Saiss and Garet water conservation project (EBRD-51223)

Countries
  • Morocco
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
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
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
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
Nov 27, 2019
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 Morocco
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Construction
  • 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)
$ 164.27 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 150,000,000
Converted using 2019-09-25 exchange rate.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 383.30 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 350,000,000
Converted using 2019-09-25 exchange rate.
Bank Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Mar 2, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Sep 25, 2019

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Project Description
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According to bank documents, the investment involves provision of a sovereign loan of up to EUR 150 million in favour of the Kingdom of Morocco to co-finance:

  1. the construction of key components of the Saiss water transfer network comprised of the main distribution pipeline as well as the primary and secondary distribution networks; and
  2. the rehabilitation and modernisation of the water distribution network and full conversion to drip-fed watering system in the Garet perimeter.

The Saiss II component is part of a staged programme to preserve the Saiss aquifer and promote sustainable water management within the Saiss plain. As part of this programme, the Bank has approved a sovereign loan of up to EUR 120 million and mobilized grant financing of EUR 30 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to finance the construction of a 135 km (a 45 km section of the main transfer pipeline with a total length of 62 km outside the Saiss plain and a 90 km main distribution pipeline within the Saiss plain) water transfer pipeline from the M'Dez dam to the boundary of the Saiss perimeter.

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Ahmed El Bouari
a.elbouari@agriculture.gov.ma
+212 530 10 31 77
+212 537 29 75 44
www.agriculture.gov.ma
Avenue Hassan II BP 607, Rabat, Maroc

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