Overall Objective
GGGI supports the Government of Senegal (GoS) in its transition to a green, emerging Senegal, focusing on greening the country’s growth engines: Cities as well as on sectors key to the achievement of its NDCs and where growth connects to green job creation. Building on its early work on guidelines for green cities, and assessment of rural renewable energy for productive use (RE4PU), GGGI has helped the GoS design its National Green Growth Strategy.
GGGI supports Senegal in the implementation of the second Priority Action Plan of the PSE (2019-2023) and the achievement of its SDG and NDC targets. Senegal’s CPF 2019-2023 articulates three focal outcomes, in link with GGGI’s Global Operational Priorities (GOP):
- Enhanced green and inclusive governance for green growth and climate action (GOP1, GOP5) and increased access to finance for NDCs and SDGs (GOP2).
- Accelerated low-carbon urban development and strengthened resilience to climate change of Senegalese secondary cities (GOP 4).
- Investment mobilized for renewable energy for productive use in agriculture and climate smart practices in rural areas (GOP3).
Strategic Outcome Targets
| S01 -GHG Reductions | 3,506,180 tCO2 (Next 25 years) |
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| S02-Green Jobs | 21, 248 (2021-2023) |
| S06-Enhanced Adaptation to Climate Change | 385, 297 benefited (2021 - 2023) |
Themes
Contact
Resource Partner
GGGI Core Funding
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Government of Grand-Duche of Luxemburg
Bill & Melinda gates Foundation
Qatar Fund For development
Open Society Initiative for west Africa – OSIWA
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – GIZ
Implementation Partner
Waste Management Unit Coordination – UCG
Sanitation National Office – ONAS
Senegal IT State Agency – ADIE
Sovereign Strategic Investment Fund for Senegal
Agricultural Bank
National Land Development Society for the Delta and Falémé region SAED
Government Counterpart
Ministry of Urbanization, Housing & Public Hygiene
Ministry of Energy & Oil
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Ministry of Agricultural & Rural Equipment
Context
GGGI operations in Senegal started in 2016 during the phase 1 of the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE). In line with the second phase of Senegal’s Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE), GGGI supports the Government of Senegal (GoS) in its transition to a green, emerging Senegal, focusing on greening the country’s growth engines: Cities as well as on sectors key to the achievement of its NDCs and where growth connects to green job creation. Building on its early work on guidelines for green cities, and assessment of rural renewable energy for productive use (RE4PU), GGGI has helped the GoS design its National Green Growth Strategy. During the 2019-20 biennium, GGGI’s advice has helped progress from setting the agenda in favor of national and subnational green growth pathways, to mobilizing finance for secondary cities’ green infrastructure. GGGI’s work has resulted in the approval of 9 municipal strategies and roadmaps, the launch of Senegal’s Secondary Green Cities network and green buildings platform, and the mobilization of 3.3 M USD at the benefit of transformative solid and liquid waste treatment and valorization projects. GGGI’s program also helped identify opportunities for renewable energy to be used at the benefit of improved agricultural productivity and resilience to climate change in the rice value chain. The transverse focus on the financing of Senegal’s NDC targets led to the structuring of innovative partnerships with financial institutions (FONSIS, La Banque Agricole) and investment project preparation for scalable financing vehicles such as the Renewable and Energy Efficiency Fund (REEF). Taken together, these initiatives are expected to deliver a reduction of more than 30 million tCO2e over the next 20 years, provide access to sustainable waste management infrastructure to 1,860,000 people and create 700 green jobs.
Senegal’s economic growth has been high, over 6% since 2014 (WB, 2019), and the forecast pre-Covid19 was optimistic. Questions of sustainability and inclusiveness remain, as growth prospects are correlated with oil and gas production, and as job creation is insufficient to absorb internal migration and a growing labor force. Most labor is informal, entailing low remuneration, underemployment, and limited social protection and the PSE has identified the creation of green jobs as one of its priorities. In light of the Covid19 economic and social impacts, improving productivity and employment in sectors where the poor are most active, and work is informal is essential for the country to maintain course towards the achievement of SDGs and NDCs.
