Both the East Africa regional forum and the facilitation of the Southern Africa forum were chaired by WSP. This was the report generated and shared in the plenary session. This powerpoint was presented by WSP Senior Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist, Yolande Coombes,during AfricaSan 3 (Kigali, Rwanda - 2011) under the "East Africa Regional Forum" session.

1. Report Back From the Regional Fora Yolande Coombes

2. The process – leading up to AfricaSan Countries invited to convene a multi stakeholder preparation meeting Guidance notes provided, support from Task Force agencies (CREPA , UNICEF, WaterAid, WSP, and WSSCC) Reviewed existing evidence to come up with priority actions and existing strengths Information used to shape content of AfricaSan 3

3. Country Preparation Meetings - Results Key priority actions for Africa Financial resource mobilization Capacity building Strategy implementation Monitoring and evaluation Scaling up

4. Proportion of commitments met by region

5. Country Preparation Meetings - Results The two commitments least likely to have been met are: Is 0.5% of GDP allocated to sanitation? Is there a sanitation monitoring and evaluation system?

6. The Process – Regional Forum Country Presentations – peer learning Summary of the Region Capacity Strengthening Market Place Country Action Planning

9. HIRE CONSULTANT

10. FINALISED DRAFTX AUG 2012 X MAR 2013

11. Next Steps Countries will finalize action plans and submit by August 19th The completion of activities become both the milestones, indicators and the actions towards meeting the priority area and the eThekwini commitments The AfricaSan Task Force will follow up on progress in six months

12. Further Suggestions Hold regional AfricaSan meetings before next All Africa –AfricaSan Countries to initiate peer to peer learning and exchange

13. Thank You