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The sanitation sector in Ghana has many different actors and stakeholders. They include government agencies, private sector providers, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, non-gov-ernmental organizations and CSOs, development partners, bilateral and multilateral organizations. The activities carried out by these actors are not all reported. Where these are reported, it is not always done using the right indicators or passed through the appropriate channels. Agencies operating outside the mainstream government agencies are reported to be the most culpable. This omission does undermine the sanitation policy making process as it is denied rich information necessary to ensure effective policy.

The compilation of this report followed a review of key sector documents and conducted key informant interviews, consultative meetings with major sector actors, and a validation workshop. The central role of local government authorities as agencies entrusted with the primary responsibility for sanitation has been examined, The presents outcomes of a systematic review of landmark sanitation policies, systems for an-alyzing sanitation data including Basic Sanitation Information System (BaSIS) and the policy formulation platforms such as “NALLAP” and the Mole series, process and active roles CSOs continue to play in Ghana. The importance of various schemes and organizational development tools designed to improve the plan-ning and effective delivery of sanitation services and their limitations such as “FOAT”, “DPA” and “DLT” have been discussed.

This webinar discussed some of the Lessons & Achievement of building a robust M&E system in Uganda. Highlighting the government’s reform policies and mechanisms instituted to effectively collect and analyze data/information, evaluate, improve and control its performance.

This webinar explored how the relationship between governments and CSOs has been affected by the pandemic, and the uptake of evidence for use in response to the pandemic with lessons learnt. A central question to be explored is ‘have governments learnt to reply on CSOs for information (and evidence more broadly) as a crisis response?’

This webinar brought together three peer learning networks in Africa that have been institutionalising learning as a capacity development initiative to discuss the ways in which government network partners are utilising their networks during the last 12 months.

It unpacked how peer learning networks evolved during national lockdowns and the interruption of regular government business due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion on what facilitated and hindered continued peer learning during this time will illuminate ways in which networks can better assist governments to institutionalize learning mechanisms.