A 1st of 3 thematic workshops/webinars focusing on: Water

A 1st of 3 thematic workshops/webinars focusing on:

Water-Energy-Food Nexus22 June 2020 from 10:00 to ± 12:30

Later in 2020, 2 supplemental workshop/webinars on:

WASH: water, sanitation and hygieneTransport, mobility and water infrastructure

… Table of Contents- presentations -

• Introduction (Joost Wellens) 3• The Water Nexus Project (Alice Alonso) 19• Definition & facts (Joost Wellens) 6• ENABEL (Laurence Janssens) 30• GIZ (Maria Ana Rodriguez Gomez Cornejo) 43• CEBEDEAU (Jean-François Gérard) 59• CEBioS aquatic (Luc Janssens de Bisthoven) 64• Eclosio (Christophe Goossens) 69• Join for Water (Dirk Glas) 71• King Baudouin Foundation (Edith Verstraeten) 78• OVO (Thierry Deflandre) 84• SPW (Johan Derouane) 89• watercircle.be (Matthias Mertens) 93• John Cockerill group (Julien Charlier) 101

… Today- WEF Nexus webinar objectives & program -

• Virtual welcome, presentation of objectives & participating structures;• Presentation of the Nexus Belgium Project;• Short history & definition of WEF Nexus;• Presentations of participants;• GIZ presentation on their Nexus Strategy (± 11h00);• Brainstorming & discussions.

… Objectives- WEF Nexus webinar -

• Identify, present & connect Belgian WEF Nexus actors;

• Discuss the state of the art of WEF Nexus;(definitions, policies, action plans, governance, financing, limits, …)

• Conduct a SWOT analysis on (Belgian) WEF Nexus activities.

… Participating structures- WEF Nexus webinar -

NGO Private sector Public agency Research Institution

Caritas International Antea Group AWEX CEBEDEAU

CEMREST BOSAQ ENABEL KULeuven

Eclosio CO2logic European UnionRoyal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences-CEBioS

Iles de Paix John CockerillFlanders Department of

Foreign AffairsUCLouvain

Jappaleh Foundation METAPHORA FOD Buitenlandse Zaken,

Handel & Ontwikkelingssamenwerking

ULB

Join For Water SHER Ingénieurs-ConseilsFPS Foreign Affairs -

Development CooperationULiège

OVO Ondernemers VoorOndernemers

Watafrik GIZUniversity of

Fada N'Gourma

King Baudouin Foundation watercircle.beMinistry of Foreign Affairs (FPS, DGD, Results service)

Moulay Ismail University of Meknes

ULB-CooperationSPW Département

Environnement et EauVrijwilliger Ondernemers

voor Ondernemers

1 Colliding worlds- water & energy -

(source: United Nations, 2017) (source: International Energy Agency, 2015)

Energy use per capita (kWh/year)Physical and economic water scarcity

2 Water-Energy-Food- interlinkages -

Increasing demand between resources

Opportunities and synergiesfor increasing total

resource use efficiency

Food: 70% of global freshwaterFood: 30% of global energy

Water demand increase of 55% by 2050Energy demand increase of 30% by 2035

(based on: UNECE, 2018)

3 Bonn 2011- birth of WEF Nexus -

Stockholm Environment Institute, 2011. Understanding the Nexus.Background paper for the Bonn 2011 Nexus Conference

4 A first road map (?)- by FAO (2014) -

5 Discussions & Objectives- short overview -

• Water-Energy-Food or Water-Food or Water-Energy or … nexus?• What kind of Nexus governance ? (Who owns it? (OCP, 2016))• Water and energy markets (some numbers)• Limits, constraints and opportunities (literature based)

• Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threads (SWOT)

… Participants presentations

• Enabel

• GIZ

• CEBEDEAU

• CEBioS

• Eclosio

• Join For Water

• King Baudouin Foundation

• OVO (Ondernemers voor ondernemers)

• SPW

• watercircle.be

5.i Water and/or Energy and/or Food ?

Water

FoodEnergy

??

5.ii Nexus governance ?

• Shared governance:coordinated among various units where all the parties involved have representatives to a single body empowered and entrusted with governing the nexus.

• High level governance unit:with oversight to all units where an independent body with representation from all involved stakeholders will have resources and authority to implement decisions regarding the nexus governance.

