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Planned UNESCO Science Programme Activities in Africa

(2010-2011)

Covers only activities by UNESCO field Offices in Africa

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Table of Content

Foreword

List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction .................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Background .................................................................................................................. 2

1.2 Development of the UNESCO Africa science programme ............................2

1.3 Responsibilities for programme development ................................................. 3

1.4 Structure of the document ...................................................................................... 4

2. The Development of the Programme Framework ........................................ 5

2.1 The Process ................................................................................................................... 6

2.2 UNESCO Science Sector Priorities 2010-11 ........................................................ 6

3. Regional Science activities (2010-11) .......................................................... 9

3.1 Basic and Engineering Sciences ..........................................................................10

3.2 Science Policy ...........................................................................................................11

3.3 Ecological Sciences ................................................................................................. 15

3.4 Earth Sciences ...........................................................................................................15

3.5 Water Science ............................................................................................................16

3.6 Ocean and Coastal Science ........................................................................... 17

4 Cluster Office Science activities (2010-11) ................................................. 21

4.1 Activities in Abuja Cluster .....................................................................................22

4.2 Activities in Accra Cluster ......................................................................................23

4.3 Activities in Addis Ababa Cluster ........................................................................28

4.4 Activities in Bamako Cluster .................................................................................30

4.5 Activities in Dakar Cluster .....................................................................................32

4.6 Activities in Dar es Salaam Cluster .....................................................................34

4.7 Activities in Harare Cluster ....................................................................................36

4.8 Activities by the Kinshasa National Office .......................................................37

4.9 Activities in Libreville Cluster ...............................................................................37

4.10 Activities in Nairobi Cluster...................................................................................38

4.11 Activities in Windhoek Cluster .............................................................................40

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4.12 Activities in Yaoundé Cluster ................................................................................43

5. Regional Networks ....................................................................................... 46

5.1 The African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI) ..................................................................................................47

5.2 The International Hydrological programme (IHP) .........................................47

5.3 The Man and Biosphere network in Africa (AfriMAB) ..................................48

5.4 Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAfrica) .................50

6. Participation in UNESCO Science programme activities in Africa ........... 53

7. Annexes ......................................................................................................... 57

Table 1 – Workplan for Regional Activities: ................................................................................58

Table 2 – Summary List of Activities by Cluster/National Offices: .......................................63

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Foreword

Under UNESCO’s decentralized programme arrangement, the Regional Office for Science and Technology in Africa, based in Nairobi (Kenya) has the responsibility for the coordination of the development, planning and implementation of

UNESCO science programme in Africa. In exercising this responsibility the Regional Office works very closely with the Science Programme Officers located in the 10 Cluster (sub-regional) Offices in the region. During the process of programme development and planning, several consultations are held with the Science Programme Officers in the Africa region, who in turn bring into the discussions the inputs from various national planning documents from across the region. Through this consultative process, priorities are identified for regional, sub-regional and national activities.

This booklet provides information on the science programme activities that emerged from the consultations that were carried out in the last quarter of 2009. It is a set of activities that will be pursued in the 2010-11 biennium. The objectives of the activities are in line with those elaborated in the Regional Planning and Policy documents such as the African Union’s Consolidated Plan of Action for Science, as well as national development policy papers and the various United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) Documents. The document will enable member states to learn about the various programmes in the country or sub-region. Readers are particularly encouraged to look at the Annexes which summarise the regional and Cluster (sub-regional) workplans for 2010-11.

The “UNESCO Regional Science Programme for Africa (2010-11)” is more than just an information source on activities in the region. It presents the underlying strategy involved in the selection of projects especially regional ones. It provides a framework for discussion of joint programme activities at regional and sub-regional levels with various partners within and outside the UN and for the mobilization of extra-budgetary resources.

In this regard, it could serve as the Regional Counterpart of the UNESCO Country Programming Document (UCPD).

It is my sincere hope that all who read this document will find it useful.

Joseph G.M. MassaquoiDirector

UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Technology in Africa.

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List of Abbreviations

ACMAD African Centre for Meteorology Application for Development

ADB African Development Bank

AfriMAB African Network of Biosphere Reserves

AGRHYMET Centre Regional de Formation et d’Application en Agrométéorologie et Hydrologie Opérationnelle

AMCEM African Ministerial Conference on environment

AMCOW African Ministerial Conference on Water

ANSTI African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions

AU Africa Union

AUC Africa Union Commission

BR Biosphere Reserves

BSP Biennial Sectoral Priority

COVIDSET Conference of Vice-Chancellors, Deans of Science, Engineering and Technology

CRES Centre Recherche Energie Solaire, Research Centre in Solar Energy

CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

DAAD German Academic Exchange Programme

DWAF Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

EO Earth Observations

FRIEND Flow Regimes from International and Experimental Network Data

GRAPHIC Groundwater Resources Assessment under Pressure of Humanity and Climate Changes

G-WADI Global Network for Water Information Development in Arid Lands

GWP Global Water Partnership

GWP TAC Global Water Partnership Technical Advisory Committee

HELP Hydrology Environment Life and Policy

ICHARM International Centre for Water Hazards and Risk Manage-ment

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ICIWaRM International Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management

ICSU International Council for Science

IGRAC International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre

IHP International Hydrology Programme

IICBA International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa

IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IOCEA Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Regional Committee for Central and Eastern Atlantic Ocean Region

IOCWIO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Regional Committee for the Western Indian Ocean Region

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IRD L’Institut de recherche pour le développement

ISARM Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management

IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature

IWRM Integrated Water and Resources Management

IYoC International Year of Chemistry

JIIHP Joint International Isotope Hydrology Programme

LDCs Least Developed Countries

LIMCOM Limpopo Water Course Commission

MAB Man and Biosphere

MAR Managed Aquifer Recharge

MDG Millennium Development Goals

MLA Main Line of Action (UNESCO regular programme)

MoST Ministry of Science and Technology

NABU Nature And Biodiversity Union

NATCOM National commission for UNESCO.

NEPAD New partnership for Africa’s Development

ODINAfrica Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa

ORASECOM Orange-Senqu River Commission

PCCP Potential Conflict to Potential Cooperation

PRSP Poverty Reduction a Strategy Paper

RBT réserves de biosphère transfrontalières

S&T Science and Technology

SADC Southern Africa Development Community

SKKAB Stampriet Kalahari / Karoo Artesian Basin

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STI Science , Technology and Innovation

TBA Trans-Boundary Aquifers

TBR Trans-Boundary Biospheres Reserves

UEMOA Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africain, Monetary and Economic Union in West Africa

UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework

UNDP United nations Development Programme

UNEP United nations Environment Programme

UNU United Nations University

UWMP Urban water Management programme

WEGSA Women Engineers and Girl Scientists in Africa

WH World Heritage

I N T R O D U C T I O N 1

Chapter 1

Introduction

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1. Document 34 C/4 is the fourth document tabled in the 34th General Conference of UNESCO held in Paris in 2007. It provides the vision, mission and strategic objective of the organiza-tion for the period 2008-13.

2. 35 C/5 is the fifth document presented at the 35th UNESCO General Conference held in Paris in October 2009. It provides the global priorities and budget for programme activities for the 2010-11 biennium

1.1 Background

The UNESCO Science Programme in Africa continues to pursue the objectives mentioned in the UNESCO Medium Term Plan which was adopted in 2007 to cover the period 2008-13. The document, referred to as the 34 C/41, sets the

world-wide long-term priorities of the Organization, and the objectives described in the document are to be pursued in three tranches corresponding to the three biennia of the plan period.

The 2008-09 science activities in Africa was the first set of activities to address the objectives mentioned in the 34 C/4. The current document presents the second set of activities for the implementation of the 34 C/4. It is therefore a set of activities that will be pursued by Africa Field Offices for the 2010-2011 biennium. It contextualizes the UNESCO Medium Term Plan (34 C/4) and the UNESCO biennial programme and budget (the document 35 C/52 ). Both documents 34 C/4 and 35 C/5 were developed to address universally agreed global priorities in UNESCO’s areas of mandate. It is therefore necessary to domesticate the programmes resulting from the global agenda in order to address Africa’s regional and national problems.

It should, however, be stressed that the activities presented in this book are only those implemented by the Field Offices in the region. It should therefore not be considered an exhaustive list of all UNESCO activities in Africa. The various science divisions / units at the Paris Headquarters also implements extra-budgetary projects but these are not covered or discussed in this Regional Programme book.

1.2 Development of the UNESCO Africa science programme

The programmes of activities outlined in this document have been developed through consultation of various planning and policy documents at national, regional and global levels. At the global level this book on science programmes reflects some of the objectives of the Internationally Agreed Development Goals (IADG) such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially Goals 1 and 7. It is also aligned with UNESCO global priorities contained in the documents 34 C/4 and 35 C/5.

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At the regional level, the UNESCO science programme in Africa addresses some of the programme actions contained in the African Union’s Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA)3 for Science and Technology and the Environmental Plan of Action of the AU/NEPAD4. Furthermore, the programmes outlined in this book are aligned to the outcome paper of the Consultation in Paris between UNESCO and the African Ambassadors accredited to UNESCO.

At the national level, the UNESCO Science Programme Specialists in the Cluster Offices5 in the region have based the choice of programme activities on priorities from two categories of documents: the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) or the equivalent national planning documents such as the Vision 2030, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS) or Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP); the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF).

1.3 Responsibilities for programme development

The overall responsibility for the development and implementation of the science programme rests with the Assistant Director General for Natural Science, acting on behalf of the Director-General. Under the decentralized UNESCO structure, the platform for development and implementation of programmes are the Field Offices. The Natural Science Sector of UNESCO works through a network of field offices including five regional bureaux and several Cluster and National Offices. In Africa, the responsibility for development, planning and implementation of science programmes is assigned to the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Technology based in Nairobi, Kenya. The Nairobi Regional Bureau discharges its responsibility through a network of ten Cluster Offices and five National Offices. The Cluster Offices which have “sub-regional” mandate are located in Accra, Addis Ababa, Bamako, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Harare, Libreville, Nairobi, Windhoek and Yaoundé. Each cluster office covers any number of countries between 2 and 5.

There are also five Country (National) Offices which have mandate to implement UNESCO programmes only in the country where they are located. The National Offices are in Abuja, Bujumbura, Brazzaville, Kinshasa and Maputo. Figure 1 shows the network of UNESCO Field Offices in Africa and their geographical coverage. The UNESCO Office in Nairobi has double roles: It is both a Regional Office responsible for the coordination of science programme activities in the Africa region, and also a Cluster Office for implementation

of programmes in Kenya, Eritrea, Uganda, Somalia and Rwanda.

