The Strategic Plan is drawn from the objectives of the ESAWAS Regulators Association which are two-fold: (i) Capacity Building and Information Sharing and (ii) Regional Regulatory Co-operation.

This work has been undertaken as a joint collaboration between ESAWAS and UNICEF in recognition that harnessing knowledge of regulatory practices in CWIS would aid in strengthening the capacity of regulators and other implementing agencies (government, utilities, private etc) across Africa and globally to effectively discharge their mandates and improve service delivery.

This work has been undertaken as a joint collaboration between ESAWAS and UNICEF in recognition that harnessing knowledge of regulatory practices in CWIS would aid in strengthening the capacity of regulators and other implementing agencies (government, utilities, private etc) across Africa and globally to effectively discharge their mandates and improve service delivery.

Information system and database management and development for strengthened water and sanitation systems regulation. This report is the compilation of the results on the study for setting up an GIS based as a decision support tool for performance monitoring, planning, and resource allocation, utilities management, with the aim to enhance WSS services delivery within the ESAWAS members’ countries, especially in urban areas.

This report provides an overview of the status of WSS regulation across Africa. It presents a summary of regulatory frameworks in place for WSS service provision in urban and rural areas in 54 countries based on a study initiated by ESAWAS. Key findings and overviews are provided for the policy and legal backing for WSS regulation, different spheres of regulation (regulated service providers, regulated service delivery types), regulatory mechanisms, and the regulatory environment.

This report provides an overview of WSS regulation across the Southern African region in ten countries: Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

This report provides an overview of WSS regulation across the Eastern African region in 14 countries: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

This report provides an overview of WSS regulation across the Central African region in nine countries: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Congo Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe.

This report provides an overview of WSS regulation across the Western Africa region in 15 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

This report provides an overview of WSS regulation across the Northern African region in six countries: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. Data on Sahrawi Republic could not be obtained.