This building block is strong when: Clear frameworks, capacity, and roles exist, including procurement, construction, and asset management (which includes development and maintenance). Technologies and service delivery models must be appropriate for the context.

Members are strengthening this building block by:

• Conducting asset inventory surveys (e.g., water point mapping) and supporting their implementation with relevant stakeholders
• Strengthening service authorities’ capacity for asset management as part of their supervisory role
• Demonstrating or strengthening models of maintenance service provision

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