Senegal River Basin Multi-purpose Water Resources Development Project

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The Senegal River Basin Multi-Purpose Water Resources Development (APL) Project for Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea program aims to enhance regional integration among the riparian countries of the Senegal River Basin Organization (OMVS) for multi-purpose water resources development to foster growth an improve community livelihoods. There are three project components. Component 1 supports regional institutional development for water resources. It modernizes the OMVS and enhances institutional capacities, updates and adapts OMVS institutions and legal frameworks to include Guinea, and rehabilitates the OMVS documentation center. Component 2 supports local level multi-purpose water resources development. It develops small hydraulic infrastructure and related activities, improves traditional fisheries, protects water resources through planning and management, and reduces waterborne diseases. Component 3 supports regional multi-purpose and multi-sectoral master planning through preparing the Comprehensive Master Plan for the Senegal River Basin, pre-investment support for the OMVS Gouina Hydroelectric Project and the OMVS multi-purpose dams, and ensuring stakeholder participation in multi-purpose and master planning.