Water and Sanitation Sectoral Project

The development objective of the Water and Sanitation Sectoral Project for Mauritania is to increase access to improved water and sanitation services in selected rural areas and small towns, and to strengthen the performance of sector institutions. The project comprises of four components. The first component is improvement of access to drinking water and sanitation in Gorgol, Guidimakha, and Assaba. It consists of following sub-components: (i) improving access to improved water supply; and (ii) improving access to shared sanitation in institutions and public places. The second component is improving sustainable access to safe water and sanitation for refugees and host communities in Hodh Echargui and Hodh El Gharbi. It consists of following sub-components: (i) improvement of access to safe and reliable water; and (ii) improvement of access to sanitation in Camp M’Bera. The third component is institutional support, capacity building, and project management. It consists of following sub-components: (i) institutional support and capacity building to Ministry of Water and Sanitation (MHA) and sector institutions; and (ii) project management. The fourth component, contingency emergency response component will draw uncommitted resources from other expenditure categories and or allow Government of Mauritania (GoM) to request the World Bank to re‐categorize and reallocate financing from other project components to cover emergency response and recovery costs.