African Water Development Report 2006 - United Nations Economic ...

3. Development of water for agriculture, hydropower,industry, tourism and transportation atnational level4. Conservation and restoration of environment,biodiversity, and life-supporting ecosystems• Allocation of sufficient water for environmentalsustainability• Conserving and restoring watershed ecosystems5. Effective management of droughts, floods anddesertificationStrengthening financial base for desiredwater future1. Sustainable financing for policy and institutionalreform and capacity-building2. Sustainable financing for information generationand management3. Financing urgent water needs• Implementation of pricing and full cost recovery• Increasing private sector participation• Mobilizing finance from national and internationalsources5 % of potential 10 % of potential 25 % of potentialImplemented in30 % of countriesUnder developmentUnder developmentOperational in 60% of countriesSecured in 100 %of countriesOperational in 60% of countriesOperational in 30% of countriesSecured in 50 %of countriesImplemented in100 % of countriesImplemented in50 % of countriesOperational in 50% of countriesOperational in 100% of countriesOperational in 100% of countriesOperational in 100% of countriesSecured in 100 %of countriesImplemented in100 % of riverbasinsOperational in100 % of countriesINTERNATIONAL AND AFRICAN MILESTONESSource: UNECA et al., (2000).The International Development Targets agreedat the Second World Water Forum include reducingby halve the population not served withwater and sanitation by 2015. According to thedata from a recent survey, urban Africa will requirea 80 per cent increase in the numbers servedover the next 15 years to meet this target. Just tomaintain current levels of coverage in the face ofnatural growth and rural migration, the servedurban population must increase by more than 10million each year over the same period. “Businessas usual” in African urban water and sanitationis therefore not an acceptable scenario, given thepublic health consequences of failing to improveboth coverage and effective use of urban WSSfacilities.The real challenge is to learn new ways of workingto increase our capacity to address theseneeds; the answers must lie fundamentally in theinstitutional, financial, and social arrangementsthat determine how much is spent on water andsanitation and by whom. Technical options thatreduce cost, simplify maintenance, and improvethe quality of service are also a key to success.The fundamental requirements for these changesin the sector will be the human capacity (technical,managerial, and motivational), the politicalwill to achieve it, and sound strategies to ensurethat each of the partners in the effort can contributeeffectively.From Vision to Johannesburg – TheAfrican New Thrust• 1999: Stakeholders Meeting (mainlyNGOs) in Gaborone, Botswana, condemnedregional bodies such as the OAU,ECA, ADB for not mobilizing Africa forthe Vision Development Process.• ADB reacted by holding Stakeholders consultationsin Abidjan in late 1999. Decisionmade to organize Africa Caucus Day at 2 ndWWF in The Hague.• March 2000: Caucus held successfully andVision present in The Hague.• April 2000: Follow-up Meeting in AddisAbaba between OAU, ADB, ECA andtasks shared:31