Initiatives Southern Africa region

Overview of ongoing and recent initiatives of IRC in the Southern Africa region.



WASH Governance Training Programme on decentralised service delivery

04 Dec 12

IRC’s Alana Potter and Jean de la Harpe facilitated a 2-day training programme for high level officials from Local Government Associations on decentralised service delivery. The purpose of the training was to test the applicability of the South African Water and Sanitation Councillor Development Programme (CDP) with Local Government Association representatives of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). In the training participated representatives from local government associations in Zambia and Zimbabwe, the Department of Water Affairs South Africa, and the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA). The training took place in November 2012 in Pretoria, South Africa.

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