IWaSP Tanzania currently implements multiple partnerships that target joint water risk, from limited stakeholder engagement in water resource management to illegal abstractions, poor farming practices, and inadequate water supply. Working with multiple partners in different locations, effective communication is key to tracking each other’s activities and progress. Within IWaSP, there was a need for a system that would facilitate communications between the different partners at partnership level, while at the same time ensuring ownership. Capturing data and information for monitoring also required a data collection system that would enable partners to keep track of their actions and programme results.

Since the implementation of Akvo tools within IWaSP, it has become much easier to get regular snapshots of what is going on in the field. Even though embedding Akvo’s tools sustainably in the partnership is a long term process, and not all partners consistently report in the monitoring framework, the partners who have been trained have responded positively and are starting to use the tools for surveys and project updates. Using Akvo’s tools and services has improved the quality of data and made the whole process of the project much more efficient, ensuring a return on investment.