one can seek for the integration of
WAWASH trainings into existing curricula and,
when possible, the attendance of non WAWASH
partners to the training sessions each partner
will organise. Other options are possible and
will be discussed in the course of the forum.

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Capacity Building Roadmap

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

During the first 2 days of the forum (16 17),
IWA and IRC will present their assessment of WASH
capacity gaps and all WA WASH partners will
present their CB plan for each country where they
work. It will be a good opportunity to touch base
on each partners project and on the potential of
our programme to bridge some capacity gaps.
WAWASH partners will also discuss various options
to levy our CB activities and ensure they survive
WAWASH. Finally, the aim is to reach an agreement
on a sharing mechanism (giving all of us access
to all CB materials) and on a peer-review process
allowing synergies when relevant.
At the end of these 2 days, a CB framework is
designed for BF (and possibly for the other
countries), as well as a strategy to enlarge our
audience and levy our CB activities.
In parallel to the internal forum, IWA is
organising a side event in order to validate the
assessment of WASH capacities in BF with local
stakeholders.
The last day of the meeting consists in an
open forum where assessments of gaps in BF and
the WAWASH CB framework for BF are exposed to
local stakeholders (from high level to CBOs,
including academic/training institutes). A
round-table discussion will be facilitated to
cover the different leverage options envisaged by
WAWASH partners.

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WA-WASH partner input

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

IWA and IRC present the results of the country
assessments
Each partner presents the CB related activities
planned in each country. A format is included in
the attach to align our presentations (15 min
each)
IWA organises the validation side-event.
IRC introduces the Triple-S initiative to local
stakeholders before the official launch of the
programme on July 18.

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Capacity Building regional organisationsLearning
Sharing platforms

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Tour d horizon desk research

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Platforms in the WASH Sector in Ghana (Abu Wumbei
RCN Ghana)
Sector annual conferences
Mole conference (CONIWAS)
Ghana Water Forum (MWRWH)
NESCON (MLGRD)
Annual review meetings
CWSA annual review platform (CWSA)
WaterAid annual review (WAG)
Unicef / Gov of Ghana annual review (Unicef /
MLGRD)
Annual Learning Festival (SNV, N/R)
National/ Regional/ District level learning
events
National Level Learning Alliance platform (RCN)
DLLAP - Ashaiman, Hunni Valley Mankessim
(TREND/ TPP)
Association of Water Boards (in the 3 Northern
Regions)
WASH Stakeholder Collaborative Meetings (CWSA,
UE)
Natural Resources Environmental Governance
Platform (KASA)
Essential Services platform (ISODEC)
Afram School of Learning (CONIWAS)

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Platforms in the WASH Sector in Ghana (Abu Wumbei
RCN Ghana)
Working Groups
Water and Sanitation Sector Working Group (MWRWH)
National Technical Working Group on Sanitation
(NTWGS)
National Environmental Sanitation Policy
Coordination Council (NESPoCC)
SHEP Working Group (SHEP)
CLTS Task Force
Sanitation KMI Consortium
High Level Sector Retreat
MDG platform (Christian Council)
AID Effectiveness platform (SEND)
WASHTech LA (TREND / RCN)
Triple-S /WASHCost advisory group (IRC /
WD-MWRWH)
WASH Alliance - Ghana platform (WA-G)

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

WASH LEARNING PLATFORMS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN
GHANA
NATIONAL LEVEL LEARNING ALLIANCE PLATFORM
www.washghana.net
COALITION OF NGOs IN WATER AND SANITATION MOLE
CONFERENCE www.moleconference.org
MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
CONFERENCE www.nesconghana.com
MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES WORKS AND HOUSING
GHANA WATER FORUM www.ghanawaterforum.org
WATERAID IN GHANA WATERAID REGIONAL LEARNING
CENTRE FOR CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT (RLCCE)
WEST AFRICA CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTE (WACSI)
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR CSOs http//wacsi.org
GHANA WATSAN JOUNALIST NETWORK MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS
www.gwjn.com

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CONIWAS Blog .

