IWRM supported by a sound understanding of ground water resources and their linkages with surface water systemsIntroduce systematic and integrated approach of industrial competitiveness and environmental/social responsibility to reduce wastewater discharges and pollution loads in the Niger River.

• Water balance within NB/ITTAS compared to 1970 level with sub-indicators as appropriate .
• State of development of common monitoring system measured through parameters and methods monitored
• Number of demonstration projects yielding positive outcomes (use of sub-indicators)
• Degree to which ecosystem-based and integrated SW/GW management approach is integrated into the NBA SDAP and IP
• Degree to which principles of User-Payer and especially Polluter-Payer have been developed and harmonized across all NBA/ITTAS member states.
• Level of governance of the integrated SW/GW resource at the national and regional levels
• Number of women sensitized, through outreach activities, with the key messages that the project promote regarding IWRM and Water Use Efficiency and improved water resources management in the NB-ITTAS.
• % of the TEST innovative approaches implemented at the pilot enterprise levels recorded.
• % decrease in the volume of a target pollutant in discharges of the selected enterprises' recorded
• % Financial return on environmental investments and application of the TEST approach witnessed.
• % success rate after the introduction and implementation TEST Approach recorded in most pilot enterprises.
• Positive impacts on women from reduced pollution loads and discharges to the water system will be tracked (through interviews, etc.). • % of TTAS system modelled and understood to same level as IAS
• TDA for ITTAS completed and endorsed
• SAP for ITTAS completed and endorsed
• # of water balance and allocation modelling that incorporates both GW and SW
• % of Community-level IWRM initiatives taking integrated GW/SW planning and utilization approach• a) Area of Infestation by aquatic weeds at selected project sites
• b) % of total area of all wetland demonstration sites in which biodiversity has been restored to > 50% of status of reference site.
• c) % of total area of all protected area demonstration sites in which biodiversity has been restored to > 50% of status of reference site.
• d) % of total area of all mountain forest ecosystem demonstration sites in which biodiversity has been restored to > 50% of status of reference site.
• e) Average change in sediment transport in selected streams exiting protected are and mountain forest ecosystem demonstration sites
• f) % of groundwater and conjunctive use demonstration sites where issues of water quality or quantity identified at inception have improved
• g) % of demonstration sites where drought and flood impacts have decreased (baseflow and flood index)
• h) Extent of combined use of surface and groundwater resources
• i) Average per capita income of populations at demonstration project areas (sex-disaggregated data will be collected.)
• j) Number of Equitable benefit-sharing regimes established among communities (sex-disaggregated data will be collected.)
• Participation of women in all demonstration activities tracked in numbers.
• Gender Assessment both at the national and regional level produced.
• Gender Action Plan, based on the Gender Assessment, developed by end Year 1.• NBA polluter-payer guidelines agreed aimed at supporting development of harmonized laws/ policies
• Number of NBA countries to have passed appropriate polluter-payer legislation
• Number of NBA countries to have developed effective polluter-payer policies• Over 50% of the TEST innovative approaches implemented at the pilot enterprise levels
• % decrease of concentration and/or volume discharges of the selected enterprises' recorded
• % Financial return on environmental investments and application of the TEST approach witnessed.
• % success rate after the introduction and implementation TEST Approach recorded in most pilot enterprises.
• Positive impacts on women from reduced pollution loads and discharges to the water system will be tracked (through interviews, etc.). • Short-term (provisional) governance mechanism for the surface and ground waters of the ITTAS and Niger Basin in place for project duration
• Long-term and sustainable governance mechanism for the surface and ground waters of the ITTAS and Niger Basin endorsed by NBA/ITTAS countries
• Platform for cooperation and collaborative action operational
• # of academic and research institutions capacitated to provide required training courses
• $ usefully spent on acquirement of specialist equipment for research and analysis
• Community and inter-state level transboundary learning mechanisms are in place
• Harmonized monitoring mechanisms in place
• Number of communication media, which report about conjunctive water management as well as positive impacts on women, number of media accessed

Niger Basin Users Associations and National NGOs engaged in basin resources management and conservation for better control of flood/drought/pollution, reduction of pressure on land, forest and biodiversity while improving living conditions of households

Introduce systematic and integrated approach of industrial competitiveness and environmental/social responsibility to reduce wastewater discharges and pollution loads in the Niger River.Industrial Competitiveness and Environmental/Social Responsibility for reduced wastewater discharges reinforced by legal and policy frameworks

National Policies and Institutions, Civil Society Platforms support Niger River Ecosystem based management