Transcript Project Title - UN
Nile Basin Initiative Current Context and Evolution towards Institutional Strengthening
International Workshop on Institutional Capacity Development in Transboundary Basins, 10-12 November 2008, Bonn, Germany
By Hamere Wondimu Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat, Entebbe Uganda
Presentation Outline 1. The Nile Basin – Challenges and Opportunities 2. Evolution of Cooperation on the Nile 3. The Nile Basin Initiative 4. Elements of Effectiveness 5. NBI Capacity Development Approach & Strategy 6. NBI Evolution towards institutional Development and Harmonization (challenges, and responses to the challenges)
The Nile Basin
Nile Shared by 10 countries; Nile 6,700 km length; Basin – 3million Km 2; and a home of over 160 million people;
Challenges
Extreme poverty – low GDP per capita History of tension & instability Rapid population growth Environmental degradation Rainfall variability Inadequate infrastructure to store water and regulate
Opportunities
Great potential to foster regional social and economic Win-Win dev. Cooperative WRM Greater economic, political and regional integration with benefits beyond those derived from the river Egypt Sudan Uganda D.R. Congo Rwanda Burundi Eritrea Tanzania Ethiopia Kenya The Nile River Basin & The countries sharing the Nile
Evolution of Cooperation on the Nile
HYDROMET SURVEY Project: to foster joint collection of hydrometeorlogical data; 1967-1992 (8 countries) Technical Cooperation Committee for the Promotion of the Development and Environmental Protection of the Nile (TECCONILE): 1993-1998 (6 countries)
Nile Basin action plan prepared in 1995
The first series of 10 Nile 2002 conferences launched in 1993 – informal mechanism for dialogue and exchange of views
Established a forum for a process of legal & institutional dialogue in 1997; that enables riparian countries to move towards a long-term Legal Cooperative Framework (9 countries)
Nile Basin Initiative established in Feb, 1999 (9 countries)
The NBI “Shared Vision”
“To achieve sustainable socio-economic development through equitable utilization of, and benefit from, the common Nile Basin water resources.”
Nile Basin Strategic Action Program
Shared Vision Shared Vision Program
SVP -
Creates an
enabling environment
for cooperative investments within a basin-wide framework
Subsidiary Action Prog.
SAP -
Promotes the Shared Vision
through sub-regional investment
Action on the ground
projects Parallel intensive Dialogue and negotiations on the
Cooperative Framework
to endow NBI with a permanent organization and legal foundation
Basin-wide Level (SVP)
NBI Structure Nile-COM Nile-TAC Nile-SEC Shared Vision Program 8 basin wide sectoral and facilitative projects
Policy level (basin -wide) Projects (basin -wide) Sub-basin Level Subsidiary Action Programs (SAPs)
NEL-COM NEL-TAC NELSAP-CU
NEL Coord Unit
NELSAP
Investment Program
Effective Coord.
EN-COM ENSAPT ENTRO
Eastern Nile Tech. Regional Office Policy level (sub-basin)
ENSAP
Investment Program
National NBI Offices
Projects (sub-basin)
SVP Project Portfolio ($130million basin wide projects) Functions
• • • • •
Basin-wide dialogue Stakeholder involvement Best practical tools & demost.