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

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Faso Calendar LS Opportunities

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Literature 2011 by IRC
Vers la gestion des connaissances et
lapprentissage sectoriel au Burkina Faso
comprendre les pratiques actuelles relatives à
linformation et aux connaissances dans le
secteur de leau et lassainissement.
Burkina Faso
Language and Access main problems
Continued ..

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Literature 2011 by IRC
Flow information and sharing also in rural zones
(80 population 2007)
Use telephones access
Connection to global debate problematic (WASH
language is English)

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Literature 2009 by Eau Vive
ETAT DES LIEUX DES COLLECTIFS, PLATEFORMES ET
RESEAUX DORGANISATIONS DE LA SOCIETE CIVILE DU
SECTEUR EAU ET ASSAINISSEMENT DANS 6 PAYS DE
LAFRIQUE DE LOUEST ET DU CENTRE
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso
Synthesis report on West Africa

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Tout dabord, chaque phase vient en son temps et
il semble peu opportun de forcer le mouvement, en
suivant les recommandations de M. Compaoré
concernant la nécessité dune approche portée par
les acteurs locaux et non internationaux, et
suivant un agenda et échéancier déterminés
localement. Dans cette logique, peut-être que la
simple collecte dinformations et la
sensibilisation à la gestion des connaissances,
si importantes actuellement, sont une étape
logique avant de pouvoir espérer des échanges
approfondis et plus complexes dans le sens dune
véritable réflexion collective intégrée ?
Ensuite, au niveau du secteur il semble que les
réseaux de centres de ressources disposent dune
opportunité non négligeable pour appuyer les
agences gouvernementales à coordonner les
activités de gestion des informations et de
partage de connaissances, à centraliser
linformation et unifier les plateformes
déchanges.
Enfin, à un niveau personnel, louverture
croissante de certains acteurs vers les sources
dinformation et dappui externes telles que les
communautés de pratique semblent offrir des
perspectives enrichies et semblent encourager le
réflexe de la gestion des connaissances. Mais le
dernier mot revient peut-être à M. Giniès (2iE)
quand il rend hommage à la créativité et au
dynamisme des jeunes générations burkinabè comme
dune source de progrès pour lensemble du
secteur HAEP Il faut dire au monde quil y a
des jeunes africains qui travaillent, qui
publient des travaux et qui sont en Afrique et
qui travaillent sur les problèmes de lAfrique.
Il ny a pas que le nord qui soccupe de
lAfrique .

Local agenda! simple info-flow and preparing KM
Resource centre is a good start ..
Younger generations should / could / can pick up
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West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Literature 2011 by IRC
Studies Ghana and Burkina Faso for Triple-S
Studies Ghana and Burkina Faso for Triple-S
LESSONS FOR RURAL WATER SUPPLY Assessing progress
towards sustainable service delivery
On water!

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Ghana
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West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

6.5 CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT Ghana / Triple-S Study
Lack of capacity at all intermediate levels (with
the exception of regional CWSA of?ces that are
relatively well provisioned for in terms of both
staff and operational budgets) is a constant in
any analysis of challenges to the sector. DAs,
DWSTs, WSDBs, WATSANs and area mechanics all
suffer from a lack of inherent skills in the
population made worse by a failure to
institutionalise a proper national capacity
development scheme. Training and capacity
building is almost entirely ad hoc and
project-related.

