République du Bénin Ministère de l’Energie et de l’Eau Direction Générale de l’Eau
Intermédiation sociale pour les Ouvrages simples Guide à l’usage des communes
(Version provisoire 5 - 5 décembre 2008)

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This document introduces the PPP legal and institutional framework of Benin.

Le présent guide concerne plus particulièrement les ouvrages simples en opposition aux adductions d’eau villageoises plus complexes. Ces ouvrages ont été réalisés depuis les années 1980 avec une approche qui a évolué. De 1980 à 1990, la Décennie internationale de l’eau potable et de l’assainissement (DIEPA) a permis au gouvernement du Bénin  d’améliorer considérablement son taux de couverture pour arriver à plus de 5 000 points d’eau en 1990, toutes infrastructures confondues.

 It is envisaged by the ministry that it would be used alongside an operation contract that the AUE would enter into with a private service provider to delegate functions to the provider rather than the AUE carrying out all of these functions itself.

There is no need to have any specific obligations in this contract regarding increases in connections as the provider takes the net revenues and so is incentivized naturally to increase connections.  The provider is responsible for repair and maintenance but not major renewal and replacement and extension (which will be funded out of the rehabilitation fund that comes out of the licence fee).  The provider implements/ oversees any major renewal or extension of the water facility and pump, as per the annual capital investment plan.  While this contract is developed in a c

Unlike the simple bipartite affermage (model 1), the monitoring of the contract is by the AUE (and by the Commune for technical and financial aspects).  The AUE is also responsible for making sure that the users pay for the water used. The tariff is revised with the approval of the Community Council.  The various fees for rehabilitation and budget are paid into a joint account of the Commune and the AUE.  There are very few service requirements set in the contract but there is a curious requirement to ensure the operation of the facilit

While this contract is developed in a civil law context using the affermage model, it could be easily adapted to a common law context where it was possible to assume full cost recovery.

Asset ownership

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