• Private-Public Partnership (PPP):the implementation of the nexus approach is expected to save resources, which can be translated into financial savings. However, for such a partnership to start up, there is a need for initial financing (seed funding). This is also of great importance in states where resources have been privatized.

• …

5.iii Water & Energy markets

Water Energy

US$ 365 billion (services and equipment)

US$ 557 billion (treatment and distribution)

US$ 37 trillion

Common good; Involvement private companies;

Highly delegated (e.g. municipal level); Managed nationally.

Not (yet) traded internationally.

… …

5.iv Limits, constraints & opportunities

• Vagueness/vastness of the framework (promote whatever one wants);• Holistic → no solution is believed to be left out;• No blueprint solutions;• No comparative or standardized evaluations;• An end in itself ↔Mean to solve specific challenges;• Successes not (yet) documented.

• Expands the scope of the analysis;• Solidly anchored in SDG:

• water and sanitation SDG 6• food security SDG 2• sustainable energy SDG7• environmental protection SDG 15

5.v SWOT

What are the advantages ?

What our current practices helps us with?

What we have changed so far?

What are the disadvantages ?

What is not done properly ?

What obstacles prevent progress?

What should be avoided ?

What obstacles we face ?

Current political effects ?

Behavioral adaptation of communities ?

What are our good chances ?

What benefits may occur ?

What changes in practices may occur ?

Thank you for your constructive participation !



22nd of June 2020

An Overview of the Water Nexus

Project

Webinar Water-Energy Food Nexus

A. Alonso, J. Hugé, M.Vanclooster, J. Cools, M.A.E. Forio, P. Goethals, T. Ho Long, A. Marx,

H. Ratsimbazafy, B. Verbist, J. Wellens

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Context

- Replace ACROPOLIS since January 2019

- Objective: Support decision-making of the DGD with evidence-

based research

- Coordination: VLIR-UOS and ARES

Policy Support Research Projects

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Context

➡️ How can Belgium make a difference to reach SDG6?

➡️ How can Belgium do even better?

Strong Belgian expertise and know-how

Experience in Global South

No strategy yet

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To strengthen the role of the Belgian position in

water related development and cooperation actions

in the Global South

Overarching Goal

Water Nexus: Overview

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Earth and Life Institute - Environmental Sc.

Prof. Marnik Vanclooster

Dr. Alice Alonso

Earth & Envi Sc. Dept - Forest, nature and landscape

Prof. Bart Muys

Dr. Bruno Verbist

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development

Prof. P. Meire

Dr. J. Cools

Lab of system ecology and resources management

Dr. Jean Hugé

Prof. Farid Dahdouh-Guebas

Dept of Animal Sc. and Aquatic ecology

Prof. Peter Goethals

Dr. Marie Anne Eurie Forio

Dr. Tuan Ho Long

Consortium

Leuven Center for Global Governance Studies

Dr. Axel Marx. Deputy Director

Dpnt of Envi. Sciences and Management – Water,

Environment, Development Lab

Prof. Joost Wellens

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To map the Belgian expertise, main stakeholders and programs1.

2. To identify and support ways for more coordinated and coherent

actions, and synergies between actors and programs

3. To synthesize the water-related opportunities, issues and

challenges

4. To customize a water toolkit assessing the impact of cooperation

actions on water

6. To provide with operational elements and expertise for designing

a water strategy

Specific Objectives

5. To establish of a water hub of knowledge in support for water

cooperation

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Some Deliverables

http://www.waternexusbelgium.org

• Synthesis Belgian water actors

• Synthesis Context, barrieres and opportunities

• Country fact sheets

• Inventory of ressources

FROM SURVEYS

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Actors Projects and programs Bibliometrics

Some Deliverables

Dashboard

(Toolkits)

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Method & Preliminary Results

Surveys

Coming Next

- Improved dashboard of projects

- Cross-analysis of the Belgian water landscape in DC

- Helping navigate the information mine

- Water toolkits

- Inter-sectoral, multi-thematic workshops series

- Water strategy

THANK YOU!Consortium:

A. Alonso, J. Hugé, M.Vanclooster, J. Cools, M.A.E. Forio, P. Goethals, T. Ho Long, A. Marx,

H. Ratsimbazafy, B. Verbist, J. Wellens

Steering Committee:

C.Durieux (DGD), K. Schneider (DGD), S. Collette (ENABEL), D. Glas (Join For Water), N. Nyst

(ARES)



Mozambique –

Nexus Renewable Energy<-> Water<->Food security

Mozambique

• Population : approx. 28 mln & growing (36 by 2030)

• Mostly rural: today around35% of population living in urban areas … but it is rapidlychanging!

