Togo Launches Second Phase of Mono Basin Water Management Project

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Wednesday, 15 October 2025 10:52

Togo Launches Second Phase of Mono Basin Water Management Project

(Togo First) - Authorities in Yoto Prefecture, southern Togo, launched the second phase of the Integrated Water Resources Management in the Mono Basin Project (GIRE-Mono II) on Friday, October 10, 2025.

Valued at 143.39 million CFA francs, the two-year project will run from April 2025 to March 2027 and is expected to benefit about 50,000 residents in the Yoto I, II and III communes.

This phase aims to strengthen local water governance, build climate resilience, and promote sustainable agriculture. It follows an earlier phase, carried out from 2019 to 2022, which focused on building water infrastructure and creating community-based management structures.

Under GIRE-Mono II, planned activities include reforesting seven hectares of riverbanks, creating school gardens, building eco-friendly toilets, and forming a local water management committee.

Yoto Prefect Lieutenant Colonel Djossou Agossa praised Togo’s decentralization reforms, while local mayors reaffirmed their commitment to contribute 10 million CFA francs each to the project’s funding.

The initiative is supported by France’s Seine-Normandie Water Agency (AESN), Delabie, SIEP-Picardie, SIEP Secteur Régie, and Rouen Métropole, and is being implemented by NGOs PADIE and Experts-Solidaires in partnership with local authorities.

Launched in 2022, the broader GIRE-Mono program aims to improve water management and climate resilience in border regions and will continue through 2027.

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