Cote d'Ivoire Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project

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The objective of the Urban Water Supply Project for Côte d'Ivoire is to improve quality of, and increase access to, water services in selected urban areas and to strengthen capacity of National Water Agency (ONEP) for financial planning and financial management of the urban water supply sector. The project has 2 components. (1) Urban water supply component will include the following activities: (i) construct water treatment plants, boreholes, water intakes, and pumping stations in selected urban centers; (ii) construct storage tanks; (iii) construct water transmission lines and expand water distribution networks; (iv) install social water connections; and (v) perform works supervision. (2) Institutional support component will include the following activities: (i) institutional strengthening through the preparation of an inventory of urban water supply sector assets, the development of a financial model for the urban water supply sector, and the audit of the Affermage contract and ONEP agreement; (ii) capacity building for ONEP in financial planning and operations monitoring; and (iii) operations and strengthened capacity of the Project Coordination Unit (PCU) and ONEP in project management.