3 The Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA) for Science and Technology was adopted at the 2nd meeting of the African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology (AMCOST) held in Dakar, Senegal in September 2005.

4 The African Union New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) environmental plan was adopted by the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in June 2003 and endorsed by the AU Assembly in July 2003.

5 Cluster Offices are “sub-regional” offices with mandate over 2-5 countries.


ACCRA

CoversCôte D’Ivoire, Benin, Ghana,

Togo, Liberia and Sierra Leone

MAPUTO

National office for Mozambique

ADDIS ABABA

CoversEthiopia, Djibouti

BAMAKO

CoversNiger, Mali,

Burkina Faso, Guinea

DAR ES SALAAM

CoversTanzania, Mada-gascar, Comoros, Seychelles and

Mauritius

DAKAR

Coversthe Gambia, Sen-egal Cape Verde

andGuinea Bissau

KINSHASHA

National officefor Congo DR

HARARE

CoversZambia,

Zimbabwe,Malawi,

Botswana

LIBREVILLE

CoversGabon,

Equatorial Guinea

NAIROBI

CoversUganda, Kenya, Eritrea, Rwanda

and Somalia

YAOUNDE

CoversCameroon, Chad,

Central African republic

WINDHOEK

Covers Namibia, south Africa Swa-

ziland, Lesotho and Angola

BUJUMBURA

National officefor Burundi

ABUJA

National Officefor Nigeria

BRAZZAVILLE

National officefor Congo

REgIONAL OFFICE FOR SCIENCE IN

AFRICA, NAIROBI, KENYA

Responsible for the co-ordination of UNESCO

science programme activities

in the region

Figure 1:

geographical Coverage of UNESCO Field Offices in Africa

1.4 Structure of the Book

The book presents three categories of UNESCO activities in Science in Africa. In the first category are Regional activities. These are activities which benefit several countries which are from various sub-regions. In the second category are activities undertaken by cluster and National Offices. Typically, the latter group of activities involves only one country or a small group of countries in a Sub-region (Cluster Countries). The third group of activities is those which will be carried out under the umbrella of Regional Networks.

The book has two tables in the Annex. The first one presents the workplan of regional activities, while the second provides a summary list of activities undertaken by the cluster/national offices.

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Chapter 2

The Development of the Programme Framework


The formulation of programmes of activities presented in this book was derived from a process of extensive consultation and informed by several documents. In this chapter, we present the process, the documents used in preparing the

programmes and the link between the programme activities and the relevant policies and planning documents in the region.

2.1 The Process

The process involved a series of consultations with representatives of member states, and reference to several planning and policy documents. The development of any UNESCO biennial programme starts with regional consultation meetings held in each of the five UNESCO regions (Africa, Arab States, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America and Europe). Thus the preparation of the inputs to the programmes presented in this Book started in 2008 with the Africa Regional Consultation for the UNESCO Programme and Budget (35 C/5) for the 2010-11. The meeting was held in Cotonou, Benin from 07-11 July 2008. The participants defined the priority issues for Africa in all of the areas of mandate for UNESCO, including Natural Science. The recommendations from this Africa region Consultation meeting together with those from the other regions were combined to define the overall global priorities for UNESCO programmes for 2010-11 (i.e. the document 35 C/5).

As should be expected, the global priorities in all the five major programmes of UNESCO (Education, Natural Science, Culture, Social and Human Sciences, and communication) were very broad because of the need to accommodate nearly all the regional group interests. This means that the Field Offices in Africa had the responsibility to select activities and narrow their scope so that they fit into the global priority as well as address the National Development Goals. The national / regional development objectives were identified, through consultation of the planning / policy documents such as the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), PRSP and the African Union’s Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA). The number of priority issues identified in the region (several for each country) and the limited financial resources available means that choices had to be made. In essence, it is this latter exercise that led to the workplan for the region, the cluster countries and the national offices that are presented in this book.

2.2 UNESCO Science Sector Priorities 2010-11

The UNESCO 2010-11 Programme and Budget are the second set of building blocks in the pursuit of the objectives of the Medium Term Strategy 2008-13 (UNESCO document 34 C/4). The Science Sector priorities will therefore pursue the following overarching objective of the Medium Term Plan: Mobilizing science, knowledge and policy for sustainable development.

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The above is a broad objective which is being pursued in tranches. For the 2010-11 biennium, the Sector will have two Biennial Sectoral Priorities (BSP). These are:

BSP 1: Policies and capacity building in science, technology and innovation for sustainable development;

BSP 2: Sustainable management of freshwater, ocean and terrestrial resources as well as disaster preparedness and mitigation.

In the Africa region, the programme activities embodied in the above-mentioned priorities will have three strategic thrusts:

• Creating an enabling environment to allow science and technology to flourish;

• Building human resource capacity in science, engineering and technology; and

• Facilitating the application of scientific knowledge to address the problems of poverty and environmental degradation.

Therefore, the programmes in all the scientific disciplines in the Nairobi Office include technical assistance for policy formulation and capacity building.

Within each of the Biennial Sectoral Priorities (BSP) there are two main lines of action:

Under BSP 1, UNESCO Nairobi Office will step up its STI policy advice, capacity building and monitoring. The following will therefore be the main lines of action:

Main Line of Action 1: Enhancing the leverage of science through integrated science, technology and innovation (STI) policy.

Main Line of Action 2: Strengthening science education and capacity building in the sciences.

Under BSP 2, the following two main lines of action will be used to attain its objectives:

Main Line of Action 3: Promoting the sustainable management and conservation of freshwater, terrestrial resources and biodiversity as well as disaster resilience.

Main Line of Action 4: Improving governance and fostering inter-governmental cooperation to manage and protect oceans and coastal zones.

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Chapter 3

Regional Science activities (2010-11)


In this chapter we present the details of UNESCO Regional activities in Science that will be implemented in 2010-11, in Africa.

3.1 Basic and Engineering Science

3.1.1 Support for Networks of Women Engineers and Scientists in Africa

Support will be provided for the activities of the newly established Forum for Women Engineers and Girl Scientists in Africa (Forum-WEGSA) and those of existing women scientists’ associations. Through Forum-WEGSA, scientific camps of excellence in science and technology will be organized for girls in Member States and women engineers and scientists will be used as key mentors and role models for the young girls. A clear mechanism will be developed for follow-up of the girls to assess impact of the camps.

Support will be provided to women scientists and engineers from existing networks to share their research findings with the wider scientific community through grants to conferences. This will enhance their knowledge in the area and increase their potential for advancement in their professions as scientists.

Support will be provided for gender mainstreaming in science and technology activities of Ministries of education as well as those of Ministries of science and technology.

3.1.2 Support to activities to improve research capacity

The objective of this activity is to facilitate collaboration and sharing of research knowledge/findings among scientists to improve research capacities in Africa

Research and Development is one of the weakest links in the African science, technology and innovation system. Researchers lack financial resources and institutional capacity to conduct quality research, share their findings with their peers and access to state-of-the art equipments and knowledge. This activity is to contribute to break the isolation of researchers, through the facilitation of access to conferences/meetings/seminar/workshops and provide targeted support to the organization of important scientific

research events at regional levels

The modality of actions will consist of providing small grants to researchers to attend important fora where they can share their research findings and build their capacity on key scientific issues. Funds can also be provided for the organization of important

scientific events that would improve research capacity.

3.1.3 Support to regional networks and centers of excellence in STI

The objective of this activity is to support regional networking of institutions and centers


of excellence for improved training and research capacity in science, engineering and technology.

Regional networks, such as the African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions bring together a large number of scientific institutions, such as Universities and research centers to pool resources in order to support capacity-building through training, award of small grants, exchange visits and the organization of important scientific events. Regional centers of excellence in various scientific disciplines are viewed by the African community as prime tools to harness skills and resources existing in some sub-regions/countries on the continent to contribute to the spreading of knowledge and skills in a cost effective manner in other sub-regions.

Both regional centers of excellence and networks operate on very limited funds raised from their members or host organizations, and suffer from limited means to meet their objectives. Supporting networks and centers of excellence thus appears as a strategic and cost effective way to strengthen scientific capacities of scientists and institutions on the continent.

The modality of actions will consist of identifying relevant networks and centers of excellence with objectives effectively contributing to the regional priorities (e.g. AUC/NEPAD CPA) in science and technology and aligned with UNESCO biennial priorities, and providing them with financial support for activities.

Their roles would consist in providing technical services for implementation and the raising the bulk of funds for all activities and ensure the visibility of UNESCO’s action.

The main target groups are Regional Network and centers of excellence in STI such as African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI), Association of African Universities (AAU), African Academy of Sciences (AAS), National Academies of Sciences, Women networks, various science thematic networks, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) recognized centers of excellence and UNESCO chairs in Africa.

3.2 Science Policy

3.2.1 Training on STI policy and Innovation System

The objective of this activity is to enhance the capacities of regional officials for STI policy formulation and the design and implementation of Innovation systems in the region

African economies are faced with emerging challenges related to, inter alia, international trade, and energy and food security which makes it imperative to develop more and more competitive and resilient economies. On the continent, there is increasing recognition that STI would provide vital tools for addressing these challenges; thus reviewing or formulating a sound STI policy and implementation strategies is of general concern in


African states. This activity aims at providing training for key policy-makers on tools and

options for formulating effective policies and strategies in STI.

The Policy Training Module developed by UNESCO in the previous biennium will be used, in one or two training workshops which will be organized for selected regional countries policy-makers. The training would consist of lectures and case studies that participants would provide on the STI policy frameworks in their countries. This activity may require the partnership of the African Technological Policy Studies (ATPS) which developed the UNESCO training module.

The main target groups for this activity are decisions-makers, legislators or STI activities planners in governmental or para-statal organizations in countries in the region.

3.2.2 Regional Mapping of STI policy status in Africa

The objective of this activity is to improve policy framework for science and technology through mapping of policy status in SSA.

Recognizing that the process of national policy-making in STI should be informed by national evidences and priorities, UNESCO is responding to recurrent requests to assist African countries acquiring and using pertinent tools for policy-making in STI. By going through this mapping exercise, countries collect statistical evidences on the state of the STI sector, so as to determine the opportunities, challenges and priorities to be addressed.

The modality of actions will consist in developing a questionnaire of key information/indicators on the state and framework of STI policy and implementation in the country. The questionnaire is to be filled by a focal person, preferably in the government’s department in charge of STI policy and planning after a consultations and validation process.