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Literature 2012 by SKAT
Burkina Faso - Report 1st Assessment Visit for
WA-WASH Self Supply
Municipalities have limited funds and internal
capacity to implement works and activities.
Communes have to design local plans for the
development of water and sanitation
infrastructures (Plan Communale Dévelopment /
PCD-AEPA). On village level the CVD (Commité
Villageois de Développent) are responsible for
planning interventions. The following graph is
part of the PN-AEPA and explains the roles of
actors within the framework

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Burkina Faso
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West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Main sector institutions Burkina Faso
Though the ultimate responsibilities over a
number of small towns and the villages located
within the boundaries of urban communes are
unclear, sector organisation is relatively well
defined, with a separation of functions between
a number of key institutionsThe Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources is the
ultimate authority for water supply and
sanitation issues in rural areas, and the
National Office for Water and Sanitation (ONEA),
is responsible for urban areas.
The General Directorate for Water Resources is
the national body for policy development and
planning.
The Regional Directorates for Agriculture,
Fisheries and Water Resources coordinate
planning, resources and activities at regional
level.
The National Office for Water and Sanitation and
the private sector operate some dimensions of
water services in a selected number of communes
(local government units).
International donors (GTZ German international
cooperation organisation, World Bank, the Agence
Française de Développement (AFD) (French
Development Agency), Danish International
Development Assistance (Danida), the European
Union (EU), etc) finance about 90 of the
national water budget.
INGOs implement and support local capacities.
Communes are responsible to ensure service
provision to their populations.

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

ETAT DES LIEUX DES COLLECTIFS D'ORGANISATIONS DE
LA SOCIETE CIVILE DU SECTEUR DE LEAU ET DE
LASSAINISSEMENT EN AFRIQUE DE LOUEST
STATUS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR CIVIL
SOCIETY SECTOR WATER AND SANITATION IN WEST AFRICA

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

The important role of civil society organizations
in the management of resources is now widely
recognized by all stakeholders. All countries in
the sub-region of West Africa that have been
covered by this study (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali,
Niger and Senegal) have gradually established a
regulatory framework and operational mechanisms
for the exchange between government and civil
society.
Overall, CSOs are recognized and involved
directly (through their collective) or indirectly
(through multi-stakeholder group) in the process
of national decision. But their ability to
influence and effectiveness in decision-making
bodies remain very low by a number of weaknesses

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Few CSOs and groupings meet minimum standards for
administrative, financial and even associative
Fragmentation of several CSOs in multi-sectoral
group
Absence of collective national WASH sector
specific
Emergence of collective on shaky objective and
they are often made because of government
incentives but rarely by own CSO members,
structuring to influence bodies and policy
decisions
Collectives face funding difficulties and the
bulk of their operations are financed from
outside the country.

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

SWOT analysis of all these categories of
collectives suggest the following
recommendations
Consolidate the collective representation of CSOs
WASH sector and skills to drive more efficiently
operations for advocacy (find more synergy and
complementarity between the existing collective)
Enhance the contribution of collective CSOs
within the collective multi-sector actors WASH
(review modes of representation to the
effectiveness of the contribution)
Strengthen the influence of advisory bodies set
up by State to act as real bodies regulating the
sector.

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Knowledge networks WA-WASH partners
WaterAid (including learning labs)
SNV (partner IRC in KM team)
CARE (see mini interview Uwe Corus)
..
To do
WinROCK (Beaujault, WA-WASH director) gt
RAIN gt Dutch WASH Alliance
SKAT gt RWSN
..
Please suggest during group-work

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Mini interview Uwe Korus CARE on LS
Informal learning . Platforms??
As public accountability to government / communes
Within the CARE structures
With local / NGO implementing partners
New Adaptation Learning Project see links below
ALP French http//www.careclimatechange.org/files
/adaptation/JotoAfrika_french_2012_web.pdf
ALP English http//www.careclimatechange.org/file
s/adaptation/JotoAfrika_11112011.pdf
ALP http//www.careclimatechange.org/adaptation-i
nitiatives/alp
ALP Niger http//www.careclimatechange.org/files/
adaptation/ALP_Niger_Dan_Bouga_Sept2011.pdf

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

WSSCC
WSSCC is a people-centred organization and
therefore gathers individuals who, collectively,
are part of a great WASH movement. It is the
people - rather than the organization - who make
the real difference. Being a WSSCC member means
being a part of a global peer network committed
to improve sanitation, hygiene and water
worldwide.
Burkina Faso 14 http//www.wsscc.org/members/find-
another-member/search-results?keysfield_country_
residence_value15
Mali 3 http//www.wsscc.org/members/find-another-
member/search-results?keysfield_country_residenc
e_value40
Niger 8 http//www.wsscc.org/members/find-anothe
r-member/search-results?keysfield_country_reside
nce_value48
Ghana 43 http//www.wsscc.org/members/find-anothe
r-member/search-results?keysfield_country_reside
nce_value31
Low numbers!

