Capacity Building for Operations of Urban Water Systems and Urban Sanitation under Mandate of AIAS, Phase III (2021-2025)

Urban water supply and sanitation in small towns and District Centers in Mozambique are poorly developed. In 2010, 3.1 million people lived in these towns and urban centers, of which only 4% had access to safe water and 11% to adequate sanitation. In 2009, the Government of Mozambique has created AIAS to address this problem. For 130 towns and urban centers, AIAS has become the Asset Manager of the public water and sanitation infrastructure. AIAS got also the mandate for the public sanitation and drainage infrastructure in the 21 larger cities, with a total population of 5.1 million people in 2010. With a Government ambition to reach full water and sanitation coverage by 2030, AIAS has a tremendous task to fulfill. The project aims to support AIAS in achieving its task.