• CO2-emissions/capita:

0,3 tons/hab (World: 5 tons/hab., BE: 8 tons/hab)

• one of the countries most affected by climate change: cyclones( 2019 Kenneth & IDAI), floods (2015), drought, …

1. Mozambique Climate profile

1. Climate profile : Socio-economic vulnerability

• Climate is expected to impact negatively the country’s GDP (4-14%)

• 70% of the population depends on rain-fed agriculture, that will be negativelyaffected by climate change

• High level of poverty and low level of literacy limits people’s adaptation options (making practices more resilient/ finding alternatives)

• Infrastructure is in poor condition & hamper people’s mobility

MOZ vulnerability is largely due to its dependence on agriculture (25% of the GDP, 80% of the workforce, largely rain-fed).

Socio-economic situation will be severely affected by the covid crisis 19

As the Belguim bilateral development Agency• Focus on sectors agreed between BE and MOZ

• Alignment on relevant national plan and strategies

• Reinforce the institutional partner in the sectors

• Implement interventions

• Allowed to implement project for third parties (BE or international) but has tobe coherent and reinforce with the Belguim programme

(i.e. Belgian Regional Climat funds)

2. What is Enabel doing in Mozambique

Energy WaterFood security /

agriculture

Integrate the knowledge gained from Enabel projects in Mozambique (WEF).

- Improved water access through renewable energy and of overcoming food security challenges

- Renewable Energy projects (RERD1 and 2) , strengthening of the sector with the capacity building MIREME / ARENE

3. Belgian Projects implemented by Enabel

Establish the « nexus », in other words recognise thatthese three sectors are enextricably linked and thatactions within one of thesesectors most likely will impact the others.

3.1 Water project: Challenge of drinking water supply in Gaza province

Deep aquifers and occurrence of brackish water

→Abandon of manual pump in favor of electric pumping systems : 50% by solar energy, other on the national grid (dam production).

→Introduction of brackish water treatment: desalination systems powered by photovoltaic energy

No reliable information on water supply systems

and their geolocation : Build a comprehensive, reliable and regularly updated database (digitization)

Weak community management: Delegation of systems management to the professional private sector. The scale management model was introduced to attract the private sector.

Water ➢Improve management of water resources ➢Improve access to safe drinking water

Renewable EnergyDecentralised Renewable Energy (RE) technologies can contribute towards sustainable development by:

➢Adaptation and Mitigating climate change➢Reduce resources depletion➢Building resilience➢Providing enhanced socio-economic benefits (productive use)

Food Security➢Increase agricultural productivity➢Decrease malnutrition

Prepare new interventions: taking into account lessons learned and highlightingthe links between the foreseen sectors (energy-water-food security).

3.2. Project in preparation : which perspective ?

3.2. Project in preparationA. Impact ambitious for the renewable energy portfolio in Mozambique and contribute to

1. Income generating opportunities (productive use : project RERD2)

2. Collaboration with private and SME sector

3. Guaranteeing the economic and social sustainability of off-grid energy systems (digital M&E)

4. Mitigating the effects of climate change by investing in Renewable Energy systems

Productive use makes the link between Food Security and Renewable Energy

Add a new component to RERD2 Solar Irrigation 10 M extra ((formulation phase) ;

B. Replication to a larger scale the Water project

1. Strenghten climate resilience

2. Sustainable acess to solar drinking water

Supported by the MEF (focal point of the GCF – Green Climate Fund in Mozambique)

In discussion with GCF (Enabel is accredited by the GCF for project till 50 M euros)

Other country : Mauritania

Enabel’s intervention in Mauritania shows that a particular attention must be given on :

• Identification and analysis of trade-offs between the 3 axes,

• Improvement of decision-making on intervention choices for an appropriate synergy,

• Importance of coordination as most of the WEF nexus are funded through different channels and/or implemented by different partners.

Thank you



Nexus Regional Dialogues ProgrammeImplementing and mainstreaming the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus

Maria Ana Rodriguez

Global Nexus Secretariat, GIZ

Contact: [email protected]

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• Highlights the complex interdependencies of the water, energy and food sectors in light of global challenges (climate change, consumption patterns, economic growth, rapid urbanization, etc.)

