Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) by means of a contribution to a common financing mechanism (MCF) for WASH in Niger, e xecuted by Luxemb Despite its important sources Niger suffers greatly from chronic shortages of water, due to factors such as inequal spreading of pre cipitation. Access to drinking water in rural areas ranges from 35 to 63,5%; access to sanitation in rural areas is as low as 1,7%. The Government of Niger (GoN) is compelled to find solutions to provide access to WASH, also in view of the rapidly growing population. To address this challenge the GoN in 2017 has adopted a sectoriel WASH program (PROSEHA) in the framework of Agenda 2030 with two objectives: secure acccess to WASH for all and to contribute to a national stratgy for rural watersupply. Untill 2030 EUR 5,1 billion is needed to arrive at the set targets. For the first phase (untill 2020) Niger wants to support 25% of the households in rural areas and 80% of the households in urban areas with “optimal” drinking water and  17,2% of the household in rural areas and 23,87% of the households in urban areas with accesss to “optimal” sanitation.  Luxembourg and Denmark have decided on a delegated cooperation to execute the Luxembourg program for support to WASH (PASEHA 3). It is executed by Luxemburg Development Cooperation. Support will be channeled through a common financing mechanism (MCF) that was put in place by the GoN to align development efforts in the fie ld of WASH and to secure extra funds for PROSEHA. Luxembourg and Denmark have provided EUR 47 million in total. The Dutch contribution will support relevant activities in the border areas with Burkina Faso, namely Tahoua and Tillabéry. Technica assistance will be part of the program.