Project sustainability 7. Sustainability of activities to be financed by the Supplemental Credit will be achieved by ensuring maximum involvement of various stakeholders at national, decentralized and local levels during project implementation. A sanitation surcharge on water bills will finance operation and maintenance of the facilities. Implementation of a sanitation surcharge, acceptable to IDA will be a condition of Effectiveness of the Supplemental Credit. Selection of a competent technical assistance, under conditions acceptable to IDA, will also be a condition of Effectiveness.
Government is committed to the project and improvement of the water network is underway.
Government is in the process of launching bids for selecting the private operator and such recent tenders have attracted attention from the industry. Current track record in terms of counterpart funding is encouraging, even if security concerns at the southern border of the country are draining financial resources from the national budget. Deposit of an initial allocation of GF500 million in the project account will be a condition of effectiveness. Environmental aspects 9. A National Environmental Plan has been prepared, which focuses primarily on the green environment and natural resource management.