3.2.3 Report on Regional Assessment of STI systems and Governance in Africa

Strong growth and sustainability of African economies can be achieved by harnessing science, technology and engineering to launch and sustain an emerging production sector, including industrial and semi-industrial sectors. Doing so requires a good understanding of the various Science Engineering and Technology (SET) context in countries. However, Africa is a vast continent, and large development disparities exist among countries on the state of the science, engineering and technology system (SET), its governance and thus its impact or ability to impact on development. Thererefore there is need to provide experts, investors, planners, legislators, decision-makers and development actors a comprehensive overview of the continent status in SET system and its governance so as to highlight strengths and weaknesses and facilitate best practices sharing toward

the improvement of existing systems. This report aims at addressing this need.

The modality of actions will consist in seeking quality expertise to collect and analyze


pertinent information on the status of SET system and governance in key selected countries so as to draft a regional report. The report should be validated by an expert

Group meeting before dissemination.

3.3 Ecological Sciences

The World Congress of Biosphere Reserves that took place in Madrid in February 2008 was a major step for the implementation of the Man and the Biosphere programme (MAB). More than 800 representatives from Governments, NGOs, Biosphere reserves managers, local communities, and international community discussed the content to be given to the programme for its relevance to the 21st century challenges. Delegates agreed on the Madrid Action Plan (2008-2013) which builds on the Seville Strategy (1995)* and its strategic advantage. The Madrid Action Plan intends to raise Biosphere reserves to be the principal internationally-designed areas dedicated to sustainable development. The Madrid Action Plan gives orientation to the MAB programme and its World Network of Biosphere Reserves activities during the 2008-2013 medium term strategy timeframe. The Madrid Action Plan defines 4 main action areas: Cooperation, management and communication; Zonation – linking functions to space; science and capacity enhancement; Partnership. The implementation of the Madrid Action Plan at appropriate level be it local, national, or international is guided by 31 targets and 67 actions.

The following 2010-2011 regional activities all falls under MLA 3. They will contribute to the implementation of the Madrid Action Plan.

3.3.1. Supporting AfriMAB capacity building and the development of regional action plan aligned with the Madrid Action Plan

AfriMAB was created in 1996 and participated actively to the 3rd Congress of Biosphere reserves in 2008. It was agreed that each region should contextualize the Madrid Action Plan regarding its own needs and priorities. AfriMAB has not met since 2008. The next regional meeting is scheduled in May 2010; the agenda will address both institutional and technical matters.

The institutional aspect will be related to the structure of the network and the issue of its sustainability. AfriMAB network exclusively benefitted from UNESCO /other donor

* Seville Strategy: The International Conference on Biosphere Reserves organize by UNESCO in Seville Spain from 20-25 March 1995 adopted a two pronged approach:

• To examine past experience in implementing the innovative concept of the biosphere reserves

• To look to the future to identify what emphases should now be given to their three functions of conservation, development and logistical support.


support, and it is a threat to its sustainability. In order to insure a financial sustainability in mid-term perspective, the network members agreed on a draft Charter and Statutes which define, among others, modality of resource mobilization. During the AfriMAB meeting decisions will be made for a further application of the charter and Statutes.

On the technical side, the AfriMAB members will acquire skills in carbon trading and other financial opportunities to benefit the Programme at regional level. It is also intended that the Network identify priority actions at regional level and develop a draft of Madrid Action plan for Africa.

3.3.2. Building capacity of African countries to access carbon trade market

In the recent years, climate change has held a lead position on the international development agenda and world political stage, and therefore the Madrid Action Plan has identified Climate Change and ecosystem services as major challenges to be addressed by the MAB programme. However, the 2009 Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change was unable to set an equitable framework addressing climate change challenges in developing countries

Although most African countries have played an insignificant role in causing climate change effects, they pay a heavy prices for it (drought, floods, landslides…), being the least equipped to adapt to potential effects of climate change. The Kyoto protocol tries to balance this situation by allowing industrialized countries to offset their carbon emissions by investing in forestry projects in developing countries. The REDD Initiative* is one of the most powerful for the moment, but Africa’s share of international carbon trade is very weak due to tenure insecurity, high transaction costs, governance and institutional capacity, but also lack of technical capacity to develop carbon trade market projects.

This activity aims at contributing to the overcoming of the human capacity barriers to access carbon trade market in Africa. The targeted groups for the activity project are YOUNG representatives of NGOs, local communities or scientists involved in the area of natural resources management in Biosphere reserves with a specific attention to gender issues.

3.3.3 Biosphere Reserves for sustainable development in Sub Saharan Africa

In Sub Saharan Africa, there is a need to reinforce in depth AfriMAB institutional, technical and financial capacity to be the main driver of MAB programme and Madrid Action Plan (2008-2013). Since it is a process, we will need time and additional resources to achieve this objective. This activity will rely on extra budgetary resources. The main interventions will be to: 1. ) Develop the AfriMAB network into an autonomous entity, following the successful African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI) model

* REDD Initiative: Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation


2) Build technical capacity by enabling the network to contextualize and implement the Madrid Action Plan for Africa.

3.3.4. Promoting transboundary ecosystem management in East Africa

Management of transboundary ecosystems is a key element of implementation of Convention on Biodiversity as well as African Union environment action plan. UNESCO World Network of Biosphere reserves counts 7 transboundary sites which have proved their value in terms of resolving policies, management and cultural issues/conflicts. In Africa transboundary initiatives exist that need to be supported. In East Africa, there is already collaboration between the countries through East African Community and it is an asset to foster the creation of Transboundary Biosphere Reserves (TBR). However, the initiatives have to be owned and driven by the countries; it is essential that UNESCO remain as a facilitator in the process. For their sustainability, it is important that these Transboundary initiatives lay under a sub regional perspective.

This activity, which will seek for extra budgetary resources, aimed at supporting the dialogue of EAC countries through a sub network of transboundary initiatives. The intended result will be an action plan for 2010-2011 which will address the burning issues affecting transboundary management. We hope that at the end of the biennium, one new TBR will be created in East Africa.

3.4 Earth Sciences

It is a fact that, despite its endowment in mineral resources, Geoscience is declining in Africa. In order to revitalize this sector, UNESCO proposed to launch an Earth Science Education Initiative in Africa (ESEIA) in 2008. The objective of the initiative is to develop the next generation of earth scientists in Africa who are equipped with the necessary tools, networks and perspective to apply sound science to solving and benefitting from the challenges and opportunities of sustainable development.

The Earth Science regional activities in Africa will support the implementation of the ESEIA.

3.4.1. Support for the study of geo hazards within the framework of the geosciences Initiatives

Africa is impacted by a multitude of natural hazards and disasters; such as drought, floods, landslides, volcanoes, and earthquakes. These claim thousands of lives, devastate homes and destroy livelihoods. With more than 40% of the population living below the poverty line, Sub-Saharan Africa is also the least-equipped and prepared continent to cope with the impacts of these events. In order to improve the awareness, the understanding and the preparedness of geo hazards, the topic has to be included and specifically addressed


in the study of Earth science in the Africa universities. This activity is intended to create awareness on geo hazards and build a large pool of scientist that can apply scientific knowledge for the preparedness and policies for mitigation of geo hazards. It will also strengthen geology departments in African universities to enable them address geo hazards matters.

3.4.2. Geo science Education Initiative in Africa.

In 2009, UNESCO organized two workshops in Africa (Senegal and South Africa) in order to assess regional capacities and needs in Earth science education, research and industry. The outcome of these workshops will be the backbone for a strategy document for UNESCO which will be used to guide the future of the Earth Science Education Initiative. This activity will follow up on the recommendations of the 2009 Africa workshops and will support the implementation of the Earth Science Education Initiative in Africa (ESEIA) through awareness raising among decision makers and focus groups (students, undergraduates, secondary and primary schools); strengthening the networks of institutions and geoscientists; providing award and administration of small grant to strengthen institutions and staff, in particular young researchers and female students.

3.5 Water Science

The water sciences activities for the biennium 2010-2011 at the regional office are essentially based on the Seventh International Hydrological Programme (IHP VII) and its cross-cutting and associated programs. The main theme of the seven phase of IHP (2008-2013) is water dependencies: systems under stress and societal responses. It covers the following themes (i) adapting to the impacts of global changes on river basins and aquifer systems, (ii) strengthening water governance for sustainability, (iii) ecohydrology for sustainability, (iv) water and life support systems, (v) water education for sustainable development. Activities at the regional office will focus for this biennium on the Climate change impacts on the hydrological cycle, and consequent impacts on water resources, managing groundwater systems’ response to global changes, managing water as a shared responsibility across geographical and social boundaries and research and assessment of urban groundwater vulnerability.

3.5.1 Climate change impacts on the hydrological cycle, and consequent impacts on water resources

Support will be given to the Flow Regimes from International and Experimental Network Data (FRIEND) components in Africa for the planning and monitoring of their activities through the organization of steering committee meetings and technical seminars and training meetings. Apart the planning and monitoring of activities, steering committee meetings will be used to discuss and prepare research project proposals on priority


issues for fundraising. Funding of those projects will contribute to sustain the different FRIEND networks.

Training sessions on methodologies for climate change impacts assessment on river basins will be organized for each FRIEND network in partnership with UNESCO-IHE and water and climate regional training institutions. Support will be given to few scientists of the networks to present their results at scientific conferences related to climate change and water resources including the sixth international FRIEND conference to be held in Morocco in September 2010.

Regarding the Hydrology Environment Life and Policy (HELP) cross-cutting program, a Regional Coordination Unit for Africa HELP basins will be established and the development of the program in Africa will be strengthened. Capacity of HELP and FRIEND in term of research will be mobilized in Africa to address the issues related to the design and management of hydraulic infrastructures in the context of climate variability and global change. The norms used since 1970s particularly in Francophone countries need to be urgently reviewed. A technical experts working group will be established to analyze the issue and propose a way forward.

In close collaboration with the water division, contribution and assistance will be given for the testing and validation of the drought monitor in western Africa through Centre Regional de Formation et d’Application en Agrométéorologie et Hydrologie Opérationnelle (AGRHYMET) center and in eastern Africa with CAPC Nairobi center. Training workshops will be organized.

3.5.2 Managing groundwater systems’ response to global changes

The activity offers the opportunity of action-oriented joint natural resources management and conservation to address inter-linked environmental threats, from risks and from uncertainty, to water and land resources and biodiversity resources over large sub-regional aquifer areas in Africa. The conservation benefits include protection and efficient utilization of the largely underused shared groundwater resources and putting in place mechanisms to address increased pressures and water conflict in the international water environment.

