Report on Africa regional consultations

Abstract

The Africa Regional Consultations took place on 13th and 14th June 2022 and provided a platform for African stakeholders (both governments and civil society), the international community and UN agencies to take stock and reaffirm their commitment to solving Africa’s water crisis and to collectively implement the actions envisaged in the African Water Vision, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2030) on water (SDG 6) and the AU Agenda 2063. This report is a summary of the African Regional Consultations in preparation for the Mid-Term Review of the International Water Action Decade ‘Water and Sustainable Development” 2018- 2028. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) targets on water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa requires a dramatic acceleration in the current rates of progress, according to a UNICEF/WHO special report focused on Africa, launched at the World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal in March 2022. This special report calls for urgent action to be taken on a continent where water scarcity and weak sanitation and hygiene services can threaten peace and development.