News
News • December 14, 2020
QFFD and GGGI conclude agreements on four projects to support climate resilience and COVID19 recovery in the Pacific, Eastern Caribbean, and West African regions
Doha, State of Qatar / Seoul, Republic of Korea (December 10, 2020) Building on a global MoU signed earlier this year, QFFD and GGGI concluded a 3-year agreement totaling USD 9.85 million to support four projects: Eastern Caribbean Green Entrepreneurship Initiative, Pacific Green Entrepreneur Network, Climate Smart Agriculture for Kiribati, and Solar-Powered Irrigation for Climate-Smart […]
News • December 7, 2020
World toilet Day celebration in Dakar
The Ministry of water and Sanitation in partnership with GGGI & Senegalese Normalization Association (SNA)organized the 2020 world toilet day in with the whole theme of ” Sustainable sanitation & Climate Change”. The ceremony was chaired by the general secretary of the water and sanitation Ministry with the presence of GGGI senegal country representative and […]
News • December 2, 2020
Launch of Behavior Change Communications Campaign for Luxembourg project
The city of Tivaouane held a launching ceremony for the behavior change communications campaign of the Waste Water, Plastic Waste, Electric & Electronic Waste in Secondaries Cities Project. The event gathered all implementing partners and was chaired by the Senegal Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. The event commenced with introductory remarks from the perfect […]
News • October 30, 2020
Preliminary Project Summary and Plastic Waste Management Training in Touba
On October 19, 2020, a joint mission was organized in Touba with local committee members, the IDEV and EVE firms, in order to unroll the agenda to introduce EVE to local authorities and organize a training session on plastic waste management. The agenda commenced with a plastic waste management training session with the local […]
News • October 14, 2020
Basel and Stockholm Convention Regional Center signs an MOU with GGGI Senegal
October 13, 2020 – A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has officially been signed between GGGI Senegal and the Basel and Stockholm Convention Regional Center ( CRCBS-af) with the aim to promote the provisions of the Basel convention. The CRCBS-af is a regional unit for north and west Africa with the mission to assess the national […]
News • October 14, 2020
Training Workshop on Managing and Dismantling Techniques for Electric Waste
On October 12, 2020, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), with the collaboration of the Senegal State IT Agency (ADIE), held a training workshop on Managing and Dismantling Techniques for Electric Waste in Dakar at the Numeric Solidarity Center. Sector representatives and workers operating on site took part in the event, which was chaired by […]
News • October 6, 2020
GGGI Senegal took part in the sites visit with Urban Planning Ministry at Touba
On October 3, 2020– The Senegal Urban Planning Ministry conducted a site visit to Touba as the part of the UCG Stanby Magal Touba Event, in order to visit the features set up to collect waste around the mosque, connecting roads, and aggregation points alongside avenues in the Touba district. The objective was to ease […]
News • October 6, 2020
Sanitation emptiers received training on formalizing drain company
September 28-29, 2020 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) organized a 2-day training session with the Municipality of Tivaouane for the establishment of the wastewater management company. The 2-day training workshop offered sessions on marketing and company creation to formalize the new drain company. The ceremony opened with remarks from the municipality secretary who […]
News • September 29, 2020
Pumps Solarization for Agriculture: Joint Mission GGGI, FONSIS, SAED in the valley down Senegal river
September 21-23, 2020 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), FONSIS, & SAED went on a joint mission to local agricultural installations in rice-farming irrigated gardens in the valley located down the Senegal river. THE VISIT : Sites : In Dagana, 120 KM from Saint Louis and north of Senegal, a […]
News • September 12, 2020
GGGI Senegal signs an MOU with World Water Forum Executive Secretary on the road to the 9th Edition In Dakar
The 9th World Water Forum will take place in Dakar from 22 to 27 March 2021. The ambition of Senegal and the World Water Council is to organize a different Forum, at the social, political and economic levels, a Forum that is a catalyst for action to accelerate universal access to water and sanitation, a Forum that […]
News • September 2, 2020
A Communication sub-committee created for The Plastic Waste Project Management in Touba
On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, the Touba local coordination committee for the plastic waste management project appointed communication sub-committee members for the Behavior Change & Communication Campaign. The event offered the opportunity for local actors to become informed on the project progress status. The ceremony was chaired by sub-prefect deputy of Ndame district with opening […]
News • August 3, 2020
GGGI Senegal signed an MOU with the State Computer Agency
GGGI Senegal and the State Computer Agency singed an MOU, framing their collaboration regarding the Electronic Waste Management Project in the Dakar region. The objective of the project is to ease and promote the environmentally sound management of Electronic Equipment. This component is included in the Wastewater, Plastic Waste and WEEE Management in Senegal […]
News • July 31, 2020
GGGI Senegal signed an MOU with the Solid Waste Management Coordination Unit (UCG)
GGGI Senegal and the Solid Waste Management Coordination Unit (UCG) signed an MOU on Cooperation for Sustainable Solid Waste Management. The objective of the UCG is to support local and regional authorities to improve the field of solid waste management through the development of infrastructure, the strengthening of management mechanisms, and the implementation of projects […]
News • July 10, 2020
GGGI Senegal hosted webinar on “Designing policy approaches under the Article 6 of the Paris Agreement : First Stage Report Presentation”