Initiatives will be taken to raise the attention for groundwater in Regional Economic Communities, River Basin organizations and the network of (GWP TAC) in Africa for a ‘true’ IWRM integrating surface and groundwater. This should be gone through participation to some statuary meetings and close partnership with the African network of river basin organizations.

Support will be given for the preparation of the GEF proposals with a focus on groundwater including the coastal aquifers of Gulf of Guinea and the Volta GEF project groundwater component.


The global changes impacting on groundwater systems will be identified. Study on Climate change impact on groundwater resources will be initiated through the GRAPHIC for some selected under pressure aquifer systems. The Africa GRAPHIC network will be strengthened. Pollutions and overexploitation will be also considered and their impact on groundwater systems management will be assessed for some specific aquifer systems. Contribution will be given for the extension of G-WADI network in Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on groundwater management.

3.5.3 Managing water as a shared responsibility across geographical and social boundaries

Water is central to promoting socio-economic development, protecting the environment and achieving the MDGs. Poor management of freshwater resources is characterized by lack of integration, sectoral approaches, and institutional resistance to change by large public agencies in a context of increasing competition. A primary concern is the sharing of water resources, which is closely related to water governance issues. An important step towards better water governance is raising awareness, providing education and building capacity with regard to water issues. Behind these issues are questions of assessment of water resources and their vulnerability and the driving forces causing land use change. Answers to these questions will be addressed in the vulnerability assessment of water resources to environmental change in Africa.

Special alliances will be made with river basin organizations for providing appropriate knowledge and capacity for a better governance of shared water resources both surface and groundwater. Training documents produced within the framework of the PCCP project for southern Africa, will be through the collaboration with headquarters adapted for the West Africa and translated into French. In collaboration with PCCP project, training workshop on sustainable and peaceful management of transboundary water systems will be organized for water managers and river basin organizations in West Africa. Support will be given also for the follow up of the PCCP Mono case study and for another PCCP case study in eastern or southern Africa.

The policy briefing note prepared on mainstreaming cultural diversity in integrated water resources management will be adapted and disseminated in Africa in collaboration with headquarters. An experts group composed of water managers and specialists on culture will be set up and will be in charge of adapting and preparing of an approach for the mainstreaming of cultural diversity in IWRM within the Africa context. Awareness raising will be conducted in partnership with the four GWP TAC entities and national water partnership groups.

Inventory of transboundary aquifers will continue to be supported in the framework of ISARM in Africa by enhancing the capacity of ISARM networks.


3.5.4 Support to TIGER project

The TIGER project aims at developing sustainable earth observation information services for integrated water resources management in developing countries, with a particular focus on Africa. The second phase of the project is on climate change impact assessment and the contribution of EO information on that regard. After a competitive call for proposals, twenty project proposals have been selected to be supported during that phase. For this activity, the strategy will contribute to the capacity building and the sharing of knowledge among the principal investigators of the different selected proposals. Some investigators will be sponsored to attend international conferences on the topic of climate change impacts on water resources particularly the 2nd African Water Cycle Symposium which promotes the use of EO data and information for a better management of water resources in Africa.

3.6 Ocean and Coastal Science

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO implements activities in Africa through global programmes in coordination with regional subsidiary bodies (IOCEA - Central Eastern Atlantic Ocean Region; IOCWIO – Western Indian Ocean Region, and IOCINDIO - Central Indian Ocean Region). UNESCO/IOC’s focus is to improve governance and foster intergovernmental cooperation through ocean sciences and services. IOC also provides scientific information for evidence-based policy recommendations on the management and protection of ocean and coastal areas, and contributes to the scientific knowledge base to understand global climate change. Activities in Africa are undertaken through following actions, programmes, and projects:

• Ocean observing systems and data exchange standards enhanced: The Global Ocean Observing System in Africa (GOOS-AFRICA); and the Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA) funded by the Government of Flanders

• Coordination of research on ocean ecosystems, marine habitats and biodiversity, and promotion of best practices in management of marine and coastal ecosystems: The Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal areas of West Africa (ACCC), and Harmful Algal Blooms Network

• Risk of tsunami and other ocean and coastal-related hazards reduced: Implementation of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS)

• Capacity Development driven by member states needs: Training in scientific tools for coastal management decision making


The IOCWIO project office is hosted by the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science in Africa, supporting the commission’s activities including the Capacity Development activities for the region.

In the current biennium, The Capacity Development programme (www.ioc-cd.org) is assisting marine institutes in Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania to prepare hydrodynamic models and Decision Support tools (DSTs) addressing management issues prioritised at coastal sites in each country. At the site in Zanzibar, Tanzania, management plans and best practices guidelines using DSTs will be produced as part of the project “Empowering Non State Actors in Tanzania to plan for sustainable coastal livelihoods using Decision Support Tools”. Training in stakeholder participatory processes and development of DSTs will be undertaken with community groups, and local and national institutions and government agencies.

Activities to enhance Ocean observing systems and data exchange standards are implemented largely through ODINAFRICA IV - Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (http://www.odinafrica.org/), now in its 4th phase. In the current biennium ODINAFRICA IV will strengthen its networks in over 25 countries assisting National Ocean Data Centers and scientists to: (i) improve web based portals and data and information services; (ii) develop national and regional mapping (www.africanmarineatlas.net), forecast, and scenario development products, and (iii) produce communication tools including policy and media brief for coastal management decision making. Other IOC activities supported in the region including the implementation of the IOTWS (http://www.ioc-tsunami.org), the development of regional centers for the Ocean Teacher Academy (http://www.ioc-tsunami.org), and GOOS Africa (www.ioc-goos.org/goosafrica).

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Chapter 4

Cluster Office Science activities (2010-12)


4.1 Activities in Abuja Cluster

4.1.1 Support for the Reform of the Nigerian Science and Innovation System

Science, technology and Innovation (STI) system play central role in alleviating poverty, over the years the application of STI knowledge to development has been a major factor in rapid and sustainable economic development. However, the explicit application of STI to socio-economic development requires expertise in science and innovation policy and management. In Nigeria, there is still the dearth of manpower in this field as here are very few universities offering educational and research programmes in this area. There is also lack of effective STI policy framework to strengthen science and technology systems in Nigeria. There is also the need to sensitize the legislators and other policy makers including academics in the universities and research institutes on the need for the development and implementation of effective science policy for sustainable development.

In order to address this issue, UNESCO will partner with relevant stakeholders to organize a national STI workshop for legislators and the academics to foster closer working relationship and to create an enabling environment for the development of appropriate policies to promote research and application of science and technology for sustainable development in Nigeria. The main target groups are the Legislators, academics from the various Universities and research Institutes, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, relevant agencies and departments, NGOs and civil society.

4.1.2 Enhancing Gender mainstreaming in Science and Engineering courses for increased participation of female students in Nigeria.

Currently, there is a decline in the number of female students who offer science subjects in secondary schools. Consequently, the number of female students who offer science, technology and engineering courses in the Universities and polytechnics is also on the decline.

UNESCO will collaborate with other stakeholders to enhance gender mainstreaming in Science and Engineering courses for increased participation of female students in Nigeria. The activities will involve sensitizing and creating awareness amongst female students on the role of science and technology in sustainable development. Selected girls secondary schools will be targeted for the distribution of audio-visual scientific materials, science laboratory equipment and library materials to enhance the teaching of science and engineering subjects.

The main target groups will be selected girls secondary schools and colleges, Female science teachers who will serve as role models, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Female-led NGOs and organisations involved in the delivery of scientific and engineering activities.


4.1.3 Capacity building of local people on climate change and management of their natural environment for sustainable development in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

The social values and attitudes of the people of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria have historically and culturally been in harmony with the environment until the menace of environmental degradation caused by the exploration of oil and gas in the region. It has been and still will be the fundamental duty of the local people to protect, improve and depend on their natural environment.

Most of the initiatives and relief interventions intended to address the environmental problems in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria failed to incorporate the need to educate and build the capacity of the local people to become aware and concerned about the total environment and its associated problems. The various programmes also failed to build their knowledge, attitudes, commitments and skills to work individually and collectively towards the solution of current environmental problems and prevention of new ones. The failed intervention strategies could have been sustained by raising the local people’s capacity and awareness of the need for natural resource conservation and environmental protection, and by making them stakeholders and the chief beneficiaries in their localities.

UNESCO will work in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders to build the capacity of local people in the Niger Delta to cope with climate change. Also to understand the interdependence of all life in the ecosystem as well as create awareness of the economic, political, social, cultural, technological and environmental forces which foster sustainable development. The envisaged activities will lay emphasis on sensitization and creating awareness on fundamental issues which will involve education on protection and conservation of the natural environment and coping with climate change. This would be achieved through developing environmental science education modules and capacity building training programmes which will be mainstreamed into educational curriculum for schools at all levels in the region as well as used for capacity building of the local people on climate change and environmental management.

4.2 Activities in Accra Cluster

For the biennium 2010-2011, the Accra office will implement the following six activities for the countries of the cluster namely Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo.

4.2.1 Support for review, reform and capacity building on STI in the cluster countries with focus on post-conflict countries

Science Technology and Innovation (STI) is clearly recognized within the AU/ST consolidated action plan as vital for the development of African countries. Unfortunately,


many countries do not have a coherent and clear policy on STI which is generally due to the lack of capacity particularly in post conflict countries. There is therefore an urgent need to enhance the capacity and assist countries for the review and formulation of their policies and strategies on STI. The activity will support the review and/or formulation of STI policy for at least two member countries of the cluster with, priority to post-conflict countries. It will also enhance the capacity of planners and decision makers for the formulation and implementation of STI policy. The strategy will consist of working closely with national institutions in charge STI and support a consultation on the review and/or formulation of the policy and/or strategy. Regarding the capacity building on STI (formulation and implementation), few planners will be sponsored to attend regional training on STI policy formulation and implementation. The expected results are:

• Reviewand/orformulationofSTIpolicy/strategysupportedinatleasttwoof the cluster;

• Capacity of planners and decision makers on STI policy formulation andimplementation enhanced within the cluster

The activity will be implemented in Liberia and Sierra Leone in close collaboration with the national institutions in charge of science policy and universities and research centers.

