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Ongoing Initiatives
The African Water Facility focuses its own initiatives on two major areas:
 Information and Knowledge
AWF’s main objective in this area is to support the establishment and enhancement of information and knowledge management capabilities at in coordination with all concerned stakeholders.
Monitoring and Evaluation
The overall objective of this sub-component is to support the establishment of water sector M&E systems and management capabilities at national and regional levels in consultation with stakeholders.
 Information and Knowledge
AWF’s objective is to support the establishment and enhancement of information and knowledge management capabilities at national and regional levels in coordination with all concerned stakeholders.
As a result, reliable information and knowledge will be made available for water resources development planning and implementation at these levels.
The expected outcome is to provide increased quality and sustainability of investments due to the provision of comprehensive information. Such an improved needs assessment and improved data would ultimately result in solid and sound investment programmes.
AWF supports the following activities:
- Undertake an assessment of the overall situation per country.
- Establish the standards and mechanisms for information management in the water sector.
- Establishment or strengthening of national water information management systems.
- Collection and analysis of water data and related information.
- Other activities that may be supported include:
- Promotion of best practices, innovative technologies.
- Promotion of partnerships with education and research institutions, and undertaking of education and awareness programmes.
- Research programmes and compatible research activities.
The following indicators and targets will be used to measure progress:
- Country assessments and definition of standards for all RMCs completed by December 2006.
- Number of countries for which standards and mechanisms are established.
- By 2009 all RMCs will have appropriate mechanisms:
- Number of countries for which existing information systems are strengthened or new ones established. By 2009 at least 20 countries will have reliable information systems.
- Improvement in the type and quality of data and information used for planning and implementation of water resources development. By 2009 at least 20 countries will have better quality data for IWRM.
Monitoring and Evaluation
The overall objective of this sub-component is to support the establishment of water sector M&E systems and management capabilities at national and regional levels in consultation with stakeholders.
As a result, improved M&E standards and methodologies will be developed, and regular M&E reporting mechanisms will be established and become operational in RMCs. The availability of timely and regular monitoring and evaluation results will enhance planning, implementation and management of water sector investments.
This will also serve as a tool for RMCs for managing for results in the Water sector, as agreed upon in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in March 2005 (Ownership, Harmonisation, Alignment, Results and Mutual Accountability).
Support will be provided for the following activities:
- Assessment of the overall situation for each country to establish the baseline;
- Provide support to the proposed African regional monitoring and evaluation mechanism for water supply and sanitation in accordance with the mandate given at the Paris Declaration;
- Development of national monitoring indicators and standards;
- Promote agreement among the main stakeholders on appropriate indicators to monitor, under the leadership of AMCOW;
- Establishment or strengthening of national monitoring and evaluation systems and institutions;
- Programmes or project impact assessments.
The following indicators and targets will be used to measure progress:
- Country assessments completed by December 2006;
- Monitoring indicators and standards developed by December 2006;
- Agreement on monitoring indicators reached by 2007;
- Number of existing national M&E systems strengthened or new systems developed. At least 18 countries will be producing regular and reliable M&E reports by year 2009.
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