• Framework to determine trade-offs and synergiesbetween the sectors and to reconcile their interests

• Supports a holistic and sustainable resources management and promotes the preservation of ecosystems

• Pathways of sustainability: tool for meeting the SDGs

• Resolving conflicts of use around land and water resources is encouraged by developing suitable conflict management capacities – contributes to peace keeping

The Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus Approach

Participating countries in the Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme (85)

Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme

Jointly funded by European Union (EU) and German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and jointly managed by EU-DEVCO and GIZ

▪ Five Nexus Regional Dialogues:

▪ Middle East and North Africa (MENA, GIZ) (2016)

▪ Niger River Basin (2017, GIZ)

▪ Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC, GIZ) (2016)

▪ Southern Africa (2017, GWP-SA)

▪ Central Asia (2017, CAREC/IUCN)

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Main objectives Phase I (2016-2019):

o Promoted and mainstreamed the WEF-Nexus approach on national and regional governmental and policy levels.

o Raised awareness and fostered knowledge and information exchange of Nexus issues.

o Developed policy recommendations/guidelines and action plans

Phase II (2020-2023):

o Moving from theoretical to concrete and tangible benefits and impacts of the WEF Nexus

o Preparation of large/medium scale Nexus investment projects

o Implementation of small scale Nexus demonstration projects

o Further promote and mainstream the WEF-Nexus approach on national and regional governmental and policy levels.

Diverse contexts, focus areas and enabling environments for implementing WEF Nexus approach; different starting points

Global Nexus Secretariat

o Creating a platform for a global Nexus community• GNS provides a global platform for organizationsand projects

working with the Nexus approach• Enables cross-regional dialogue and learning• Facilitates exchange amongst 500 international experts on WEF

Nexus

o Global Nexus Knowledge Management www.water-energy-food.org• Other organizations and experts are increasingly approaching us to

publish their information on the NRP

o Nexus Training Material developed and wellestablished• 2 Training Modules in 4 languages (E, F, S, A), 2 accompanying

handbooks• Used and tested in three regions (435 participants trained)

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Latin America and the Caribbean

Now this concept is increasingly used in important national and regional forums on water, energy, agriculture and climate change

At the national level (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela)

At the regional level

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• Nexus concept on Water, Energy and Food in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Nexus potential for managing interactions though Public Policies

POLICY MAINSTREAMING

Concept already used in national communications prepared by the countries for the 8thWorld Water Forum (Brasilia, Brazil, 18-23 March 2018)

Central American Integration System (SICA), Iberoamerican Conference of Water Directors (CODIA), Association of Water and Sanitation Regulatory Entities of the Americas (ADERASA)).

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Latin America and the Caribbean

o 3 WEF Nexus trainings: Guatemala and Chile, 95 participants from 15 countries

o Regional Technical Political Dialogue in Chile (40 participants, 15 countries, 8 international/regional organizations)

o Nexus Policy Guidelines: published by CEPAL

o 2 small-scale pilot applications on SPIS in Chile and Boliviao 2 WEF Nexus Country Assessments: Costa Rica and Peruo 1 Regional Nexus Study for LAC regiono Nexus Action plan LAC

o Requests by 10 countries to receive support for implemen-tation of Nexus projects and by CEPAL

o Interest of IDB for collaboration in Nexus topics (e.g. country assessments, Investment projects, Nexus investment criteria)

Niger Basin

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Integration of Nexus into the NBA's operational plan and investment portfolio.

Nexus assessment of the basin with a particular focus on practical operation of the Fomi Dam, Kandadji Dam and the Inner Niger Delta.

Tailor-made training at regional and national levels (Mali and Niger) on Nexus tools, implementation and policy recommendations.

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Nexus mainstreaming into operational and investment

planning of the basin

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• Participative mainstreaming of the Nexus in the NBA’s Operational Plan and update for 2019-2021

• True adoption of a Nexus perspective for the 350 projects and the Plan as a whole.

• Member countries now reflect on the multi-sectoral implications of their planned projects and are able to identify Nexus measures.

• Large regional Nexus workshop in Niamey (June 2018) , for stakeholders to test the methodology under expert supervision.

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5 sectors

9 countries

240 particip.

