An Overview of Activities and
Opportunities
Presentation to the Netherlands Business Forum
The Hague, 16 February 2012
Presentation Outline
1. Niche & Strategy
2. Operational Areas &
On-going Projects
3. AWF Portfolio
4. Opportunities for
consultants
5. Activities for 2010-12
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1- What is the AWF?
The African Water Facility (AWF) is an Instrument for the
successful implementation of the Africa Water Vision and
Framework for Action for 2025
AWF niche
• Smaller upstream projects of up to €5 million with the aim of
catalyzing additional funding
• Innovative and catalytic projects
• Able to fast track the processing of projects (approval process)
• Funds targeted to a wide variety of African institutions: NGOs
and CBOs, municipalities up to national and regional entities
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The AWF Strategy
African Water
Vision 2025
MDG 2015
Equitable & Sustainable use and
management of water resources
for poverty reduction and
sustainable development
GOVERNANC
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FINANCE
KNOWLEDGE
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INVESTMENTS
AWF Intervention
Investments projects and
preparation as priority
Information &
knowledge
Organisational
Organisational
and
Outreach
Activites
NWRM
8%
M&E
4%
14%
5%
Financial base
Cross-cutting issues:
 Gender
 Environment
 Climate change
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TWRM
8%
7%
55%
Investments
2- Operational Areas
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2.1- Water Governance
Integrated (National) Water
Resources Management
Policy and Reforms
- Formulation of national water policies
- Preparation of regulatory instruments
Planning and Implementation
- Preparation of strategies, investment
programmes and IWRM master plans
Environmental Management and Protection
- Environmental policy development
- Coping with climate variability and change
- Prevention of land degradation (Including
catchments areas)
- Protecting vulnerable groundwater resources
Transboundary Water
Resources Management
Advocacy, Legislative Framework
- Facilitate political will, action and dialogue
- Preparation and implementation of shared
vision programmes
- Harmonization of legislation
- Regional framework conventions
Cooperation and Partnerships
- Cooperation and coordination in river basins
- Capacity building in RBOs.
- Development of PPP and a framework for
private sector participation
Water Governance: Project Examples
IWRM Plans being developed and strengthened:
 Burkina Faso, Senegal, Burundi, Namibia, Mauritania, Niger
TWRM projects include:
Niger Basin
Complement the full implementation of the Niger Basin HYCOS
Project, Water Charter
Northern Sahara Development of Shared Aquifer Management Capacity for
Aquifer System Northern Sahara Aquifer System
Volta Basin
Congo Basin
Lake Chad
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Creation of the Volta River Basin Authority
Preparation of an all inclusive strategic action plan for the
Congo Basin
Support the LCBC in the creation and adoption of a Lake Chad
Water Charter
2.2- Meeting Water Needs
What is AWF contribution?
• Ensuring direct access by the poor to water supply and
sanitation services
• Supporting communities, civil society groups, and
service oriented NGOs through pilots, demonstration
projects
• Develop technologies adapted to communities’ needs.
• Support preparation of projects to leverage
investments
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Meeting Water Needs: Examples of Projects
Country
Project
Kenya and
Rwanda
Provide water, sanitation facilities and hygiene education to schools through
rainwater harvesting and EcoSan facilities. Demonstration for scaling-up.
Uganda
WSS for the urban poor in Kagugube Parish: Kampala. Extend access to WSS
to the urban poor using innovative and appropriate technologies
Botswana
Pandamatenga
agricultural project
Egypt
Lake Victoria
Basin
Commission
Liberia
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Improve water control and drainage systems and prepare investment projects
for an area of 27,000 ha. Triggered agriculture investment project funded by
ADB and GoB.
Comprehensive Study and Project Preparation for the Rehabilitation of the
Nubaria and Ismailia Canals. Investments of about €120 million are expected
by GOE, ADB and others
Development of WSS and environmental management services in 15 high
priority secondary towns/centres. 15 project towns/centres are expected to
meet MDG targets
Study for Monrovia water supply expansion and rehabilitation of three county
capitals water supply and sanitation. Outcome is reliable and affordable WSS
service for 1.75 million people
2.3- Water Knowledge
What is AWF contribution?
• Country situation assessments in all Regional Member Countries
- with other partners
• Assess the status of regional information / M&E systems in all
AMCOW/NEPAD prioritized shared river basins and aquifer
systems
• Existing information / M&E systems strengthened: data
collection, reliability improvement, indicators standardisation
• New information / M&E systems established
• Support Regional Basin Organisations (and others) in
establishing/ strengthening regional information / M&E system
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Coordinate regional M&E framework development
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Water Knowledge: Project Examples
Country
Project
Multi
CICOS (International Commission of Congo-Oubangui-Sangha
basin) - Capacity Building / Information Generation / Monitoring
Multi
IGAD (Inter Governmental Authority on Development)
Information and Knowledge Generation and management –
Capacity Building.
Multi
Niger Basin Authority - Capacity Building / Information Generation
/ Monitoring
Multi
OSS (Sahara and Sahel Observatory)
Knowledge and water management using satellite imagery
Ethiopia
Burkina
Faso
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Development of water information and knowledge management
systems
Water and environmental capacity building in fragile states.
