Transcript The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)

Freshwater Basin Management:
Experiences and Lessons
Learnt
“The Nile Basin Initiative"
(NBI)
Meraji O. Y. Msuya
Executive Director, NBI Secretariat
The
Nile
Basin
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Burundi
D.R. Congo
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Characteristics
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Poverty
 Growing Population
 Degrading environ.
 Vulnerability & risk
 Economics..
nothing flows
Opportunities
Cooperative action
for win-win gains &
regional
development –
removing serious
obstacles to
sustainable
development
The Strategic Action
Program
Shared Vision
Shared Vision
Program
Subsidiary
Action Prog.
Action on the ground
The Vision
To achieve
sustainable
socio-economic
development
through equitable
utilization of, and
benefit from, the
common Nile Basin
water resources.
Shared Vision Program(SVP)
A grant-funded program designed to:
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Strengthen and develop trust
Building capacity within the
countries
Create the enabling environment
for the implementation of
development projects
SVP Project Portfolio
Function
Type
Common
Elements
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• Basin-wide
dialogue
•Strategic &
analytical
frameworks
•Best practice,
tools & demos
•Stakeholder
involvement
•Human &
institutional
capacity
Project
1. Nile
Transboundary Environmental Action
2. Nile
Basin Regional Power Trade
3. Efficient
Water Use for Agricultural
Production
4. Water
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Resources Planning & Management
5. Confidence
Building & Stakeholder
Involvement
6. Applied
Training
7. Socio-Economic
Sharing
Development & Benefit
Nile Transboundary
Environmental Action
The Need
Transboundary
assets & threats
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Relationship
environment &
development
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Sustainable
development
opportunities
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Stakeholders forum
Objectives
•Provide strategic
framework for management
of transboundary water &
environmental challenges
•Improved understanding of
relationship of water
resources development &
environment
•Provide forum to discuss
development paths with
wide range of stakeholders
Nile Transboundary
Environmental Action
Nile River Basin
Transboundary
Environmental
Analysis
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A collective synthesis of basinwide environmental trends,
threats and priorities.
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Agenda for Environmental
Action – basis for joint
investment opportunities
Transboundary Environmental
Action
Major Components
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Institutional strengthening,
knowledge base and information
management
2. Community-level land and water
conservation
3. Environmental education and
awareness
4. Wetlands and biodiversity
conservation
The Shared Vision Program:
Project Linkages
Basin-wide enabling
environment
Socio-Econ Development
& Benefits
•Development Scenarios
•Private sector engagement
Water Resources
Environment
•Strategic
framework &
transboundary
action
•IWRM Policy & Planning
•Communication, information &
analysis platform
Socio-Economic
Development
Power Trade
Agriculture
•Power forum
•Power development options
Applied Training
Training institutes &
curriculum
•Demonstrations/Pilots
•Regional Cons & Training
Communication
Public information
Stakeholder involvement
Challenges/Risks to
project Implementation:
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Commitment of the Nile Basin
Countries
Institutional leadership
Regional coordination
capacity
National Institutional
capacity
Insecurity and conflict
Lessons & Experiences
Development of a Shared Vision
 Moving from challenges and
constraints to opportunities
 Sharing benefits not sharing
water
 Institutional and legal
framework
 Investment and appropriate
frameworks
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Materials and Information
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Visit Nile-SEC Web page :
www.nilebasin.org
Email: [email protected]