Purpose

Published on: 03/11/2011

The purpose of this WASH Governance Training Programme is to equip water and sanitation sector practitioners (trainers, capacity builders, NGOs, facilitators) to develop training programmes on water and sanitation governance and how to advocate good governance and best practices.   It has been developed to provide a resource to strengthen governance and sustainability in the WASH sector.  The approach is based on the recognition that ‘concepts’ are not sufficient to translate theories into practice and therefore the programme includes practical approaches to promote good governance and sustainable services.

The programme also aims to develop WASH institutional capacity through increased knowledge, understanding and action in terms of strengthening and improving WASH policy, planning, financing, institutional arrangements, and regulation with a focus on the local level. 

Objectives of the training programme

The objectives of the WASH governance training programme are:

• To provide an overall grounding in the area of WASH governance, what it means, the different components of WASH governance and its relevance to poverty reduction and sustainable services
• To provide tools and methodologies to promote good WASH governance within different contexts