On 7 July 2020, GGGI Senegal hosted a webinar in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Directorate of Environment and Classified Establishments) and the National Committee for Climate Change ( COMNACC ) on Designing policy approaches under the Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Under the Paris Agreement, all signatory countries are […]
News • June 29, 2020
Senegal Virtual Launch Event for the Tivaouane Wastewater Management Project
On June 24, the GGGI Senegal team, in collaboration with the Municipality of Tivaouane, hosted a virtual launch event for the “Wastewater Management” project for Senegal’s secondaries cities financed by the Government of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Over 58 participants attended the event which was entirely virtual due to COVID-19 safety measures. The prefect of […]
News • April 18, 2020
GGGI Senegal holds its first Virtual Steering Committee Ordinary Session
Dakar, April 15th and 16th, 2020, The ordinary session of the GGGI Senegal steering committee took place on April 15th an 16th, 2020 virtually. This session took place in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic in Senegal where restriction measures on public gatherings have been taken by the government. It was in a health context […]
News • September 20, 2019
The Green Cities Technical Committee Workshop to share projects and program achievements held in Senegal
The meeting of the Technical Committee on Green Cities was held on Thursday, September 12th, 2019 at the Senegal GGGI Office. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Serigne Mansour Tall from the General Directorate of Urban planning & Architecture. The key relevant stakeholders of the Technical Committee attended the meeting. This workshop was also extended […]
News • August 7, 2019
Kickoff meeting and discussions on waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) management in Senegal
As part of the implementation process of the Green Secondary Cities Wastewater, Plastic Waste and WEEE Management: Innovative Business Model for Recycling and Valorization Project, the Global Institute for Green Growth (GGGI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Telecommunications, convened on July 30, 2019, for a discussion and experience sharing workshop on […]
News • July 29, 2019
GGGI Senegal brought urban stakeholders to set up the National Platform on Sustainable Cities.
In its mandate to support the Government of Senegal within the framework of the Five-year Cooperation Program, GGGI Senegal is implementing the Green Secondary Cities Development Program to support the promotion of a new model of sustainable, resilient, inclusive, and prosperous cities. To synergize similar initiatives and promote integrated approaches to sustainable urban development, GGGI […]
News • July 29, 2019
Knowledge sharing on green growth and city-wide inclusion sanitation in Senegal
On Thursday, July 25, 2019, GGGI Senegal held a sharing session with the National Office for Sanitation (ONAS) executive team. This activity is part of the workplan for the implementation of the MOU signed before GGGI and ONAS. ONAS, as the National utility in charge of Sanitation, is GGGI’s main partner for the Bill and […]
Projects
Project
Thematic Areas
Countries
Project Reference Profiles – Senegal(SN2) Green Secondary Cities Wastewater, Plastic Waste and WEEE Management: Innovative Business Model
| Start Date | Q1 Jan 1 2019 |
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| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 837,170 |
| Status | Active |
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Project Reference Profiles – Senegal(SN05) National Finance Vehicle in Senegal: The Renewable and Energy Efficiency Fund
| Start Date | Q1 May 1 2019 |
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| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 34,663 |
| Status | Active |
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Project Reference Profiles – Senegal(SN07) Support to CNCAS for GCF pipeline development as DAE
| Start Date | Q1 May 20 2019 |
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| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 6,797 |
| Status | Active |
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Project Reference Profiles – Senegal(SN08) Solar PV electricity for agricultural development
| Start Date | Q1 Aug 1 2019 |
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| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 43,372 |
| Status | Active |
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Project Reference Profiles – Senegal(SN09) Senegal Green building readiness program
| Start Date | Q1 July 1 2019 |
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| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 38,967 |
| Status | Complete |
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Project Reference Profiles – Global(GIS03) Article 6 Sectoral Approach and Enabling Environment
| Start Date | Q1 July 1 2019 |
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| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 600,033 |
| Status | Active |
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Promoting city-wide inclusive sanitation through the Climate Resilience and Green Growth agenda in Senegal
| Start Date | Q1 2019 |
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| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
| Status | Active |
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Green Secondary Cities Wastewater, Plastic Waste and WEEE Management: Innovative Business Model for Recycling and Valorization in Senegal.
| Start Date | Q1 2019 |
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| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 3,000,000 |
| Status | Active |
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Biogas Cogeneration Project Senegal
| Start Date | Q1 2016 |
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| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
| Status | Active |
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Green Growth Pathways in Senegal
| Start Date | Q1 2017 |
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| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 2,428,000 |
| Status | Active |
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