Type of service provided :

• Collecting data on access to energy and mini-grids
• Drawing up survey questionnaires
• Drawing up the enumeration plan and sampling plan in collaboration with the client
• Recruitment and training of interviewers
• Deployment of enumeration (Sphinx software) to 2653 households and 565 businesses
• Deployment of the survey (Sphinx software) to 384 households and 187 businesses
• Analysis of georeferenced results (STATA and Qgis software)
• Submission of survey reports, client feedback workshop

Type of service provide :

• Determining and assessing the vulnerability of water resources, aquifer geometry and the relationship between different aquifer layers; conducting an isotopic study and hydrodynamic modelling;
• Creating a GISWEB, an online geographic information system for water resources;
• Organizing a training workshop for APAL and DGRE staff on modelling and GISWEB;
• Assessing the vulnerability of communities, estimating losses in arable land;
• Proposing an action plan to protect the water resource, and recharge aquifers using non-conventional water sources (treated wastewater);
• Proposing institutional and regulatory arrangements.

Type of service provided :

Developing a development scenario and preparing an investment plan.

• • Defining groundwater and surface water resources and developing hydrological modelling (GR1A, GR2M);;
  • Identifying water uses and calculating the water balance of surface water bodies;
  • Analyzing the environment and biodiversity; identifying environmental constraints and the vulnerability of the system to climate change;
  • Preparing an atlas on water resources, their uses and the environment;
  • Identifying projects and proposing development and management scenarios;
  • Proposing an investment plan up to 2025, as well as a monitoring & evaluation mechanism.

Type of service provided :

• • Conducting a rapid risk assessment, including a nationwide analysis of water resources, climate change and community vulnerability;
  • Carrying out a detailed risk assessment, including basic hydrological models of 4 sub-basins, and holding consultations at community and institutional levels;
  • Training local institutions on climate change, hydrology and adaptation measures;
  • Developing a catalogue of solutions with grey/green infrastructure and nature-based solutions;
  • Organising a multi-stakeholder workshop to present the study findings.

Type of service provided :

• • Undertaking an institutional capacity assessment to produce recommendations to improve and maintain the existing sanitation sector institutional framework;
  • Completing feasibility and detailed technical studies and preparing the tender documents for the initial ‘urgent’ phase of construction work (approximate cost: €5 million);
  • Conducting multidisciplinary studies to develop and implement the Antananarivo sanitation system master plan covering stormwater, wastewater, excreta management and solid waste. This master plan also includes cross-cutting themes such as urban planning,
  • Monitoring and supervising the first phase of construction work;
  • Completing feasibility and detailed technical studies and preparing the tender documents for the second stage of construction work (approximate cost: €15 million);
  • Drawing up Terms of Reference for monitoring and supervising the second phase of construction work.

Type of service provided :

Conducting an assessment of the flow that could be sustainably pumped from each of the pipelines’ abstraction points (Ampotaka and Amboasary) in preparation for designing the pipelines and protecting the water abstraction sites.

• Assessing the characteristics of the groundwater resources at the 2 study sites (exhaustive water point inventory, literature study, physico-chemical analysis campaign);
• Conducting a study to determine the best way to protect the banks upstream and downstream of the Ampotaka abstraction point;
• Carrying out geophysical studies to locate drilling points;
• Drilling 3 reconnaissance boreholes and conducting pumping tests;
• Producing a conceptual hydrogeological model and assessing the water balance.

Type of service provided :

The activities included in this project involved:

• Conducting a desk review and collecting data;
• Carrying out water quality testing through two campaigns to acquire samples for physio-chemical analysis (turbidity, BOD5, COD), metal analysis and Organophosphorus Pesticides Analysis (OPPs);
• Developing MODFLOW and WEAP related models for baseline water balances including climate change projections to 2035;
• Defining policy-relevant targets for the measuring the programme action plan. The measures assessed include: Water saving fixtures / Domestic greywater reuse / On-site rainwater harvesting / Increasing irrigation efficiency (both field application and conveyance efficiency) / Precision agriculture / Natural water retention measures (e.g. detention and retention ponds);
• Facilitating 2 on-site workshops to ensure stakeholder engagement in the catchments;
• Holding a final workshop to present and discuss the results.

Type of service provide :

• Conducting the technical, administrative and financial monitoring of all contracts related to the water & sanitation component, and supervising the service providers (delegated project manager, works contractors, NGOs in charge of community mobilization
• Assisting the EU with final handover and facilitating field activities in conjunction with users’ associations and water point management committees;
• Monitoring and evaluating project performance;
• Coordinating with the relevant ministries and other stakeholders involved in the project’s water & sanitation component, as well as working with beneficiary community-based organizations;
• Participating in sector coordination with NGOs, donors and international agencies (UNICEF, CICR, UNHCR, etc.) involved in WASH initiatives in the area around Lake Chad;
• Setting up a public health data collection system and assessing the project’s impact on the population’s health.

Type of service provide :

• Conducting a diagnostic, modelling and implementing the strategic plan for Mosul’s water supply services;
• Conducting a detailed analysis of water supply functionality and services: carrying out a full inventory of water supply assets (water production, storage and distribution facilities) and creating a GIS database (surface area: 180km²);
• Developing and calibrating a hydraulic model for a water network of about 1,000km using the Water Gems software, including the primary, secondary and tertiary networks;
• Implementing a data acquisition system (SCADA) and a remote management plan for water supply network management (9 water treatment plants, 15 pumping stations, 30 water towers with a distribution flow of approximately 100,000m3/day) and integrating the SCADA plan and the remote management component into the hydraulic model;
• Conducting a diagnostic and providing capacity-building to current operators in order to determine short, medium and long term technical and institutional needs;
• Planning 5 capacity-building workshops for Water Directorate staff on technical and institutional aspects;
• Developing long-term strategic service plans (over a 20-year period).

Type of service provided :

• Conducting a literature review and analysing hydrogeological, hydrological and meteorological data;
• Conducting a GIS analysis (including remote sensing) to characterise vulnerability areas;
• Reviewing hydrogeological (groundwater level measurement) and hydrological (river flows and water quality) monitoring systems;
• Assessing current and future climate risks on available groundwater and surface water resources (quality and quantity);
• Developing a strategy to the develop and enhance future monitoring systems;
• Producing a programme proposal to address the impacts of climate change.