60 women

1000 decisionmakersreached

5 national activities

5/5

feedback

Implementation-oriented Nexus Training

Application strategies for Nexus in multi-purpose

dams - Kandadji dam

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• Demand driven: Request from the CNU/BN.

• Urgent measures were needed to ensure access to water, energy and food for the 40,000 projected displaced people.

• The NRD supports the CNU/BN in a unique project to raise awareness and ensure the Nexus sustainability of the displacement.

• Over 40 stakeholders and donors involved.

• Jointly identified actions → currently being implemented

Middle East and North Africa

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▪ 1st joint meeting between 22 Ministers of water and22 Ministers of Agriculture-2018: Nexus W&F security

▪ Water Council attend meetings of energy council.▪ Nexus in: Arab Water Strategy – Arab Agr. Strategy.

Trained 157 (31% female) from 15

countries

Supported LAS; the main counterpart:

6 policy briefs- Political endorsement

Carried out 2 Nexus country assessments

▪ Tunisia: Urban Nexus with MINARET- Nexus projects inimplementation: Jordan- Lebanon-Tunisia municipalities.

▪ Beirut with ESCWA: Eur/German Nexus case studies-proposed projects for the Action Plan.

▪ Khartoum: Nexus Assessment tools: request from AOADfor a regional Nexus capacity building for the agr. sector.

▪ Tunisia: FAO-national ministries- proposed projects/AP.▪ Sudan: AOAD, IFPRI, Humb. Univ., Khart. Univ.-proposed

projects/AP- collaboration between WEF ministries-network initiated.

Middle East and North Africa

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Developed a regional Nexus Action plan

▪ Countries expression of interest: Egypt- Tunisia-Jordan-Morocco.

▪ Requests from regional/ International organizationsfor partnership: WB- FAO- AOAD- NL Embassy- IWMI.

▪ Solar Energy Farming in Jordan input for the ActionPlan.

▪ Impacts of SPIS in Tunisia: with FAO- cooperationagreement signed- regional SPIS dialogue (AOAD/LAS).

Carried out 2 small Nexus applications

WEF Nexus in new projects

FREXUS: Increasing Security andResilience to Climate Change through the Nexus Approach

(Niger, Chad, Mali), 2019-2021

Lake Kivu: Nexus based WaterManagement for Lake Kivu and Ruzizi river

(Ruanda, DRC, Burundi), 2019-2020

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Thank you very much for your attention !!!



R&DProjets de Recherche Appliquée

CEBEDEAU - Research and Expertise Center for Water

Sciences and Technologies for (waste)water treatment

www.cebedeau.be

Improving water use and quality

Who we are and What we do…

Private Research Center

A long experience

Cebedeau is a non-subsidized and nonprofit organization located in Liège

Cebedeau was founded in 1947 within the University of Liège.

14 Engineers and Scientists

Concepts, Process design, AdvicesSpecialized in microbial ecology

12 Technicians

From routine to custom analysis

Missions

We propose, in total independence, objective solutions that are effective over the long term (durability)

Lab and pilot testing facility

www.cebedeau.be

Public water operators & Industries

Our competencies …

Analytical

services

From routine to custom assays

Microbial analysis

(FISH, qPCR, metagenomics, Flow Cytometry)

Detection of human or bovine contamination

in water

Sampling

(ability to sample in all conditions)

Chemical analysis

(COD, N, P, Metals, Organics, …)

Specific tests

(BOD, BMP, coagulation-flocculation,

dissolved air flotation , adsorption,

filtration, sludge dehydration chlorination,

ozonation, … )

www.cebedeau.be


Assistance to Water Laboratories

Assistance to “design” a water Lab,

assistance in running a water Lab,

Training for staff (sampling, analytical)

www.cebedeau.be

Our competencies …

Expertise services

- Plant Audit Wastewater, Drinking WaterPlant design for WWTP in industry or municipal

- Plant Design for extensive system in rural areas (Constructed Wetlands), wastewater reuse (water quality)

- Trouble shooting, solve dysfunctions (filtration, disinfection, sludge treatment …)

- -Assistance to water authorities for wastewater management and water legislation

Training

Water Treatment and laboratory related topics- Practical trainings on site- Trainings in classroom or via videoconference- Follow up of projects

Your scientific and

technical partner.

we offer research and expertise services to develop

new processes and advise companies and public

authorities.

