Our Mission

Our mission is to contribute towards achieving the vision through

advocating for, and facilitating the development of participatory approaches that foster high involvement of all stakeholders, specifically, local stakeholders in order to enhance greater access to water and higher levels of responsibilities at the local level of communities and community based organizations …

The ETG will actively seek innovative approaches and methodologies that meet the needs of the sector, the poor / vulnerable. It will also focus on the development of the necessary capacity (knowledge, attitude, models, skills)

to enable improved local governance for Water and Sanitation (WATSAN). Therefore, The ETG will work to consolidate, further develop and scale up the philosophy and approaches of the EMPOWERS project (2003-2007): through influencing policy and practice; replication of work within the three countries where EMPOWERS was implemented (Egypt, Jordan and Palestine), and through the establishment of new initiatives in other MENA countries.

The ETG will work to ensure learning and exchange of experiences primarily between Arabic speaking countries. It will be open to all organisations and individuals who share its vision and are prepared to contribute to its achievement. It will take as its

starting point the interested partners, concepts, tools and experience of the EMPOWERS project, and seek to promote the core concepts while improving and adding to knowledge, tools and experiences.

It is envisaged that the entity will operate at several levels, initially regional and national, while in the future it is possible that sub-regional platforms may also be desirable.