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Water Supply Services PPP Center provides various capacity building programs for local government institutions in terms of understanding the concept of PPPs, how to structure, develop and prepare PPP projects, and how to implement and monitor PPP projects. 2. 3. Encourage market development: Opening markets means that national governments delegate responsibility to provide public service provision to local governments who in turn seek support from the private sector to complement their own skills. In Senegal, the government structured the market by creating a national WSS rural asset holding company, or OFOR. OFOR clustered the 1,500 rural piped schemes of the country into five service areas that are then tendered out to private operators. Since 2015, SEOH (a private operator) is providing safe drinking water to 400,000 people in the areas of Notto Diosmone Palmarin and Gorom Lampsar. About the Author Mr. Fadel Ndaw, a Water & Sanitation Engineer, is best known for his role as the coordinator in Senegal of the urban water sector reform and the water Millennium Development Goals program (PEPAM), which he managed for over 15 years (19962011). He then joined the African Water Association of Utilities as coordinator of the Water Operators Partnership (WOP) Africa, a program based in Johannesburg. Fadel joined the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) in Africa in July 2012 as a Senior Regional Water and Sanitation Specialist based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and is coordinating WSP Africa’s work on improving access to water supply services in rural areas and small towns with a particular emphasis on the Domestic Private Sector Participation. He has recently completed a WSP study examining the impact of the use of ICTs in the management of water and sanitation sector in African countries. Mobilize domestic financing: Develop action plans aimed at the local financial institutions to help them understand the WSS business and offer financial products suitable for the WSS sector. In Benin, local commercial banks have committed to support the water sector by providing debt, equity, and various financing instruments to the private operators in small towns to build new water connections. In the Philippines, the most common and preferred type of partnering is Joint Ventures, for which private operators bring private equities and loans. About IFC About WSP IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. We help developing countries achieve sustainable growth by financing investment, mobilizing capital in international financial markets, and providing advisory services to businesses and governments. For more information, visit: www.ifc.org and www.ifc.org/ssawa. The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership administered by the World Bank to support poor people in obtaining affordable, safe, and sustainable access to water and sanitation services. WSP provides technical assistance, facilitates knowledge exchange, and promotes evidence-based advancements in sector dialogue. For more information, visit: www.wsp.org. IFC - CBA Building, 4th Floor | Upper Hill, Mara/Ragati Road Nairobi, Kenya, P.O. Box 30577-00100 Contact: Will Davies | [email protected] | [phone] World Bank - Water and Sanitation Program | Hill Park Towers, Upper Hill Road Nairobi, Kenya, P.O Box 30577 Contact: Yolande Coombes | [email protected] | [phone] Africa Water, Sanitation & Hygiene • November - December 2016 17