Water and Energy Project

dropped

The project objectives of the Water and Energy Project are (a) to carry out institutional reform in the water and electricity sectors; (b) to build institutional capacity by strengthening the Ministry of Rural Development, Natural Resources and Environment (MDRRNA) and the Secretary of State for Energy (SEE); (c) to provide reliable and potable water supply in Bissau and secondary centers on a sustainable basis through cost recovery, and improve the pluvial drainage system in Bissau; and (d) to enable the power sector to provide an economic and reliable supply of electricity to the largest number of people, and thus support the conditions for sustainable economic growth. The main components of the project are: (a) institutional reform of the electricity and water sectors, including the financing of a social and reserve fund to pay for overstaffing of the utility during the transition period and for government arrears for water and electricity bills; (b) secondary centers; (c) rehabilitation and extension of existing power generation and generation and distribution facilities in Bissau and secondary centers, the environmental clean-up of the oil spill behind the plant Electricity and Water Utility of Guinea-Bissau (EAGB- Electricidade e Aguas de Guine-Bissau), and the development of the traditional energy sector; and (d) rehabilitation and extension of the pluvial drainage system in Bissau.