NI Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project

closed

Closed

The development objectives of the Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) Sector Project for Nicaragua are to: (a) increase the access to sustainable WSS services in selected poor rural areas of Nicaragua through the consolidation of rural WSS sector institutions and the provision of adequate infrastructure; and (b) to improve Nicaragua's capacity to respond promptly and effectively to an eligible emergency. The project has four components. The first component, strengthening of the rural WSS sector will finance the following sub-components: institutional strengthening of the rural WSS sector; strengthening of an integrated structure for sustainability of rural WSS services - "sustainability chain"; and project management, monitoring, and evaluation. The second component, increase sustainable water supply and sanitation coverage in rural areas will support the increased coverage of rural WSS services through the financing of sub-projects to provide technical solutions and level of service tailored to each beneficiary community. It has following three sub-components: (i) increase sustainable water and sanitation coverage in the Pacific, Center, and North regions; (ii) increase sustainable water and sanitation coverage in the Atlantic regions and Alto Wangki y Bokay; and (iii) alliances for sanitation. The third component, innovations in rural water, sanitation, and hygiene will support developing, carrying out, monitoring and evaluating pilot subprojects selected pursuant to the criteria set forth in the operations manual, and acceptable to the Bank, aimed at testing new approaches to needs in the areas of water quality; resilience to climate change and natural disasters; operation and maintenance strategies; and innovative technologies for rural WSS access, all in selected municipalities. The fourth component, immediate response mechanism - contingent component (IRM-CC) will improve Nicaragua's capacity to respond promptly and effectively to emergencies by providing immediate response to an eligible emergency, as needed.

FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Government