Enhancing Niger Northeastern Connectivity

The development objective of the Enhancing Niger Northeastern Connectivity Project for Niger is: (i) to enhance connectivity and road safety along the Zinder - Agadez road section in Northeastern Niger through the rehabilitation of the Tanout - Tiguidit road segment and maintenance of the full Zinder - Agadez section, and (ii) to improve access to basic socio-economic infrastructure for selected communities, along the Zinder - Agadez road section. The project comprises of four components. The first component, road reconstruction, maintenance, and safety improvements along the Zinder - Agadez road section is designed to support the Government of Niger (GoN) strategy to improve connectivity within Niger by facilitating the safe movement of people and goods on one of the key lifeline road axes, namely the national road number (RN) no. 11 connecting the southern part of the country with the northern regions. It consists of following sub-components: (i) rehabilitation and maintenance of Zinder - Agadez section; and (ii) road safety improvement program along the Zinder - Agadez road section. The second component, improved accessibility and community infrastructure along the Zinder - Agadez road section will strengthen the climate and economic resilience of populations living along Zinder - Agadez section of the RN no. 11 by financing approximately 100 km of rural access roads, small community infrastructure along the area of influence of the project, and capacity building activities for strengthening the knowledge and skills of women. The third component, project management and implementation support will finance overall project management and coordination of activities, activities designed to prevent and mitigate sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (SEA and SH), and violence against children (VAC) risks linked to project civil works sites, as well as the assessment and management of human security risks (including human trafficking). It consists of...