Key Public Actors involved in the WSS sector

  Public actors non-water sector Public actors water sector
National political actors  Government leadership   
Policymakers
Judiciary 
National agencies  Enforcement agencies Regulators 
AC forums
National line departments management  Directors in Finance, Planning, Health, Interior / Home departments  Directors in Public Works, Water ministries 
National planning and implementing staff  Deputy directors (finance, planning)  Deputy directors (finance, operations, customer support) 
Departmental heads at national provincial levels (planning and budgeting)
Procurement staff 
Provincial / local Political actors Management  District/ local level leaders Public Works officials
Mayors / Town Clerks Municipal engineers 
Utility staff Municipal procurement staff Utility directors
Middle level Engineering staff Utility procurement and project management staff 
Local implementing staff    Senior operations staff
    Technical managers, Engineers, technicians, supervisors, Facilitators 
Community leaders and quasi government officials  Village leaders Management user committees 
Lower level public officials  Lower level public officials