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

AWIS
A network of African partnersAWIS (African Water
Documentation and Information System) is a
network of African organizations that aim to
share the practices and information they have
available to the greatest number of audience.
Awis value is built upon the diversity of its
members- Geographic diversity Awis partners
have reference and they are operationally
involved throughout the African continent,- A
variety of skills information managed by AWIS
target the water sector in its broadest sense.
Whether access to drinking water, resource
management at a basin or sanitation and hygiene,
this is why the AWIS thematic network members
have a long experience and have developed a solid
expertise.- A variety of modes of intervention
another Awis specificity is the diverse nature
of its constituent organizations. Its network
includes government agencies, NGOs, research
centres and basin organizations. Each, because of
its special status, has developed methods of
intervention of its own and which enrich the wide
range of experiences federated by AWIS.
The objectives of AWIS1. Build a network of
partners in Africa that produce information in
the field of water2. Reference quality
information on the water sector in Africa3.
Provide free access to this information via an
Internet portal.
More librarian library / lack of funds

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PROPOSITION DAXES DE COLLABORATION AVEC LA
COALITION EAU AUTOUR DU PLAIDOYER A MENER Les
réflexions animées dans les différents pays font
ressortir un certain nombre de préalables avant
de travailler sur du plaidoyer à porter par les
collectifs dOSC au cours des années à venir
Lamélioration des connaissances des OSC du Sud
sur les enjeux AEPA (nationaux et internationaux)
et lappui à la participation des collectifs aux
débats, échanges et réflexions à léchelle
nationale, sous régionale et internationale.
Le renforcement des connaissances des OSC et
leurs regroupements sur les législations,
politiques et stratégies nationales par des
activités dinformation et de formation à mettre
en œuvre par les collectifs.
Le renforcement des capacités techniques des OSC
pour un meilleur apport à lAEPA Il sagit pour
les collectifs de développer les activités de
formation et dinformation des OSC membres. A cet
effet, les collectifs pourront également conduire
des opérations de capitalisation dexpériences de
leurs membres. Ces activités pourront se mener à
plusieurs échelles nationale, Sud-Sud et
Sud-Nord. Certains thèmes sont déjà identifiés
le changement de comportements des populations,
la gestion durable des infrastructures, les
pratiques de GIRE, ...etc.
Le développement des activités dinformations sur
les opportunités de financement Il sagit pour
les collectifs de développer les activités
dinformation de leurs membres sur les
opportunités nationales et internationales de
financement de leurs activités.
La consolidation et lamélioration de
lefficacité des collectifs nationaux par
lamélioration des mécanismes de financement, le
renforcement des capacités (plaidoyer, lobbying,
communication) et lamélioration de la
gouvernance interne.

