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The
Pan-African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water
Addis
Ababa, 8-12 December 2003
Conference
Programme
List
of Acronyms
AfDB
---------------African Development Bank
AMCOW----------African
Minister's Council on Water
ANEW-------------African
Network on Water
AWTF--------------African
Water Task Force
ECA
---------------Economic Commission for Africa
FAO
---------------United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
GIWA
-------------Global International Waters Assessment
GWP
--------------Global Water Partnership
IAEA
---------------International Atomic Energy Agency
IFAD----------------International
Fund for Agricultural Development
IUCN
---------------The World Conservation Union
IWMI----------------International
Water Management Institute
NEPAD------------New
Partnership for Africa's Development
SADC--------------Southern
African Development Community
UNDP--------------United
Nations Development Programme
UNEP--------------United
Nations Environmental Programme
UNESCO---------United
Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UN-HABITAT----United
Nations Human Settlements Programme
UNICEF-----------United
Nations Children's Fund
UNISDR-----------United
Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
WB------------------World
Bank
WHO
--------------World Health Organization
WMO---------------World
Meteorological Organization
WSP---------------
Water and Sanitation Programme
WSSCC-----------Water
Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
WSSD-------------World
Summit on Sustainable Development
WWF---------------World
Wildlife Fund
Preface
I have
the pleasure to present to you the final programme of the African Ministers'
Council on Water (AMCOW) Pan - African Implementation and Partnership
Conference on Water, Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia December 2003.
The organisation
of this Conference has been a very stimulating and exciting event. I am
very pleased by the guidance of AMCOW, its Secretariat and Technical Advisory
Committee. A special thanks goes to the team of Stephen Donkor of the
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (programme, protocol, exhibition,
communication, etc), the UN-Water/Africa-led Conference Secretariat and
to the members of the Conference Steering Committee. I am also thankful
to have benefited from the experience of African Development Bank's Bert
Diphoorn's in organising this event.
Finally,
the support and hospitality of the Ethiopian Government was very much
appreciated.
I wish
you all a very productive conference. Our aim is, really, to address the
challenges of water in Africa in a very concrete manner in the hope that
the actions being launched and proposed during this Conference will make
a contribution to the alleviation of poverty and to a sustainable development
of Africa's water resources.
Halifa
Drammeh
Chair of the Steering
Committee
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Conference Partners
The
African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) is grateful for the technical
and financial support of the following partner organizations:
- Economic
Commission for Africa, (ECA)
- United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- frican
Development Bank (AfDB)
- United
Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN- HABITAT)
- United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- World
Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- United
Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
- United
Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
- United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- World
Health Organization (WHO)
- United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- African
Water Task Force (AWTF)
- Canadian
Fund for Africa on Water
- Sub-regional Inter-Ministerial
Units for Water Resources (e.g. SADC-WSU, SISCOA, IGAD, etc)
- African
water research institutes
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Taking Action to solve the water and sanitation crisis in Africa
Overview
of key issues and background to the Conference
Water
is one of the most critical natural resource issues in Africa.
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More
than 300 million people in Africa lack reasonable access to safe water.
Even more lack adequate sanitation.
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In sub-Saharan
Africa, only about 51 per cent of the population have access to safe
water, and 45 per cent to sanitation.
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14
countries in Africa are currently subject to water stress or scarcity,
with those in Northern Africa facing the worst prospects. 11 more
countries will join them in the next 25 years.
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Rising
demand for increasingly scarce water resources is leading to growing
concerns about future access to water, particularly where water resources
are shared between countries.
For
over 30 years, numerous conferences and international agreements have
built the framework for today's water resource policies and decisions...
These
international meetings have identified key water issues and challenges,
with increasing focus on provision of water supply and sanitation as well
as the need for improved governance and integrated water resource management.
Many actions have been proposed, emphasising the importance of using water
as an entry point to achieve sustainable development.
The
World Summit on Sustainable Development, attended by over 100 heads
of State and Government, renewed commitment to fundamentally change the
lives of those who suffer the consequences of global disparities while
preserving the integrity of the natural environment for future generations.
The World Summit reiterated the millennium development goal to halve,
by 2015, the proportion of people unable to reach or afford safe drinking
water. A new target on halving the proportion of people without basic
sanitation by 2015-not part of the millennium goals-was also set. Both
the water and sanitation targets are set out in the Plan of Implementation.
