Enhancing the sustainable management of Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer System to ensure access to water for populations facing climate change (SMAS)

Foster multi-country cooperation and to enhance institutional capacity for the protection and sustainable management of the transboundary Senegalo-Mauritanian aquifer system and its dependent ecosystems in order to improve water and food security, and resilience to climate change.

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Project approved
URL
https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/10784
Countries
Senegal,
Mauritania,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gambia
Managing organisations
Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)
Implementing organisations
UNEP
Project ID
10784
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 7
GEF Cofinancing
$48.330.000
GEF project grant
$3.150.000
Executing Agencies
Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS); Executing partner: National counterpart agencies: Department of Water Resources Management and Planning (DGPRE) Gambia: Department of Water Resources Guinea Bissau : General Directorate of Water Resources (DGRH) Mauritania : National center for water resources (CNRE)