2nd Africa Sanitation Dialogue - Beyond Sewers: Empowering Utilities for Non-Sewered Sanitation Services
17.09.2025 • 09:00 - 11:00 (BST)
Online- Event
The International Water Association (IWA) recognises the urgent need to address global sanitation challenges. Through its Inclusive Urban Sanitation Initiative, IWA is organising Quarterly Sanitation Dialogues to enhance advocacy, learning, and knowledge exchange on inclusive urban sanitation.
Looking ahead, the second Africa Sanitation Dialogue will focus on empowering utilities for non-sewered sanitation (NSS) service provision.
Objectives
Following the session, the participants will be able to:
- Understand gaps in urban planning and service provision in informal settlements.
- Understand the benefits and trade-offs of integrating sewered and non-sewered sanitation (NSS) with utilities, where these exist.
- Understand the importance of inclusive service mandates which incorporate low-income communities and informal settlements, and how this can be enabled at the policy level.
- Understand the role of regulatory authorities in supporting utility provision of NSS.
- Understand what utility provision of NSS involves in practice in terms of institutional change, systems, human resourcing, private sector engagement and financial resources.
- Gain inspiration from real-world examples of African utilities now embracing their mandate for NSS.
Agenda | Program
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