Water resource management and protection were also recognised as fundamental
to protecting and managing the natural resource base for economic and
social development. Water related policies were included in virtually
all of the natural resource objectives of the Plan of Implementation.
The
international community, in both the millennium goals and the outcomes
of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, underlined that the global
water crisis is a threat to economic development, poverty reduction and
the environment, and hence to peace. Recent international water meetings
(World Water Forum at The Hague in 2000, International Conference on Freshwater
in Bonn, December 2001, 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto, in 2003) have
served as important forums for multi-stakeholder dialogue and recommendations
on how to address increasing water challenges.
However,
the supply and quality of freshwater remains one of the most critical
issues of the twenty-first century and certainly for Africa.
It
is now time for action!
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Conference Objectives
The
Pan-African Implementation and Partnership Conference will address the
implication of the outcomes of the WSSD on regional water initiatives,
as well as the continent's role in the implementation of the Summit's
outcomes. Most importantly, the conference will provide a platform for
African countries, the international community and the UN Agencies to
reaffirm their commitment to solve Africa's water crises.
The
aim of the Pan-African Conference is to determine how to collectively
meet the WSSD targets and the Millennium Development Goals on water. Our
objective is to focus attention on the implementation requirements,
in Africa, of the many regional and international targets in the water
sector. The Pan-African Conference will seek to secure inter/intra African
commitments to the implementation of targets, and build international
solidarity in the form of meaningful partnerships. In this regard, the
G-8 Africa Action Plan, as well as the EU water initiative for Africa,
will provide a firm basis for concrete actions.
The
Conference will be based on the fundamental principles and values in the
Johannesburg Declaration on sustainable development, and focus attention
from the African viewpoint on the water related commitments and targets,
which are:
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To halve, by 2015, the proportion of people unable to reach or afford
safe drinking water as outlined in the Millennium Declaration and
the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation;
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To
develop integrated water resources management and water efficiency
plans by 2005, with support to developing countries, through actions
at all levels.
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Conference Process
The
Conference is designed to provide a framework in which all key stakeholders
will fully participate in a committed and results-focused manner. The
first three days are structured to maximize the time spent in large plenaries,
in order that participants can interact in smaller groups focused on key
issues, and thus provide valuable, thoughtful input to the conference
outcomes, as well as lead to more effective implementation.
Days
four and five will bring participants together, along with Ministers and
other high-level delegations, to forge consensus, solidarity, and commitment
towards the recommendations emanating from the first three days. This
will be highlighted through the final debate, negotiation and agreement
on the principle outcomes of the conference, as well as through the launch
of a number of key initiatives that are envisioned as the main building
blocks for implementing the conference's action plan.
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Conference Agenda
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Monday,
8. December
10:00
to 12:30 a.m.
Opening
Session |
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Opening
of the General Conference:
Co-chairs:
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Dr. K.Y.
Amoako, Executive Secretary
ECA
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H.E. M.S.
Shagari, Federal Minister of Water Resources of Nigeria
and Chairman, African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW)
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Opening
remarks:
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Dr. K.Y.
Amoako, Executive Secretary
ECA
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H.E.
Shiferaw Jarso, Minister of Water Resources, Ethiopia.
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H.E.
Dr. Abu-Zeid, Minister of Water Resources, Egypt.
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Dr.
Anna K. Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN HABITAT
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Dr.
P. Afrika, Director, African Development Bank
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Prof.
G.O.P. Obasi, Secretary-General, WMO.
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Dr.
Per Engebak, UNICEF - Regional Director for Eastern and
Southern Africa
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Dr.
Werner Burkhart, Deputy Director General, IAEA.
Messages:
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Children
(by an Ethiopian child)
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Water
for the Poorest, Mr. Morton Svelle, Deputy Director General,
NORAD
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Canadian
Fund for Africa on Water
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Network
of African Women for Development (Representative of the
Niamey Preparatory Meeting)
Official
opening
- His Excellency,
Lt. Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of the Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia
2. Opening
of Exhibition |
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| 13:00
- 14:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30
- 16:00 |
Thematic
Sessions
(See
annotated program, page
15) |
AMCOW
in Cooperation with: |
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1.
