ACORDS Programme Management Unit (2008) Sector Guide: drinking water supply/ Secteur: approvisionnement en eau potable

Guide to support local authorities as executing agencies in the water sector.  The objectives of this guide were to build capacity of local authorities regarding how to...

- planify activities

- prepare budgets

- implement planified actions

- manage post-investment

It covers the following aspects:

- what to take into account before launching the identification of an action in a particular sector

- roles and responsibilities of different actors (municipal authorities, technical deconcentrated services, local population) throughout different phases of the action;

- norms and regulations to be taken into account with regards works and post-investment management.

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http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/public-pub.sector-reform-decentralisat…