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Suivi Technique et Financier (STeFI) can be used to monitor the functionality of water facilities and the financial costs of small town and rural water services. It was developed and tested between 1994 and 2004 by the National Water Supply Directorate (DNH) with German assistance. It has been used in parts of Mali, Niger and Chad.

Data is communicated by the providers to the operators via a radio system, and the data is compiled in SARI SAGE accounting software. The information is available to the participating communes and service providers and is reported to the government. The total monitoring costs are divided between the users (via tariffs established by providers), the communes and the government. Communes pay the STeFI operators two thirds of the monitoring fee either annually or every six months.

* Fonseca, C., Dubé, A. and Verhoeven J., 2011. [http://www.washcost.info/page/1473 Cost-based decision support tools for water and sanitation]. (WASHCost working paper 4). The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

* Mali. Direction Nationale de l'Hydraulique, 2009. [http://www.washdoc.info/docsearch/title/174885 Etude concernant l’evolution future du systeme STEFI : rapport final]. Bamako, Mali: Mali, Ministere des Mines, de l'Hydraulique et de l'Energie, Direction Nationale de l'Hydraulique.