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Operational Excellence for Water and Municipal Service Delivery

Municipalities and utilities across Africa are under pressure to deliver reliable water and services with tight budgets and ageing infrastructure. This course applies operational excellence thinking to public service delivery, focusing on reducing losses, backlogs, and repeat failures. Delegates learn to map service processes and use simple improvement tools so communities receive more dependable service.

What you will be able to do

  • Apply operational excellence principles to public and municipal services.
  • Map a service delivery process and identify delays and failure points.
  • Reduce losses, backlogs, and repeat service failures with structured methods.
  • Use performance indicators to manage service reliability day to day.
  • Engage frontline crews and residents in improvement efforts.
  • Build a practical improvement plan within municipal resource limits.

Course outline

  1. 01Operational Excellence in the Public Sector
  2. 02Mapping Service Delivery Processes
  3. 03Reducing Water Losses and Failures
  4. 04Managing Backlogs and Response Times
  5. 05Service Performance Indicators
  6. 06Engaging Crews and Communities
  7. 07Improvement Planning Within Constraints

Who should attend

This course suits managers, engineers, and supervisors in municipalities, water boards, and public utilities who are responsible for improving the reliability and quality of service delivery.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 19 Aug 2026Durban3R13,000
24 to 26 Aug 2026Johannesburg3R13,000
7 to 9 Sep 2026Mauritius3US$1,500
14 to 16 Sep 2026Dubai3US$1,500
21 to 23 Sep 2026Lagos3US$1,500
28 to 30 Sep 2026Harare3US$1,500
5 to 7 Oct 2026Kampala3US$1,500
12 to 14 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500
19 to 21 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000
26 to 28 Oct 2026Cape Town3R13,000
9 to 11 Nov 2026Online3US$900
16 to 18 Nov 2026Mozambique3US$1,500
23 to 25 Nov 2026Cairo3US$1,500
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Accra3US$1,500
7 to 9 Dec 2026Lusaka3US$1,500
14 to 16 Dec 2026Kigali3US$1,500
21 to 23 Dec 2026Nairobi3US$1,500

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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