Meeting basic needs: water, sanitation and human settlements
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UN-Habitat,
WSP, UNEP/GPA and AWTF |
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FAO,
IWMI, ADB, WB, IFAD |
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UNEP,
WWF and IUCN |
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WMO,
DWC |
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AfDB,
WB |
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ECA,
GWP |
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UNEP,
WB, ECA, WWDR |
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UNESCO,
ECA |
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UNDP,
GWP |
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| 16:00
- 16:30 |
Coffee
Break |
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| 16:30
- 18:00 |
Thematic
Sessions
(continued) |
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Tuesday,
9 December (Continued) |
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| 9:00
- 18:00 |
Fourth
Ordinary Session of AMCOW |
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| 09:00-10:30 |
Thematic
sessions (continued) |
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| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee
Break |
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| 11:00-12:30 |
Thematic
group: Draft Recommendations
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Josue
Dione; Halifa Drammeh |
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| 12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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| 14:00-17:30 |
Parallel
Session A:
Water
management challenges in Africa's five sub-regions: Key issues:
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Sub
regional perspectives on current challenges . Presentation
and discussion of sub-regional initiatives in parallel sessions
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Recommendations
and consolidation in parallel session (Portfolio of programmes
and projects)
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Consolidation
of sub-regional portfolio of costed projects/programmes
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Coordinators:
AMCOW TAC
together with the Chief Executives of the Regional Economic
Communities |
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| 16:00-16:30 |
Coffee
Break |
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| 14:00-17:30 |
Parallel
session B: Caucus of River/Lake Basin Organisations
Key
issues:
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Shared
management of Water
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Contributions
to the Millennium Development Goals
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Water
as an instrument of international economic integration and
development
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Coordinators:
Chief Executives
Board of the River and Lake Basin Organisations |
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Side
- event: Water issues in
Sub
- Saharan Africa |
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| 9.
December |
"Water
issues in Sub - Saharan Africa: Problems, Causes and Solutions" |
UNEP-GIWA:
Ms. Edith
Mussukuya, GIWA, Coordinator for Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Wednesday,
10 December
Multi-stakeholder
Sessions |
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| 9:00
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Fourth
Ordinary Session of AMCOW continues |
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| 09:00
- 10:30 |
Plenary
on Portfolio of Priority (costed) Programmes/Initiatives/Projects |
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| 10:30
- 11:00 |
Coffee
Break |
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| 11:00
- 12:30 |
Parallel
session A: Africa's Inputs to CSD 12 |
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Parallel
session B: Achieving the MDG & WSSD Outcome Targets |
- Robert
Monro, Excel Africa
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Parallel
session C: 3rd & 4th World Water
Forums |
- Mr. Seiji
Ito, World Water Forum
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Parallel
session D: International Flood Network (IFNet) |
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Parallel
session F: Presentation of Outcomes of Conference on Water
for the Poorest |
- Representative,
International Water Academy
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Parallel
session G: Regional Cooperation on Water |
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Parallel
Session H : Gender and Water Management in Africa |
- Earth
Care Africa Institute
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Parallel
Session I : Africa - EU Partnership on Water |
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| 12 :30-
14 :00 |
Lunch |
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| 14:00
- 16:00 |
Parallel
sessions continue |
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| 16:00
- 16:30 |
Plenary
- reporting on the technical segment of the conference |
- Designated
facilitators & Conference Steering Committee
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Side
Events - 10 December |
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| 9:00
- 12:30 |
UNEP
GEMS/Water Programme
Steering
Committee Meeting |
UN
Environnent Programme |
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Thursday,
11 December
Ministerial
Segment |
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Opening
of Ministerial
Segment |
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| 10:00
- 11:30 |
OPENING
CEREMONY
Video
documentary
"Water:
An African Story"
Welcoming
Statements
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Mr.
K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for
Africa (ECA)
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His
Excellency Shiferaw Jarso Minister of Water Resources, Ethiopia
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His
Exellency M.S. Shagari, AMCOW Chair
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Mr.
