| Project Detail |
The objective of the SRSSP is to strengthen institutions and policies to increase access and improve rural sanitation services in selected governorates in Egypt. Phase 1 of the Program (SRSSP-1) is already under implementation by the WB. Phase 2, the SRSSP-2, is proposed to be jointly co-cofinanced by the AIIB and the WB, in both cases, in accordance with WB’s PforR Policy. The SRSSP-2 comprises a physical infrastructure component, which will provide sanitation services to about 175,000 households in 133 villages of five governorates; namely, Dakahliya, Sharkiya, Damietta, Menoufya, and Gharbiya. The works include: construction of new or expansion/rehabilitation of existing wastewater treatment plants; construction and upgrading of pumping stations; and construction of integrated sewerage networks consisting of collectors and pumping mains. The SRSSP-2 will also ensure that inhabitants of satellites located between the villages where the main sewers pass are also serviced. This will help to maximize the program’s development impacts. The SRSSP-2 also comprises a component to strengthen the related institutions and policies for the WSS sector, by: (i) improving the governorate-level WSCs’ operational systems and practices; (ii) strengthening the national WSS sector framework, including the sectors institutions, policy, and monitoring and evaluation framework; and (iii) introducing an Investment Project Financing (IPF) component for Technical Assistance on strategic sector issues (which would be subject to the WB’s policies applicable to IPF rather than those applicable to PforR). The WB would support both physical infrastructure and institutional and policy strengthening components. The Bank would only support the physical infrastructure component. |
