The GGGI Senegal country office took part in the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar from March 21-26, 2022.

GGGI Director-General, Dr. Frank Rijsberman, took part in the opening ceremony and conducted a series of meetings with government partners to review GGGI’s country cooperation portfolio.

The country office exhibited in Hall B to share its vision, projects in Senegal, and information on the Senegal program.

Dry Hot season in Senegal River Valley  

City Wide Inclusive Sanitation TV Report 

GGGI Motion infographic Presentation 

Colleagues from the Senegal Country Office participated in the Forum’s sessions. The Deputy Country Representative gave a presentation on Water and Sanitation in the Senegalese Emerging Plan in the presence of its implementing partners.

The Sanitation team participated in a series of panels in the sanitation village in partnership with the Sanitation Directorate on sanitation and climate change: Financing the urban sub-sector and applicable solutions. The Waste Management team took part in the panel on the circular economy in the auditorium of the conference centre.

The 2022 edition closed on a note of mobilization as some 8,000 people and 1,000 institutions attended the event, despite the difficulties posed by COVID-19.

This week of work resulted in the “Dakar Declaration” on Friday, March 25. This “blue deal” has five main points, including a few notable references: the importance of humanitarian law, mobilizing public finances, as well as those of development partnerships to create blue and green jobs for young people, women, and the rural world; encouraging private sector investment; promoting transparent, efficient and inclusive management of water services. Particular emphasis was placed on the importance of access to water in the rural environment and the issue of wastewater reuse.