Eau du Bassin Rennais cooperation – Beitunia
The project
THE CONTEXT
Since 2015, HAMAP-Humanitaire has supported the Collectivité Eau du Bassin Rennais in the operational, logistical and budgetary delivery of its cooperation policy in Beitunia, Palestine. Our mandate covers support in identifying needs and co-designing the actions, supervision of tender procedures and administrative formalities in Palestine, monitoring of operations on site and remotely, and the preparation and accompaniment of missions for experts, trainers, elected officials and members of the steering committee.
The cooperation is built around four components: renovating, extending and improving the drinking water network; building the structures and the wastewater collection network for northern Beitunia and Ramallah; training technicians in the operation and maintenance of the water and sanitation networks; and raising awareness of the project among the populations of the Rennes basin and Beitunia.
The project will improve the performance of the water supply network and structures in Beitunia, create a sanitation network, strengthen the operating and management capacity of the municipal utility, promote coordinated and efficient management with Ramallah, and encourage responsible, sustainable use of the resource together with the protection of the environment.
The figures in detail
- direct beneficiaries35,000 residents of Beitunia benefit from an improved water and sanitation service
In the field
AIMS AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives
- Improve access to drinking water for the people of Beitunia
- Extend access to mains sanitation in the northern neighbourhoods
- Strengthen technical capacity and municipal governance
- Raise public awareness of responsible use of the resource
Main activities
- Renovation, extension and improvement works on the Beitunia drinking water network
- Works on the structures and wastewater collection network of the northern neighbourhoods, with connection to the Ramallah network
- Training of Beitunia technicians in the upkeep and maintenance of the water and sanitation network
- Strengthening of municipal governance (planning, management, operation)
- Awareness raising about the project and promotion of the partnership among the people of the Bassin Rennais and of Beitunia
AROUND THE PROJECT
Lead local partner
Municipalité de Beitunia
Project owner, alongside the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA).
Actors and partners
- Palestinian Water Authority (PWA): project owner. HAMAP-Humanitaire: project management support.
Funders
Collectivité Eau du Bassin Rennais, Rennes Métropole, Agence de l'eau Loire-Bretagne, Agence française de développement, Consulat général de France à Jérusalem

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