Transcript Nile Basin Initiative - California Institute for Water

4th Biennial Rosenberg International Forum on Water
Policy
Turkey,7-8th September,2004
Overview of the Nile Basin
Initiative Programs.
by
Patrick Kahangire,
Executive Director,Nile-Sec
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The
Nile
Basin
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Burundi
D.R.
Congo
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Key Challenges
Poverty,
History
demography(600
by2025,
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Vulnerability
Economicsnothing flows
Degradation,...
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Opportunities
Win-win
development projects
(food production,
energy, transport, flood
control, industrial
growth, envir.
Watershed,…
The Shared Vision
“To achieve sustainable
socio-economic development
through equitable utilization of,
and benefits from,
the common Nile Basin water
resources.”
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Strategic Action Program for the
Nile Basin
Main Tasks
Shared Vision
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Create an enabling environment
for cooperative investments and
action on the ground, within a
basin-wide framework.
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Promote Shared Vision through
a limited, but effective, set of
sub-regional activities and
projects.
Shared Vision
Program
Subsidiary
Action Prog.
Action on the ground
- NBI Policy Guidelines
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SVP Project Portfolio
Function
Common
Elements
• Basin-wide
engagement
and dialogue
•Dev. Strategic
& analytical
frameworks
•Dev. Best
practical tools &
demost.
•Stakeholder
involvement
•Human &
institutional
capacity
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Project
1. Nile
Transboundary Environmental Action
2. Nile Basin Regional Power Trade
3. Efficient Water Use for Agricultural
Production
4. Water Resources Planning & Management
5. Confidence
Building & Stakeholder
Involvement
6. Applied Training
7. Socio-Economic
Development & Benefit
Sharing
8. SVP
Coordination
Preparation of the SVP:
Reaching Consensus on ‘The What’
NBI Policy
Guidelines
Priority
Projects
NBI
Framework
Project
Concepts
Feb
99
May
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Working
Group
Meetings
Project
Documents
‘The What’
Dec
99
COM
Endorsement
SVP
Portfolio
Jul
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Mar
01
ICCON
Donor
Partnerships
& Financing
Jun
01
A complex, multi-country, participatory process
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Implementation Arrangement –
Decentralized Approach
Project Management Units:
Confidence Building
Nile-SEC HQ
Environment
Sudan
Power Trade
Tanzania
Agriculture
Kenya
Water Resources
Ethiopia
Applied Training
Egypt
Benefit Sharing
Uganda/NileSEC HQ
SVP Coordination Project
Nile-SEC
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Rolling Out the SVP: Status
Environment
Hired
Confidence Building
Hired
Nov-04
Applied Training
Hired
Nov-04
Power Trade
Advert.
Dec-04
Water Resources
Advert.
Nov-04
Agricultural Water Use
Jun-04
Sep-04
Apr Advt.
Dec-04
Benefit Sharing
Jul-04
Sep-04
Apr Advt.
Dec-04
Subsidiary Action Programs
Investment projects planned at the lowest
appropriate level - within the basin-wide
framework
Aimed at poverty reduction, economic
development & reversal of environmental
degradation
Seeking win-win opportunities between
riparian countries
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Global
(ICCON incl. International Discourse)
Ethiopia
Burundi
Eastern Nile
sub basin
Eritrea
Rwanda
Sudan
Tanzania
Nile Equatorial
Lakes sub-basin
Egypt
Kenya
DRC
Uganda
Nile Basin
(SVP, Cooperative Framework)
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The Eastern Nile Subsidiary Action Program
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Egypt
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Ethiopia
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Sudan
The Technical regional
Office (ENTRO)
Established in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
June 2002
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Integrated Development of Eastern Nile
Projects
1. Eastern Nile Planning Model
2.
Baro-Akobo Multi-purpose water resources development
3.
Flood Preparedness and Early Warning
4.
Ethiopia –Sudan Transmission Interconnection
5.
EN Power Trade Investment Program
6.
Irrigation and Drainage
7.
Watershed Management.
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Nile Equatorial Lakes Region Subsidiary
Action Program (NELSAP)
Burundi
DRC
Egypt
Kenya
Rwanda
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
The Coordination Unit
NEL-CU established
Dec 2001 In Entebbe
relocated to
Kigali-Rwanda (Jan /04)
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12 NELSAP Projects identified for preparation
Environment & Natural
Resources Management
• 3 River Basin Management
Projects (Mara, Kagera, SioMalaba-Malakisi)
• Regional Agriculture project
• Fisheries & Catchment
Management Project for Lake
Albert and Lake Edward
• Water Hyacinth Abatement in the
Kagera River
Hydropower Development &
Power Trade in the NEL
region (Bur, DRC, Ken,
Rwa, Tan, Uga)
• Rusumo Falls HEP (BUR,
RWA, TAN)
• Ranking and Feasibility Study
of HEPs in NEL-region
• Four Transmission
interconnection projects:
Ken-Uga; DRC-Bur-Rwa; BurRwa; Uga-Rwa
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Project Execution-SVP
Promotes ownership:
Nile-COM
 Oversees
portfolio & provides overall guidance on
policy matters
Nile-TAC
 Reviews
project portfolio and provides technical
advice to Nile-COM
Nile-SEC
 Serves
as executing agency with overall
responsibility for project delivery on behalf of Nile
countries through Nile-COM/Nile-TAC
 Ensure integration, coordination, info-sharing and
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M&E
Financing Arrangements:
Nile Basin Trust Fund (NBTF)
Nile-COM, March 2001 decided:
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Request to World Bank to establish Nile
Basin Trust Fund (NBTF)
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Preferred funding mechanism for SVP
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Trust Fund Committee (riparian & donors)
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Trust Fund administered by World Bank
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Eventual transfer of TF to Nile Basin
institution
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Issues
 Not all donors agree to use preferredTrust
Fund arrangement;
 Implementation process is long;
 Not all priorities of governments are included
and not all projects get financing;
 The process and implementation coordination
are costly, and high accountability standards;
 High expectations & therefore priority for
investment oriented projects (stakeholders
tired of meetings and capacity building!)
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Countries’ Contributions.
 Contribute in kind to the SVP implementation
equivalent to $14million plus Cash eg taxes
 Continued to finance operating costs of the NBI
Secretariat, TAC and COM.
 Establishment and maintenance of national
NBI Offices
Investment projects
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Critical Elements and Lessons
 A Shared Vision
 Strong riparian ownership
 Effective lead donor/partner
 Partnership and commitment of
donors/partners (funds, technical and
facilitation)
 Flexible financing mechanisms
 Basin specific priorities based on the situation
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Critical Elements and Lessons
(continued)
 Staying with the process by incremental steps,
 Multi-track approach to create incentives for
the process and demonstrate benefits,
 Adequate funding and investments for the
process (time money, expertise, political, etc.)
and coordination CRITICAL,
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Efforts and Strategies
Major infrastructure
Fast track projects
5 + bn $
1- 2 bn $
• Sustain cooperation and partnerships
• Implement initial set of projects basin
wide
• Stakeholder participation, confidence,
capacity building, and plan investments
$ 150 m
grants
• Strengthen institutional arrangements
• Continue mobilising resources
$ 10 m
grants
• Initiate engagement
• Develop shared vision
• Setup institution
• Policies and guidelines
• Mobilise support and partners
• Set agenda and programs
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