A partnership to strengthen capacity development in water supply, sanitation and hygiene in integrated water resources management (IWRM) brings together the Streams of Knowledge global coalition of resource centres, the Cap-Net affiliated capacity building networks in IWRM, IRC and other partners.

Our combined knowledge of water supply, sanitation and IWRM, and our potential to scale up capacity building through networks and resource centres makes the partnership a powerful mechanism toward achieving the MDGs.

Many countries, especially in Africa, are far from meeting the water and sanitation targets which are prerequisites for meeting the other MDG goals. Our partnership builds on the capacities of sector institutions that are usually scattered and uncoordinated. It will enhance approaches towards efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of water supply and sanitation programmes by making them more coherent, synergistic and complementary.

STREAMS and Cap-Net have agreed to analyse capacity development priorities in some African countries. This includes collecting and updating WASH training materials, providing technical and advisory support to capacity building networks and developing a monitoring and evaluation scheme to track progress.

Tags: capacity development, governance