Setting up a training plan for the WACA ResIp project teams

As part of the West African Coastal Area Resilience Investment Project (WACA ResIP), the International Development Association (IDA) has signed a financing agreement with the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) to implement the regional integration component (Component 1) of the project, which aims to strengthen and promote regional integration in the integrated management of the West African coast.

The WACA ResIP project has 3 components in each of the 6 countries (Mauritania, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Sao Tomé and Principe): a combination of technical support aimed at strengthening national policies and institutions (Component 2), a physical and social investment component (Component 3) and a Component 4 dedicated to national coordination (project management).

The WACA ResIP aims to strengthen the resilience of communities and targeted areas along the West African coast by improving the absorption, adaptation and transformation capacities of the six beneficiary countries and reducing the common risks (erosion, flooding and coastal pollution) to which they are exposed, whether of natural or man-made origin, whether similar for all or most of the countries or of a cross-border nature.

Within this framework, Forhom by Egis was in charge of preparing and running 7 training sessions over the course of 2022:

• Coastal engineering, planning and development ;
• Leadership and team management ;
• Evaluation of development projects: Procedures for mid-term and completion reviews of World Bank projects;
• Institutional analysis, multi-stakeholder processes and coalition building;
• Capitalisation, communication of project results and support for decision-making (approaches and tools);
• Results-oriented project management: operational planning, execution, monitoring and control;
• Environmental and social safeguards.

Forhom by Egis was in charge of implementing the training courses for WACA ResIp, from the design of each training module, the preparation of the teaching itineraries and materials, the running of the training courses and the drafting of the reports on each of the training courses carried out.

As part of the implementation of this project, Egis Forhom ensured :

• Mobilising 8 international experts
• Preparing the training materials
• Running 7 training sessions
• Assessing what has been learnt at the end of the training course