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Feasibility studies up to detailed design, including ESIA, for Kandadji, Environmental, Social and x
Taoussa, Fomi and Soukuru dams. Governance Safeguards
Smaller-scale investments contribute to strengthening the legitimacy of Improved / strengthened
OMVS and NBA, respectively, and keeping member countries committed to x
actively participating in the shared development and management of governance & transboundary
collaboration
basin water resources.
Improved / strengthened
Development, adoption and implementation of essential tools for the shared
management and development of the basin water resources, including governance & transboundary
collaboration
financing the Senegal River Master Plan. It is the key mechanism for countries to x x
agree upon the future multisectoral water development and allocation in the basin,
and update of the 10-year Master Plan, which includes addressing the Improved ecosystem-based
policies, planning &
environmental priorities introduced by the 2002 Water Charter.
regulations
CIWA facilitated the preparation and validation process of the Water Improved / strengthened
Charter and several of its Annexes, complementing the rules of the game governance & transboundary x
for transboundary water management in the basin. collaboration
Improved / strengthened
governance & transboundary
collaboration
Climate Resilience Investment Plan (CRIP) which was endorsed by
Heads of States in November 2015 and presented at COP21 in Paris and x
helped basin countries raise more than $300m financing for climate resilient Role of climate change adaption
in current freshwater resource
investments.
planning and management
Decision-making tools
Improved / strengthened
The Volta River Basin Strategic Action Plan Implementation Project was governance & transboundary
launched in 2015 to improve VBA’s capacity to promote transboundary collaboration
water resources management. The Strategic Action Plan was developed x x
to provide direct environmental and livelihood benefits through the Improved ecosystem-based
implementation of priority actions and institutional development. policies, planning &
regulations
Institutions
Improved / strengthened
governance & transboundary
VBA facilitated ratification of a Water Charter to strengthen the legal and collaboration
institutional framework for sustainable management of basin water X X
and associated environmental resources. Improved ecosystem-based
policies, planning &
regulations
VBA helped build the capacity of national institutions to sustainably Improved / strengthened
implement the Strategic Action Plan by facilitating dialogue, governance & transboundary X
communication, and project monitoring. collaboration

Improved / strengthened
governance & transboundary
collaboration
VBA imparted knowledge and built capacity by training over 200 CSOs
across six countries and offering mini-grants to projects in forestry, Improved ecosystem-based X X
biodiversity, and other environmental sciences. policies, planning & regulations
knowledge-sharing and
exchange

Improved / strengthened
governance & transboundary
collaboration
LCBC has secured multiple investments for basin development and set the stage
for a regional cooperation platform. Enabling this progress was the Lake Chad Role of climate change adaption X
Development and Climate Resilience Action Plan, prepared and disseminated
at the 2015 Conference of the Parties, or COP 21 meeting, in Paris. in current freshwater resource
planning and management
Decision-making tools
CIWA is developing a framework and a series of replicable methods for
creating a cohesive water management policy and a pipeline of Improved / strengthened
investments for the region. The Improving Water Resources Management governance & transboundary X
in West and Central Sahel Technical Assistance initiative is designed to
strengthen water resources management in the region by identifying collaboration=
pragmatic investments and policy actions.

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