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Municipal Cost Reflective Tariff Setting and Modelling

This course helps municipal finance and engineering teams design cost reflective tariffs for water, electricity, sanitation and refuse services. Participants build tariff models that recover the true cost of service while protecting indigent households and remaining defensible to communities and regulators. The programme reflects the pressures African municipalities face in balancing affordability, revenue sustainability and infrastructure funding.

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain the principles of cost reflective tariff setting for municipal trading services.
  • Calculate the full cost of service including bulk purchases, operating costs and asset renewal.
  • Build tariff models in a spreadsheet that test different consumption and recovery scenarios.
  • Design tariff structures that balance affordability, cross subsidies and revenue sustainability.
  • Prepare tariff proposals and supporting motivations for council approval.
  • Communicate tariff changes to communities in clear and defensible language.

Course outline

  1. 01Principles of Cost Reflective Tariffs
  2. 02Costing Municipal Trading Services
  3. 03Building the Tariff Model
  4. 04Cross Subsidies and Indigent Protection
  5. 05Consumption Scenarios and Sensitivity Testing
  6. 06Tariff Proposals and Council Approval
  7. 07Communicating Tariffs to Communities

Who should attend

This course is aimed at budget officers, revenue managers, engineers, tariff analysts and finance staff responsible for setting municipal service charges.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 30 Sep 2026Lagos3US$1,500Closed
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
5 to 7 Oct 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Online3US$900Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Durban3R13,000Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
8 to 10 Dec 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Accra3US$1,500Register

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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Next session
5 to 9 Oct 2026
Venue
Lagos
5 day programme
FromR18,000
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