The COWASH IV project’s regional steering committees across seven project regions have successfully completed their Progress Review and Annual Plan meetings for the 2018 Ethiopian Fiscal Year (EFY). Held throughout May, 2025 these meetings evaluated project performance during EFY 2017 and approved regional core plans for EFY 2018.

Key stakeholders including representatives from the Embassy of Finland, Regional Bureaus of Education, Finance, Health, Water and Energy, and Women and Children Affairs as well as COWASH IV Federal Technical Assistance Team and Regional Support Units participated in these meetings.

This series of regional meetings followed the project’s annual core planning meeting held in April. Central Ethiopia hosted the first session, with subsequent meetings conducted in South Ethiopia, Sidama, Tigray, Oromia, Benishangul Gumuz and South-West Ethiopia People’s Region. The Amhara regional steering committee will finalize it meeting at the beginning of June, 2025.