Summary and Leassons Learned from the Country Dialogue in Zambia

As a contribution to the African-EU-Water Initiative (A-EU-WI) Working Group activities on Water Supply and Sanitation, the German Government has taken the lead in the initialisation of the Country Dialogue in Zambia (May 11 - 30, 2004), which is a pilot exercise for preparing and developing an appropriate approach for the Country Dialogues in another nine African countries to follow. This paper summarises the main elements and lessons learned of the dialogue process and complements the Zambia Country Dialogue Process Report issued June 2004.