4.2.2 Promotion for the prevention of hydro-hazard disasters in the cluster countries

In many of the West African countries, flooding is frequently recorded during the rainy season with unfortunately sometimes losses in human lives and important damages. The flooding is mainly due to the fact that the populations live in areas that are not suitable for habitation. With the strong urbanization, the lack of drainage systems and anarchical occupation of the floodplains of the rivers, if nothing is done, we will continue to support to an increasing number of inhabitants vulnerable to floods. In order to reduce the number of persons that are vulnerable to floods, there is an urgent need for a sustainable management of floodplain areas. This activity is a follow up to the activity initiated during the last biennium on that issue in partnership with AGRHYMET and ICHARM. A methodology for floodplain area mapping has been produced and sub-regional capacity building workshop was held in AGRHYMET where there were participants from six countries of the sub-region. Also a sub-regional project proposal was drafted.

The office will support at least two countries in the sub-region for the review and/or preparation of strategy on hydro-hazard disaster management and also promote the use and adaptation of the regional rainy season seasonal forecast produced each year for the sub-region. This activity will be implemented in close collaboration with the regional centres ACMAD and AGRHYMET, national institutions on hydrology, meteorology and the ministries in charge of disaster preparedness in the different countries. The expected results:


• DisasterriskreductionPolicyandstrategyreviewedwithexplicitmentionof hazard disaster (prevention, mitigation and management) in at least two countries of the cluster

• Decisionmakersareawareofandusetheregionalseasonalforecastoutlookinformation to take decisions on climate risk management in at least two countries

This activity will be implemented in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Benin and will contribute to the UNDAFs in the three countries for the outcomes related to the prevention and disaster preparedness.

4.2.3 Support for the identification and characterization of biosphere reserve sites with a focus to transboundary and coastal sites and post-conflict countries

The NEPAD/AU CPA on Science and Technology stressed the need to preserve and to conserve biodiversity in Africa. This could be done through the biosphere reserves concept by increasing their number. For more than three decades, UNESCO through the MAB program has promoted the management of ecosystem within the concept of biospheres reserves. A Global network of biospheres reserves has been created. In the cluster countries of the Accra Office, the number of biospheres reserves is very limited and apart from the W, there is no transboundary biosphere reserve. Despite the potential of the coastal region of the different countries of the cluster, there is no biosphere reserve in the coastal area. On the basis of the biodiversity and the ecological conditions in the cluster countries there is a potential for an increase in the number of biospheres reserves in the sub-region. An ecological mapping assessment with a focus on transboundary areas and coastal areas will be conducted in order to suggest new potential areas for biospheres reserves. The activity started during the last biennium with three countries of the cluster namely Ghana, Benin and Togo. For this biennium the three other countries of the cluster will be supported. The strategy will consist of support for the national MAB committees for the mapping and the proposition of potential sites for biosphere reserves. It will also involve all the key stakeholders for the validation of the findings during a one day stakeholder workshop. The findings will be widely disseminated and used for the sensitization of the different stakeholders and decision makers on the need for a sustainable management of ecological sites. The expected results are:

• Nationalecologicalmappingconductedwithalistofpotentialecologicalsitesfor biosphere reserves nomination identified in Sierra Leone and Liberia;

• Awarenessforsustainablemanagementofecosystemsinthepostconflictcountries of the cluster improved

This activity will be implemented in the three post-conflict countries of the cluster namely Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone and Liberia in close collaboration with all the national institutions in charge of environment and natural resources.


4.2.4 Global change impacts on two biospheres reserves in the cluster

In the NEPAD/AU Consolidated Plan of Action on S&T, the need for a better understanding of biodiversity loss mechanism has been stressed in order to propose appropriate adaptation strategies. Climate variability recorded in the sub-region combined with human activities has impacted biodiversity in the different cluster countries. The biosphere reserves were also concerned. Biosphere reserve within its three distinct zones is a good instrument to monitor and to assess the impact of climate variability and change on the ecosystem. The core area constitutes a natural conserved zone where modifications are mostly associated with natural climate variability. Inside the buffer and the transition zones, the modifications are due to both climate variation and human intervention. Research was initiated during the last biennium on the Pendjari biosphere reserve in Benin to characterize the changes and to propose potential adaptation strategies. During this biennium, two other biosphere reserves, Bia in Ghana and Tai in Cote d’Ivoire will be considered. The activity will be implemented in close collaboration with the national MAB committees and the universities. The outcomes of the research will be validated and disseminated through a one day national workshop and will be used for the awareness raising campaign on the impact of climate variability and change on ecological systems and the need for urgent actions. The expected results are:

• Stakeholders are fully aware of the changes and future impact withinTaibiosphere reserves due to climate variability and change and agreement on the proposed adaptation measures

• Stakeholdersare fullyawareof thechangesandfuture impactwithinBiabiosphere reserves due to climate variability and change and agreement on the proposed adaptation measures

This activity will be implemented in Cote d’Ivoire for Tai BR and in Ghana for Bia BR in close collaborations with the national MAB committees and the managers of the reserves and other stakeholders involved in the management of the reserves.

4.2.5 Climate change impacts on hydrological cycle, and consequent impact on water resources

Climate variability and change has had negative impacts on the water resources within the sub-region. The IPCC fourth report released in 2007 has clearly indicated that Africa is the most vulnerable continent due to the high level of poverty and the place of natural resources for the population’s livelihood. The importance of the impacts is not well known. Also the level of awareness among decision makers regarding climate needs to be improved in the sub-region for an urgent action on the issue. The activity initiated during the last biennium and implemented in three countries of the cluster (Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Benin) will be extended during this biennium to the other three remaining countries of the cluster (Sierra Leone, Liberia and Togo). A national report will be produced in each country on the climate variability and change and its


impacts on water resources in the country. The findings of the study will be discussed and disseminated during a national workshop and will be used to sensitize decision makers on the urgent need to act now in order to adapt to the impacts of future climate change on water resources. Also a sub-regional workshop will be organized on the methodologies of climate change impacts assessments for water scientists of the cluster countries. The activity will be implemented in partnership with the IHP national committees. The expected results are:

• Awarenessofdecisionmakersregardingclimatechangeanditsimpactsonwater resources is improved through the production and dissemination of a national document on the evidence of climate variability and change and its impacts on water resources in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Togo

• Capacity of Scientists in Liberia, Sierra Leone andTogo enhanced on themethodologies for the assessment of climate change impacts on water resources

This activity will be implemented in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo in close collaboration with the national IHP committees or focal points and the institutions and stakeholders dealing with climate change issues will be fully involved.

4.2.6 Managing water as a shared responsibility across geographical and social boundaries by promoting IWRM in the cluster countries

This activity started during the last biennium will continue during this biennium by supporting the ISARM focal of Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo and Ghana to produce comprehensive reports on the Tano and eta hydrogeological systems on the basis of the agreed ISARM Action Plan for the sub-region. In this regard activities on data collection and analysis within the Tano and Keta hydrogeological basins started during the last biennium will continue during this biennium. The data and information collected and analyzed will be used to produce a report on each basin. A sub-regional workshop will be organized to discuss the different findings and to validate the two reports on Tano and Keta. As a follow up to the PCCP case study on mono basin, a support will be given to national IHP committees of Togo and Benin to initiate a process on the preparation of an IWRM action plan on the mono basin. The target groups of the activity are the water scientists, the national institutions in charge of water and decision makers. The activity will be implemented in close partnership with the IHP national committees of the different countries and in collaboration with others water related instutions such as the national water partnerships in the different countries. The expected results are:

• knowledge base on theTano and Keta groundwater systems improvedtowards their sustainable management

• watermanagersandpolicymakersadoptIntegratedmanagementofwaterresources (IWRM) approach for the management of the water resources of the Mono basin


This activity will be implemented in Cote d’ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin for the Keta and Tano study in close collaboration with the ISARM focal points of the different countries and in Benin and Togo for the Mono basin component in close collaboration with the national IHP committees and all stakeholders involved in the management of the resources of the basin.

4.3 Activities in Addis Ababa Cluster

4.3.1 Operationalization of STI Policy in Ethiopia:

The extent to which Africa is going to harness, develop and apply science, technology and innovation to achieve economic change and sustainable development will depend on the nature of policies and institutions that its countries will put in place at national, regional and continental levels. Science, technology and innovation policies are instruments for determining how, where and why financial, physical and human resources are committed to R&D.

Many African countries do not have explicit national science, technology and innovation policies; when they do, these policies do not reflect realities of the globalizing world and national economic imperatives of this new millennium. The development and use of science and technology is the road leading to the socio-economic transformation of the African continent and its integration into the world economy. Ethiopia has a newly established Ministry of Science and Technology and a new Policy. It is imperative that a strategy for the policy’s implementation is developed. It is equally important to have trained personnel that is able to measure the capacity of the country and provide tools for the decision making process.

The expected results of this activity:

• A strategy for the implementation of the STI Policy is developed• 20 scientists and/or civil servants trained on STI indicators

4.3.2 Assessment and strengthening of the S&T institutional and human resources capacity in Ethiopia and Djibouti:

NEPAD has identified the development and use of science and technology as the road leading to the socio-economic transformation of the African continent and its integration into the world economy. It is erected on three interrelated conceptual pillars. These are: (a) capacity building (b) knowledge production, and (c) technological innovation. It is of primary importance to respond to these identified needs in order to contribute to the development of the Member States. UNESCO has been advocating on the establishment of baselines before any action is to take place. Furthermore, part of capacity building is establishing and strengthening existing Scientific networks in order to promote


Regional cooperation and free flow of ideas. The activity will be focusing on drawing a baseline of the institutional arrangements and human resources on S&T for Djibouti and Addis Ababa. Furthermore, Science and Technology events will be planned with IICBA and Ethiopian Universities for the celebrations of the IYoC (2011). Finally, existing Regional Scientific network like ANSTI and the COVIDSET meeting will be strengthened by supporting the participation of new Members (Djibouti) and existing Members to the meeting

The expected results are:

• A baseline for Human Resource in S&T is established for Ethiopia andDjibouti

• Scientific networks in Africa strengthened

4.3.3 Assessment of Potential Biosphere Sites in Ethiopia

Environmental degradation is one of the factors hindering development; this is true especially in Africa where the livelihoods of people rely on their environment. NEPAD’s Consolidated Plan of Action, Programme 1.1: Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity captures this connection and advocates for it. Biosphere Reserves (BR) have been identified as a vehicle to protect the environment while promoting sustainable development. Ethiopia has decided that BRs will be the lead programme for conservation of the environment and sustainable development. A tripartite agreement has been signed between UNESCO - MoST and NABU, which calls for UNESCO to support National efforts in assessing the potential of BRs at the Lalibela and Dire Sheik Hussein sites. The expected result of the activity is that at least two BR potential sites have been assessed

4.3.4 Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM) - IGAD

Water scarcity in a number of East African countries is a well documented fact. Climate Change worsens the situation and draughts are more frequent and for longer periods. There is a need to investigate transboundary aquifers (TBAs) in order to enhance regional development and avoid any conflicts. Furthermore, the activity will be contributing to the needs identified at NEPAD’s Consolidated Plan of Action, Programme 2.2: Securing and sustaining water.

