Stakeholders engage on revised National Water Policy and related frameworks
Published:
3 months ago
Source:
GhanaWeb
The Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) has held a three-day dissemination workshop for stakeholders in the Upper West Region on the revised National Water Policy (NWP) of the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources. The policy is a renewal of the Government's commitment to sustainable utilisation of Ghana's water resources, equitable access to water supply, and the protection and preservation of these resources for the present and future generations. Key stakeholders, drawn from all the eleven municipal and district assemblies and some regional departments and agencies, were also introduced to the Hand Hygiene for All (HH4A) Initiative and the National Drinking Water Quality Management Framework of the Ministry. The SNV organised the workshop in partnership with the Ministry as part of the Organisation's Healthy Future for All project, implemented in the Nandom Municipality and the Lambussie District in the region, with funding from the Helmsley Charitable Trust. The HF4A project is being implemented on four building blocks - Developing Effective Social Behavioural Change, Strengthening Supply Chains, Services, and Finance for Water and Sanitation; Improving Functionality of Water and Sanitation Infrastructure; and Strengthening WASH Governance and Increasing Inclusiveness.