Niger - Water Resources Mobilization and Development Project (PROMOVARE)

The Water Resources Mobilization and Development Project (PROMOVARE) is consistent with the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR), which seeks to assist the Government of Niger in developing a coherent series of initiatives to mainstream climate resilience into the country’s socio-economic development strategies. PROMOVARE is one of the four priority projects of the Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience (PSRC) prepared by the country with the assistance of MDBs (World Bank, ADB and IFC) and approved by the PPCR Sub-committee in November 2010. The PSRC, which is designed for a five-year period, comprises three pillars, each with its own activities that are complementary for achieving the programme objectives. The PROMOVARE will implement integrated water resources management activity under the second pillar. It is an investment project for adaptation to climate change by mobilizing water resources and promoting transformational change through the adoption of resilient techniques and practices in managing agro-pastoral activities. It covers ten (10) districts in four of Niger’s regions (Agadez, Dosso, Tillabéry and Tahoua). The project cost is UA 15.356 million, and it will be implemented over a five-year period (2013 to 2017).