CONGRESS WORKING OF COTONOU 2008
The African Water Association (AfWA) held its 14 th CONGRESS at the Cotonou Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) from February 25 to 28 2008 under the auspices of his Excellency Doctor BONY YAYI, President of the Republic, Head of State and Head of Government of the Republic of Benin and under the effective chairmanship of Mr FELIX T. HESSOU, Minister of Home Affairs and Public Security.
The AfWA 2008 Cotonou Congress recorded the participation of 400 delegates from 35 African and European countries.
Both the President of the CONGRESS and the AfWA President seized the opportunity of the CONGRESS opening ceremony - that was presided over by the Ministry of Home Affairs - to express their welcoming address to the many Beninese authorities and foreign VIPs who came to attend this African continental event.
Messages from the following partner institutions were delivered after the addresses of the President of the Congress and the AfWA, President: of the African Development Bank, UN-HABITAT and World Water Council.
THEME : “PARTNERSHIP AND GOOD GOVERNANCE TO ACHIEVE THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN THE AFRICAN WATER AND SANITATION SECTOR.”
- MESSAGES DELIVERED ON BEHALF THE PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
- Mr LOIC FAUCHON, President of the World Water Council
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- Mr PETER AKARI, Representing the African Development Bank (AfDB)
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- PROINVEST was represented by Mr Bruno VAN EECKOUT
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- Speech of the African Water Association President,
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SYMPOSIUM : The Millennium Development Goals related to the Drinking water and Sanitation in Africa : Half way assessment
COLLOQUIUM : The water and sanitation sector development perspectives in Africa
Themes of the Colloquium
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Launching of the Water Operators Partnership – UN-Habitat, WSP Africa ( Kenya )
2 - What partnerships for African and European Enterprises – ADEA (Lyon)
3 - The African Water Facility and the Development of the Sector for the Last Two Years - ADB
4 - Mobilization of Local Financial Resources – WSP Africa ( Dakar )
5 - Building the Capacities of Water Utilities in Africa - WBI
6 - The 5 th World Water Forum Istanbul 2009: - CME-WWC
7 - The Prospects of the EU for Professional Organizations in ACP Countries – CDE Proinvest
8 - Performance Indicators and Benchmarking - OIEau
CEOs and MDs' Conferences
Two conferences for CEOs and MDs of African water and sanitation utilities was organized. The first one aimed at informing CEOs and MDs on the status of the WOP-Africa Program and on the next steps to take, and to elicit their viewpoints on its implementation.
The second conference focused on the theme Mobilization of Local Financial Resources and dealed with the development of the Shadow Credit Rating Toolkit.
Official launching of the Water Operators Partnership Africa, a United Nations initiative which objective is to establish Capacity Building among the Water and Sanitation Utilities.
The Financing of this programme will be made by the African Development Bank and other donors under the governance of the Africa Water Association and the implementation of the l'Eastern & Southern African Region ( ESAR - IWA).
The objective of WOP-Africa is foster the tuning up and improvement of WSUs through increased collaboration among the operators of the water sector for advocacy, learning, networking and support partnerships among utilities. 
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Distinguishing as Honorary Members
- Mr BINGUITCHA FARE from Togo
- Mr JAN JANSSENS from WBI
- Mr MADIO FALL from WSP
- A post humus award is being conferred on Mrs FATOUMATA BA NIANG, former senior staff of Senegalese Water Corporation and member of Scientific and Technical Committee.
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