Water and sludge




Supporting ecosystem services in African aquatic systems with development cooperation: CEBioS related projects

CEBioS-‘Capacities for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’

Biodiversity conservation and sustainable management linked to povertyeradication.

In the framework of international obligations of Belgium underthe Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Belgian biodiversitystrategy 2020.

Financed by the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGD) Seehttp://www.biodiv.be/cebios2/

http://www.biodiv.be/cebios2/

Projects in Benin: Ocean, lagoons and boreholes

Research of Université Abomey Calavy:(1)on the biomonitoring of macroinvertebrates of Lake Ahémé(2)on the oligocheate fauna of boreholes as indicators for drinking water(3) Coaching of several students of UAC on lagoons

CEBioS is supporting IRHOB for modelling currents in the ocean and the lagunes to understand erosion processes and dispersal of biodiversity.

Moreover, GTI is supporting regular stages from other African countries on water related taxonomical issues.

CEBioS, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Université Abomey-Calavi, Institut de Recherches Halieuthiques et Océanologiques du Benin

EVAMAB, financed by BELSPO: Lake Tana, Ethiopia and Lake Manyara, Tanzania

• See http://www.biodiv.be/evamab

• The project focuses on four UNESCO Man & Biosphere reserves, including 2 aquatic lentic systems: Lake Manyara (Tanzania) & Lake Tana (Ethiopia). The consortium elicited stakeholder’s perceptions about ecosystem services and their valuation and discussed possible management options. Lake Manyara: erosion-pastoralism-agriculture nexus. Lake Tana: invasive water hyacinths. A MANUAL for MAB managers is being prepared. 2 articles, policy briefs

CEBioS, KULeuven, UA, ULB, NM-AIST, Bahir Dar University

Lake Tanganyika: South Initiative and VLADOC, financed by VLIR-UOS: Lake Tanganyika, Burundi & RDCongo

• The University of Burundi, together with OBPE explored the North part (Bujumbura) and the South part of Lake Tanganyika’s shores in Burundi for biomonitoring with fish, algae, macrophytes and chemistry. 9 master theses were produced.

• A VLADOC PhD is analysing the sardine genetical stocks and fisheries of the Lake in cooperation with the Centre de Recherche en Hydrobiologie of Uvira (RD Congo) and in the framework of a South Initiative. Articles and a policy brief are being prepared.

VUB, UBU, OBPE, CRH, KULeuven, CEBioS

http://www.biodiv.be/evamab

Developing policy-relevant biodiversity indicators: studying trends to support sustainable fisheries

Projects in the framework of Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) are implemented with CEBioS technical and financial support to develop indicators that help monitoring the state of aquatic biodiversity and the use of non-sustainable fishing practices.

The objective is to give recommendations to decision makers and fishermen for sustainable fisheries management. Involved countries are DR Congo, Tanzania and Uganda.

RBINS researchers involved in several BELSPO and EU projects on aquatic biodiversity (Verheyen, Martens, Schön, Backeljau, Martin, …)

Lake Manyara: North South South, financed by VLIR-UOS: Lake Manyara, Tanzania

• We explored the stakeholder’s perceptions of ecosystem services and management options for the Lake Manyara basin during two workshops and interviews. Article + Policy Brief in prep.

KU Leuven, NM-AIST, University of Zimbabwe, University of Cape Town, Trias, Plymouth University and CEBioS



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Presentation Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Several Projects addressing water productivity, access and management:

Guinea AGIRE & Senegal PARERBA (APSU) in collaboration for

Valorization of schemes / watersheds / shallows: ex: Sénégal PR4E; Program Action-Research: Farm-scale Irrigation Model in Cambodia & Sustainable protection of

peatlands in Peru

Watsan: Access to water and installation of basic sanitary units in Schools in Peru Water access and management, an important transformational element at agroecosystem and food system levels that is addressing constraints faced at the level of field plot (more efficiency, new practices, diversification…), at the level of farm (planning /vision of agriculture campaigns, improve gross margin, re-establish production cycles …), at the level of the systems (redesign the agroecosystem (anticipation), improve resilience and sustainability of food systems…)



www.joinforwater.ngo

1Water – Food – Energy Nexus

Water Nexus Webinar

Join For Water

Mission statement: to strengthen the equitable, sustainable and participatory management and use of water

