Coastal Erosion Protection Program (Cotonou-Siafato, Hilacondji-Bouche du Roy, Grand-Popo-Ouidah)

To strengthen the resilience of the Beninese coastline against the effects of climate change and to protect the coast against the sea’s progression.

  • Eurobond issuances

    July 2021

  • Pillar

    Planet

  • Expenditure category

    Conservation of lake and coastal areas, reasonable economic exploitation of the coastlines

Impacts and results

150 acres of coastal area restored over the 2017-2021 period;

30 km of coastline protected by the end of 2021.

Safeguarding the socio-economic infrastructure located on the coastal strip

Safeguarding the biodiversity of the protected coastal zone