Early Warning System

Countries

Benin

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Specific Location

Grand Nokoue region in Southern Benin

Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.

Financial Institutions

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Mar 25, 2026

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Government of the Republic of Benin

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Infrastructure
Technical Cooperation
Water and Sanitation

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Loan

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 41.04 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 35.5
Converted using 2026-03-25 exchange rate.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 82.09 million

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Jun 3, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Jan 19, 2026

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to bank provided information, the investment involves the provision of a sovereign loan of up to EUR 35.5 million to the Republic of Benin to co-finance, alongside the European Investment Bank ("EIB"), the development and modernisation of the municipal solid waste management system in the Grand Nokoue region in Southern Benin (the "Project").

The Project will support priority infrastructure aimed at improving collection, sorting, recovery and treatment of municipal solid waste across the Grand Nokoue region, which covers the administrative and economic capitals, Porto-Novo and Cotonou, as well as the municipalities of Ouidah, Abomey-Calavi and Seme-Kpodji. Together, this region accounts for approximately 20% of Benin's population and 30% of the country's GDP, generating over 600,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste annually.

The Bank's proceeds will finance investments such as the acquisition of new trucks and vehicles for waste collection and transport, the installation of manual sorting facilities at collection points, the construction of composting facilities and the implementation of landfill gas collection and leachate management systems at the existing landfill sites.

The Project builds on preparatory work under the Clean Oceans Initiative, contributing to pollution reduction and sustainable urban development in line with Benin's National Development Plan (2018-2025).

The key objective of the Project is to develop and modernise the existing solid waste management system in the Grand Nokoue region to enhance waste sorting and recovery, reduce landfill dependence in order to mitigate environmental and health impacts. The Project will reduce CO2 and methane emissions and significantly reduce leachates at existing landfill sites.

Beyond its environmental impact, the Project aims to, strengthen governance and institutional capacity within the state-owned Societe de Gestion des Dechets et de la Salubrite ("SGDS"), particularly regarding tariffs, operational collection and institutional partnerships and create inclusive employment opportunities, particularly for women engaged in the municipal solid waste sector. A complementary Technical Cooperation ("TC") programme will support technical, environmental and social due diligences, while a dedicated governance and gender TC will help SGDS operationalise its institutional arrangements with utility partners and develop institutional implementation capacity to promote gender equality through an Equal Opportunities Action Plan ("EOAP").

Investment Description

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Gilles Amoussou
contact@sgds.bj
+229 01 99 99 70 09
sgds.bj

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can request information by emailing: accessinfo@ebrd.com or by using this electronic form: https://www.ebrd.com/eform/information-request

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF EBRD

The Project Complaint Mechanism (PCM) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the PCM, it may assess compliance with EBRD's own policies and procedures to prevent harm to the environment or communities or it may assist you in resolving the problem that led to the complaint through a dialogue with those implementing the project. Additionally, the PCM has the authority to recommend a project be suspended in the event that harm is imminent.

You can contact the PCM at: pcm@ebrd.com or you can submit a complaint online using an online form at: http://www.ebrd.com/eform/pcm/complaint_form?language=en

You can learn more about the PCM and how to file a complaint at: http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/project-finance/project-complaint-mechanism.html