Ethiopian Water Technology Institute (EWTI) and Water Aid Ethiopia (WAE) held a Wash Capacity Development toolkit development review workshop at EWTI premises. EWTI Director General, Tamene Hailu (PhD), opened the session. In his speech, Tamene remarked that Water Aid Ethiopia is playing a vital role in water sector capacity building. They were partners with EWTI for a long time and achieved a great deal together. The partnership should be maintained for a long time to solve the problems of water accessibility and management. EWTI is keen to cement the partnership in the future for better performance in improving clean water supply, Tamene added.
Ato Yaekom Mentena, Country Director, Water Aid Ethiopia, said that Water Aid Ethiopia is working to improve the management of water supply utilities. According to Ato Yaekob, EWTI is one of the partners in line one institutes in the application of the program. He confirmed that Water Aid will continue to work with EWTI in water sector capacity building regarding management, planning, GIS, electromechanical, leakage detection, hygiene and sanitation, and other critical areas. Enhancing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the human capital in the sector is the way to improve the service, and we work together to realize it Yaekob said.
Ato Haile Dinku, Coordinator, Water Aid Ethiopia, presented the “Brief Introduction of the Toolkit Development Process” during the meeting. He presented how EWTI and Water Aid are developing materials to deliver capacity-building training for the selected water utilities. Additionally, “Berif Presentation about Capacity Development Toolkits (TTLM)” by Zewudu Seifu and “Key features of developed Training Toolkits (TTLM)” by Endalemaw Endale, Wondimagen Admasu, and Samuel Zewudu. Finally, discussion and reflection were appreciated by participants.
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