According to the bank provided information, the project's objective is to improve the socio-economic and health living conditions of the population by reinforcing, securing and modernising drinking water supply systems in the urban and rural centres concerned. This will help to build resilience and adaptation to the impacts of climate change.

This component, which covers ONEE's digital transformation, comprises more than 30 digital initiatives/sub-projects and directly involves 8 central departments of ONEE-BO and some other regional directorates, whose management and operational staff will, at various levels, benefit from the results of the digital solutions and initiatives to be rolled out. The digitisation component will also benefit all customers and users, as well as internal and external collaborators. Component B: The project area covers several urban and rural areas (Asfalou, Bouhouda, Agourai). The total number of beneficiaries of component B by 2050 (the timeframe for designing the new works) is estimated at 486,000 inhabitants, broken down as follows: (i) about 275,000 inhabitants for Sub-component B2 (Bouhouda); (ii) 135,000 inhabitants for Sub-component B3 (Asfalou); and (iii) 76,000 inhabitants for Sub-component B4(Agourai).
Component C: The beneficiaries, estimated at 4.55 million inhabitants (with 2.366 million women), are spread throughout the country. They will be precisely determined at the beginning of each year based on interventions to be decided by the Regional ONEE-BO Directorates. Component D: The beneficiaries of this component will mainly be ONEE-BO staff for the transfer of technology and capacity building to be provided by the two technical assistance missions for this component. Component E: The beneficiaries of this component are the members of the Project Coordination Unit who will receive the resources required for proper project implementation, as well as the project affected persons(PAPs) who will be compensated for temporary and/or permanent losses (acquisition of land, etc.).

Mohamed EL OUAHABI
Water and Sanitation Officer, AHWS3
African Development Bank
m.elouahabi@afdb.org 
www.afdb.org

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