Cowater's Municipal Services and Enterprise Group manages multidisciplinary projects that combine and build upon the expertise of the company's other three core groups. This group covers a variety of sectors, but areas of special concentration are public sector governance, decentralization, municipal services and management, and social/infrastructure fund management.

Key areas of expertise include: 

• municipal financial management and service delivery;
• local government policy development and legislation;
• government structures, procedures and management systems;
• public sector devolution and decentralization;
• state-owned enterprises and privatization;
• human resource management;
• local government strengthening and management;
• municipal infrastructure appraisal, finance and management;
• legal aspects of municipal government and management;
• management information systems; and
• development fund design and management.