WASH-FIN Toolkit
Summary
Between 2016–2022, USAID’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Finance (WASH-FIN) Activity developed this curated collection of training materials and tools from its diverse engagements with governments, sector regulators, public and private service providers, financers, civil society, and other stakeholders as it worked to mobilize finance for expanding water and sanitation services. These tools and trainings offer a wide array of adaptable resources for WASH practitioners designed to support their efforts to mobilize finance and expand services.
Between 2016–2022, USAID’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Finance (WASH-FIN) Activity developed this curated collection of training materials and tools from its diverse engagements with governments, sector regulators, public and private service providers, financers, civil society, and other stakeholders as it worked to mobilize finance for expanding water and sanitation services. These tools and trainings offer a wide array of adaptable resources for WASH practitioners designed to support their efforts to mobilize finance and expand services.
The collection offers:
- Trainings on business planning, municipal finance, concession management, utility efficiency, fecal sludge management, and other essential topics, shaped by years of hands-on experience.
- Financial tools featuring templates for financial statements, creditworthiness assessments, financial recovery plans, and business planning resources to help service providers and private water operators enhance financial management and planning.
- Teaser documents and loan proposals with examples and templates that water and sanitation service providers can use to strengthen their ability to access finance.
Scroll down to explore this suite of trainings and tools.
Trainings
Business Planning Guidelines Workshop
English
Kenya
A presentation delivered to water service providers in Kenya in conjunction with WASREB to improve business model preparation guidelines for water utilities.
This folder includes a slide deck and final report template.
Training Modules for FPAs
Portugese
Mozambique
A series of training modules delivered to private water operators (FPAs) in Mozambique to strengthen their capacity to maintain, operate, and financially manage small-piped systems.
This folder includes 10 slide deck templates.
FSM Training Modules
Portugese
Nepal
A series of capacity building trainings delivered to a municipality in Nepal to operationalize and financially manage a fecal sludge treatment plant.
This folder includes 7 training modules.
Unified Financing Framework & Viability Gap Funding Training
English
Philippines
A training delivered to water service providers in the Philippines on the utility reform path, efficiency improvement planning, and an orientation to the methodology for assessing the viability gap of projects.
This folder includes a concept description, eight exercise files, and 12 slide decks.
Viability Gap Funding Training
English
Philippines
A training delivered to water service providers in the Philippines on assessing financial viability gaps for water projects and assessing an appropriate level of public funding required to access commercial finance.
This folder includes a concept description and 12 slide decks.
Capacity Building Early-Stage Sanitation Service Providers
English
Senegal
A series of capacity-building trainings delivered to early-stage sanitation service providers in Senegal on business plan formation, MS Excel, financial management and modeling, and marketing.
This folder includes five slide decks.
Capacity Building for Medium-Sized Sanitation Service Providers
French
Senegal
A series of trainings delivered to medium-sized sanitation service providers on forming and formalizing legal enterprises in Senegal.
This folder includes two slide decks.
ONAS Training Module for Sanitation Service Providers
French
Senegal
COGTA Municipal Finance Training - Concession Management
English
South Africa
A training delivered to a municipal government's Concession Management Unit (CMU) on the legal and practical management of a water concession agreement.
This folder includes three slide decks.
COGTA Municipal Finance Training
English
South Africa
A training delivered to a municipal government's Concession Management Unit (CMU) on the legal and practical management of a water concession agreement.
This folder includes four slide decks.
Tools
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & CREDITWORTHINESS ASSESSMENTS
Cambodia Financial Statements
A series of financial statements used to capture a snapshot of the business operations, financial positions, and cash flows of a Cambodian private water operator (PWO). The financial statement report additionally includes data on the loans provided and status of existing debt.
Instructions to use the document are found on the first tab of the file.
English, Khmer
Cambodia
Target Audience
Water Service Provider
Kenya Financial Recovery Plan
A financial recovery planning tool developed to assist public water and sanitation companies (WASCOs) in Kenya in assessing the impact of COVID-19 on their cost/revenue drivers, as well as guide the prioritization of recovery interventions. The tool guides WSPs to a focused and strategic plan to recover from COVID-19 pandemic impacts as efficiently as possible.
