1st Ordinary Congress of the United Cities & Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA), Accra, Ghana, 7-11 July 2008

Theme: Leadership for Local Governance, Development and the Delivery of MDGs in Africa

Sub-themes include:

• Innovative practices in the provision of basic services at the local level
• The MDGs in Africa

One of the Special Workshops will be on the UCLGA/WISA Water Programme.

UCLGA and the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA), signed an MOU for a five year partnership on the 1st of October 2007. Algeria, Congo, Ghana, Uganda and Zambia were chosen to be a core-group of countries (one from each  UCLGA regions) that will assist the UCLGA in developing the partnership.

The main planned activities of the partnership programme are to:

• develop a network of African water and sanitation professionals as a component of the UCLGA
  African Learning Network;
• develop a water and sanitation knowledge centre within the UCLGA knowledge base; and
• develop an accreditation system for professionals in the sector.

For more information on the congress go to the UCLGA web site.