Water Services and Institutional Support Project

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The development objective of the Mozambique Water Services and Institutional Support Project is to increase water service coverage in the cities o f Beira, Nampula, Quelimane, and Pemba under the delegated management framework and to establish an institutional and regulatory framework for water supply in smaller cities and towns. The project will finance the following three components: investments and continuing support in the four cities under the responsibility of Fundo de Investimento e Patrimdnio do Abastecimento de Agua (Water Supply Investment Fund also known as FIPAG); capacity building, institutional and operational support to Direccao Nacional de Aguas (National Directorate for Water Affairs or DNA) for the Asset Management Unit, Provincial Water Board, and Sector Wide Approach; and, operational support to water regulatory council know as Conselho de Regulacao do Abastecimento de Agua (CRA) with respect to expanded regulatory responsibility for smaller towns and cities.