Strategic & analytical frameworks Human & institutional capacity
1. Nile Transboundary Env. Action 2. Nile Basin Regional Power Trade 3. Efficient Water Use for Agr. Production 4. Water Resources Planning & Management 5. Confidence Building & Stakeholder Involvement 6. Applied Training 7. Socio-Economic Development & Benefit Sharing 8. SVP Coordination – overall coord. of SVP l Sectora Facilitative
Built a Nile basin community of interest Established the NBI as a trusted institution
AGR SDBS CBSI ATP
Socio Economic Development SAPs
NTEA RPT WRPM
A technical foundation for basin management & development provided coordination across sectors Promoted integrated approach to WRM
Subsidiary Action Programs (ENSAP & NELSAP)
Delivering an initial set of agreed investment projects (estimated US$700 million) Planned at the lowest appropriate level - within the basin wide framework Focusing on power development & trade, agriculture and irrigation, and water and natural resources management and development (either through ENSAP or NELSAP) Aimed at poverty reduction, economic development & reversal of environmental degradation Seeking win-win opportunities between riparian countries Both SAPs have shown remarkable success in the preparation and implementation of both fast track and big investment projects identified through a highly participatory and consultative process
NBI & Development Partners Partnership
1 st ICCON meeting held in Jun 2001 Grant funding is mainly channeled through the Nile Basin Trust Fund (NBTF) administered by the World Bank Other financing sources: countries contribution (in kind and in cash); direct financing from some partners
NBTF partners are Canada (CIDA), Denmark, EC, Finland, France The Netherlands, Norway (NORAD), Sweden (SIDA), UK (DFID) and World Bank (DGF) Other partners supporting NBI - Germany, UNDP, ADB
Elements of Effectiveness
(Implementation mechanisms and Institutional arrangement)
Multi-track approach- created incentives for the process and demonstrated benefits
Shared vision Program that started with divergent views but facilitated ownership and the convergence of views Keeping the principle of “Subsidiary” – SAPs Cooperative Framework negotiations
Transitional institutional structure and implementation arrangement that facilitates decentralization, broad involvement, ownership & commitment Broad inter-country and multi-stakeholder participation and dialogue incubated strong political support and cooperative actions Focus on the benefits that could be directly achieved from cooperation (trade, power, food, environmental manag. etc.)
Elements of Effectiveness (
Implementation mechanisms and Institutional arrangement)
Promoting public participation and awareness; collaboration with Nile Basin Discourse promoted involvement of the civil societies, NGOs Growing partnership with donors through the NBTFC forums (recognition by donors that NBI needs resources and time to successful) Focus on the benefits that could be directly achieved from cooperation (trade, power, food, environmental manag. etc.)
monitoring and reporting
Preference for hiring NB nationals and locating the PMUs in different countries of NBI
NBI Capacity Development Approach & Strategy
1.
Assessments on needs for capacity development conducted by each SVP project at different levels with different scope and focus 2. Institutional and human resources capacity building through on-the-job and targeted training as well as study tours and exchange visits by all SVP projects
Capacity building on environmental management, power trade, water policy, KM, efficient use of water for agri production, WQM, negotiations, communications, etc.
3. One SVP project focusing on Applied training
Short and long term training opportunities; develop. short courses & MSc curricula and adoption by institutions
Exchange visits and study tours; coordinated and collaborative applied research and studies
Establishing partnership and collaboration with other training and research institutions Nile Basin University Leaders’ Forum and Nile-Net
NBI Capacity Development Approach & Strategy
4. SVP Coordination Project - strengthening the capacity of the NBI institutions to execute and coordinate cooperative basin-wide projects and coordinating the CB efforts 5. Development of short and long-term NB Capacity Development Strategy is on process
NB CDS will build upon the lessons learnt from the NBI approach so far
Focus on the long term and future RBO institutional and functional needs
Aim at complementarity - f
ocus on strengthening collaboration with other training institutions within and outside the basin
Inclusion of research and technology development
NBI Evolution towards institutional Harmonization
Challenges and Issues
From SVP to IWRM –
Critical functions need to be captured to support the long-term River Basin Management
From identification and preparation to investment –
moving to big joint investments which requires countries commitment and financing mechanisms
From transition to permanence –
conclusion of the Cooperative Framework agreement an establishing of a RBC
From NBTF to NBI resource mobilization –
Developing a resource mobilizaton strategy, building skills and systems for funds management
Collaborate with existing and immerging regional institutions -
capture synergies and avoid duplication
NBI Evolution towards institutional Development and Harmonization
Institutional Strengthening Project (cost US$33.7 million) as a response to the NBI Challenges
To undertake an institutional design process to prepare NBI for the new challenges it will face with or without CFA ( provide time and resources to resolve the issues) To enhance basin-wide institutional integration through a harmonization of NBI policies and procedures across the basin To equip NBI with a more robust institutional infrastructure and critical skills needed to deliver its current program more effectively To consolidate and mainstream SVP outputs and to establish IWRM unit
President Barack Obama
……. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should live to see the next century; ……. what change will they see? What progress will we have made? This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace;
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NBI & Donors Partnership
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