The Swiss agency’s funds are to help accelerate access to water supply and sanitation in rural Africa.
The funds will support the AfDB’s strategy to engage governments and donors in mobilising and facilitating the flow of resources to accelerate investment in rural water supply and sanitation in Africa.
Since the inception of the Initiative, 31 programmes in 23 African countries have been approved. Of this number, half are already delivering water services to some 33 million people and providing sanitation to over 21 million, at the end of June 2011.
Swiss agency head West Africa department head Hansjurg Ambuhl said support to enhanced access to drinking water and sanitation positively impacts on health, rural development and sustained access to education, which is corresponding to our priorities in development cooperation with our partner countries in Africa.
In addition to this financial contribution, the Swiss agency envisages providing support to monitoring and evaluation as well as to country-led implementation.
