Water Projects in Africa

ACCESSanitation

2009 - 2012

 

ACCESSanitation aims to enable local authorities to promote and initiate sustainable sanitation solutions, thus improving health conditions, alleviating poverty, fostering the local economy and increasing food security. Project details »

 

 

Local Initiatives in the Promotion of the Attainment of the Water and Sanitation Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

2010 - 2011

 

The overall aim of this European Commission funded project was to contribute towards the attainment of the Water and Sanitation MDG targets in 14 selected African countries. Project details»

 

The ICLEI Africa Water Office has been involved with two major water projects in the past:

 

 

LoGo Water

(Local Government Water)

2005 - 2007

 

The European Commission supported eight cities, towns and communities to adopt integrated water resources management (IWRM). These cities are along the Limpopo River basin bordering four countries: South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Project details »

 

 

Capacity Building for Integrated Governance in the Management of Water and Sanitation in Zambia and Uganda

2005 - 2008

 

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs supported 6 cities in two countries in Africa, being Uganda and Zambia. Cities undertook the Water Campaign milestones, and adopted an integrated approach (IWRM) in preparing and enacting local water agendas. Project details »

 

ICLEI's Water Campaign
2000

ICLEI Africa's Water Campaign assists local governments to quantify and qualify water resource use, develop local water action plans, set targets, act on their plans, and track and report goal-achievement.

 

To contribute to the Millennium Development Goal 7 (MDG 7), the ICLEI Africa Secretariat:

 

  • Works closely with national governments and associations of local governments to collectively reduce water consumption, pollution, and systems loss; and
  • Promotes initiatives aimed at improving access to safe water through, among other approaches, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) to achieve integrated local water governance, effective stakeholder participation, sustainable service provision, proper management of the local water resources and adequate adaptation to climate change and increasing social, environmental and economic needs.

Globally ICLEI's Water Campaign, launched in June 2000, is designed to assist local governments manage water sustainably. Capacity development interventions enable local governments to engage in dialogue with different stakeholders and adopt a holistic approach through integrated water resources management (IWRM). It also assists local governments develop, among others, local water inventories, policies and action plans, and measure improvements in local water quality, conservation, consumption and access.

All campaign participants are guided by the five milestones of the Water Campaign.