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
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Pour le plaidoyer, les ateliers de restitution
organisés dans les différents pays ont identifié
les axes prioritaires suivants
La manifestation et la concrétisation de la
volonté politique et financière pour lAEPA Il
sagit dœuvrer pour que les pouvoirs publics
nationaux reconnaissent que laccès à leau et
lassainissement est un investissement nécessaire
aux autres secteurs. Il faudra alors militer pour
que les ressources consacrées par les Etats aux
investissements dans le secteur de leau
potable et de lassainissement soient en
cohérence avec limportance du secteur pour
toutes les composantes du développement humain
durable.
La concrétisation du transfert de la maîtrise
douvrage aux collectivités locales et
communautés de base Dans tous les pays, lEtat
dans le cadre de la décentralisation, a pris
loption du transfert de la maîtrise douvrage
(réalisation et/ou gestion des infrastructures)
aux collectivités locales ou aux communautés de
base. Mais la réalité dans les pays où la
décentralisation est encore récente (Bénin,
Burkina Faso, Mali et Niger) révèle que ce
transfert de compétences tarde à se concrétiser
avec des actes comme le transfert du patrimoine,
le transfert des ressources financières, le
transfert des ressources humaines et le
renforcement des capacités des décideurs locaux.
La mise en place dun dispositif concerté de
production et validation des statistiques
nationales du secteur AEPA Dans plusieurs pays,
les statistiques nationales font lobjet
dincompréhension et de contestation entre lEtat
qui les produit et les autres acteurs concernés
par le secteur. Il est donc important, dans le
cadre de la promotion dune bonne gouvernance du
secteur, que toutes les catégories dacteurs
concernés participent au processus de production
et de validation des statistiques.
Le renforcement du contrôle citoyen de laction
publique dans le secteur. Il sagit pour les
collectifs dOSC de mettre en place des outils
pour faire une analyse critique de laction
publique tant au plan technique quau plan
financier. Lun des principaux éléments
dappréciation est limportance des
investissements dévolus au secteur dans les
budgets nationaux et lévaluation de lincidence
financière et sociale de la non priorisation du
secteur dans les budgets nationaux. Dans ce
sens, la mobilisation des collectifs dOSC autour
du Livre Bleu en tant quinstrument de mesure et
de plaidoyer est un atout.

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A Presentation on CONIWAS Strategic Plan
(2012-2016)
Weaknesses (Internal)
Inadequate organizational policies and procedures
Weak documentation of implementation processes,
data management and M E
Lack of effective communication strategy
Inadequate fund raising strategy
Low staff remuneration
Ineffective programme planning coordination
Inadequate capacity for project management
Inadequate capacity for research, advocacy and
programme follow-ups
Inadequate resource mobilization
Limited support to Zonal structures
Lack of coordinated approach to programme design
and implementation

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WA-Net (Part of Cap-Net )
WA-NET (http//www.cap-net.org/node/51)(West
Africa Capacity Building Network)Member
countriesBenin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote
d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea
Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger,
Nigeria, Togo, Senegal, Sierra LeoneObjectivesTo
promote regional co-operation among training
and/or education and/or research institutions and
organizations engaged in IWRM related activities
in West Africa
To strengthen the capacities of training and/or
education and/or research institutions and
organizations engaged in IWRM related activities
in the region
To facilitating research and the delivery of
demand-driven training/education in IWRM in the
region
To promote the implementation of IWRM in the
region
Outputs 2009 National training course on
Economic Financial instruments WA-Net, Mali GWP
9-13 Feb Training
Seems to be dried up .

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http//www.pseau.org (fr)
http//www.plaidoyer-bf.net (out 2009)
http//www.sie-isw.org (cn)
http//www.watersanitationhygiene.org (North)
http//rosa.boku.ac.at (out 2011)
http//www.netssaf.net/ (out 2008)
http//www.uemoa.int Union Economique et
Monetaire Ouest Africane
http//www.africa-interactive.com/site/page/629ab
out_us Journalistic services network
http//projectwet.org (tttt 2008)
http//www.coalition-eau.org (tttt 2008)
http//mwawater.org (tttt 2008)
http//washtech.wordpress.com (tttt 2008)
http//www.africa-interactive.com/site/page/629ab
out_us (tttt 2008)
http//www.sswm.info/home (tttt 2008)
http//www.coalition-eau.org (fr /cn Eau Vive)

A lot of times out of date and or not WASH
specific.
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FAN Freshwater Action Network (FAN)
Is a global network of people implementing and
influencing water and sanitation policy and
practice around the world. FAN works to improve
water management by strengthening civil society
to influence decision-making. http//www.freshwate
raction.net
ANEW is part of FAN re-launch summer 2012

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
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National WS program
Busy with decentralisation
Busy with OM and governance
Not with Learning Sharing .