These resources include a user guide, workshop deck, and instructions to use the tool within the spreadsheet.
English
Kenya
Target Audience
Water Service Provider
Kenya Dept Capacity Assessment
An internal planning tool developed for a public Kenyan water and sanitation company (WASCO) to analyze the company's capacity to service existing debt and take on future loans. The tool identifies cash flows available for debt service and can be used to prioritize projects that require loans.
This resource includes a training deck and instructions for the tool in the spreadsheet.
English
Kenya
Target Audience
Water Service Provider
Philippines Unified Financing Framework
A financial analysis model used to assess proposed investments under the Philippines' Unified Financing Framework for Water Supply and Sanitation (UFF-WSS). The model serves as a standard and objective tool for project appraisal by key executing agencies and will ensure rational determination of grants and other financial arrangements.
A user guide is included to use the spreadsheet.
English
Philippines
Target Audience
Government Officials
Senegal Creditworthiness Assesment
An example of a creditworthiness assessment for a sanitation service provider in urban Senegal. This report assesses the overall business picture of the service provider and evaluates the capacity of the business to expand its operation by taking on additional loans.
English
Senegal
Target Audience
Sanitation Service Providers
Senegal Financial Statement
A series of financial statements used to capture a snapshot of the business operations, financial positions, and cash flows of a sanitation service provider in Senegal. The financial statement report additionally includes data on the loans provided and status of existing debt.
French
Senegal
Target Audience
Sanitation Service Providers
BUSINESS PLANS
Cambodia Business Plan
An example of a business plan developed by a Cambodian private water operator in conjunction with WASH-FIN to assess the firm's operational strengths, opportunities for growth, and limitations using a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) framework.
English
Cambodia
Target Audience
Water Service Providers
Kenya Business Plan
An example of a business plan developed by a Kenyan rural public water utility to establish the firm's 3-year strategy for improved water access in the county. This follows the business plan template established by WASREB in conjunction with WASH-FIN.
English
Cambodia
Target Audience
Water Service Providers
Senegal Business Plan
An example of a business plan developed by a Senegalese sanitation service provider to establish the firm's growth strategy to expand operations, to be shared with potential lenders.
English
Senegal
Target Audience
Sanitation Service Providers
TEASER DOCUMENTS
Cambodia Teaser
A two-page corporate snapshot or "teaser" used by a Cambodian private water operator to present to investors while applying for a loan.
English
Cambodia
Target Audience
Water Service Providers
Senegal Teaser - Early-Stage SSP
A one-page template corporate snapshot or "teaser" to be used by an early-stage sanitation service provider in Senegal to acquire financing.
French
Senegal
Target Audience
Sanitation Service Providers
Senegal Teaser - Medium-Sized SSP
Two one-page examples of a corporate snapshot or "teaser" used by a medium-sized sanitation service provider in Senegal to acquire financing. Available in both French and English.
French, English
Senegal
Target Audience
Sanitation Service Providers
Senegal Interview Guide
A list of sample interview questions to be used by a sanitation service provider to prepare for a meeting with a potential lender.
French
Senegal
Target Audience
Sanitation Service Providers
LOAN DOCUMENTS
Kenya Financial Proposal
An example financing proposal submitted by a Kenya public water and sanitation company (WASCO) to a lender, including a financial proposal (model and document), summary one-pager. The original proposal included identification of proposed lenders, but this has been omitted to preserve the anonymity of the WASCO.
English
Kenya
Target Audience
Water Service Providers
Kenya Financial Statements
An example of a successful proposal to obtain financing for a Kenyan public water and sanitation company (WASCO) through the Conditional Liquidity Support Grant program. The spreadsheet includes necessary performance metrics, financial data, and projections used as part of the application.
English
Kenya
Target Audience
Water Service Providers
SAMPLE CONTRACTS
Template Concession Document
An example "build-operate-transfer" concession contract signed between the Mozambican government and a private operator.
Portugese
Kenya
Target Audience
Water Service Providers
Government Officials