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Rodrigues is an island in the Indian Ocean, part of the territory of the Republic of Mauritius.The vision of the Rodrigues Regional Assembly (RRA) is to transform Rodrigues into the first ecological and sustainable island in the Indian Ocean by 2030. This vision is centered on promoting sustainable development across three key pillars: economic, environmental, and social sectors. The goal is to enhance the island's development while improving the overall quality of life for all residents.

The strategy dvelopped in the Master Plan to achieve ths vision involves the sustainable utilization of resources and the implementation of practices in various sectors, including sustainable water production and distribution, bio agriculture, sustainable tourism, blue economy, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable land use planning. The Master Plan provides a comprehensive, realistic, and clear long-term strategy spanning the period 2023-2033 to address the three main concerns of sustainable development: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and social sustainability.

For these Consultancy Services, CYE managed three senior experts covering each of the following sectors : Water, Socio-economy aspects and Bio-agriculture.

• Audit
• Final acceptance of works and rehablitation of pumps, drilling et superstructures

• Performing the final evaluation
• Evaluation of the achievements and impact of the results of the project

The overall objective of the Programme is oriented towards improving life quality of rural communities in Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces through support to strengthening local capacities with a view to obtaining coordinated management in between co-executing institutions and taking advantage of their existing capacities and activities through social basic infrastructure, irrigation, environment, education and production projects.

The Programme’s components:

• Social infrastructure (drinking water, sanitation, schools, etc.).
• Agricultural production infrastructures: irrigation schemes, food security of small producers, support to the development of the coffee sector and collection centres.
• Environment and sustainable management of water resources through integrative approach of hydrologic basins.

The objective of the programme is to improve the living conditions of the poor rural communities located along Haiti’s border. The PMR2 finances and executes the supervision of the implementation and then the startup of the various initiatives and projects, including dispensaries, schools, aqueducts and sewerage systems. 70 projects were carried out for a total of 15 million euros approximately.

This project, part of the Programme aimed at rehabilitating the infrastructures damaged by catastrophic floods and mud flows in 1999, consists in the construction of sewerage networks draining used water in the Quebrada Tacagua basin, in Vargas State. The total amount of supervised works is 3 millions of Euros.

The ACP-EU Facility for Water pursues two specific objectives: (1) Improved governance of water and sanitation installations and the management of water resources at regional/transboundary, national and local levels, and (2) increase access to safe, affordable and sustainable water and sanitation services for the rural and urban poor, through the provision of catalytic funding for infrastructure and services. The fundamental mechanism of the Facility implementation is the Call for Proposals on three components: (i) the co-financing of the water management and governance improvement, (ii) the co-financing of infrastructure in the water and sanitation domain and (iii) the co-financing of civil society and decentralized co-operation initiatives.

Technical Assistance to the National Authorizing Officer for the dissemination of the principles of the initiative and the follow-up of the proposals elaboration.
The EU-ACP Water initiative answers the need for providing additional investments in ACP states specifically in the Water sector. The initiative plays a part of catalyst in order to promote proposals, strengthen the institutions and the management capacities in the partner countries.

Final evaluation mission of a project financed by the EC (20.75 M EUR) through EDF, including an assessment on the use of the hydropower plant revenues for financing rural development projects in the same river basin, and related institutional issues.

Mid term evaluation of an EC financed project (22 M EUR) including upgrading and extension of water and wastewater networks (110.000 inh), WWTP, institutional re-structuring of the operator, technical assistance to the Municipality in urban planning and managing of water public services.

Identification and formulation of a programme in the Water and Environment sector to be financed by the EC through EDF (2004-2009) with a total amount of 56.880.000 EUR. Projects include important rural and urban hydraulic infrastructures and specific actions for environmental protection.

The rehabilitation Programme treated hydraulic infrastructures and environmental protection (small barrages, rivers regulation, banks protection, drainage canals, sewerage and water supply networks) damaged by the catastrophic floods of September 2002.

Critical review of existing feasibility studies. Assessment of the capacity of the beneficiary communities to support the planned investments applying a global affordability methodology. Preparation of specific guidelines to be used in future ISPA applications.

The mission concerns six environmental ISPA projects in Slovakia providing new or upgraded wastewater treatment plants, and associated upgrading or extensions to sewerage networks. Description of the existing institutional structure and analysis of the possibilities to implement a Public-Private partnership scheme (PPP) to operate and manage public water and sanitation services at regional level.

Revision of tender documents related to sewerage networks and WWTPs, with the objective of ensuring fair and transparent service and works tenders in conformity with PRAG rules and FIDIC Contractual Conditions.

Programme which lasts several years (2002 – 2006) financed with European cooperation funds (45 millions EUR). The programme focuses the improvement of public water and sanitation services and the strengthening of the structures responsible for activities of natural disaster prevention, promoting the creation of an association of municipalities.

A rehabilitation of drinking water networks associated to institutional reform has been implemented with IADB financing during the late nineties. A sector reform unit was put into operation in the Ministry of Public Works, Communication and Transport in collaboration with the SNEP and CAMEP operators.