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Daily Web Coverage
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Pan-African Implementation and Partnership
Conference on Water
Regional Implementation Meeting in Preparation for CSD-12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 8 - 12 December 2003
Highlights for
Tuesday, 9 December 2003
Delegates continued their discussions in the morning on the Conference's
thematic issues, including, water, sanitation and human settlements;
ecosystems and livelihoods; and financing water infrastructure. An evening
Plenary session considered draft recommendations from the thematic
sessions.
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Daniel Adom,
Water Resources Commission of Ghana, highlighted a WDM pilot project
conducted at the University of Ghana to assess water consumption and
defective fixtures and pipes. |
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Doug Merrey, International Water
Management Institute, presented recommendations on water for food
security, which include: pursuing opportunities for innovative new
technologies for agricultural water; supporting innovative approaches to
investment in agricultural water; creating conditions that encourage
investment and increase good returns to private and public investors
while targeting poor people, especially women; promoting agricultural
water in context of integrated water resources management; and
supporting collaborative programmes for investment in agricultural
water. |
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Hans Spruijt,
UNICEF, presented the recommendations on rural water supply and
sanitation, including, the need to: undertake a sector re-assessment
to carry out reforms and prepare country action plans for attaining
MDGs; integrate water supplies, sanitation and hygiene education at
all levels; encourage inter-sectorial collaboration; recognize
stakeholder participation in the prevention of diseases; and privatize
school sanitation and hygiene education. |
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Eric Odada, Nairobi University,
presented recommendations on protecting ecosystems and livelihoods,
including: on water monitoring and assessment, accelerate technical
support and capacity building; on shared water resources, prioritize
equitable use and sustainable management with harmonized water quality
standards; on safe water and sanitation, adopt annual national strategic
plans and budgets to achieve the 2015 WSSD target; and on the
involvement of stakeholders and civic society, the need to involve these
groups in decision making and implementation to achieve effective water
management. |
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William
Cosgrove, World Water Council, reported on the recommendations
on managing water and climate risks. |
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Meike van
Ginneken, World Bank, presented recommendations on financing
water infrastructure.
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Ibraheem Olomoda,
Niger Basin Authority, presented recommendations on water resource
management, which note, inter alia, that regional economic communities
should establish permanent integrated water resource management
coordination units; strong civil society organizations and private
sector participation is required; scientific and technical
cooperation, mechanisms for data collection, and existing river basin
organizations should be strengthened; and joint management of shared
water resources should be considered as basic elements of African
development and integration. |
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Mamadou Kane, African Union,
presented recommendations on valuing and allocating water, which call
on: AMCOW member States to develop comprehensive systems for valuing and
allocating water resources; sub-regional representatives on the AMCOW
Executive to initiate policy dialogue processes on valuing and
allocating water resources; AMCOW to promote cooperation at the
sub-regional level and international river basin level areas; and AMCOW
to promote policy dialogue for the development of water policies taking
into account the needs of women and children. |
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Eberhard Braune,
South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, presented
recommendations from the session on water wisdom, which include the
need to: address human and institutional capacity building to reach
the African Water Vision and the MDGs; develop capacity at all levels;
strengthen partnerships with international training institutes;
improve monitoring and assessment programmes; find new ways to
disseminate information and knowledge sharing; and reinforce the link
between the science community with decision-makers and civil society. |
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Cyriaque
Adjinacou, Global Water Partnership, presented recommendations
on governing water wisely. |
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Kenedid Mohamed
Hadi, Counsellor at Djibouti Embassy in Addis Ababa.
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Delegates convene in Plenary |
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