ESAWAS and PASA formalise partnership
ESAWAS and the Pan-African Association of Sanitation Actors (PASA) have signed a 3-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the enabling environment and operations for sanitation actors under formalised regulatory arrangements to improve sanitation service delivery through the implementation of joint activities in areas of mutual interest. The partnership is considered cardinal as WSS regulators integrate non-sewered sanitation into formalised regulatory arrangements. Non-sewered sanitation services […]
WSUP and ESAWAS renew partnership to enhance water and sanitation sustainability in Africa
Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) and the Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Regulators Association (ESAWAS) have today renewed their partnership aimed at enhancing the sustainability of water and sanitation utility operations in an effective regulatory environment, fort he next three years. The two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding to […]
ESAWAS facilitates technical training in KPIs and SSPs
In line with its objective of facilitating capacity development, the ESAWAS Regulators Association organized two technical trainings in Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP) for its members. These 2-day back-to-back trainings took place from 28th to 31st August 2023 and were supported with trainers from World Bank-IBNET, WHO-RegNet and ESAWAS. The main objective was […]
2nd Africa WSS Regulators Conference endorses ESAWAS for continental expansion
Hosted by the Water Utility Regulation Department (WURD) of the Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda, the 2nd Africa Water Supply and Sanitation Regulators Conference was held from 3rd to 5th October 2023 at Munyonyo Resort and Conference Centre, under the theme “Initiatives for Regulatory Impact”. This conference was attended by more than 150 participants from 44 […]
ESAWAS leads Regulatory Exchange visit to Portugal for Members
ESAWAS in collaboration with the Lisbon International Centre of Water (LIS-Water) organized a regulatory exchange visit to Portugal for its members from 17th to 21st July 2023. This was in pursuit of the primary objective of ESAWAS to enhance the regulatory capacity of its members to deliver quality and effective regulation to achieve public policy […]
ESAWAS CWIS regulation framework applauded at Lagos International Water Conference
Citywide Inclusive Sanitation is gaining ground as countries realised that achieving 2030 targets of safely managed sanitation services requires an inclusive sanitation approach that combines both sewered and non-sewered sanitation services. Regulation plays a significant role in accelerating access to quality sanitation services and ESAWAS has been leading conversations to establish and strengthen regulation at […]
ESAWAS members trained on ISO 9001: 2015
In pursuit of its strategic objectives, on 22nd June 2023 the ESAWAS Regulators Association organized a training on ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management System Standard for its members. The training was delivered by an expert from the Zambian Bureau of Standards and was attended by 15 participants from 7 member institutions and ESAWAS Secretariat. The one-day […]