Sectors:

Drinking water – sanitation

Water for agriculture

In a framework of IWRM


Join For Water

Haïti

Water Nexus webinar

Great Lakes:Eastern -Congo, Burundi and Uganda

Western - Africa:Benin and Mali

Belgium

Ecuador


Water Nexus Webinaer

Water For Agriculture

Strategic elements:

➢ Construction of improvement of irrigation schemes

➢ Capacity building of farmers

➢ Strengthening of management structures

➢ Watershed protection (erosion, silting of irrigation schemes)

➢ Multi stakeholder approach


Titre < Sous-titre

Experiences

Use of green energy for pumping:

• 8 irrigation schemes in Northern Benin (9 ha) with pumps and solar panels

• Irrigation scheme in Western Uganda with ram pump (combination of drinking water provision, water for cattle and irrigation (0,4 ha))

Dirk GlasAdivsor knowledge management and [email protected]/235 25 14



The Elisabeth & Amelie Fund

• Support for projects of Belgian organizations working with a local partner in the southern hemisphere to improve access to water → yearly budget : 400,000 €

• Mobility grants for students from developing countries, studying in Belgium → yearly budget : 50,000 €


Total amount of support from 2007 till 2019


The objective is to support focused and targeted actions that truly meet the needs of local populations, rather than very large projects.

Specific themes:

- responsible water management in family agriculture.

- access to water and/or sanitation in schools

- projects that improve access to clean/drinking water AND sanitation.



OVO : Sustainable and impactful collaboration

Economic activity = basis for sustainable development

➢ Creating opportunity for MSMEs in emerging markets is an important way in which to promote development and reduce poverty

OVO’s role? Business facilitation & matchmaking

➢ Identify, select, guide and follow up initiatives with social and economic impact

➢ Organize access to finance, and exchange of knowledge and expertise

➢ Facilitate CSR and human capital development

2 tracks

➢ Supporting projects of recognized Belgian NGOs with fieldwork knowledge in low- and middle-income countries

➢ Direct support for starting or growing entrepreneurs

in Africa

Team Invest @ OVO

Volunteering at Team Invest

Monthly meetings (8 to 10 pm) to review the projects in Gent (2nd Thursday), Leuven (2nd Wednesday) and Louvain la Neuve (2nd Tuesday)

Leadscreener is the Single Point of Contact between African Entrepreneur and the Team Invest.

Co screener participates with Leadscreener in the analysis of the project.

Leadscreener presents a screenings report recommending a social loan to Team Invest/Invest Ctee, assists in drafting the loan agreement and remains the coach of the project/entrepreneur until the loan is fully redeemed.

Contact : [email protected]

Village concept : The mission

1. To generate additional revenues and to develop new activities

2. To improve standard of living, to reduce poverty

3. To rise comfort and resiliance of the local population

4. To implement environment friendly solutions

5. On the long term, to contribute to the reduction of youth emigration through higher employment and business development.

To boost the economic activities and well-being

of a village through the installation of a centralised

photovoltaic power system.

5 objectives :

Pilot project in Senegal

Syer Peuhl (Louga area) as the first pilot site : – With about 3.000 inhabitants– not connected to the grid within the next 5years – some basic economic activities – community already organized in a legal entity (a cooperative) for

project ownership and financial responsibility.

Stage 1: boosting the economic activity :

1. to replace the fuel water pump by a solar water pump toimprove water supply and water management to the localcommunity and its livestock : cost saving of fuel

2. To couple an irrigation system for 0.5 ha vegetables growingto increase revenues

Stage 2: to raise standard of living, comfort and social well-being:Extension of the PV solar system and batteries for power supply in the evening.



Public Service of Wallonia

Water & Environment Department

Ir Johan DEROUANE

Senior engineer in the Water & Environment Department

Coordination of the International Cooperation in the water sector

E-mail: [email protected]

▪ Improved access to drinking water

▪ Water management for irrigated agriculture

▪ Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

▪ Adaptation to climate change

▪ Environmental water management

▪ Hydro-electricity

▪ Operational hydrology

Public Service of Wallonia

Water & Environment Dpt / Mobility & Infrastructures Dpt

▪ Support to Wallonia-Brussels International (WBI) :

▪ Direct Bilateral Cooperation programs

▪ Undirect / Decentralized Cooperation programs

▪ International Solidarity Fund for Water (ISFW)

