Five bodies sign agreement with African Union

Five international development agencies have signed an agreement with the African Union (AU) that would enable them play a greater role in working towards the ambitious targets set by African Water Vision 2026.

The agencies are: WaterAid, the CLTS-Foundation, Water and Sanitation Africa (WSA), Sustainable Sanitation Design (Susan Design) and Norges Verl.

The partnership will help engage the grassroots action for water supply and sanitation, to help ensure that the continent remained on track to achieve the ambitious targets set in AfricaWater Vision 2025.

It will further help show more urgency and commitment during the process of the Post-2015 Global Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The Africa Water Vision 2025, which was developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in the year 2000, is a shared vision of “an equitable and sustainable use and management of water resources for poverty alleviation, socio–economic