Status:
Complete
Location:
Harar - Ethiopia
Region:
Africa
Total cost:
USD $60,000
Duration:
10 months
Start:
30 June 2014
End:
30 April 2015
Working Areas
Asset Management
Business Planning
Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation
Production Processes & Service Quality & Water Safety (Drinking Water)
Other
Organizations Involved
Harar City Water Supply and Sewerage Services Authority — Lead Mentee
National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Kampala, Uganda — Lead Mentor
Water Operators Partnerships - WOP-AFRICA
Funder
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)
Funder Supporting Org
The Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance
Broker
SDGs
6.3Improved water quality, reduced untreated wastewater and increased recycling & safe reuse
Project description

Short-term WOP aiming to to help operators diagnose needs and prepare for long-term improvement. This WOP was part of a collaboration between GWOPA and OPEC’s Fund for International Development (OFID) to develop Performance Improvement Plans through a series of WOPs. 9 African mentee utilities, with the assistance of 5 mentors, implemented short-term performance improvement action plans and developed medium term performance action plans (PIPs). The development of the PIPs started with a participatory diagnosis of the mentee utilities, which went through a self-assessment of 23 improvement areas, identification of priorities both for the short and the medium terms, and design of short term and medium term action plans. During the implementation of the short term action plans, the mentees were exposed to good practices from the mentors during study tours, and benefited from tailored training according to their needs, during 2 to 3 follow-ups missions led by the mentors at the mentees’ premises.