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(…) the Mauritanian economy is highly vulnerable to (…) the increasingly obvious effects of climate change.

As the end dates of the MDGs and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for the period 2001 2015 approached, a debate on a new outlook going beyond that date was undertaken at national level. The principal challenges post 2015, namely challenges in the development of (...) sustainable development and environmental protection, were identified with a view to drawing up a future vision for 2030. (...)

Between 2015 and 2017, 71 finance agreements were signed with a total value in excess of 55.2 billion new ouguiyas, including 24 agreements for 2017 alone for a sum totalling 29.2 billion new ouguiyas. This significant funding was allocated to implementing priority programmes and projects to create conditions conducive to inclusive, sustainable growth through investment in the following sectors: (...) environment.

More effective sectoral policies have been implemented under the PRSP action plan and SCAPP in an effort to unleash the growth potential in the leading sectors of the economy and reap the greatest economic and social benefit by making the most effective sustainable use of the resources (...)

The overall objectives in the fisheries sector are as follows: (i) optimizing management and sustainable revenue, (…)

In order to attain these objectives, the Government's efforts are focused on implementing the priority programmes and reforms set out in the National Responsible Management Strategy for the sustainable development of fisheries and the maritime economy 2015 2019.

The action taken included:
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iii. increased controls and inspections by the Coastguard to protect the exclusive economic zone from the risk of illegal fishing (…)
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5.6 Transport
The infrastructure sector is an important aspect of development. (…) the sector is covered by the strategic pillars set out in SCAPP. The policy implemented by the Government in this area aims to carry out (…) environmental and social needs.

6.1. (...) The reforms set out in the SCAPP include most of the recommendations in the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS).
There are three main messages in the DTIS update: (i) Mauritania should build on its recent macroeconomic progress to break away from its current economic model, which is based on unsustainable revenue from the country's national resources, and make a shift towards a strategy for inclusive green growth; (...)

The recent Association Agreement between Mauritania and the ECOWAS Member States (Section 2.3.2.1) was necessary to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between West Africa and the European Union, Mauritania being one of the 79 ACP countries with which the European Union concluded the Cotonou Agreement, (...) Mauritania is one of the 16 States of the "West Africa" group in the regional EPA negotiations; however, it had not yet signed the EPA by the end of March 2018. A €195 million National Indicative Programme 2014 2020 has been signed between Mauritania and the EU within this framework. Its three main thrusts are food security and sustainable agriculture; (...)