Support programme for the water and sanitation sector – Phase III (SPWSS-3)

The SPWSS-3 joint Luxembourg / Denmark programme targets the water and sanitation sector based on two documents developed by the Ministry of Water and Sanitation (MWS):

• the institutional support to the Ministry of Water and Sanitation project; and
• sectorial programme for water and Sanitation (SPWS for the period 2016–2030).

The programme's overall objective is to ensure universal access to water and sanitation and sustainable management of water resources. Specifically, SPWSS-3 aims to ensure effective and sustainable leadership in sectorial development by the MWS and to contribute to improving access to water and sanitation services for 250,000 additional inhabitants in five years.

The implementation is carried out through two components. 

Component 1 strengthens sector capacity to ensure the implementation of SPWS. This component is implemented by LuxDev and through the Institutional Support Project developed by the Ministry. The Delegation of the European Union in Niger expressed its willingness to delegate its implementing actions for measures foreseen in its sectorial reform agreement to Luxembourg Development Cooperation.

Component 2 supports the implementation of SPWS, which integrates four results aligned with the four sub-programmes of SPWS (prospective), namely:

• strengthening good governance of the sector;
• improving equitable universal access to affordable drinking water in rural areas;
• improving equitable universal access to affordable sanitation and rural adequate hygiene; and
• improving knowledge management and water resources protection.