A meeting will take place and the invitees will present information they have on TBA of their respective countries with a view to create an internet base tool for the viewing and sharing of information. IGRAC will be invited to lead the latter efforts.

The expected results of this activity are:

• Anetworkofexpertsisformed

• A network of Parliamentarians is formed


Inventory efforts for the mapping of TBAs in IGAD Region have been initiated.

4.4 Activities in Bamako Cluster

4.4.1 Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger transboundary aquifers case study

Fresh water is a scarce resource in Bamako Cluster office countries specifically in the desert neighboring countries like Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. Indeed, increasing access to freshwater is of prime priority as outlined in all these countries’ strategic Development plan Documents (CSLP or DSRP). Unfortunately, data on groundwater, the component which can provide the major part of fresh water, are sometimes not available because the research was carried by many different data collectors and NGOs. In addition, aquifers like Iliumeden Aquifer System are sometimes shared between many countries each having his own assessment method and his own data collection. Thus, the first step of promoting the use of that resource particularly when it comes from a transboundary aquifer will be a consolidation and harmonization of data from different sources.

We have already carried out a case study consisting of collecting data for transboundary aquifers in Mali in 2008. The actual activity is a continuation of this earlier study. It aims to collect data already existing on transboundary aquifers of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Guinea and if possible, obtain a mapping system so as to get a more visibility in this field.

Three consultants will be contracted to conduct 3 studies respectively in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger. These 3 country reports will be consolidated and harmonized with the fourth one already done for Mali transboundary aquifer systems during a sub region workshop. As a consolidated result, a sub-regional detailed map of transboundary aquifers will be provided.

These results will be of great interest for Ministries and other stakeholders and authorities responsible of water management and assessment, Sub-regional organization in charge of economic integration (UEMOA ECOWAS), all the local communities around the boarder of the 4 countries, NGOs and other members of water partnership.

4.4.2 Support for a Transboundary Biosphere Reserve nomination in the protected area of Bafing Falémé between Guinea, Mali and Senegal

West African sub-Saharan countries are well known for their poverty, their fragile ecosystems and Madrid Action plan (2008) has targeted Transboundary Biosphere Reserves creation as a good strategy in promoting regional cooperation and sustainable Development based on natural resources conservation/management. In this context


an international workshop for TBR promotion in West Africa was held in Bamako in February 2009. The workshop put emphasis on protected areas of Bafing Falémé between Guinea, Mali and Senegal and Gourma-Sahel between Burkina faso and Mali. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between UNESCO Bamako cluster Office and the Ministry of Environment of Mali for a good follow up on the recommendations of the workshop. This activity has been proposed in the framework of these recommendations.

Modalities of action: On the basis of the outcome document of the Bamako 2009 sub-regional workshop on TBR in West Africa, a workplan will be elaborated in a participatory approach, research will be conducted and TBR nomination forms will be prepared from updated and zonation data

Target Groups: Local Communities from Guinea, Mali and Senegal around the proposed TBR; national and international scientific community and tourism sector in the 3 countries will benefit from the proposal as well.

4.4.3 2nd Regional Summer School on solar energy for African French speaking countries

The first session of this regional activity took place in 2009 at Bamako ex-CRES with the joint support of UNESCO, ISESCO and UEMOA. It was very successful and participants recommended yearly sessions with more emphasis on experimentation and longer time.

Thus, this second session will focus on pilot systems installation, monitoring and maintenance with training in classroom, lab experimentations and visit to existing equipments in the field for a total activity time of 2 weeks. More than 30 participants coming from UEMOA countries and other French speaking countries in Africa are expected to attend this workshop.

4.4.4 Support to Bamako Women groups of textile dyeing

Bamako is the capital city of textile called Bazin dyeing technique for West Africa. In this city more than 300 small scale textile dyeing units, mainly for women groups, are disseminated. The most important part of these units’ effluents are directly thrown into the river via slurry channels or collector/cesspool, thus being a high level source of pollution for the Niger River.

In addition, the workers are exposed to health problems because of the used synthetic dyestuffs’ toxicity. This activity aims to strengthen the groups’ capacity by training them to rationalize the process, sensitize them for environment protection and gather some of them on a pilot site so that the wastewater can pass through a small scale treatment plant before going to the river.


4.5 Activities in Dakar Cluster

4.5.1 Popularization and Strengthening of Science Education

AU and NEPAD has stressed the importance of building Africa’s scientific and technological capacities as part of meeting the MDGs. Science and technology education, play an important role in attaining this objective because it effectively contributes to the development of a country’s economy, environment, social relations, and other sectors. African countries recognize this role and many have committed considerable resources to the development of science and technology and their educational systems.

As the communiqués of divers conferences on Science and Technology teaching in Africa show, there is an urgent need to develop suitable instructional materials and methods for improved science lessons delivery. In general, the very small number of research scientists and technologists in Africa contrast sharply with the relatively large numbers in Europe and America. African countries have recognized the need to promote, develop, and sustain a relevant science and technology culture, which includes problem solving and indigenous aspects, in order to narrow the gap between them and industrialized countries.

This activity aims to groom young people with knowledge and skills in the application of Science and Technology through popularization and strengthening of science education. The activity will target students from primary to secondary schools and will aim to bring out their best and exposing them to opportunities available for them in the areas of Science and Technology.

4.5.2 Raising Awareness for Preparedness and Mitigation of Natural Disasters

As defined by United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), disaster preparedness are pre-disaster activities that are undertaken within the context of disaster risk management and are based on sound risk analysis. This includes the development/enhancement of an overall preparedness strategy, policy, institutional structure, warning and forecasting capabilities, and plans that define measures geared to helping at-risk communities safeguard their lives and assets by being alert to hazards and taking appropriate action in the face of an imminent threat or an actual disaster. In recent months, West African nations, including member states of Dakar cluster, have been severely hit by natural disasters such as floods and droughts. In most instances communities have difficulties in responding to disaster because of lack of awareness or understanding of the hazards they face. Therefore, this activity aims to conduct an awareness campaign throughout the cluster countries in the form of workshops, distribution of printed or digital material, showing of disaster movies or documentaries. This activity will target most vulnerable communities such rural communities, peri-urban communities urban slums, and large river riparian dwellers. The activity will mainly focus natural disasters induced by flooding.


4.5.3 Study on Establishment of Biosphere Reserves in Cluster Countries

According to the Africa’s Science and technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA), Africa’s biodiversity holds an ernomous potential of transforming the continent’s agricultural and industrial systems to contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction.

The unique species of plants and animals as well as ecosystems constitute the continent’s natural wealth. However, this diversity is underutilized and is being lost at alarming rates. Conserving and promoting sustainable use of biodiversity is one of the challenges that African countries have committed themselves to addressing. These resources, if properly exploited, should contribute significantly to the development of the local communities, as well as the National Economy. In this process effective and appropriate management of these natural resources is cardinal. The establishment of Biosphere Reserves should facilitate the exploitation of natural resources cognizant of the need to ensure protection and sustainability of genetic resources.

This activity aims to promote the creation of Biosphere Reserves in cluster countries, with view to educate local communities on the importance of Biosphere Reserves. Emphasis will be placed on identifying Transboundary Biosphere potential in the cluster.

4.5.4 Managing groundwater systems’ response to global changes

Groundwater is extremely important in Africa. According to the Africa Water Vision 2025, it is estimated that more than 75 percent of the African population uses groundwater as its main source of drinking water. Effects of Climate change on water resources are dictating needs to find innovative solutions for water resources management including aquifers. This activity is aimed at raising awareness and increasing knowledge on the effects of climate change on groundwater resources. It will also contribute to the knowledge of adapting to the impacts of global changes on river basins and aquifer systems.

Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) is becoming a choice of solution for groundwater resources management for arid and semi-arid regions but the idea is new in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Regional workshop will be organized to engage the cluster countries in Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) implementation in cooperation with the UNESCO Chair in hydrogeology based at the University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.The proposed workshop will be aimed to provide a training opportunity that will contribute towards capacity building on the application of Manage Aquifer Recharge (MAR) principles for integrated management of water resources in cluster countries. It is aimed at:

• Waterresourcesmanagers

• Environmentprotectionauthorities

• Watersupplyauthorities


• HealthCommissions

• Universities

4.5.5 Water education for communities, stakeholders and mass-media professionals

As water scarcity becomes alarming with the effect of climate change and water is largely misused, there is a need for communities to develop skills for efficient water usage. As outlined in the Africa Water Vision 2025, attaining equitable and sustainable use of water for socio-economic development requires awareness, consensus-building, creating frameworks for integrated water resources management, and capacity building. This activity aims to organize awareness sessions for Water Use efficiency to increase stakeholder’s knowledge base in managing water as a scarce resource. Target groups include.

• Local communities;

• Urban and rural populations;

• Mass media professionals;

• Water relation institutions

• NGOs.

4.6 Activities in Dar es Salaam Cluster

The new biennium presents tremendous but yet very challenging opportunities for the Dar es Salaam Cluster Office in both the Regular and Extrabudgetary activities that have to be undertaken to meet the demands of member states. This biennium, the office finds itself in the midst of the development and/or conclusion of UNDAP/UNDAF documents, the design of new development strategies by some member states and the beginning of new Joint Programmes in some members states such as Tanzania, Comoros and Madagascar. This has placed a lot of pressure on the office and calls for closer alignment of activities and plans with national agendas and UN assistance frameworks. UNESCO is being called upon more and more to participate and provide inputs into development strategies in all its areas of mandate and also in the UNDAP in areas such as Science and technology which hitherto were usually ignored. Unfortunately, the biennial programmes of UNESCO have not generally been aligning properly with these cycles of government development strategies and also with the UN assistance strategies. With the recent need for greater coherence within the UN the work of the cluster is more and more challenged and the demand on the science sector has never been as high in the design of responses by the UN to development issues in member


states. It is an encouraging development but also calls for some caution in ensuring hat the office is not overstretched beyond its capabilities.

