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         Because of the borderlands’ regionality   Not Eligible  Pending Eleigibility Review  Registered  Under Preparation
         and  complexity,  the  World  Bank’s
         Groundwater for Resilience (GW4R)
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         program  requires a robust, tailored
         approach to monitoring, learning, and
         strengthening institutional capacity for
         enhanced regional cooperation.

         Now entering its third year, CIWA’s
         Untapping Resilience grant is providing an
         improved mechanism for the use of
         project data through the Groundwater for
         Resilience  management  information
         system (GW4R-MIS) in GW4R Phase 1
         countries (Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya)
         (Figure 3).  Emerging  lessons  from  field-
         and site-level data are being used to
         analyze and advance the research and
         bring the lessons back into the operation.   Construction  Exploration  Irrigation  Rehabilitation
         This knowledge has mainly been used by
         World Bank experts and UN agencies
         (UNDP, UNESCO, and UNICEF) to strengthen
         implementation through the three learning
         pillars of CIWA’s Untapping Resilience and
         will be used to inform a potential phase 2 in
         these and/or other countries.

         In the last FY of GW4R implementation,
         the  team  finalized  site  selection  for
         borderland groundwater investments in
         Kenya and Somalia and conducted site
         visits to confirm eligibility of these sites
         and   define   the   scope   of   the
         interventions. These visits were aimed at
         maximizing impact and sustainability
         while reducing risks. In Ethiopia, the   Figures 4 and 5: MIS project maps. Top: classification of sites according to the eligibility process
         project is moving toward execution of   and readiness. Bottom: classification of sites according to the typology of intervention.
         work in 22 sites (Figures 4 and 5).
                                            These studies will greatly improve the   Remote Monitoring Platform: FY24
         Hydrogeological experts are advising on   available data about HoA groundwater   included  further  development,
         key national and transnational aquifer   resources.                    enhancement, and maintenance of
         assessments being conducted under                                      the   GW4R-MIS,    which   is  a
         GW4R. While in Ethiopia assessments will  Progress                     project-customized platform whose
         be undertaken in the highlighted districts                             goal is to provide an overview of
         (green  areas;  Figure  6),  in  Kenya,   Component 1: Enhanced knowledge   project progress and monitor and
         groundwater  aquifer  assessments  will  be   & learning on groundwater in the HoA  manage real-time project risks at
         conducted in seven aquifers (orange areas;   This component involves a remote   sub-project level. The team registered
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         Figure 6),  and  a  groundwater mapping   monitoring  platform  (GEMS -based)   273 sites for potential groundwater
         exercise is to start in Somalia at the country   and a series of knowledge products   investments and uploaded regular site
         level  (purple  area;  Figure  6).  Under  the   across the three learning  pillars of   visits data, investment eligibility and
         regional program, IGAD is assessing the   Untapping Resilience:  (i) Sustainable   preparation  documentation,  and
         Dawa transboundary aquifer (between   Groundwater  Service   Delivery,  quarterly site reports.  Training was
         Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia), and two   (ii) Groundwater Addressing Fragility   provided to project implementers,
         more are under procurement for the   and Enhancing Resilience, and (iii)   including  the  third-party  monitoring
         Northern Basin and Shebelle Aquifers.   Groundwater and Regional Integration.   agent, who is contributing to data




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