Address to the Global Water Partnership (GWP)'s Consulting Partners Meeting 2009, on the theme of "One Last Chance" - demonstrating how IWRM (Integrated Water Resource Management" is critical to Africa's future. Presentation by Alex Simalabwi.
Alex Simalabwi GWPO August 2009 Implementation of IWRM in Africa One last chance
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1. Alex Simalabwi GWPO August 2009 Implementation of IWRM in
Africa One last chance
2. GWP 2015
3. It is 2015 and the world is taking stock of progress on MDGs
Africa has missed the MDG targets You have been asked to go back in
time from 2015 to 2009 for the one last chance to make a
difference
4. 2009 2015 what would you do?
5. You have heard of Africas potential...
Oil & gas reserves in North Africa and the Gulf of Guinea;
and other countries
Hydropower potential in Central and Eastern Africa with highest
potential in DRC, Ethiopia & Cameroon.
Coal deposits in Southern Africa
Geothermal energy in East Africa region (Kenya, Ethiopia and
Djibouti). Wind power potential in North Africa (Morocco and Egypt)
and Southern Africa.
Only 3.7 % of arable land is irrigated-corresponding to 10 %
South America, 29% East and south-east Asia and 41% South Asia
respectively.
Tourism potential ..good
6. You venture to see for yourself...
7. Rich Wildlife
8. Beutiful Coast line
9. Biodiversity
10. Deltas
11. Untapped resources in mining
12. Plenty of sunshine that dazzle the eye at sunset..
13. Wake up to the might thunder of falls
14. Kids wave at you as you pass...and you notice
something..
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18. Africas challenges come to your mind....
5% GDP loses due to poor coverage of water and sanitation, 2%
to power outages, between 5%-25% to droughts & floods, and 5%
to future impacts of climate change
61 million population increase without access to water s ince
1970,
Only 4% storage of annual renewable flows, compared with
70%-90% in developed countries
only 7% of Africas hydropower developed
2008 food crisis led to high prices, leading to social and
political unrest
Home to 10 % world's poor in 1970; by 2000, risen to 50
percent
Population on the raise, urban migration up, climate change to
compound the situation
19. Climate Change Energy Food prices
20. In the light of these threats, what would you do?
21. You ask yourself, whats the impact?
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23. The Per Pinstrup-Andersen Equation (Wageningen Lecture
March 2005) Rhetoric Declarations Plans Targets Action
24. The phone rings..& you hear of another declaration on
water by AU Heads of State at Sharm el Shelkh in Egypt
25. You are told..National IWRM Planning...GWP involved in more
than 12 countries..5 completed, others on-going
26. ...But what has been achieved...you ask?
IWRM acknowlged by many countries
New water policies and laws in place
Progress overall on creating an enabling environment
Great awareness raised and high level political will as
evidenced in Sharm el Shelkh AU declaration
In some countries, IWRM Plans have been incorporated in
National Developement Plans: Zambia, Mali, Malawi
In these countries, IWRM plans linked to annual national
budgets for water sector
Stakeholder participation has increased
Great partnerships with (MOUs in place) -SADC, ECOWAS and
AMCOW
High recognition of GWP Africa regions
27. Plans have been developed, so what?
28. Many lessons learned
Political will in word and deed required...cultivate it
Focus on few development challenges..ride on them
Communication and managed consultation important
IWRM is not a one-size-fits-all, context matters
IWRM is a means not an end
IWRM is an iterative and adaptive process
IWRM tools are context-specific
Partnerships and alliances crucial
Facillitation is to let those with the mandate to do,...
DO
Need to engage other sectors..economic sectors..and non water
alliances, allies in economic sectors
Media can be an aly or a foe
Involve funding agencies from start and through out
Fundraising should be at all levels...PAWD focused on central
fundraising but should have been at all levels
29. To have impact..focus on drivers of socio-economic devpt
Drivers of economy are outside the water sector Water is not
the economic driver
30. IWRM Plans should be linked to national developement plans
and adresss critical challenges such as climate change, food
security and overall water security for developement
31. Addressing these challenges in this one last chance needs
strategic alies, technical resources and collaboration
32. Collaboration and aliances..crucial If I have seen further
than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
..Isaac Newton
33. One last chance.. towards a GWP Pan-Africa Program
GWP Regions in Africa joining forces for a pan-africa program
with AMCOW and RECs..following up on Sharm el Shelkh
Declaration
Priority themes focussing on:
Climate change
Transboudary water mgt
IWRM implementation and National developement
Water Gorvernace including Financing and monitoring
Funding model at all levels and decentralised but in
collaboration with AMCOW, AFDB, SADC, ECOWAS, ECCAS and others
Harnesing the power of the network..for impact across
Africa
34. GWP Africa
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Can these lessons and concepts be applicable in Asia, Latin
America, Carrribean, Eastern Europe, China?
37. One last chance for GWP regions in Asia, Latin America,
Carrribean, Eastern Europe, China?
38.
If you had only one last chance, would you look beyond Africa,
beyond your region and ask?