Establishment of a monitoring and reporting system for the water sector in Africa

September 2013 - The African Minister’s Council on Water (AMCOW) received a € 2 million grant to establish the African water and sanitation monitoring and reporting (M&E) system, to cover all aspects of water use. This will contribute to overcoming the lack of national and regional water and sanitation sector monitoring and reporting system in Africa, which is widely recognized as one of the critical constraints towards making informed decisions on the development and use of water resources. The grant will finance the harmonization of the reporting system prepared and adopted by African countries, and regional economic centers, the regular reporting on the state of water & sanitation in Africa achieved, and build the capacity of the African Union and & AMCOW to lead and manage the M&E and reporting process.

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