Held in Bagamoyo, Tanzania.
The second East and Southern African Water Utilities Regulators’ (ESAWUR) Meeting was held in Bagamoyo, Tanzania from 28th to 30th May 2008. The meeting was hosted by the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) of Tanzania and organised in cooperation with German Development Cooperation.
The three day meeting brought together 35 participants of which the majority hailed from EWURA. The remaining participants were from the National Water Supply and Sanitation Council (NWASCO) in Zambia and the Water Supply Regulatory Council of Mozambique. Among the participants were two observers from GTZ in Algeria.
The second ESAWUR meeting was a follow-on to the first meeting held in Lusaka, Zambia in February 2007 as agreed by the Regulators for an informal forum for discussion of common issues to the region.
The main objective of the meeting was to share experiences and knowledge on the following issues of common interest:
- Issues of Regulators
- Case Studies of Regulatory Best Practices
- Pro-poor Regulation
- The Relevance of Regulation in Sanitation Provision and
- Sustainability of Service Provision.
The meeting also sought to reach final agreement on the future cooperation of regulators vis-à-vis a Memorandum of Understanding.
Presentations are available in the Members section.