▪ Climate change adaptation programs « Fast Start » : AWAC-SPW

▪ European Union twinning programs

▪ Public-Private partnerships « Water Cluster » (UWE– AWEX)

Public Service of Wallonia Water & Environment Department

… 20 years of International Cooperation in the water sector



‘Flow of Technology’ watercircle.be

watercircle.be vzw (voormalig TNAV)

Sectorfederatie voor de watertechnologiebedrijven

+/- 100 leden: bedrijven & kenniscentra→ Indirect eindgebruikers

“Flow of Technology”

• Netwerking

• Innovatie

• Marktontwikkeling

Activiteiten

• NetwerkingLedenevents (AMI, demonstratie- en infosessies etc.)

• Innovatie

Eigen projecten: De Blauwe Cirkel (2012-2016)

IntelSens (2016-2018)

KO-Water (2018-2020)

Deelname in andere projecten met kenniscentra, industrie of clusters

• Marktontwikkeling

Actief opvolgen en interageren met overheid

Beurzen

https://www.watercircle.be/organisatie-de-blauwe-cirkel

https://www.watercircle.be/over-intelsens

https://www.watercircle.be/project-ko-water

Fondsen

• Leden

• Innovatieprojecten

• Kenniscentra

• Technologiebedrijven

• VLAIO

• Federaties

• Workshops en evenementen

Communicatie

• Website: www.watercircle.be

• LinkedIn

• Twitter

• Nieuwsbrieven:

• Eigen nieuwsbrieven

• Vakblad Aquarama

• Infosessies en co-creatie workshops

• Beurzen en workshops

• Aquarama

• Aqua NL

• etc.

• Samenwerking met federaties

Contact: [email protected]

http://www.watercircle.be/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/watercircle-be/?viewAsMember=true

https://twitter.com/WatercircleB

mailto:[email protected]

Belgian Membrane Group (BMG)

• Netwerking membraantechnologie

• Samenwerking tussen industrie en kenniscentra

• Samenwerking met buitenland:• Nederlandse Membraan Genootschap (NMG)

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Membrantechnik (DGMT)

• Activiteiten:• Membraan posterdag

• Demonstratie activiteiten

‘Flow of Technology’

VZW watercircle.beLooierijstraat 148750 Wingene

Matthias MertensAlgemeen manager

[email protected]

Valérie VerjansProject ingenieur

[email protected]

[email protected]

www.watercircle.be



John Cockerill group

▪ 200 years of history▪ See https://youtu.be/EU-T07gHfGo

▪ See https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_1000-jours-dans-l-histoire?id=2316152

▪ Private family group since 2002

▪ International▪ 23 countries on 5 continents

▪ A Vision▪ Responding to the needs of the time

▪ Read more...

John Cockerill group

▪︎ 2

Preservingnatural

resources

Contributing to greener mobility

Producingsustainably

Facilitating access to

renewable energy

Fightinginsecurity

16.12.20

https://youtu.be/EU-T07gHfGo

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_1000-jours-dans-l-histoire?id=2316152

http://www.johncockerill.com/

▪ Environment▪ Water pumping, (waste) water treatment, drinking water

▪ Energy valorization

▪ Air & Gas

▪ Solid Waste

▪ Energy▪ Thermo-solar receivers (solar towers)

▪ Hydrogen

▪ Energy storage

▪ Heat recovery system and boilers

▪ Services

▪ Industry

▪ Defense

John Cockerill sectors

▪︎ 316.12.20

▪ 2017Creation of an intrapreneurship innovation platform in "lean startup" mode

▪ 2020Opening of an incubator/accelerator/fund for internal and external startups

Innovation Lab and Incubator

16.12.20 ▪︎ 4

https://lifenet.io/

https://www.o-hub.world/

http://www.rejuice-storage.com/fr/

https://www.smartindustrialmaintenance.com/

16.12.20 ▪︎ 5

Nexus theory and O•HUB

O•HUB design integrated installations that produce energy, water and food.

16.12.20 ▪︎ 6

O•HUB

John Cockerill (Headquarters)

Avenue Greiner 14100 SeraingBelgium

T. +32 4 330 2444

F. +32 4 330 2582

[email protected]

johncockerill.com

Thank you

Documents

A 1st of 3 thematic workshops/webinars focusing on: Water