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A Results and Learning, Multi-country Roundtable
Join the World Bank for this hybrid multi-country roundtable event for Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, focused on bringing water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) solutions closer to people. Speakers will include government officials, WASH sector representatives, civil society organizations, and community members, sharing best practices and lessons learned about sustainable WASH interventions.
DATE: Tuesday, June 11, 2024, from 11am to 2:00pm EAT
TIME |
ACTIVITY |
11.00a.m. – 11.05am |
Moderator: Ms. Carol Ndosi Welcomes guests to Conference Rooms |
11.05a.m. – 11.20a.m. |
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Nathan Belete, World Bank Country Director for MW, TZ, ZM, ZW |
11.20a.m. – 11.45a.m. |
KEYNOTE REMARKS: Hon. Mwajuma Waziri, Permeant Secretary, Ministry of Water, Tanzania. Hon. Elias Chimulambe, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Water and Sanitation, Malawi. |
11.50a.m. – 12.00p.m. |
Moderator introduces Country Results and Learning Session modalities |
12.00p.m. – 12.15p.m.
*15 minutes for each CO |
MALAWI: WASH for Cholera Prevention Beneficiaries Video (2 videos: 5 minutes) Presenter: Eng. Silli Mbewe. CEO, Lilongwe Water Board This session will introduce how the World Bank’s work focused on WASH in Lilongwe, Malawi has been instrumental in Cholera prevention. Through presentation and beneficiary testimonial, participants will learn about which specific WASH intervention have had the biggest impact during this year’s Cholera epidemic, and how successful approaches developed have been streamlined into government systems. |
12.15p.m. – 12.30p.m.
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TANZANIA: WASH in Schools and the Creation of Systems Change Beneficiaries Video (3 videos = 6mins) Presenter: Eng. Mashaka Sitta, Project Coordinator, Ministry of Water This session will introduce how investments through the World Bank’s Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation program have been instrumental in improving WASH in schools, and the multitude of positive benefits for pupils, girls, and the community at large. This session will also highlight how the program has been fundamental at creating systems change for how Government is addressing and managing WASH service delivery in rural areas. |
12.30p.m. – 12.45p.m.
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ZIMBABWE: Improved Data and Service Level Benchmarking to Improve WASH Service Delivery. Presenter: Engineer Bezzel Chitsungo, Acting Chief Director Water Resources, Irrigation Development and National WASH coordination, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development. Beneficiaries: Beneficiary from Runde Catchment In 2023, Technical Assistance (TA) from the World Bank on a Multi-Purpose Water Storage System Assessment for Sustainable Productive Water Use was completed. The session will present how the TA supported the development of a Dam Rehabilitation Prioritization Tool (DRPT) to enhance decision-making on investment allocation and prioritization. Secondly, it will highlight how tools like this one are critical to support water supply needs and climate resilience. |
12.45p.m. – 1.00p.m.
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ZAMBIA: Building Demand for Onsite Sanitation and Fecal Sludge Management Services Presenter: Eng. Kennedy Mayumbelo, Director of Infrastructure Planning and Development, LWSC Beneficiaries: In person, private sector pit emptier. This session will highlight how high impact activities transformed demand creation for onsite sanitation, performance-based contracts for emptying services and market expansion through inclusion of local private operators in a World Bank operation, was successful in developing professional sanitation service delivery in some of Lusaka’s poorest neighborhoods. |
1.00p.m. – 1.30p.m. |
OPEN FLOOR: Q&A / Reflections Session |
1.30p.m. – 1.50p.m. |
KEY TAKEAWAYS: World Bank Country Managers: Eneida Fernandes, Zimbabwe Achim Fock, Zambia |
1.50p.m. – 2.10p.m. |
CLOSING REMARKS: Nathan Belete, World Bank Hon. Mwajuma Waziri, PS, Tanzania Hon. Elias Chimulambe, PS, Malawi |
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Date: June 11, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM - 02:00 PM ET
Location: Online