DEVELOPING MALI IWRM PLAN AND SECURING FUNDS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION Housseini Amadou MAIGA Chair, Mali Country Water Partnership Istanbul, 20 March 2009 PLAN OF PRESENTATION Context and justification Road map and actions taken Conclusions: lessons learned SURFACE AREA: km POPULATION: inhabitants in 2008 RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES ON AVERAGE: SURFACE WATER: 56 Billions cubic meters GROUNDWATER: 66 Billions cubic meters Repartition of water is irregular both in space and time MALI Watercourses and aquifers of Mali are mostly international waters Mali is member of all transboundary basins organisations concerning its territory: NBA, OMVS, VBA REASONS FOR ADOPTING IWRM The need for IWRM in Mali results from: the opportunity to reinforce the framework for water governance in order to stimulate appropriate decisions allowing an increased coordination between economic sectors; the necessity of a sustainable approach to manage water resources to enhance objectives of economic and social development of the country; the implementation of recommendations of international conferences (Dublin, Rio, Johannesburg) and of commitments made by countries related to organisations of its sub-region (ECOWAS, OMVS, NBA, VBA); The development of IWRM plan was thus a part of the programme of the Government during TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL PARTNERS OF THE IWRM PLAN This process was financed by: Canadian International Development Agency through GWP Programme for Africas Water Development (PAWD) World Bank through the National Rural Infrastructures Programme Netherlands through Upper Niger IWRM Project. Other IWRM initiatives were also developed within the framework of German, Danish and French cooperation for capacity building and transfer of competencies to communities. A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROJECT TEAM A STEERING COMMITTEE BASIC AND THEMATIC STUDIES To improve the knowledge on water resources, different basic and thematic studies were carried out and validated by the Steering Committee composed of representatives of the players of the water sector These studies concerned the situation analysis, the road map, the national water policy, the monitoring / evaluation of water resources, the legal et regulatory framework, the institutional reforms, the economic and financial aspects, the strategy of managing international waters, the communication strategy and the identification of water actors and their role in IWRM process Information contained in these documents have allowed the project team to draft the IWRM plan SENSITIZING AND INFORMATION WORKSHOPS IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY ISSUES difficulties of coordination with the multiplicity of water actors misunderstanding betweeen technical services because of divergence in the interpretation of missions lack of equipments and human and financial resources at local and regional level insufficiency in training of local state technical services insufficiency in information dissemination about water code and water related diseases lack of involvement of private sector in the maintenance of waterworks Wind erosion Wind erosion : Movement of sand dunes which cover the little vegetation, especially in the Sahelian part of the country Water erosion Water erosion : The banks and specially the surface area of the sub-basins more and more fragilized by anthropic actions (cropping techniques) LAND AND WATER DEGRADATION INSUFFICIENCY OF DATA ON SMALL WATERCOURSES AND AQUIFERS Insufficiency in the participation of people in the implementation of projects OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN Development Objective : contribute to the fight against poverty and to sustainable development by bringing appropriate solutions to problems related to water and sanitation, by the fulfilment of water vision to the year 2025 horizon and the implementation of National Policy of Water Specific Objective : contribute to the implementation of a process of IWRM notably by applying the Water Code by promoting economic and social development as well as preserving ecosystems. 9 OUTPUTS AND 50 ACTIONS A political, legal, regulatory and financial environnement favorable to the approach and the principles of IWRM is put in place An appropriate institutionnal framework is put in place and operational Actors haved adopted the concept of IWRM Pilote actions are identified, planned and implemented in a participative way The capacities of water actors are strenghened Gender mainstreaming and social equity is insured A national information system on water is put in place and is functioning Allocation of water resources between different usages is improved A monitoring and protection of fragile ecosystems is put in place and is functioning MODALITIES OF IMPLEMENTATION In accordance with Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper second generation, IWRM plan goes up to 2015, horizon of MDGs and will be executed in two phases as follow : First phase : (end of PRSP second generation) Second phase : COSTS AND FINANCING The total funding necessary for the implementation of IWRM Plan amounts to FCFA or Euros with: an external contribution evaluated to 13,656 billions of FCFA or Euros corresponding to 84,64 % and the national contribution estimated to 2,479 billions of FCFA or Euros that is 15,36 %. ROUND TABLE FOR FINANCING IWRM PLAN The Action Plan Document was adopted by the Government on 9 April 2008 A round table for the financing of the Action Plan held on 19 February 2009 in Bamako The Technical and Financial Partners have supported the IWRW Plan and engaged themselves to finance it The main contributors will be: African Developement Bank, Belgium, Danemark, The Netherland, UNEP, WHO, OMVS, UNESCO, Germany and Sweden The total commitments amount to 13 billions of FCFA or Euros CONCLUSIONS : LESSONS LEARNED (1) Political commitment of the country guaranteed the success of the process The conduct of a study for defining the process and the participatory adoption of the road map of the process were decisive in the success of the initiation phase of the process This approach consisting in identifying the key moments and events of the process of elaboration of the IWRM Action Plan favours the capitalization on and sharing of good practices in the IWRM Action Plan development exercise. CONCLUSIONS : LESSONS LEARNED (2) The number and diversity of exchange forums such as regional consultations, together with the conduct of thematic studies for better grasping the development problems and priorities of the water sector, allows reflecting the concerns of many actors in the IWRM Action Plan Based on problems identified during the situation analysis, water resources management strategies were chosen or validated by water actors themselves THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR ATTENTION THANKS ALSO TO TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL PARTNERS WHO CONTRIBUTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OR WILL ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MALI IWRM PLAN