Shafqat Kakakhel, UN Assistant Secretary General and Deputy
Executive Director of UNEP
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Mr Koos
Richelle, Director General for Development of the European
Commission
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His
Excellency Mr. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Opening
remarks by hosts and guests of honour and conference partners |
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| 11:30-12:00 |
Coffee
Break |
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| 12:00
- 13:00 |
Presentation
of Portfolio of Priority Programmes/Initiatives/Projects |
AMCOW/Conference
Steering Committee |
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| 13:00
- 14:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30
- 16:00 |
Launch
of Major Implementation Initiatives
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African
Water Facility
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African
Water Journal
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EU Water
Initiative for Africa
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Water
for Africa Cities
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Message
from H.E. Mr Borge Brende, Minister of Environment of Norway
and Chairman of the Commission on Sustainable Development
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G8 Action
Plan for Africa: Message by the French Government
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- Chair
- Ambassador Salim Ahmed Salim
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| 16:00
: 16:30 |
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| 16:30
- 17:30 |
- Rural
Water Supply and Sanitation
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- Africa's
Inputs to CSD 12
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- Implementation
of the WSSD Outcome Targets
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- Inputs
to the African Union Extraordinary Summit on Agriculture and
Water
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Friday,
12 December
Ministerial
Segment |
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| 9:00
- 12:00 |
Meeting
of Ministers and
Development
Cooperation Partners
Key Issues:
1. Africa-EU
Strategic Partnership on Water Affairs and Sanitation (signed
during the WSSD by AMCOW and EU partners): milestones and next
steps
2. Dialogue
on the EU-ACP Cotonu Agreement: opportunities for contributing
to the achievement of the water and sanitation targets in the
African countries
3. Dialogue
on the key implementation initiatives (a) African Water Facility;
(b) Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative; (c) Phase
II of the project on water for African Cities; (d) G-8 Action
Plan on water (Africa components); (e) portfolio of water projects.
4. Dialogue
on National, sub-regional and regional plans for achieving the
improved water and sanitation targets in Africa by 2015.
5. Dialogue
on the recommendations of the thematic sessions. |
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| 10:30
- 11:00 |
Coffee
Break |
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| 09:00
- 12:00 |
Parallel
session A: Consideration of the outcome of the technical
segment of the conference |
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Parallel
session B: Consideration of the draft document on Africa's
Contribution to CSD 12 |
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| 12:30
- 14:00 |
Lunch |
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Closing
Ceremony of the Pan-African Implementation and Partnership Conference
on Water |
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| 14:00
- 15:30 |
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3) Vote
of Thanks of His Royal Highness, the Prince of Orange
4) Concluding
remarks H. E. M.S. Shagari,
5) Closing
remarks H.E. Shiferaw Jarso
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| 15:30 |
CLOSING
RECEPTION AND CULTURAL EVENT
(Venue-Exhibition
Centre)
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THEMATIC
SESSIONS: ANNOTATED PROGRAMM
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Thematic
Sessions1
- 8-9 December |
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8 Dec. 14:30
- 17:30
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9 Dec. 09:00
- 12:30
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Theme
1 - Meeting basic needs: water, sanitation and human settlements
* Note:
Session breaks into two after Opening and reconvenes in plenary
at the end. |
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| Chair |
AMCOW |
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| Rapporteur |
Prof
Albert Wright |
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| Keynote
speaker |
Millennium
Task Force on Water and Sanitation |
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| Panelists |
UN-Habitat
& UNICEF |
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| Sub-themes
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A.
Water and Sanitation for African Cities
- Meeting
the Millennium Development Goals & WSSD targets
- Urban
sanitation
- Presentation
on Land-based sources of pollution
- Pro-poor
water governance
- Urban
water demand management
- Rural
water supply and sanitation
- Financing
urban water & sanitation
- Principles
of municipal wastewater
- Political
mobilization, advocacy, awareness raising & education
- Principles
of municipal waste water
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UN-HABITAT,
WSP, UNEP/GPA and AWTF |
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B.
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation
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Status
of rural water and sanitation in Africa
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Water,
Sanitation and Health (HIV/AIDS, school water and sanitation)
by UNICEF
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Rural
Water and Sanitation Initiative - AfDB
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follow-up
of Africasan -WSSCC/WSP
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Joint
session on Water for People/Meeting Basic needs
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UNICEF,
WSP, AfDB |
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Theme
2 - Water for food security
*
Note: Session breaks into two after Opening and reconvenes in
plenary at the end. |
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| Chair |
AMCOW |
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| Rapporteur |
Dr.
