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<strong>African</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2006</strong>Sanitation, <strong>Water</strong> Resources Management,and <strong>Water</strong> for Production.2. In preparing the projects, there should be aclear link with the MDG and WSSD targetsand National Strategies to ensure consistency.3. Project scopes should be broadened to capturecross-cutting issues which may otherwisebe missed e.g. Projects on Groundwater and Surface water mapping shouldalso include aspects of water resources assessmentand valuation and developmentof management tools as stipulated in theMDGs.4. Emphasis should also be given to projectson <strong>Water</strong> for Production as this directly relatesto food security, rural industrialization,increased exports and poverty reduction.5. Care should be taken to avoid “stand-aloneprojects”. The projects prepared should belinked to ongoing projects and programmesand should be seen as filling existing gapsrather than being completely new initiatives.6. Efforts should be made to capture thetransboundary aspects in all the proposedprojects so as to bring in some regional dimensionsince AWCOW is a regional initiative.7. Countries should avoid the temptation ofcoming up with long “shopping lists” ofprojects but should instead concentrateon a few (maximum 5) but comprehensiveprojects.The final portfolio of 14 projects was proposedby five countries, namely,. Kenya, Tanzania,Uganda, Ethiopia, and the Sudan. The total financialrequirement for the fourteen projects isestimated at US$ 2,661,650,000 (Two billion sixhundred and sixty one million six hundred andfifty thousand <strong>United</strong> States Dollars).Central Africa SubregionThe Central <strong>African</strong> AMCOW oversaw theprocess of establishing an Action Plan by iden-tifying priority projects in the subregion in responseto the WSSD and MDGs water targets.The objective of the Action Plan is to improvethe socio-economic situation in the subregion byimproving its water resources management.The portfolio projects under the Action Planwere formulated to meet the following specificobjectives or strategies:(a) Managing water resources in a responsiblemanner and with wisdom;(b) Mitigating water-related disasters andrisks;(c) Creating an appropriate framework for themanagement, development and operationof water resources systems;(d) Improving hydrological information management;(e) Improving access to appropriate water supplyand sanitation services; and(f ) Developing the necessary infrastructure forwater resources development.The portfolio of projects consists of 34 projectsdistributed among the countries of the subregion,and is expected to cost about US$5.8 billion.North Africa SubregionThe process of identifying and formulating portfolioprojects in the North Africa subregion wasnot indicated in their presentations. The priorityprojects therefore seem to be more country specificthan subregional.The annexes to this chapter contain more detaileddescription of the Action Plans and Portfolio ofProjects for individual subregions of Africa.<strong>African</strong> Regional Synthesis of Portfolio ProjectsHarmonising the subregional portfolio projectsfor the implementation of the Africa <strong>Water</strong> Vision,the WSSD and MDG water targets witha strategic application of IWRM and actions toovercome the areas of challenge would produce362

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