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Support for Integrated Water Resources Management to Ensure Water Access and Disaster Reduction for Somalia's Agro-Pastoralists

About the Project


Water scarcity is a serious threat to Somalia and is hindering the country's economic and social development. Throughout Somalia, trends of reduced surface water and groundwater reserves and increased occurrences of droughts and floods have been observed and are predicted to worsen.

The GEF’s Least Developed Country Fund (LDCF) -financed project directly supports integrated water resources development and management for over 360,000 agro-pastoralists across Somalia. The development of a multi-sectorial Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Strategy as well as technical and operational capacity building will support Somalia in planning sustainable water resources development schemes for all states down to local levels, particularly for states that formed as recently as 2016 and 2016. Investments in monitoring infrastructure will provide critical data for early warning dissemination in both arid regions and key river basins to improve water resources management and contingency planning for agro-pastoralists, including nomadic pastoralists. Water mobilization and a diversified source of groundwater and surface water sources as well as the construction of water diversion infrastructure will promote rural water supply and increase resilience in flood-prone areas. The rural population's resilience will be further enforced by enabling them to exploit their agro-pastoral value chains and increase their asset bases.

Key Planned Objectives:

Reinforced technical and operational capacities at federal, state and local levels to manage water resources sustainably to build the climate resilience of agro-pastoralists in Somalia

  • National water resource management policy establishing clear national and district responsibilities
  • Transfer of technologies for enhanced climate risk monitoring and reporting on water resources in drought and flood prone areas
  • Improved water management and livelihood diversification for agro-pastoralists

Impact

START DATE

August 2019

END DATE

December 2024

STATUS

Ongoing

PROJECT OFFICE

Somalia

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER

United Nations Development Programme

DONORS

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE

Global Environment Fund Trustee

INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVE

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION

MPTF-Joint SDG Fund

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

$17,174,455

DELIVERY IN PREVIOUS YEARS

2019$0

2020$1,856,044

2021$2,620,071

2022$2,539,601

2023$4,807,302

2024$1,551,050

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