Senegal-Mauritania Accelerating gas Resources for economic Transformation - Phase 1

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Phase 1 of the SMART GAS regional MPA is a technical assistance, institutional strengthening and investment preparation operation that lays the foundational conditions for sustainable gas monetization and gas-to-power development in Senegal and Mauritania. It builds the human capital, regulatory frameworks, governance systems, and transaction-ready project structures that are prerequisites for the large physical investments planned under Phase 2. At a regional level, it promotes regulatory harmonization and operational alignment (such as pipeline O&M) as building blocks for a nascent regional gas market. In Senegal (USD 30 million), it strengthens the State's capacity to independently oversee, monitor, audit, and capture revenues from producing offshore fields, while simultaneously enabling the domestic gas market through strategic planning, infrastructure studies, and private sector transaction support. In Mauritania (USD 20 million), it operationalizes the institutional and technical foundations for gas-to-power development and a modernized power transmission system. Phase 1 is an enabling operation that builds frameworks, capacities, plans, and bankable studies that will ultimately deliver cleaner and cheaper electricity to households and firms in both countries.