The AWF current Strategy covers the period 2017-2025 and aligns with the operations of the Bank Group’s new Water Policy (2021) and AfDB Water Strategy (2021), which embrace a broader focus on water security. The long-term goal of the AWF strategy revised in 2021 is to contribute to “improved quality of life for urban and rural communities in Africa”. This is achieved under four strategic priorities, namely: (i) project preparation, (ii) catalytic investments, (iii) investment promotion, and (iv) water governance. The strategy puts emphasis on mainstreaming and integration of climate resilience at the centre of its programme interventions among other key cross-cutting issues of gender, environmental, safety, employment creation and social safeguards.