The training focused on anti-corruption measures, the legal provisions of the law on water management in Benin, and citizen monitoring tools such as investigation techniques based on a complaint; techniques of interpellation of Local Authorities; advocacy and lobbying; the elaboration of an alternative report by CSOs; and presentation of the platform called Communes229-Alert-Eau and its use.
The overall objective of this training session is to strengthen the capacities of communal actors, which are necessary for the accomplishment of citizen monitoring and the implementation of good integrity practices in the WASH sector.
The governance experts from Social Watch Benin and the NGO ALCRER, as well as the CWP-Benin led the very active enriching and all fruitful two-day session. Each Commune developed its roadmap for the implementation of its activities. Implementation has started in the Communes of Ouinhi, Ifangni and Pobè through sensitization activities on the water management law, the revitalization of the DWAs leading to the restructuring of the Drinking Water Consumers' Associations (ACEP) boards in these Communes, as well as thematic reporting in the Communes that have not yet organized it.
