The Association aims to :
- Provide its Members with the results of studies, research and surveys in all branches of activity in the Drinking Water, Sanitation and Environment Sector ;
- Encourage measures of general interest that will help upgrade professional skills ;
- Maintain close relations with all regional, continental and international organs devoted to issues relating to the objectives of the Association ;
- Organise congress, symposia, seminars, workshops and technical sessions ;
- Institute awards and distinctions to promote and stimulate Members’ performances
United Nations and the World Bank (WSP)
Water Operators Partnership Africa (WOP - Africa )
The UN (UN-HABITAT) Water Operators Partnership has become a reality. The AfWA and ESAR are jointly the two organisations that have been entrusted with the destiny of the WOP programme in Africa . The objective of this programme is mainly the sharing of experience and capacity building among the water and sanitation sector operators, supported by the AfDB and other financial institutions.
With the United Nations, the launching of the Water Operators Partnership is giving a new breath to the capacity building of the water and sanitation utilities supported by donors of the sector
Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), Public – Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)
Elaboration of an assessment process profitability degree of utilities in Africa (Shadow Credit Rating) within the framework of local utilities financing.
The African Water Association is examining new financing means in the water and sanitation sector .
World Water Council (WWC)
In future, a close collaboration about the following preoccupation for 2008
• Water and Sanitation, woman and decision making
• Twining among the water and sanitation organisations capacity building and improvement of quality services.
With the World Water Council, the Association can now see beyond the continent.
Water Operators Partnership Africa, Shadow Credit Rating, performance indicators and Benchmarking. The AfWA three main projects, always with the support of the African Development Bank.
The AfDB and the African Facility are the AfWA and the Water and Sanitation sector in Africa inescapable supports.
WBI (World Bank Institute)
Many workshops are in progress: Reform of the Water and Sanitation Sector, contractualization, Reduction of the Unaccounted for Water, Investment Planning and elaboration of the sector financial model, Partnership among operators, Governance of the water utilities, contribution of the NTIC in utilities and customer management, financing of the sector and infrastructures, fraud and corruption in the water and sanitation sector.
With the World Bank Institute, the AfWA is getting refined and permanent.
Management of maintenance within the utilities, with the support of the CDE.
The improvement of maintenance methods through the setting up of an efficient maintenance approach inexorably lead to: a better management of the water resources through a reduction of the water losses and permit an increase in the supply, an optimization of the operation equipments and works while increasing their lifetime and the reduction of the operation charges that can favour future investments among others. This dynamic fits in with the AfWA through the development of a programme together with the CDE on this thematic.
With the CDE-PRO€INVEST, the African Water Association benefits from a direct support to the professional Associations within the framework of the capacity building of its members.
OIEau (Office International de l'Eau )
Within the framework of the water utilities governance, this project deals with the Development of the water utilities management through the use of performance indicators. Four (4) countries presented each two water utilities representing the pilot team. The project is made of an alternation of training grouped sessions on the performance indicators and benchmarking, and internal coaching periods within the utilities.
With the Office International de l'Eau, benchmarking and performance indicators are within hands of the water and sanitation utilities.