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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 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.

As part of the regular monitoring of project activities the EU has conducted an external Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM) mission of the European Commission. The mission took place from 27 June to 5 July 2022 and was led by the ROM expert Filinto Omar Martis Sallah.

In the framework of the implementation of the PREE project in collaboration with IUCN/PACO and financed by Sida, two case studies on the sustainable management and exploitation of fisheries in the Chari/Logone sub-basin and the Inner Niger Delta were carried out.

The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Chad and GWP-Central Africa (GWP-CAf) organized a three-day regional capacity-building workshop for Non-Governmental and Civil Society Organizations, to enable them to sensitize the communities within the Lake Chad Basin area on environmental awareness. The workshop which brought together representatives of five pre-selected NGOs and CSOs, from the five member states (Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Central African Republic) of the LCBC was held in Douala, Cameroon on June 28th – 30th 2022.

The implementation of the Mékrou project mobilises many actors at different levels. We have collected the testimonies of some of them.

The security situation in the project area coupled with the health crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic affected the start of the project implementation.

On 19 and 20 May 2022, a workshop was held in Conakry to restitute and validate the results of the study mission on "The realization of the prospective diagnosis of the Fouta Djallon Massif along with the analysis of opportunities and the proposal of options/priorities for the restoration of the degraded ecosystems of the Massif".

The Council of the Water Agency of the Mekrou sub-basin in Niger was established on 10 May 2022 in Dosso. The installation workshop served as a framework for validating the Water Development and Management Scheme (SAGE) of the Mekrou sub-basin and its area of influence in Niger, as well as for launching three pilot initiatives for the protection and development of the sub-basin's water resources and related resources.