AMCOW secures funding for African water reporting system

The African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) has secured a €2m grant from the African Water Facility (AWF) to set up a monitoring and reporting system for the water sector.

The project is in line with the Africa Water Vision call for action to create a sustainable system for monitoring and sharing information on all aspects of water use in the continent. It will allow AMCOW to report annually to the African Union (AU) Summit on the state of water in Africa.

AMCOW intends to develop a harmonised national, basin and regional water sector monitoring and reporting system in the continent. The project will also assist AMCOW and AU to set up a data management system, which is expected to drive continuous credible reporting on the sector on the state of water development and use for decision making for governments and heads of state.

AWF Coordinator Akissa Bahri said that the organisation will continue to catalyse actions to propel the provision of water and safe sanitation to more African populations and to actualise more efficient development and management of water resources.

"And one of the surest ways of doing this is to develop an efficient system of monitoring and evaluating what we do," Bahri added.

The AMCOW Secretariat will implement the project over a period of two years.