Doug Merrey |
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Director, Africa, International Water Management Institute |
| Keynote
speaker |
Ethiopia
Vice-Minister for Water |
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| Panelists |
ADB,
WB, IFAD, FAO, IWMI |
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| Main
theme |
Trends
and opportunities in agricultural water management in
Sub-Saharan
Africa - a collaborative program |
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| Sub-themes |
- Agriculture,
food and water-Keynote Speech
- Overview
of investment study
- NEPAD's
water agenda & other parallel sub-regional efforts
- Demand
and potential
- Planning
and cost
- Poverty
& the private sector
- International
Water Resources Management (IWRM) perspective and environment
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Theme
3 - Protecting ecosystems and livelihoods |
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| Chair |
AMCOW |
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| Rapporteur |
Prof.
Eric Odada
Rian Titus |
University
of Nairobi |
| Keynote
speaker |
UNEP,
WWF and IUCN |
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| Panelists |
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| Session
Coordinators |
- UNEP,
with support from WWF + IUCN
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| Sub-themes |
- Freshwater
ecosystems protection
- Vulnerability
of water resources in Africa
- Freshwater
and marine ecosystems
- Review
of the status of implementation, in Africa, of Global commitments
related to water: From Rio to Jo'burg and the MDGs
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-Richard
Robarts, Director, UNEP GEMS/Water
-Holger Hoff,
GWSP
-Rainwater
harvesting: Margarita Pacheco-Montes, IRHA, and Ephraim Alebremu,
ERHA Ethiopia
-Resource
vulnerability: Eric Odada, Abel Afouda, Khalid Abu Zeid and
Hans Beekman
-Urban
groundwater: Bruce Banoeng and Daniel Nkhuwa
-Niels Ipsen,
FRESCO partnership, and Cees van de Guchte, GPA
-GIWA assessment:
Edith Mussukuya, Eric Odada and Johnson A. Oguntola
-Integrating
Ecosystem Conservation and Management: Yaa Ntiamoa Baidu, Sarah
Humphrey and Mohamed Awer, WWF
-River fisheries:
Patrick Dugan, WorldFish Center
-Presentation
by Robert Monroe, Senior Adviser Sustainable Development - Exel/Africa |
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Theme
4 - Managing Risks: Water and Climate |
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| Chair |
AMCOW |
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| Rapporteur |
Dr.
William Cosgrove |
-President
World Water Council |
| Keynote
speaker |
"Managing
Risks to achieve the MDGs in Africa"
"Climate
changes the water rules - The Heat is on" |
-Professor,
G.O.P.Obasi, Secretary General, WMO)
-Mr Bill Cosgrove,
Chairman of DWC |
| Panellists |
WMO |
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| Sub-themes |
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Climate Predication
- Capacity
Development,
- Partnership
Building
- Disaster
Reductions (Prevention, Preparedness
and Mitigation)
- International,
Regional, National issues
- Community
issues
- Need for
Information and Products
- Flood
Alert System
- Need for
Clear policies and Strategy Development
- Capacity
Building for Water management in Africa |
-Mr Reberto Lenton, Co-Chairman MDGs/WSS
-Mr Datius
Rutashobya, President Chy
-Mr Henk van
Schaik, Dr. Afoud, DWC
-Mrs Fen Min
Kan, ISDR- Nairobi
-Ms Madelean
Helmer, Head of Climate Centre, Red Cross
-Mr. J Wellens-Mensah,
Director Water Resources, Ghana
-IFNet
-MWDM-Kenya
-Mohamed-Yasser
Hamdy Said Elwan, Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources,
Egypt Dr. Moustafa Gawesh, Director of HRI - Egypt |
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Theme
5 - Financing Water Infrastructure |
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| Chair
Rapporteur |
AMCOW
Mr Albert
Diphoorn, AfDB, |
Senior
Advisor to the Vice President African Development Bank |
| 14.30 |
Opening
by AMCOW Presentation of Conference structure |
Bert
Diphoorn, AFDB |
| Sub-themes |
-
The African Water Facility
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Africa's perspectives on the Camdessus Panel Report on Financing
for the Water Sector
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Coffee break
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Economics of water management
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Financing environmental aspects of water
Cont.
