En cours
7 years (2018-2025)
- Joint management of groundwater and surface water
- Conservation of water resources in the Niger River Basin and Aquifer Systems (ITTAS)
- Ecosystem resilience
- Environmental and social responsibility of industries
4,300,000 USD
Local populations
Local, national, and regional institutions responsible for groundwater and surface water management
Scientific community
Improving IWRM, Knowledge-based Management and Governance of the Niger Basin and the Iullemeden-Taoudeni/Tanezrouft Aquifer System | ITTAS
The objective of the project is to improve knowledge-based management, governance and resource conservation of the Niger River Basin and the Iullemeden-Taoudéni/Tanezrouft Aquifers (NB-ITTAS), to support IWRM for the benefit of communities and the resilience of ecosystems
It will implement conjunctive management of surface and groundwaters through knowledge-based management and governance of the Niger Basin (NB) and the Iullemeden-Taoudéni/Tanezrouft Aquifer System (ITTAS) leading to improved IWRM for the benefit of communities and the resilience of ecosystems.
This project will contribute to the attainment of a number SDGs namely SDG 6 on clean water and sanitation and in particular target 6.5 related to integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation (and the related indicators) as well as SDGs related to the improvement of the livelihoods of local communities that are targeted through the project activities.
The geographic scope of this study and GEF intervention covers the whole area as covered by Niger River Basin (NB) and the ITTAS.
- Global Environment Facility - GEF
- Niger Basin Authority - NBA
- UNESCO-IHP
- United Nations Development Programme - UNDP
- United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization - UNIDO
Launch workshop
May 2019
Setting up of the Steering Committee
January 2020
1st Steering Committee meeting
December, 2020
2nd Steering Committee meeting
November, 2021
3rd Steering Committee meeting
December 2022
Regional workshop to validate and adopt the ITTAS ADT
October 2023
1st Scientific Committee meeting
December 2023
1st Meeting of the Consultation Mechanism
December 2023
Development of a Hydrogeological Flow and Pollutant Transport Model and Database
Development of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis of ITTAS
Capacity building for senior technicians and national engineers in Database, GIS, Modeling, Remote Sensing (100)
Online Hydrodynamic Modeling Training (1600 participants)