Urban water and sewer system improvements

ANOTHER PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO FOLLOW-UP ON TRAINING SEMINARS ON ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER SUPPLIES CONDUCTED IN 50 CITIES THROUGH TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND IN 50 CITIES THROUGH TERMS OF A 1966 AGREEMENT. EVALUATION AUTHORS NOTE THAT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED AND IS NOW CLOSED. NINETY-SEVEN PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTING 78 CITIES IN 18 STATES IN BRAZIL WERE TRAINED IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND WATER SERVICES PLANNING. IN ADDITION,2000 COPIES OF A FINANCIAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING MANUAL HAVE BEEN PRINTED, 300 OF WHICH WERE PRESENTED TO USAID/BRAZIL. ALSO, 50 CITIES IN EACH OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED FOLLOW-UP STUDIES WERE VISITED.