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(USAID WA-WASH) Program

Journalist networks for WA-WASH countries
Burkina Faso Drissa Traoré, WASH Media Network
Burkina Faso, on the importance of water for life
and his perspective on the WASH situation in
Burkina Faso and Liberia and the importance of
behaviour change (in French)Blog
www.wash-jn.net http//twitter.com/washjournalists
www.facebook.com/washjournalists
Ghana GHANA WATSAN JOUNALIST NETWORK MEDIA
ENGAGEMENTS www.gwjn.com
Niger
Mali

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Mali mini interview

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Pels _at_ IRC Can you tell me a bit about learning
and sharing mechanism in Mali apart from the
government platforms?
KASSAMBARA Bara, Mali Bara Kassambara FtF /
MAVEN Country Director Mali Winrock
International Hamdallaye ACI 2000 / Bamako
Face Clinique KABALA - Rue 213 BPE 457 Office
(00223)20 29 38 80 Cell (00223) 76 31 15 57
Fax (00223) 20 29 22 81 Email bkassambara_at_winrock
mali.org Skype kassambara_bara
KASSAMBARA Bara, Mali In Mali there many
organizations networks FONGIM (Forum des ONGs
International au Mali), CC-ONG, SECO ONG,
Organisation de la Société Civile, ....... Thera
many others organization relate to some specific
issues as Water, Sanitation, Advocacy,..... and
the likes where actors could meet, share
information and negotiate the government to
overcome their concerns
Pels _at_ IRC Do you think these platforms need
capacity building in respect to learning and
sharing? WA-WASH is only about WASH and MUS and
alike.
KASSAMBARA Bara, Mali As you know, Learning and
Sharing, let's say Communication is the key point
concerning Capacity Building / Sharing /
Extension / Promotion, for Socio-economic and
political growth. Then the needs in this field is
very high mostly if "People don't know that they
don't know". It is just my opinion.

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Capacity Building regional organisationsLearning
Sharing platforms

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Guiding lights .

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Resource Centre Ghana

West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
(USAID WA-WASH) Program

The Resource Centre in Ghana has evolved into a
Resource Network which engages all key sector
players. The Resource Centre Network provides
quality services and knowledge products to meet
the information needs of the sector. These
include
a Sector Newsletter
a Sector Website (www.ghana.watsan.net)
production of information materials like a
Brochure, Fact Sheets and Short Briefing Notes in
response to frequently asked questions
training and capacity building, especially in the
area of documentation and information management
establishment of Media Platform as part of its
advocacy role, the RCN is working closely with
various media to introduce an interactive
programme called WASH Agenda, where exclusively
WASH issues will be discussed
provision of Enquiry Services where the
secretariat will directly provide quick response
to specific problems and queries
establish a library facility where key
publications will be available to sector agencies
and District Assemblies (DAs)and
working closely with sector agencies and umbrella
groups like CONIWAS to organise sector dialogue
on topical issues.
The target group for RCN Ghana services/products
include, sector ministries and key agencies,
parliamentary select committee on WASH, NGOs,
CBOs, private sectors, networks and development
partners.
read more about the establishment process,
challenges and lessons in this case study
http//www.irc.nl/page/47993

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Scoops by WSAfrica .

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Faso Nouvelles blog Burkina Faso

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Uganda case (LEAPSS) example (IRC)
Existing platforms (!)
More obligatory / press conference style / send
information
No dialogue / discussion / follow up / reflection
Attach Reflection slot on Learning Sharing
At the start uncomfortable
More and more LS sessions appreciated
Reflection slots as part of other (regional /
local) platforms

) The core objective of the Learning for
Practice and Policy in Sanitation (LeaPPS)
project is to support multi-stakeholder learning
processes. It takes local governance as its entry
point, facilitating learning platforms on hygiene
and sanitation at district and sub-district level
in Uganda.
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Group work Learning Sharing