MINUTES OF THE 28TH DPG-W MEETING: 6.09.2007, MIRAMBO CONFERENCE
ROOM
Participants: See list at the end of the document
Chair: Ato Brown
1. Introductions
Introductions were made for the benefit of the new member, Gertrude Kihurnwa, Social
Policy Adviser, DFID. Gertrude will be taking over for Pippa Bird while she is on leave.
2. Review of JWSR Review the status of the preparation for the JWSR (now
moved to October)
The Chair emphasized how close the sector was running to disaster with the
preparations for the Joint Water Sector Review (WSR). The WSR has been unofficially
moved to October 4 and 5, and the DPG is awaiting the formal invitation from the MoW.
The MoW has two outstanding issues for satisfactory contribution to the GBS mission –
National Water Strategy and National Water Law – and an unsatisfactory WSR would
further contribute to the poor evaluation of the sector. The DPG agreed on the need for
a framework to assess the satisfactoriness of the JSR
The MoW has circulated a draft of the State of the Water Sector report, but not all DPs
had seen it. The Secretariat agreed to circulate it among members. It was noted that
the Planning and Finance section was the best developed, indicating the potential for all
TGs to improve their performance as they become routine activities of the Ministry.
The DPG had requested from the MoW an updated budget with a summary and clearer
storyline to facilitate understanding of the plan for FY07/08, along with requests for
technical assistance from GTZ and WSP. To date none of these have been
forthcoming.
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The Chair agreed to speak with the PS for an update on the requests for technical
assistance, revised action plan, as well as the status of the Strategy and Law.
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Pippa Bird, Gertrude Kihurnwa, Ben Taylor, and Nat Paynter agreed to develop a
framework for assessing a satisfactory review.
3. Budget interpretation by Gabriel Saelie
Mr. Saelie was unable to attend.
4. Review of the co-chairs nominations
Mssrs. Ato Brown (World Bank) and Wolfgang Weth (KfW) were unanimously elected.
5. DP Fact sheet (to be completed by 12th Sept.)
The Central DP group has circulated a fact sheet to all DPGs in an effort to have a better
understanding of who is doing what, where. The DPG-Water secretariat agreed to
complete the text portion of the sheet, with each DP completeing the disbursement table.
It was agreed for consistency sake that DPG-W would report on 2 years: FY06/07
(actual disbursements) and FY07/08 (intended disbursements). This would include
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disbursements in all modalities – projects, program, and GBS. DPs agreed to return the
form right away.
6. PRBS
The PRBS review process is gearing up, but contingent on the various sector reviews (to
be completed in October). The DPG noted the need for Cluster II (under the Cluster
Working Group – CWG II) to agree on a set of issues to bring to the PRBS review. The
water sector is represented on the CWG II, and can carry issues to the JSR.
7. Program Updates
Attending organizations gave brief updates on their ongoing activities.
8. List of participants
Name
1. Ato Brown
2. Ben Taylor
3. Daigo Koga
4. Francois Gil
5. Gertrude Kihurnwa
6. Jared Duhu
7. Mussa Uwesu
8. Nat Paynter
9. Petra Larsson
10. Pippa Bird
11. Wolfgang Weht
Org
World Bank
WaterAid
JICA
AFD
DfID
SDC
Unicef
WSP
EU
DfID
KfW
Contact
fbrown@worldbank.org
btaylor@wateraidtanzania.org
Koga.daigo@jica.go.jp
gilrf@groupe-afd.org
g-kihurnwa@dfid.gov.uk
jared.duhu@sdc.net
muwesu@univef.org
npaynter@worldbank.org
petra.larsson@ec.europa.eu
p-bird@dfid.gov.uk
wolfgang.weht@kfw.de
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