The National Task Force has eleven members drawn from the Government, Manufacturers, Contractors, Consulting Companies, NGOs and Donor Partners. GWP Tanzania will represent all NGO’s in the country. The establishment of this Task Force is a culmination of a national engagement process between the Government and the Private sector.
On July 19-20, 2018, MoWI, together with the Ministry of Industries, Trade and Investment, the Development Partners Group, and the Private Sector jointly organized a national forum with the overarching theme “Enhancing Public-Private Partnership in the Water Sector in Tanzania.” Over 250 participants from water-related government agencies, the Private Sector, Development Partners, international organizations, NGOs, academia, corporations, and media attended the event.
The forum, held in Dar es Salaam, aimed at bringing clarity and promoting a conducive policy environment to enable the private sector to play an active role in the water sector development process as a strategy to accelerate the realization of Tanzania’s 2010/21 targets for the second phase of Water Sector Development Programme (WSDPII).
Global Water Partnership Tanzania was nominated by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation to rapporteur the forum. The Forum’s report, which was drafted by GWP Tanzania members will be one of the reference documents for the Task Force.
One of the outcomes of this convening was the signing of Forum Declaration that committed the Government, Private Sector and Development Partners to collaborate and work together to achieve a sustainable water sector development pathway. All parties agreed to form a National Task Force whose mandate is to develop a roadmap and action plan for realising the articles of the Forum Declaration.
The overall objective of the task force will be to advance deliberations of the PPP forum and achieve water sector objectives with the view to strengthen the relationship between Private Sector and MoWI, while addressing inherent bottlenecks that hinder effective engagement of the private sector in water programmes. Global Water Partnership Tanzania will be represented by Dr. Victor Kongo.
TWP and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation have a long-standing partnership, which was formalised in 2016, through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). TWP continues to support the ministry in various areas including research and capacity development. Other collaborations have been in convening events, such as, the SADC Water Week, Africa Water Week, Nile Day, among others.