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3- AWF Portfolio
Country projects
TOTAL
Transboundary
projects
68 projects approved
(€80 million)
50 countries and
8 regional institutions
have benefited from
AWF support…
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AWF Water Supply and Sanitation Projects
•
All projects concern meeting basic needs for WSS in peri-urban and rural
areas. Most projects involve introduction of innovative technologies and
approaches; one project will contribute to improve utility performance
•
Activities typically include
– provision or rehabilitation of WSS infrastructure
– demonstration of technologies such as ecological sanitation (4 projects)
– rainwater harvesting for multiple purposes (4)
– solar and wind energy (1)
– use of new approaches to service provision
– capacity building of beneficiaries
– service suppliers and support agencies
– hygiene promotion and education
– facilitating access to financing by beneficiaries
– knowledge generation / dissemination and advocacy
– preparation of plans/frameworks for scaling up
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Water for Agriculture
Need for improved agricultural and land management
practices to strengthen both productivity and resilience
to climate change
AWF is providing such support :
Improving control and management of onfarm water resources (Botswana)
Watershed protection (Kenya)
Piloting more productive agriculture water
technologies, such as rainwater harvesting for
multiple purposes (Djibouti, Rwanda).
Helping small-scale farmers adapt to climate
change and ensure sustained agriculturalbased livelihoods (Zambia, South Africa)
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National Water Resources Management
AWF IWRM projects and activities enable countries to:
Understand the impact of climate change and
variability on WRM
Develop strategies to achieve water security, as well as
action plans to mitigate and adapt to negative impacts
8 national IWRM projects are on-going or completed: Burkina
Faso, Burundi, CAR, Gambia, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Senegal
Other on-going IWRM projects involve undertaking concrete
actions to improve adaptation to climate change, such as
ecosystem-based adaptation (Kenya), and the recharge of natural
aquifers (Morocco)
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Transboundary Water Resources
Management
Regional cooperation provides the greatest opportunity for analyzing
and understanding the problems and designing strategies for coping
with the impact of climate change and variability
Achieving water security to cope with impacts needs significant
investments in infrastructure
AWF TWRM and related project preparation interventions are
addressing these climate change and water security issues, with:
6 regional TWRM projects: Congo, Volta and Kayanga-Geba river
basins; Lake Chad; Bugesera area of Burundi/Rwanda; and
ECCAS region
4 regional program preparation projects: AUC pan-African, Lake
Victoria, Malawi/Tanzania, SADC region
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Leveraging effect
Resources leveraged from completed projects amounts to €360 million (5
times the AWF portfolio), which has been mobilized to finance water sector
interventions:
Botswana: $60 million (€45 m)
Central African Republic: €21 m
Egypt (Nubaria & Ismailia canals): $60 million (€45 m)
Mozambique’s NRWSS: Investment pledges in the amount of $128.4
million (€93.4 m)
Republic of Congo: $90 million mobilized (€67 m)
Volta Basin Authority: $1.5 million (€1.25 m)
Sahara & Sahel Observatory: €1.1 m additional funding
Lake Victoria Basin Commission: €82.1 million
Cameroon: €16.3 million
Mozambique: €12.7 million
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Liberia: €30.3 million
4- Opportunities for Consultants and Suppliers
Consultancy firms:
• Supply of goods and services to Project Executing Agencies in
support of implementation of AWF funded projects
• Mostly studies and project design
Individual consultants:
• Consulting services to the AWF for directly managed activities
• Project preparation – evaluation - supervision
Audit companies:
• Consulting services to the AWF for directly managed activities
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How is AWF funding spent?
Consultancy
Services
Goods
Works
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- Preparation of studies and master-plans
- Data collection and diagnostic analysis
- Feasibility and detailed studies,…
- office equipment
- Water data collection equipment
- Light vehicles and motor cycles
- Small boats and outboard motors,..
- Water harvesting structures
- Water tanks
- Micro-irrigation systems
- Sanitary structures,…
Strategic Priorities
2012-2016
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5- Summary of Approved Activities for 2010-2011
Project
DESIGN FOR RE-USE
REOPTIMIZATION STUDY OF AKOSOMBO &KP DAM
SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL WATER SECTOR REFORM
APPUI À LA MISE EN PLACE DU PLAN GIRE
STRRENGTHENING WATER SECTOR M&E IN MALAW
GICRESAIT
SONGWE RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
SONGWE RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
MDGS MONITORING AND EVALUATION FOR WATER
Country
Ghana
Ghana
Gambia
Mali
Malawi
Multinational
Multinational
Multinational
Multinational
Status
OnGo
OnGo
APVD
OnGo
APVD
OnGo
APVD
APVD
APVD
Amount in Euro
445,374.54
1,637,341.70
1,778,441.37
1,715,765.19
1,693,854.19
1,098,232.81
498,631.68
2,675,332.69
1,709,952.06
13,252,926.23
2012 Programme:
6 projects
€ 12 million
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7 projects
€ 11 million
2 projects
€ 2 million
5 projects
€ 8 million
THANK YOU
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