Democratic Economic Governance

Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Good governance is an influential factor in achieving the MDGs

How public services are governed can determine whether people have access to basic needs such as clean water. In Angola, local governments of the Luanda and Moxico provinces are promoting a network of autonomous units of water and sanitation utilities, which are owned and managed by citizen groups. Over 120,000 people will gain direct access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation through this initiative reducing their exposure to serious health risks.

We are supporting 11 joint programmes in this area with a value of almost US$60 million. These programmes focus mainly on strengthening the government’s capacity to manage water provision and water quality, including citizens, especially the poorest, in plans and policies regarding water, and increasing financial investments in the water provision sector.

These efforts contribute directly to meeting the MDG target of halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water by 2015, one of the targets of MDG 7.