Lake Victoria Strategy 2004 -2006
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Lake Victoria Strategy
2004 -2006
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Lake Victoria basin and region
• The Lake Victoria region– Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• The Lake Victoria basin– K + T + U + Burundi + Rwanda
• Lake Victoria and East Africa• Lake Victoria and Nile Basin
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Swedish Lake Victoria Initiative 2001 - 2003
• Regional vs. national• Harmonization with country strategies• Partnerships• Focus and priority. Early successes• Need for co-ordination• Experiences from Baltic Sea collaboration
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EAC Lake Victoria Vision and Strategy - The process
• Highly participative: 15000 stakeholders• National Task Forces• International consultant (Statkraft Gröner)• Regional Task Force• EAC Council of Ministers• “Bringing the strategy back”
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The Lake Victoria Vision and Strategy – Vision statement
“A prosperous population living in ahealthy and sustainably managed environment providing equitable
opportunities and benefits”
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Lake Victoria Vision and Strategy- policy areas
• Ecosystems. Natural resources and Environment– Fish resources management– Land use and natural resources– Water resources management– Pollution control and waste
• Production and Income Generation• Living Conditions and Quality of Life• Population and Demography• Governance, Institutions and Policies
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Lake Victoria Vision and Strategy – An analysis
+ Strong ownership+ Poverty alleviation and sustainable dev+ Compare well with national PRSPs+ Innovative analytical framework- More vision than strategy- No distinction regional and national- Co-ordination national ministries weak
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Framework for Swedish Lake Victoria Strategy 2004 - 2006
• New Swedish Policy for Global development• The UN Millennium Goals• Sida´s “Perspectives of Poverty”• Swedish strategy on regional cooperation in Africa• Country strategies for Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania• Conflict study by Padrigu• HIV/AIDS study
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World Summit on Sustainable Development and Lake Victoria
Areas of special importance1. Water and sanitation2. Health3. Agriculture and Food Security4. Energy5. Biological diversity
– Break the link between economic growth and negative environmental effects (”decoupling”)
– The E.A. Heads of State made commitments and Swedish PM pledged support at WSSD
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Swedish Lake Victoria Strategy - Overall objective
“to contribute to poverty reduction within a framework of
sustainable development”
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Lake Victoria Strategy – Areas of intervention
• Capacity development fostering sustainable development
• Empowerment of poor people• Improvement of the environment and sustainable
use of national resources• Combating HIV/AIDS• Private sector development for economic growth Special emphasis will be given to programs and
projects which take into account the three dimensions of sustainable development
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1. Capacity development fostering sustainable development
• Support to organisations within the EAC structure
• Support to regional co-operation• Support to civil society organisations• Support to local governments and authorities• Development and dissemination of knowledge
about the links between poverty reduction and sustainable development
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2. Empowerment of people
• Support to organisations within the civil society giving voice to the voiceless
• Media development at regional level• Support to efficient local authorities• Promotion of gender equality• Dissemination of democratic values
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3. Improvement of the environment and sustainable use of national
resources• Support to the LVEMP 2 process• Support to local initiatives, which will add
value to the LVEMP 2 process• Implementation of the commitments made
in Johannesburg and of the important conventions on environment
• Support to capacity development
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4. Combating HIV/AIDS
• Exchanges of experiences based i a on lessons learned in Uganda
• Trans-national issues• Capacity development• Special attention to orphans and other
vulnerable children• Promotion of women’s rights and gender
equality
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5. Private sector development for economic growth
• Special focus on agriculture and natural resources development
• Promotion of entrepreneurship• Development of networks• Exchanges of experiences• Fighting of corruption
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Operationalisation of the Lake Victoria Strategy - Approaches
• Ownership• Regional Partnerships• Conflict prevention and resolution• Experiences from Baltic Sea collaboration• Co-ordination/harmonization with other
donors• Annual Plan of Operation
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Operationalisation of the Lake Victoria Strategy – Dialogue issues
• Development of verifiable objectives and indicators
• EAC’s future work with the Vision/Strategy related to poverty reduction and sustainable development
• Feed-back of Vision/Strategy to local and national stakeholders
• Regional vs. national division of responsibility• Donor co-ordination/harmonization• Experiences from Baltic Sea collaboration• HIV/AIDS
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Lake Victoria Strategy- Risk Analysis
• Political risks related to Lake Victoria, East Africa and Great Lakes
• Risk that EAC and governments will not give sufficient emphasis to Vision implementation
• Risks that LVEMP2 will not be launched• Risks related to Nile Basin Initiative• Risk related to the Partnership with donors• Risks related to weak institutions• Corruption risks
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LV strategy – What is new?
• 20 year commitment (10 year funding pledge at WSSD)
• Close link to country strategies• Sustainable development focus complement country
strategies poverty focus• Highly participatory Visioning process• Focus on and coordination by LVI and the region
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Lake Victoria - organization and allocation
• Lake Victoria Directorate/Initiative moved to Nairobi mid-2004
• Joint responsibility LVI and the three Swedish embassies
• LVI team consists of a Director and two POs in Nairobi and one PO at the embassy in Kampala + one focal point in Dar es Salaam
• A Reference Group of experts on sustainable development is being established
• Amount 2004 - 2006: 425 - 450 million kronor within a framework of 1,5 billion kronor for 10 years, indicated in Johannesburg
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Lake Victoria Initiative
Kikki Nordin (Head of LVI)Constance OumaOjiambo ElphasGertrude Ngabirano (Kampala)
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Lake Victoria Environmental Management Program (LVEMP) 1
• Supported by World Bank (53 MUSD)• Includes the following:
– Fisheries management and research (***)– Water hyacinth control (****)– Water quality monitoring (**)– Industrial and municipal waste (*)– Land use and wetlands (**)– Community participation (**)
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LVEMP 2
• Project formulation process in 2005• Decision by WB board in mid-2006• Could include the following:
– Applied research – Natural resource management
structures/institutions– Sustainable socio-economic development
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Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) – Shared Vision Program
SVPs covering all the 10 NBI countries• Confidence Building and Stakeholder Involvement NBI Secr.• Regional Power Trade * Tanzania • Efficient Water Use for Agriculture Kenya• Nile Transboundary Environmental Action Sudan• Water Resources and Management Ethiopia• Applied Training * Egypt• Socio-Economic Development and Benefit Sharing NBI Secr.ENSAP covering Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, (Egypt) EthiopiaNELSAP covering Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi,
Rwanda, DRC, (Sudan, Egypt) Rwanda
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NELSAP• Integrated Water Resources Management *
- Mara River Basin - Kagera River Basin - Malakasi-Malaba-Sio River System • Hydropower• Transmission• Fisheries in Lake Albert and Lake Edward• NELSAP Co-ordination Unit in Kigali *