African Vision of Water for 2025 Year and the Real Water Access for Human Consumption in Mali, Africa

Abstract

The aim of this text was to identify and analyze the role of The Africa Water Vision for 2025 (AWV2025) regarding access to water for human consumption in Mali. Key actors who promoted the creation of the Vision were interviewed in the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia and questionnaires were applied in twolocalities in Bamako, the capital of Mali. The results showed that although AWV2025 is a document referred to in political messages and discourse , it fails to reflect the reality of Mali, since the situation of access to drinking water in the areas studied is dismal. The author concludes that the representative associations of local government lack clarity regarding the objectives of water programs and in some cases the requirements of water law, which highlights the enormous lack of coordination of those responsible for performing public functions related to water management.