Benin, Projet d'appui ã la Synergie Locale pour l'Eau

The wider objective of the project is to facilitate the operationalisation of the Integrated Water Management through the development of synergies between non-state actors in all their diversity whilst implementing concrete actions concerning inclusive floods management and in turn, climate change and climate resilience.

The specific objective is to mobilise the population of the region around their economic, social, cultural and environmental interests, in order to participate actively in actions of inclusive floods management so as to impact them positively. As such, the project aims to develop synergies in the related actions amongst non-state actors and between non-state actors and state actors to lead to effective and sustainable results in an optimized, efficient and green manner.

The expected results of the project are:

(i) Sensitisation and dialogue at the local level: favorable conditions are created and synergy in actions are set in place for the management of floods on the local level;
(ii) Pilot actions Integrated Water Management: management of floods and economical valorisation of water resources;
(iii) Capitalisation and sharing of experiences and knowledge

Services delivered by VNG International:

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Strengthening of framework conditions:
o information, communication and sensitization to communities and local state representatives;
o creation and animation of the consultation framework (i.e. cadres de concertation) for non-state actors;
o support to the formalisation of consultation frameworks into
prefiguration structures of Local Water Committees (i.e. Comitãs Locaux de l’Eau, CLE) through the formalisation and capitalisation of good practices;
o capacitation of consultation frameworks members on good institution governance (incl. transparent financial management and conflict resolution) ;
o representation and participations of non-state actors in Local Water Committees;
o support to the contribution of non-state actors to local economic development strategies.

Pilot actions of Integrated Water Management:
o mapping of local Integrated Water Management initiatives;
o elaboration and implementation of pilot actions for the inclusive management of floods and economic valorisation of water resources (including training and coaching);
– conception of (green) flood resilient infrastructure, based on endogenous practices
o economic valorisation of water resources benefiting women and young people.

Early warning system (EWS):
o Installation of water level markers (i.e. balises) and outreach and communication about appropriate behaviour at different water levels;
o Creation of a mobile app targeting population, development of a data collection and management system from communities to feed the EWS;
o Capacity building of the ANPC (National Civil Protection Agency) for the management of the mobile app.

Capitalisation on the local level:
o benchmarking, horizontal learning and sharing of experiences for scale-up;
o elaboration and broadcast of capitalisation and communication products (e.g. creation of a webTV, whatsapp groups for the exchange of community members on water resources, production of a documentary film, thematic factsheets on EWS and IWRM consultation frameworks for the general public and technical and financial partners)
o evaluation study of the pilot actions;
o action plan for the scaling up of good practices;
o conduct of overall monitoring and evaluation.