Studies and Consultancies Fund - SCF

Studies and Consultancies Fund Studies and Consultancies Fund - SCF (RWANDA, Sector unspecified (99810)). The water has such a high level of salinity in the village that it attacks the hand pump and forces the population to use brackish water or to find water elsewhere. Results Report CLISMADEV (May 19 -May/September 2020) 6 General Election and following changes in government structures in oct. This allowed an adequate selection of technical solutions (water catchments, desalinisation and distribution systems) and an improvement in planning (budgetary and timely), which takes into consideration fundamentally the specific situations of the intervention zones. In addition, the tendering procedures follow Belgian public market rules, thus enhancing management control of the execution contracts. However, the remoteness of the project sites and the negative effects of COVID-19 Pandemic may cause some efficiency problems. The COVID prevention measures taken by the government are already affecting the intervention, and put on hold some of its activities (like quarantine in the public sector, with only half of the staff on duty, delaying the decision taking and supervision by local government, requirement of Covid Test for each and every technician going to work in the communities, etc). This added to climate vulnerability faced by the population of this region and their need to develop adaptation and mitigation skills. In this project, Enabel is promoting specific “climate friendly” features, like renewable energy (solar and national hydro-powered grid), advance solar and desalinization technologies (no battery, long life membranes, distance monitoring of WSS), and community sensibilization regarding climatic changes and environmental preservation, giving the project a greater scope and improving the resilience capacity of the beneficiary communities.

Studies and Consultancies Fund - SCF (RWANDA, Sector unspecified (99810)). The water has such a high level of salinity in the village that it attacks the hand pump and forces the population to use brackish water or to find water elsewhere. Results Report CLISMADEV (May 19 -May/September 2020) 6 General Election and following changes in government structures in oct. This allowed an adequate selection of technical solutions (water catchments, desalinisation and distribution systems) and an improvement in planning (budgetary and timely), which takes into consideration fundamentally the specific situations of the intervention zones. In addition, the tendering procedures follow Belgian public market rules, thus enhancing management control of the execution contracts. However, the remoteness of the project sites and the negative effects of COVID-19 Pandemic may cause some efficiency problems. The COVID prevention measures taken by the government are already affecting the intervention, and put on hold some of its activities (like quarantine in the public sector, with only half of the staff on duty, delaying the decision taking and supervision by local government, requirement of Covid Test for each and every technician going to work in the communities, etc). This added to climate vulnerability faced by the population of this region and their need to develop adaptation and mitigation skills. In this project, Enabel is promoting specific “climate friendly” features, like renewable energy (solar and national hydro-powered grid), advance solar and desalinization technologies (no battery, long life membranes, distance monitoring of WSS), and community sensibilization regarding climatic changes and environmental preservation, giving the project a greater scope and improving the resilience capacity of the beneficiary communities.