4.6.1. Strengthening science, technology and innovation systems and networks of knowledge production

In view of the strategic importance of the Dar es Salaam cluster office in the service of 4 small island developing states (SIDS), the activity to be undertaken in the biennium would focus on the strengthening of the science systems and networks of knowledge on these islands. For example, the office will assist the Seychelles to produce a functional science policy document following the draft of a policy document early 2009. This hopefully would place Seychelles in a position to utilize science to enhance economic recovery and growth in the coming years.

An important activity within the SIDS is the strengthening of the Sandwatch Programme and also increasing the knowledge base for climate change adaptation in the Indian Ocean Islands. UNESCO Dar es Salaam and the SIDS platform at the HQ in Paris will in June 2010 organise a regional Sandwatch activity furthermore, the office and the SIDS Platform leaders in Paris will undertake the strengthening of the knowledge base of women for development in the small islands and the publication of the results for the Seychelles workshop on Islands as Cultural Crossroads

4.6.2. Renewable energies for sustainable national development in Small Island developing states (SIDS)

UNESCO Dar es Salaam will this biennium continue with the response to the request from the Mauritius for assistance for strengthening the use of renewable energies on the island. In view of this the Office will undertake an activity to enhance the utilization of renewable energies as part of national strategy for climate change adaptation on the island of Rodrigues in the Mauritius.

4.6.3. Enhancing the role of biosphere reserves in national strategies for climate change adaptation

Within the limits of the available funds, the Natural Sciences Sector will support the participation of member states in the AfriMAB meeting that will be held in Madagascar and will also carry out further climate change impact coping strategies studies for at least two of the islands including the Comoros and Zanzibar. These studies will contribute towards the strengthening of national plans for climate change adaptation and would be carried out utilization existing biosphere reserves as learning laboratories or similar nature reserves where there are no biosphere reserves to be used for the studies.


4.6.4. Capacity development for improved management of fresh water resources for sustainable development.

With the impact of climate change becoming clearer there is a need to enhance further the knowledge and technical capacities of urban water systems managers especially on the Indian Ocean Islands using the Integrated Water Resources Management Approach for sustainable management of fresh water resources which will include how to organize to respond to climate change impacts on the resources. Focus will be on Madagascar, Comoros and Zanzibar.

4.6.5 Extrabudgetary and UN Joint Programmes

Within the coming biennium there will be many activities within the Joint Programmes of the UN system in the member states belonging to the Cluster. The Dar es Salaam Cluster has and is contributing to the Joint Programming in Tanzania, Madagascar and Comoros. Below we describe briefly some of the planned programmes for Tanzania and the Comoros. The activities reported below are only those which have either been approved or have been submitted to the UNCT for approval hence, the scenario may change before he end of the biennium as for example, the current Joint Programming in Tanzania comes to an end in mid-2011 and the UNDAP becomes operative.

4.7 Activities in Harare Cluster

4.7.1 Capacity building in science, technology and innovation policy

The vision and objective of the AU/NEPAD Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action is that of Africa that is free of poverty and well integrated into the global knowledge economy. The overall goals of this consolidated plan are:

a To enable Africa to harness and apply science, technology and related innovations to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development; and

b) To ensure that Africa contributes to the global pool of scientific knowledge and technological innovations

It is this vision that underpins this activity that will be implemented within the framework of the Joint UNESCO-SADC implementation strategy and will focus on policy training

for senior officials in the cluster countries. Specific emphasis will be placed on:

• NationalSystemsofInnovation(NSIs)

• Innovationpolicyanalysis

• Internationallessonsonpoliciesdevelopment


• Technologytransferandmanagementthereof

• IntellectualpropertymanagementpolicyforSTI

4.7.2 Study on Establishment of Biosphere Reserves Cluster Countries

According to the Africa’s Science and technology CPA, Africa’s biodiversity holds an enormous potential of transforming the continent’s agricultural and industrial systems to contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction.

The unique species of plants and animals as well as ecosystems constitute the continent’s natural wealth. However, this diversity is underutilized and is being lost at alarming rates. Conserving and promoting sustainable use of biodiversity is one of the challenges that African countries have committed themselves to addressing. These resources, if properly exploited, should contribute significantly to the development of the local communities, as well as the National Economy. In this process effective and appropriate management of these natural resources is cardinal.

The establishment of Biosphere Reserves should facilitate the exploitation of natural resources cognizant of the need to ensure protection and sustainability of genetic resources. This activity aims to promote the creation of Biosphere Reserves in cluster countries, with view to educate local communities on the importance of Biosphere Reserves. Emphasis will be placed on the Transboundary Biosphere activity undertaken between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

4.8 Activities by Kinshasa National Office

4.8.1 Support for the participation of DRC in the Albertine Rift centre of excellence for biodiversity and natural resources management.

Democratic republic of Congo lies in the Albertine Rift valley, and for this Biennium UNESCO will facilitate the country participation to the process of creation of the Albertine Rift Centre of Excellence for biodiversity and natural resources management.

4.9 Activities in Libreville Cluster

4.9.1 Support to the implementation of Madrid Action Plan in Libreville Cluster office countries

Participation of Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe, in the MAB programme needs to be enhanced. In 2010-2011, the Office will to raise visibility and the understanding of the programme in these 3 countries.


This activity will result in the establishment of an interim MAB National Committee and development of a National Action Plan for the implementation of the Madrid Action Plan at country level. Information Materials will also be produced.

4.10 Activities in Nairobi Cluster

4.10.1. Support the creation in Rwanda of Albertine Rift regional centre of excellence for biodiversity and natural resources management

Upon request of the Government of Rwanda, UNESCO Office in Nairobi explored the feasibility of Albertine Rift Regional Centre of Excellence. The study was welcomed and endorsed during a validation meeting in Kigali in 2009. The concept of the Centre of Excellence has been widely discussed. Albertine Rift Centre of excellence for Biodiversity (ARCOEB) and natural resource management is proposed as an intergovernmental centre of excellence of the Albertine Rift Countries that will serve as the central locus for collaboration in biodiversity conservation in a comprehensive regional context. Networking, between the member countries and between them and international partners, will be a key function of the Centre in order to build-up institutional capacity in biodiversity conservation through exchange of knowledge and experience

To follow up on this result, UNESCO will support Rwanda to create an enabling environment for the creation of the ARCOEB. UNESCO will support Rwanda’s advocacy strategy towards the five other Albertine Rift countries (Burundi, Democratic republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia) to have their agreement and total commitment and facilitate mobilization of financial and scientific resources for the creation of the Centre Excellence.

4.10.2. Support the implementation of Madrid Action Plan in Rwanda

Rwanda is one of the world’s hotspot for Biodiversity and it has been recognized with the designation of the Volcanoes Biosphere Reserve (BR) in 1983. However, the MAB programme didn’t have enough visibility in the country and thus, during the last biennium (2008-2009), the UNESCO office in Nairobi fostered the knowledge and understanding of the MAB programme in Rwanda. As a result, the interim Rwandese MAB national committee has been set up, headed by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority, which will be in charge of developing a MAB action plan for Rwanda. UNESCO will technically support the development of the action plan and will contribute to its implementation. To illustrate the relevance of MAB principles, funds will be requested to implement priority activities of the MAB action plan for Rwanda. These activities will be included in the One UN workplans for 2010 and 2011. The nomination of new sites as well as rehabilitation of degraded areas is foreseen.


4.10.3. Supporting community led sustainable management of Mt Kulal biosphere reserve

Mt Kulal, located in Northern Kenya is one of the six Biosphere Reserves (BR) in Kenya. It was established in 1979. During the 70’s and 80’s, the Biosphere Reserve was kept alive with activity including scientific research and community development projects under the UNESCO-MAB Integrated Project in Arid Lands. When the international support ended, for almost two decades now there has not been any major activity on the management of the reserve, save for the meager efforts of the local communities. The Mount Kulal BR is one of the so called ‘pre Seville ‘BR which didn’t benefit from the guidelines provided by the Seville strategy and the statutory framework of Biosphere Reserve (1995) prior to its designation. In December 2006, UNESCO/Ecological Science unit and Kenyan partner institutions held a stakeholder meeting in Nairobi to develop a plan of action for achieving a community-led sustainable management of Mt. Kulal Biosphere Reserve in northern Kenya. In 2009, the periodic review of the BR was undertaken. Based on the last four years of work, a project document was developed in 2009 that will be used to raise financial support in order to achieve a sustainable use of the BR through a community led management. This activity is a joint activity with the Culture Unit in the Nairobi office.

4.10.4 Research and assessment of urban groundwater vulnerability

Most of the water supply systems in African mega-cities are based on groundwater which becomes a significant source of water. However, unplanned urban expansion and rapid population growth in urban areas have put enormous pressure on this natural resource, which becomes polluted from excessive use of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides as well as effluents from leaky sewerage systems, septic tanks, leaky fuel tanks, factories or pollutants from solid waste (garbage) dumps. The strategy will be to develop methodologies for optimal monitoring of the contamination of groundwater aquifers in urban areas.

The activity will consist for some selected urban areas to map the different sources of potential pollution for groundwater with a particular focus on the recharge areas. The water quality of at some critical points will be characterized. The mapping of potential pollution sources and the water quality identified will be analyzed in order to present approach for the monitoring of groundwater pollution in cities. A partnership will be established with key stakeholders in each selected urban area. The activity will be implemented in close collaboration with national IHP committees, universities and key stakeholders in the different countries.

4.10.5 Technical Assistance to member States for STI Policy and legislation

Most African Countries have adopted some forms of strategies and policies related to selected sectors of science and technology. However, few have a holistic and up-to-date


science and technology policy and strategies that are conducive to harnessing the benefits of STI for poverty reduction and sustainable development. Also, member parliaments are requested to debate and adopt more and more sensitive laws and international agreements related to science, technology and development. Thus, increasing the capacities of policy-makers and parliamentarians to address these various challenges is of general concern in African States.

This activity aims at improving the outcomes of policy-making and legislation on STI related issues in the sub-region through targeted technical assistance.

4.10.6 Sub-Regional Assessment of biofuel science and technological development.

Liquid biofuel has attracted increasing attention from public and private investors in recent years due to volatility of oil prices and threats on its long term availability, as well as growing pressure for economies to adopt cleaner energy options. African governments are pressed to plan and develop strategies that will address options related to the development of biofuels. Unfortunately, existing information is scarce and fragmented. This activity will address this challenge by conducting as assessment of science and technology capabilities for the development of biofuel in a sustainable manner in the sub-region.

