The 7th AfricaSan conference is scheduled to take place on 12 – 16 June 2023 under the auspices of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), AMCOW is an intergovernmental institution formed in 2002 in Abuja, Nigeria, who's structure and organs serve as the working group on water and sanitation for the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment (ARWE) of the African Union (AU).

The AfricaSan Conference is convened by AMCOW in conjunction with the AU Commission and organized with other development partners. The Conference represents a political commitment at the highest level and draws at least 1,000 participants from governments, regional institutions, international partners, the private sector, the scientific community, civil society, and the media from all over the world.

The overall aim of the conference is to:

Facilitate dialogue and sharing of knowledge and enhance the path towards achieving Sanitation and hygiene targets in Africa.
Specific objectives of the conference

The specific objective of the conference is to contribute to AMCOW's overall goal:

To accelerate action to ensure adequate and equitable, safely managed sanitation and hygiene service provision for all, including women and girls and eliminate open defecation by 2030.

The Conference is held biennially and offers a platform for stakeholders in Africa’s sanitation and hygiene services delivery to collectively share lessons and formulate solutions to the sector’s challenges. The Conference has been institutionalized as one of AMCOW’s flagship platforms to accelerate the achievement of sanitation and hygiene goals in Africa. 

AMCOW is therefore, through expressions of Interest (EOIs) inviting professional Events Management Firms of international repute to support AMCOW and the Local Organising Committee in the delivery of the AfricaSan7 conference. 

Kindly follow the link to access full details on the requirements of this EOI call:  REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) EVENT MANAGEMENT FIRM TO DELIVER THE 7th AFRICASAN CONFERENCE – African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) (amcow-online.org)  

Kind Regards,
On behalf of the AMCOW Secretariat.