Representatives of the Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF) implementing countries paid a half-day visit to CCRDA on 9 December, 2010.

The delegates were mainly here in Addis Ababa to attend the GTF annual regional meeting convened from 7-9, December 2010.

About 25 participants of the meeting visited CCRDA as part of experience sharing endeavors to witness in person the implementation of the Water and Sanitation Forum (WSF) hosted by the Consortium.

The delegates were briefed about CCRDA’s historical profile, present status and its current major areas of engagement by staff of PIMCT. They also attended a presentation on the progress of the activities of WSF by Ato Ayichalim Goshu, Governance and Transparency Fund Program Manager.

In his presentation, Ato Ayichalim stated that GTF started in 2008 for 5 years until 30, Sept 2013 with a total budget of £5 Million. The program, he said, is being undertaken in 14 countries and 27 CSOs and Networks in Africa, Asia and Central America.

GTF aims at improving accountability and responsiveness of duty bearers in WaSH through strengthening the capacities of the CSOs and CSO Networks, according to Ayichalim.

He said WSF joined the GTF program as a partner to Water Aid in Ethiopia and started implementation in 2009/2010 targeting at three outputs namely: strengthening the functioning of WSF and its members; enhancing the engagement of WSF and its member organizations in sector dialogues; and increased collaboration between WASH service providers and end users.

Delegates coming from Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Madagascar, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya and the UK, visited various facilities of CCRDA including the Resource Center.

Similarly, delegates of DFID were briefed on the overall GTF program; the Water, Sanitation and Health (WaSH) sector in Ethiopia and the GTF program in the country at a half-day discussion session held here at CCRDA Secretariat on 21 January, 2010.

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