Quarterly Report: TerresEauVie Activity, Quarter 3, Fiscal Year 2020

The activity aims to enhance social and ecological risk management systems in Burkina Faso and Niger, with a focus on improving water security, sustainable productive land use, and management of shocks, risks, and stresses. The activity is implemented across 40 rural communes in the Centre-Nord, Est, and Sahel regions of Burkina Faso and in the Maradi, Tillaberi, and Zinder regions of Niger. The overall goal of the activity is to support chronically vulnerable populations in managing shocks and stresses and pursuing sustainable pathways out of poverty. In Niger, TerresEauVie signed a protocol of collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, allowing the ministry to share information with the activity and formalizing collaboration with its units. The activity also supported the development of COVID-19 action plans in all 25 target communes, which were developed through a collaborative process involving local stakeholders. TerresEauVie also developed and disseminated a climate and weather information bulletin and community and regional radio broadcasts in collaboration with the National Early Warning System, FEWSNET, the AGHRYMET Center, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, DFSAs, and RISE II partners. This information provides farmers and pastoralists with specific usable local site weather forecast information to prepare for the coming agricultural season. In addition, TerresEauVie developed a GIS web-mapping platform for Niger and Burkina Faso, which is open to all RISE II implementers, government, communes, other development agencies, and the public. The platform allows users to access a broad range of geospatial data for planning and managing resources. In Burkina Faso, key agreements were signed, including a Memorandum of Collaboration with the Gourma Water Agency. Twelve communes in Burkina Faso developed, shared, implemented, and monitored COVID-19 action plans, in accordance with the directives of the Government of Burkina Faso and in collaboration with the Regional Directorates of Health and Water and Sanitation. Communes disseminated information through 8 local radio stations, communal WhatsApp groups, and distribution of posters. The activity's achievements in the quarter demonstrate its commitment to enhancing social and ecological risk management systems in the target regions. The development of COVID-19 action plans, climate and weather information bulletins, and GIS web-mapping platforms are key interventions aimed at improving water security, sustainable productive land use, and management of shocks, risks, and stresses. The activity's collaboration with government agencies, local stakeholders, and other development partners is crucial in achieving its objectives. The Memorandum of Collaboration with the Gourma Water Agency and the protocol of collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock are significant milestones in the activity's efforts to enhance social and ecological risk management systems in the target regions. The activity's achievements in the quarter also demonstrate its commitment to transparency and accountability. The development of a GIS web-mapping platform and the dissemination of climate and weather information bulletins are key interventions aimed at improving access to information and promoting transparency and accountability in the management of resources. Overall, the TerresEauVie Activity's achievements in the quarter demonstrate its commitment to enhancing social and ecological risk management systems in Burkina Faso and Niger. The activity's collaboration with government agencies, local stakeholders, and other development partners is crucial in achieving its objectives, and its commitment to transparency and accountability is essential in promoting good governance and sustainable development in the target regions.