Rural Water Supply Cabo Delgado
Project / Program Summary

Sector(s):	Water
Title:	Rural Water Supply Cabo Delgado
Donor country/ organization:	Switzerland, SDC
Other donors / organizations involved:	bilateral project
Beneficiary countries / regions:	Mozambique, Cabo Delgado
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions:	Helvetas and Ministry of Water
Duration:	01.96 -- 06.99
Starting Date:	08.79
Project / Program budget:	SFr.6'000'000 -- (of phase 8)
Finance / Type of cooperation:	technical cooperation

Objectives
- Target group (rural women and men of Cabo Delgado) participate in decision-making, provision, operation and maintenance and management of water supply installations
- Relevant institutional elements of provincial water sector are developed
Activities / contents
- National water policy introduced on provincial level
- Demand principle introduced
- Technologies are standardised
- System of "Animation and Preventive Maintenance" is improved
- Regular co-ordination with other sector is established
Expected outcomes / impacts
- Strategy of demand-orientation is established in order to increase sustainability
- Participation of the beneficiary communities is guaranteed
- Institutional structures have to be adopted in order to be able to respond to demands of the community
Features in line with the Agenda for Action
The introduction of the demand oriented approach responds to the concerns of missing sustainability. The "APM" and "protocol" approach underline the national policy of decentralisation.

In Berne:	Section Afrique de l'Est/DDC/Elgerstrasse 80/3003 Berne Gerhard Siegfried (tel: 031/3232795)
In Mozambique:	Bureau de coordination DDC/Caixa Postal 135/Maputo Bernhard Huwiler (tel: 00258-1421337)

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