Webinar Series

Water Regulation Information System (WARIS)

Strengthening Utility Oversight and Service Accountability

Date:

February 6, 2024

Time:

9:00 am WAT | 10:00 am CAT | 11:00 am EAT | 4:00 pm MYT

Learning Material:

Event Details

The ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฆ๐—› ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ marks the transition from the ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€: ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜, to ๐—ช๐—ฆ๐—› ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ-๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ focused on strengthening sanitation data systems across Sub-Saharan Africa.

This session spotlights the ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ (๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ)โ€”a regulatory tool ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฎ’๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ (๐—ช๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—•) to track utility performance, monitor compliance with service standards, and support data-driven decision-making for water service providers (WSPs).

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป:
โœ” Deep insights into WARIS โ€“ How the system enhances performance benchmarking, accountability, and regulatory oversight.
โœ” Regulatory & utility perspectives โ€“ How WARIS strengthens compliance tracking, optimizes resource planning, and supports evidence-based decision-making.
โœ” Practical takeaways โ€“ Lessons from WASREB on leveraging regulatory data systems to improve service delivery.

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ฆ๐—› ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€
The webinar will also introduce ๐—ช๐—ฆ๐—› ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€ (๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป), ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฆ๐—” ๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ. WSH Data Labs builds on the Public Service Data Systems initiative, evolving into a long-term program that:

โ€ข Engages stakeholders across utilities, municipalities, and regulators to co-create solutions for sanitation data systems.
โ€ข Develops tools and resources to empower utilities in adopting tailored, data-driven solutions.
โ€ข Drives capacity-building and knowledge exchange through targeted learning initiatives.

This session offers an exclusive preview of WSH Data Labsโ€™ official launch at AfWASA ICE 2025, where key sector-wide initiativesโ€”including the ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ and the ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑโ€”will be unveiled.

The session is hosted by ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ-๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ in collaboration with WASREB, the ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ช๐—”๐—ฆ) ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, and the ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€โ€™ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ (๐—š๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—”).

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