9 December
Innovative
financing mechanisms
Water
and credit for the private sector
Water
for the Poorest
Closure
by the Chair |
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-Shebu Yahaya,
AFDB
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-Bill. Cosgrove,
WWC
David Grey,
World Bank
Veerle van
de Weerd, UNEP
Meike van
Ginneken, World Bank
John Wasielewski,
USAID
Stephen
Turner, Water Aid
Bert Diphoorn
AFDB |
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Theme
6 - Integrated Water Resource Management/Shared Water Resources |
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| Chair |
AMCOW |
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| Rapporteur |
Eng.
Mohammed Adamu |
Executive
Secretary, Lake Chad Basin Commission |
| Keynote
speaker |
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| Panellists |
ECA
+ Global Water Partnership(GWP) |
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| Sub-themes |
- Water
as an instrument of regional integration
- Lake
Chad presentation
- Shared
Aquifers presentation.
- Integrated
Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Africa- Progress, constraints
and future challenges in achieving the targets
- Nile
Basin Initiative
- Niger
Basin Authority (Presentation)
- The
Southern African Development Community protocol on shared
watercourses: Lessons learned
- Lake
Victoria Basin management: Lessons learned
- Sharing
water resources
- Rivers
and Lake Basins
- Groundwater/Aquifers
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Theme
7 - Valuing & allocating water |
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| Chair |
AMCOW |
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| Rapporteur |
Mr
Robert Munro |
Senior
Advisor, Sustainable Development, Excel Africa |
| Panelists |
UNEP
+ World Bank, UNECA and World Water Development Report |
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| Sub-themes |
- Competing
major uses of water
- Achieving
the water and energy targets: the nexus with dams and development
in Africa (UNEP Dams & Development Unit)
- Financing
actions for water management
- More
water and improved sanitation at affordable prices for the
majority of people
- Equity
issues in the allocation of water: lessons learned and challenges
ahead
- Recognising
and valuing the many faces of water (WWAP, UNDESA, UNECA)
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Theme
8 - Ensuring water wisdom |
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| Chair |
AMCOW |
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| Rapporteur |
Mr
E. Braune
Ralph Daley |
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Director of Information Systems, Department of Water Affairs
and Forestry, South Africa
- Director
International Water Environmental and Hygiene Programme, United
Nations University |
| Keynote
speaker |
Space
Applications for the Management of Africa's Water Resources,
Andras Szollosi-Nagy, Director Water Sciences , UNESCO |
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| Panelists |
UNESCO
+ ECA |
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| Sub-themes |
- Opening
statement
- Water
education
- African
water research networking.
- Need
for African Water Research Centres of Excellence
- Tools
for assessment, monitoring & indicators in Africa
- African
Water Information Clearing House
- African
Water Journal
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Theme
9 - Governing water wisely |
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| Chair |
AMCOW |
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| Rapporteur
Facilitator |
Mr.
Foday Bojang
Cyriaque |
Senior
Officer, Secretariat of the African Union |
| Panelists |
Arnaud
Comolet |
UNDP/Central
and Eastern Africa SURF |
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Ben
Yampomah |
GWP/West
Africa |
| Sub-themes |
Governance
of water as a natural resource
Governance
of water service provision - public and private |
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Tuesday,
9 December (Continued) |
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| Sub-theme |
Water
sector, development |
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| Chair
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Mr.
Antonius Broek |
Deputy
Resident Representative, UNDP |
| Rapporteurs |
Ato
Teshome Adugna
Mr. Jean-Baptiste
Laffitte |
Ministry
of Water Resources
UNDP |
| Presentation |
Ms.
Martha Solomon |
Head,
Policy Development Cooperation and External Relations Department,
Ministry of Water Resources, Ethiopia |
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It is hoped that each of the thematic sessions will come up with the following:
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identification
of major implementation gaps and constraints
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lessons
learned for strengthening future implementation
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identification
of selected success stories which should be promoted
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identification,
where appropriate, of new initiatives to be launched
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measures
for boosting the prospects of achieving the targets
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