Multinational - Water Operators Partnership (WOP) Africa Peer-to-peer Learning and Benchmarking

The peer-to-peer learning partnerships under the Water Operators Partnership Program aims to increase number of African utilities achieving international best practice on central efficiency parameters and increasing funding of investments from own revenue. The WOP Africa initiative is a tool for the improvement of the performance of African utilities and will contribute towards the achievement of the WSS MDG targets and progress towards universal access to safe water and sanitation. This project fits within the AWF mandate under Improved Service Delivery, with a clear focus on innovation. It has two components: Component A) 10 peer-to-peer learning partnerships between African water and sanitation utilities; Component B) Benchmarking of utilities and updating a utility performance database. The overall duration of the projet is 24 months.