News & Events

Within the framework of the implementation of the project "Clean up Waste and Liquid" financed by NIYEL, in partnership with CWP-Benin, this year activities included the advocacy leading to the adoption of regulatory texts for the application of the law on public hygiene in Republic of Benin.

As part of the implementation of the TFTC 2 country project in Benin in the commune of Tanguiéta, capacity building activities were organized in February 2022 for young students and members of the Local Water Committee (CLE) on plant production.

In the framework of the implementation activities of the national IWRM action plan (PANGIRE) of Niger in its governance compponent, the Common Financing Mechanism of the projects and programs of the Ministry of Hydraulics and Sanitation (MHA) supported financially the organization of the regional commission of water and sanitation of Dosso for 2022.

As part of the optimization of the water resources monitoring network in the project area, a hydrometric station has been installed in the Niger basin portion of the Mekrou in the Republic of Niger.

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the Volta Basin Authority (VBA) and Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA), in collaboration with IUCN, organised and held six (6) national capacity building workshops for Volta Basin stakeholders on Nature-based Solutions for the development of bankable projects and the mobilisation of funding for their implementation in national and Volta Basin-wide portions.

The Adaptation Fund has endorsed the concept note for the project under development in WAF for Mono river basin.

The Togolese Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources (MERF) in collaboration with Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA) organised from 05 to 08 July 2022, the workshop for the restitution, consolidation and validation of the results of the work of the first meeting of experts on the updating of the framework law on the environment in Togo in Kpalimé, Togo.

A GWP-WA regional Secretariat undertook a monitoring mission from 09 to 13 July 2022. The objective of this mission was to monitor the implementation of the TFTC2 Project activities in Togo.

The Kolgweogo Association, with about 20 members, benefited from a series of training sessions on agricultural practices that aim to improve their productivity, organisation and development of economic activities; Zaï and half-moons were experimented with in order to teach beneficiaries how to transform a resistant land into a resilient and favourable land for agriculture.

The Mekrou Project Phase 2 Niger has purchased hydrogeological equipment that were offered to the Ministry of Hydraulics and Sanitation for the monitoring of water resources.