Seychelles - Integrated and Comprehensive Sanitation Master Plan


Project Summary

Approval Date 22 Dec 2014
Signature Date 27 May 2015
Planned Completion Date 15 Sep 2019
Last Disbursement Planned Date 26 Jun 2018
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign Sovereign
Sector Water Supply & Sanitation
DAC Sector Code 14010
Commitment U.A 889,410.13
Status Completion

Project General Description

Seychelles Comprehensive and Integrated Sanitation Master Plan aims to help the Government and Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) develop a strategy for the sanitation sector for the next 25 years based on a new paradigm: “waste is a resource”. This strategy will be comprehensive and will in particular address the legal and institutional frameworks as well as PUC financial sustainability. The project comprises two main components, namely: i) Development of the Integrated and Comprehensive Sanitation Master Plan, and ii) Project Management, consultation and communication. Its total costs amounts € 1,439,655, out of which the AWF will contribute to € € 1,073,100. The project’s immediate outcomes are the promotion of innovative and alternative approaches to sanitation based on the development of an ICSMP and the consequent ability of the Seychelles Government to mobilise funds for sanitation projects. Thus, it will be the base for the realisation of highly innovative sanitation solutions with multi-sectoral benefits, which will have two main long-term impacts: the improvement of the Seychelles Environment and the improvement of health and sanitary conditions at the targeted islands.

Project Objectives

The objective of the project is therefore to develop an Integrated and Comprehensive Sanitation Master Plan (ICSMP) for the three main islands of Seychelles, fully mindful of the synergies with linked infrastructure sectors (water supply, drainage, solid waste and energy) and other concerned areas like agriculture, land use planning, tourism and economic development in order to accelerate the achievement of the National Sustainable Development Strategy.

Beneficiaries

The direct beneficiaries of the project will be PUC as well as other concerned ministries and public entities. Indirectly the beneficiaries will be: the population of the three main Islands of Mahé, Praslin and La Digue (88,300 inhabitants in 2012), which will be targeted by the study (improved sanitation service, improved environmental conditions); the tourism industry (improved sanitation service, improved environmental conditions, use of reclaimed water); farmers (use of reclaimed water for irrigation, reuse of compost as soil conditioner and fertilizer); production industry (use of reclaimed water; savings for freshwater consumption).

Participating Organization

Funding
AfricaWater Facility Fund
Implementing
Public Utilities Corporation (PUC)
Implementing
Water Authority Public Utilities Corporation

Information

IATI identifier 46002-P-SC-EA0-005
Last Update 01 Apr 2023

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Contact Details

Name Daniel VERDEIL
Email d.verdeil@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country Seychelles
Coordinates Location Name
-4.66667 55.4667 Maha
-4.35942 55.83621 La Digue
-4.32146 55.72394 Praslin Island