Niger - Project to support Resilient Drinking Water and Sanitation Services in Rural Areas in Maradi, Tahoua, Tillaberi and Zinder Regions (PASEPAR-MR)

Project Summary

Approval Date	16 Dec 2022
Planned Completion Date	01 Apr 2025
Last Disbursement Planned Date	01 Apr 2025
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Water Supply & Sanitation
DAC Sector Code	14010
Commitment	U.A 5,814,509.42
Status	Approved

Project General Description

This project was identified in Niger during the implementation of the Partnership Programme between the African Water Facility (AWF), the Nordic Development Fund (NDF), and the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark (GoDk) in 5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger) and in the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia) and under the African Development Fund operations in Niger/ADF-15. The project seeks to improve the living and health conditions of the rural population in 33 priority municipalities in Tahoua and Zinder region, prevent the spread of COVID-19 by helping beneficiary communities to improve access to sustainable water, hygiene, and sanitation services, and build the climate resilience of the rural water and sanitation subsector. The project also includes studies for an investment project for 150 water systems in Tahoua, Zinder, Maradi and Tillabéri regions. With an implementation period of 36 months, the total project cost stands at EUR 7,640,590 or UA 6,220,800.

Project Objectives

The project’s development objective is to improve access for the rural, poor, and vulnerable populations of Tahoua, Zinder, Maradi and Tillabéri regions to sustainable drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene services in support of post-COVID-19 prevention and recovery efforts and build the climate resilience of the rural water and sanitation subsector.The specific objectives of the project are to (i) strengthen and improve people's access to sustainable climate-resilient drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene services and reduce open defecation using the municipal end-open-defecation approach; (ii) conduct feasibility studies and prepare implementation files for funding a new climate-resilient DWS investment project in rural areas; (iii) develop tools for mainstreaming climate resilience and gender in the RDWSS subsector; and (iv) build the capacity of RDWSS subsector actors in sustainable management of drinking water and sanitation infrastructure, climate resilience, and hygiene behaviour change, particularly COVID-19 and waterrelated diseases.

Beneficiaries

The direct project beneficiaries are estimated at 600,000 people (at least 50% women) including 40,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) for immediate interventions, and about 1,500,000 people (50% women) after the investment project is completed. The choice of the project area was guided by the priority needs of the population, the production capacity of existing boreholes, and the need to consolidate achievements and extend previous Bank operations.

Participating Organization

Funding

AfricaWater Facility Fund

Implementing

MINISTERE EN CHARGE DE L EAU

Funding

African Development Fund

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-NE-E00-005
Last Update	22 Mar 2023

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Contact Details

Name	Liliane Sandra KENTE
Email	s.kente@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Niger

Coordinates	Location Name
13.5 7.10174	Maradi
15 10.5	Zinder
14.516 1.443	Tillaberi Department
14.8888 5.2692	Tahoua

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Grant Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Project Type Interventions

Commitments

U.A 5,814,509

AfricaWater Facility Fund

U.A 3,814,509.42

African Development Fund

U.A 2,000,000

Document Type	Language	Document
Appraisal report	fr	viewer
Environmental Study	fr	viewer
Appraisal report	en	viewer

Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value
Additional people with access to improved drinking water services in rural areas in Tahoua and Zinder regions	Number	2022	189200.0
Additional people with access to improved drinking water services in rural areas in Tahoua and Zinder regions - of whom women	Number	2022	94600.0
Additional people with access to improved hygiene and sanitation services in rural areas in Tahoua and Zinder regions	Number	2022	7200.0
Additional people with access to improved hygiene and sanitation services in rural areas in Tahoua and Zinder regions - of whom women	Number	2022	3600.0
Feasibility document and implementation file for a new investment project for 150 mini or multi-village Drinking Water Supply (DWS) prepared	Number	2022	2.0
Document on improving knowledge of groundwater resources and upgrading the observation network taking into account the impact of climate change is prepared	Number	2022	1.0
People with strengthened capacity in water, sanitation, and hygiene utility management, and climate resilience mainstreaming in the Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation (RDWSS) subsector	Number	2022	228.0
People with strengthened capacity in water, sanitation, and hygiene utility management, and climate resilience mainstreaming in the Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation (RDWSS) subsector - of whom women	Number	2022	68.0
Stand-alone water stations	Number	2022	21.0
Mini-Drinking Water Supply (DWS) systems	Number	2022	12.0
Multi-village Drinking Water Supply (DWS) systems	Number	2022	14.0
Water connections in schools and health facilities	Number	2022	20.0
Number of people informed about the project and sensitised on water management	Number	2022	226.0
Number of people informed about the project and sensitised on water management - of whom women	Number	2022	113.0
Latrine blocks (3 stalls) constructed	Number	2022	54.0
Latrine blocks (3 stalls) rehabilitated	Number	2022	30.0
Latrine blocks (3 stalls) constructed/rehabilitated	Number	2022	84.0
Latrine blocks (3 stalls) constructed/rehabilitated (handwashing facilities (HWF) in schools, health facilities, and public places)	Number	2022	168.0
End Open Defecation (EOD)-certified villages through Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) implementation	Number	2022	1327.0
Sales points (shops) for hygiene and sanitation materials and equipment established in the 8 municipalities	Number	2022	8.0
Report on the technical and economic feasibility studies and Preliminary Design (PD) for 150 water supply systems (mini water supply and multi-village water supply) validated	Number	2022	1.0
Reports on the conduct of the Final Design (FD) and Bidding Document (BD) studies for 150 water supply systems (mini water supply and multi-village water supply) validated	Number	2022	2.0
Environmental and social assessments and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) reports for the construction of 150 water systems validated	Number	2022	2.0
Study report on the hydro-climatic vulnerability and climate risks of the rural water supply subsector prepared and validated	Number	2022	1.0
Reports on a gender-resilient and climate change adaptation strategy and plan for rural water supply operations validated	Number	2022	2.0
Study reports on improving knowledge of groundwater resources (GWR) taking into account the impact of climate change, and on optimising/upgrading the GWR observation network in the 4 regions validated	Number	2022	2.0
Study reports on the sanitation sector, sanitation and climate change, and sludge management systems validated	Number	2022	3.0
Staff and managers trained in the implementation of the Public Water Service Guide and in mainstreaming climate resilience in the Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation (RDWSS) subsector	Number	2022	128.0
Staff and managers trained in the implementation of the Public Water Service Guide and in mainstreaming climate resilience in the Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation (RDWSS) subsector - of whom women	Number	2022	38.0
Workers trained in hygiene and sanitation management	Number	2022	95.0
Workers trained in hygiene and sanitation management - of whom women	Number	2022	29.0
People who have adopted good practices for behavioural change in water, hygiene, and sanitation related to COVID-19, menstrual hygiene in schools, and gender-based violence (GBV)	Number	2022	400800.0
People who have adopted good practices for behavioural change in water, hygiene, and sanitation related to COVID-19, menstrual hygiene in schools, and gender-based violence (GBV) - of whom women	Number	2022	208416.0
Officers trained in sanitation marketing at the municipal level	Number	2022	64.0
Young girls trained in menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in schools and equipped with menstrual hygiene kits	Number	2022	1200.0
Women trained in the techniques of making reusable sanitary towels organised in an association and equipped with materials for making them	Number	2022	40.0
Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation (MHA) managers and staff trained in climate change and gender mainstreaming in the Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation (DWSS) subsector and rural hygiene	Number	2022	10.0
Local water and sanitation plans developed (new) and updated	Number	2022	20.0
Communication and visibility products on the implementation of the approved project	Number	2022	1.0
Meeting to mobilise funding for the new investment project (Donor Round Table) held	Number	2022	1.0