Projects and references

The Kandadji Ecosystems Regeneration and Niger Valley Development Programme (KERNVDP) involves building a dam and its related structures, providing support for the development of 45 000 ha of irrigated perimeters, and building a hydroelectric power plant. The programme's objective is to reduce poverty through natural regeneration, and by improving food security and covering energy requirements.
Its implementation will lead to the involuntary displacement of approximately 38,000 people and their resettlement on new sites.
The primary goal of the technical assistance is to support the Project Implementation Unit in the resettlement process for programme affected populations.   

The general objective of the Water Sector Support Project – Solar Rural Hydraulics (PASE-HRS) is to improve the living conditions of rural and semi-urban populations.
Within this framework, the technical assistance to the Directorate General of Water Resources focused on:
- institutional support at central and regional level (updating of the Water and Sanitation Master Plan, strengthening of the institutional framework, IWRM (integrated water resource management) road map, reflection on the Water Code);
- technical support to set up 30 new solar-powered drinking water supply systems (identification of the sites, preparation of the bidding documents and support with awarding contracts, pumping trials, construction surveys, training of coordinators);
- specific activities in terms of (i) capacity building for the actors, (ii) monitoring and evaluation of the projects, and (iii) awareness-raising on hygiene in the regions of Bafata, Gabu, Oio and Tombali.

Implementation of component 3 of the Pro-Routes programme which plans to support public institutions such as the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) and the Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism (MECNT) in the protection of natural habitats, biodiversity and forests, and in the enforcement of the corresponding laws. This component aims to promote the participative planning of land use, community management and local initiatives for income diversification.

Technical assistance to the Ministry of the Environment and Forest Resources (MERF), attached to the PNADE National Coordination Body as technical advisor, for the fulfilment of the project.
Capacity building for the implementation of concrete environmental protection actions identified by the populations themselves at local level, creating and strengthening the populations' confidence in decentralisation and local governance processes in general.

Technical assistance mainly consisting in:
- Support to the Environmental and Social Management Unit (ESMU) of the SNEL (national electricity company of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) for monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Environmental and Social Management Plan for the PMEDE, SAPMP and other SNEL projects.
- The establishment of institutional and operational mechanisms to ensure compliance with the World Bank safeguard policies, national laws and international environmental and sustainable development commitments applicable to the project.
- Institutional capacity building of the SNEL's ESMU in terms of environmental management, and support in defining the SNEL's environmental and social policies and procedures for energy production, transmission and distribution.

The project aims to set up, through the institutional support to the BNDA, an environmental monitoring and evaluation mechanism for the sub-projects financed by the credit line. The Consultant in charge of this work ensures that the specifications for the importation of pesticides and other strategic inputs at the level of the BNDA are respected, as well as the management of the environmental impact of all the activities in conformity with the national environmental directives and those of the AfDB. 

The objective of the study is to go deeper into and specify the conditions necessary to make the NBO operational in terms of development planning and the creation of monitoring & evaluation (ME) and environmental monitoring tools. The specific objectives of the study focus on:
1. The development of ME and environmental monitoring tools for the Niger basin;
2. The preparation of a development plan for the NBO.

The objective of the study is to go deeper into and specify the conditions necessary to make the NBO operational in terms of development planning and the creation of monitoring & evaluation (ME) and environmental monitoring tools. The specific objectives of the study focus on:
1. The development of ME and environmental monitoring tools for the Niger basin;
2. The preparation of a development plan for the NBO.