Highlights from African projects of the Global Programme Water Initiatives

Département fédéral des affaires étrangères DFAEDirection du développement et de la coopération DDC

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFASwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri DFAEDirezione dello sviluppo e della cooperazione DSC

Departamento Federal de Asuntos Exteriores DFAEAgencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación COSUDE

Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten EDADirektion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit DEZA

Water Initiatives– Manfred Kaufmann- 23.6.2014

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Water in Africa: a few facts Africa entails 9 percent of the world’s water resources and 11

percent of the world’s population

Only 5 percent of the region’s cultivated land is irrigated, the rest is rain-fed and highly susceptible to climate variability.

Only 58 percent of people have access to safe drinking water and less than 50 percent have access to improved sanitation.

Limited water storage and management capacity, a rapidly expanding population, and increasing climate variability

Trans-boundary nature of the continent’s waters, given that 76 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa falls within 53 international river basin catchments crossed by multiple borders.

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Hydro-diplomacy

Hydro-diplomacy: Water and Land Rescource Centers

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Hydro-diplomacy: BRIDGE Africa Objective:

Securing sustainable management of water resources for poverty reduction, nature conservation, economic growth and international cooperation through effective water governance.

Approachdemonstration – learning – dialogue – leadership – support

Selected River and Lake BasinsLake Chad: Water Charter and information platformMano River: Shared Vision and Action PlanPungwe River: support establishment of River Basin Org.Dauwa River: needs assessment and trainingLake Malawi: transb. dialogue and information exchange

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Agricultural Water Productivity Objective

Mainstreaming AWM practices with increased water efficiency and productivity at the African and global level

Approach- work on policy level through CAADP- develop bankable investment projects- training on FAO tools (rainfed + irrig.)- water harvesting demonstr. projects- water audits- outreach and dissemination

Selected counriesBurkina Faso, Morocco, Uganda

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iMoMo - Innovative Technologies for Monitoring, Modeling and Managing Water Generate, manage and exchange key data and

knowledge for sustainable and effective water outcomes

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iMoMo

Forecasts on water availability, including flow and reservoir levels

Advice on agricultural calendar and water demand estimates

Weather and agro-meteorological information, including early warning

Agro-economic market information

Free-of-charge peer to peer communication

timely, place-specific and quality managed

Contact

For more information on any of the projects please contact:

manfred.kaufmann@eda.admin.ch

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