EU Niger Delta Support Programme (NDSP) – Components 3&4 – Water and Sanitation, Micro Projects

COMPONENT 3

Expected results:

Improved institutional, policy, legal and financial framework in the water and sanitation sector in the five states, including an enhanced role and participation of the civil society. 

Main activities:

• Strengthening of sector internal organisational structure for improved service delivery in urban/small towns and rural area;
• Review of sector  policy, legal and regulatory framework;
• Improve water service delivery in 2 target LGAs of each state. 

 
Main accomplishments to date:

• LGA and community selection concluded and other preliminary project activities under the contribution with UNICEF;
• Sanitation component using Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach under implementation in many of the beneficiary communities;
• Baseline survey completed;
• Works contracts in all 5 states have been awarded and implementation has since commenced;
• Works contractor in Delta state has achieved over 95% completion.
• Supplies contracts under 5 lots have been for all 5 states and implementation has since commenced;
• Grants contracts awarded to 4 grantees and implementation has since commenced;
• MOUs for all five States signed. 

COMPONENT 4

Expected Results:

• Strengthened community governance through the adoption of Community Development Action Plans (CDAP) by communities and Local Government Authorities (LGAs);
• Increased equitable access to basic infrastructure services by women, men, boys and girls;
• Increased equitable access to income generating options and sustainable livelihood development by women and men;
• Improved social cohesion among village communities. 

Main activities:

• Sustainability plans developed and executed by communities in partnership with LGAs and establishment of Project Implementation Committees (PIC) in the procurement for the basic infrastructures in that community;
• Training in operation and maintenance of infrastructure for the PICs  and technical training to commodity groups in communities;
• Micro-project proposal developed by commodity groups with support from communities, CSOs and respective business organizations;
• Identification of communities where there is need for specific actions on social harmony and cohesion as well as conflict prevention activities and definition of the strategy to be adopted to tackle conflict reduction/prevention.

Main accomplishments to date:

• PMU fully operational with office space provided by Imo State;
• Selection process of target LGAs in all beneficiary States completed;
• Identification of community projects in the 9 States completed;
• Project implementation has been clustered into a maximum of 3 local government areas per state;
• Contracts  for all 9 states namely Akwa Ibom, Abia, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers have been signed and works has commenced in all the states;
• Operational Programme estimates to support programme activities signed and implementation ongoing.

Source of funds: 10th EDF (CRIS ref: 2011/022-910)

Total budget (EUR): 377.855 M

Implementation period: 5 years

Implementing Agency:

Components 3 UNICEF & SAFEGE Technical Assistance,

Component 4 PLANET SA Technical Assistance

Geographical region:

Component 3: Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers, Edo & Delta States

Component 4: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo, Rivers States.