Key elements

• Construction of infrastructure for drinking water and sanitation.
• Development of irrigation for better food security.
• Coordination and planning of actions by the municipalities via client-contractorship.
• Action-oriented research into integrated water management in the inner Niger-delta.
  

Partners

• 4 town councils (Mopti, Socoura, Soye, Kewa);
• 3 local NGO's: GRAT, ODI-Sahel and Action-Mopti;
• CISV, an Italian NGO.
  

Target groups

In total 40.000 beneficiaries in the region around Mopti:

• in the suburbs of the city of Mopti: 800-1200 users per infrastructure;
  
• in the municipality of Socoura (semi-urban and rural character): 800-1200 users per infrastructure;
• in the municipalities of Kewa/Soye (rural character): more than 1200 users per infrastructure.
  

Objective

Improving the access to safe drinking water and the use of water in the inner delta of the Niger.

Main results

• The access to water (drinking water and agricultural water) has durably improved for the inhabitants of the delta through the installation of 22 new wells and 16 boreholes, the renovation of 22 existing water points, the installation of 200 sanitary facilities and through activities to obtain 1000 hectares of irrigated perimeters.
• The management methods and techniques for the PIV’s (“Périmètres Irrigués Villageois”= Irrigated Perimeters of the Village) have improved.        
• The capacities of the actors involved from the municipalities of Mopti, Socoura, Soye and Kewa to manage water resources have been reinforced:
• • the capacities to plan and exploit in the field of water resources of the NGOs, the municipalities and the communities have been reinforced;
  • the inhabitants have been better informed and apply the principles of water resources management and integral approach of the delta;
  • all the actors assume better their role and legal responsibility regarding integrated water resources management;
  • the farmers using the irrigation water are organized and reinforced.
• The consultation between the different actors in the field of water resources management has improved.   
  

Financing

European Union, BOF Belgian Fund for Survival, Stichting Ommersteyn (= Foundation Ommersteyn), Association Sud-Nord (Association South-North), Fondation Ensemble (= Foundation Together), Lions Club Ghent Scaldis, the department LNE (Environment, Energy and Nature) of the Flemish Government and Soresma via the Flemish Partnership Water for Development, Fiduciaire Gerrits.

Exchange of expertise

The BBL (Bond Beter Leefmilieu) for input about Ramsar sites.