Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) project in the Somone basin

Targeted Action Groups

Implement the Right to Water and Sanitation and provide access to safe water and sanitation in emergency situations ,
Improve water quality and waste management,
Protect and restore ecosystems and forests, including coastal and marine impacts, and combat desertification , Halt the loss of aquatic biodiversity and invasive species in water ecosystems , Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change and natural disasters
Provide public water, sanitation and hygiene facilities (schools, healthcare facilities, etc.),
Ensure sustainable agricultural practices, including water productivity and efficiency, reduction of diffuse pollution, and decreased food losses
Implement IWRM at all levels, Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation on data and information sharing, and capacity building ,
Enhance multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnerships, including with outside sectors,
Mobilize additional financial resources and promote innovative funding,
Implement the principles of good water governance, including participatory decision-making ,
Foster a water-sensitive approach to legislation and regulation , Increase water efficiency and sustainable management through science, technology, innovation and education

Sector/Domain

IWRM

Implementation Instances

Directorate of Water Resources Management and Planning (DGPRE)

Nature of the organism

Gov/Local

Authority

NGO

other

Intervention zone

Senegal

Justification

The Somone basin is at the heart of a key region for Senegal's economy: the Dakar-Thiès-Mbour triangle. Population growth in the 12 municipalities of the area is sustained and the coastal part, which is very touristic, is highly urbanized, which threatens particularly sensitive coastal ecosystems. The territory is also structured by a strong economic activity, diversified and dispersed. This high concentration of users on a territory generates significant pressures on the water resource that threaten its availability in the short term and are the source of many conflicts of use between the actors of the territory

It is in this context that the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) project in the Somone basin was initiated in January 2019 by the Directorate of Water Resources Management and Planning (DGPRE) of the Ministry of Water and Sanitation.

Level of advancement

Already achieved

In the process of implementation

In draft state

Type of support desired

financing

technique

Visibility / Promotion

Focal point

Niokhor Ndour

Focal contact

Phone : +221 77 740 95 10