4.11 Activities in Windhoek Cluster

4.11.1 Support to implementation of STI policies in cluster countries

This activity will be carried out in the framework of MLA II.1.1. “Enhancing the leverage of science through integrated science, technology and innovation (STI) policy”.

Identified STI policy needs in the cluster will be addressed through three complementary actions:

a) Based on the joint programme between UNESCO and SADC agreed for 2010, a workshop aimed at training senior officials in SADC countries in formulating national STI policies, as well as striving towards a harmonised regional policy on STI, will be conducted. The other SADC Cluster Offices will be invited to participate.

b) Continued support will be provided to Swaziland in the process of drafting a National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy document. It is expected that this process will yield an agreed policy document during the biennium 2010-2011.

c) The first Namibian STI statistics survey will be supported through Technical Advice.


4.11.2 Promoting Women in Science and Engineering in cluster countries

This activity will be carried out in the framework of MLA II.1.2. “Strengthening science education and capacity-building in the sciences”:

a) In collaboration with the SADC Secretariat, a workshop in “Women in Science and Engineering” will be organized. The expected result of this workshop is a roadmap for further activities in the cluster, including needs and potential approaches to improving women participation in science and engineering in SADC countries

b) In collaboration with higher education institutions in Namibia, visits of successful women scientists and engineers will be organized to schools in peripheral regions of Namibia, in order to present role models to girls, parents and elders. It is expected to raise the profile and awareness of engineering and science as a profession with girls throughout the country.

4.11.3 Managing water as a shared responsibility across geographical and social boundaries

This activity will be carried out in the framework of MLA II.2.1. “Promoting the sustainable management and conservation of freshwater, terrestrial resources and biodiversity as well as disaster resilience”; as well as the International Hydrological Programme (IHP VII) Theme 2 “Strengthening water governance for sustainability”, Sub-theme 2.4 “Managing water as a shared responsibility across geographical and social boundaries”, in support of the Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management project ISARM-SADC.

a) A meeting with all partners that agreed to take part in the project will be organized in early 2010 to kick start the activities of a project aimed at establishing a comprehensive strategy and mechanisms for the management of transboundary groundwater in 2 pilot areas. UNESCO will engage in supporting a component of this project, namely on the establishment of a harmonized information system, in cooperation with IGRAC (TBC).

b) The UNESCO Chair for Geohydrology will be supported to produce a “position paper” on Transboundary Aquifers in SADC. This report will provide evidence-based guidance for future activities of ISARM-SADC, and the basin management committees.

4.11.4 Framework Programme for Research Education and Training in Water (FETWater)

This activity will be carried out in the framework of MLA II.2.1. “Promoting the sustainable management and conservation of freshwater, terrestrial resources and biodiversity as well as disaster resilience”; IHP Theme 5 “Water education for sustainable development”,


Subtheme 5.1 “Tertiary water education and professional development”.

FETWater, the Framework Programme for Research, Education and Training in Water (www.fetwater.co.za), is carried out with financial support from the FUST (Flemish UNESCO Trust Funds for Science), and the South African Government. FETWater addresses the needs of practitioners in the South African water sector, through effective cooperation between universities, government departments, research institutions and the public and private sector. The second phase of the programme will finish in 2010.

4.11.5 Water education for communities, stakeholders and mass-media professionals

This activity will be carried out in the framework of MLA II.2.1. “Promoting the sustainable management and conservation of freshwater, terrestrial resources and biodiversity as well as disaster resilience”; IHP Theme 5 “Water education for sustainable development”, Subtheme 5.4 “Water education for communities, stakeholders and mass-media professionals”

a) In Swaziland, capacity building activities will be carried out based on the training needs assessment conducted in late 2009 with the support of UNESCO. This will include trainin of the board members of the Catchment Management Agencies, as well as staff from the Department of Water Affaires. Cooperation with the FETWater Programme (see above) will be sought.

b) In Lesotho, a Training Needs Assessment will be conducted to identify needs and develop a proper training strategy for Catchment Management Agencies and other water resources management stakeholders. For its implementation, cooperation with the FETWater Programme (see above) will be sought.

4.11.6. Research and Policy at identified BRs for Angola

This activity will be carried out in the framework of MLA II.2.1. “Promoting the sustainable management and conservation of freshwater, terrestrial resources and biodiversity as well as disaster resilience”; as well as the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme.

a) UNESCO Windhoek will support further actions necessary within the process of nominating the Iona National Park area as a Biosphere Reserve, including the preparation of the nomination to be part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

b) The establishment of MAB Committees in the Cluster countries will be promoted.


4.12 Activities in Yaoundé Cluster

4.12.1 Strengthen education and research in science and technology for girls/women.

Cameroon has set ambitious targets in its second PRSP (growth and employment strategy). A relatively high proportion of tertiary students (around 15%) are enrolled in sciences, but only 5% in engineering. Enrolment of women is low in sciences, very low in engineering (although exact data is not available). Secondary education in sciences has seen some progress, including the impact of the microscience centre that UNESCO has supported.

In partnership with the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) specialists in the region, the activity will support identification of exact figures for enrolment in science and engineering, particularly access and retention of women. The polytechnic institute and ministry of science will be supported to determine a strategy to attract more women in engineering.

In cooperation with the education sector, the activity will also support secondary science education for girls, in particular in the Millennium Village (MV) clusters that are part of the Joint Programme of the UN system.

4.12.2 Support for implementation of the Madrid Action Plan in the cluster.

The Cluster has 5 Biosphere Reserves, 3 in Cameroon and 2 in CAR, that predate the Seville Congress (1995). The Madrid Action Plan has been formulated in 2008 and needs to be contextualized. The 2009 ICC meeting has indicated the importance to assess the functionality of pre-Seville BR in terms of the three required functions. Initiatives will be supported to integrate communities with the BR, particularly those involved with the two Millennium Villages situated adjacent to Waza and Dja BR, where activities promoting resource conservation and supporting environmental education and awareness will be supported. This will continue the 2009 activity that has trained 30 indigenous women trainers from northern Cameroon (adjacent to Waza) in construction of fuel-efficient mudstoves and manufacturing of fuelless cooker bags.

Existing BR will be supported to strengthen (update) or draft their management plans and determine a plan of action. This could include upgrading management plans towards the 3 functions (particularly research, education, the role as model for sustainable development) and could also include consideration of delisting current BR that are only conservation areas. Potential opportunities are the TRIDOM transboundary initiative that includes the Dja Faunal Reserve (currently a BR but mainly as a conservation area), the Millennium Village projects with communities of 25000 people around Dja and Waza BR in potential buffer or transition zones, and the Ecofac ZCV project in northern CAR in and around Bamingui-Bangoran.


The activity will also support involvement of the cluster countries in the AfriMAB subregional network.

4.12.3 Support to water management in Cameroon and Chad

This activity was initiated during the last biennium and will continue during this biennium by supporting communities in the government/UN Millennium Villages project in Cameroon to build capacity for sustainable water management.

The Millennium Villages (MV) are situated in the arid extreme north of Cameroon and in the rainforest area in the south, providing different conditions to develop models for good practice. The village clusters target 2x25000 inhabitants and are situated adjacent to 2 biosphere reserves, thereby also strengthening the MAB programme activities. During the biennium, which will be the first 2 years of the 5 year MV project, 40% of the households (4000HH) will be targeted with awareness and demonstration of appropriate water management techniques such as rainwater utilisation, groundwater management, water efficiency. More than half the participating households should have women attending the activities. Schools in the MV will be involved as promoters and sites of demonstration. It is expected that 20% of the exposed HH will adopt improved water management practice (800 HH)

Partners from Chad will be involved with the Millennium Village situated in northern Cameroon to allow capacity building.

The results are based on the assumption that the activity will target matching EXB funds provided for the MV project by Japan, and seek to establish UNESCO as the lead UN organization in the 5-year project.

4.12.4 Support for water research and protection of vulnerable water resources

Despite being one of the countries with the highest renewable water availability per capita, less than 25% of the population in the Central African Republic has access to clean drinking water. Less than 25% also has access to improved sanitation. Neither of these Millennium Goals will be achieved. Women are highly underrepresented in the hydrology sector, although their needs are the highest.

The activity will support a minimum of 5 hydrology research projects in the Central African Republic and Cameroun, undertaken by hydrologists or hydrology students. At least half the projects will be undertaken by women.

The water quality Chair in Bangui will be supported to build its capacity and liaise with other chairs and universities, and participate in at least one international hydrology activity. A minimum of 5 women students in the cluster will be supported to identify appropriate postgraduate programmes in hydrology with potential scholarships and prepare candidatures. At least 2 should obtain a scholarship.

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Chapter 5

Regional Networks


5.1 The African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI)

The African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI), is an organ of cooperation that embraces African institutions engaged in University level training and research in the fields of science and technology. It was founded in January 1980, with support of UNESCO and the German Government at the request of the first Conference of African Ministers responsible for science and Technology (CASTAFRICA 1). It is hosted by the UNESCO Nairobi office. The network has grown over the years to become an effective institution for the development of human resource capacity in the fields of Basic and Engineering Sciences. To-date it has 110 member institutions in thirty-four (36) countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The Network is an important partner in the implementation of the Nairobi office’s regional programme in basic and engineering Sciences.

The Overall goal of ANSTI to develop active collaboration among African scientific institutions so as to pool together their resources for capacity building in training and research in areas of relevance to the development of the region.. The Network’s five strategic objectives for the period 2010-11 are:

• To facilitate and enhance interactions among member institutions.

• To facilitate training and research in science, engineering and technology.

• To promote the use of ICT in teaching and research in science, engineering and technology.

• To promote gender equity in access to science, engineering and technology training.

• To develop and disseminate scientific and technical information to address major socio-economic problems.

In order to achieve these objectives ANSTI is engaged in numerous activities which can be grouped into five programme areas:

i. Training, including administration of Fellowships

ii. Seminars & Workshops

iii Award and administration of conference grants

iv. Publications and Promotion of Research

v. Dissemination of information on issues relating to capacity building in science and technology

More specifically, the following are some of the activities that will be implemented in 2010-11:


• The fourth conference of university leaders responsible for science and technology in Africa (COVIDSET 2011), Abuja Nigeria November 2011.

• Dissemination of E-courses in Science and engineering

• Contribution to Universities’ staff development- Award and administration of 10 postgraduate fellowships each year.

• The biannual Publication of the African Journal of Science and Technology

• Annual award of the L’Oreal/ UNESCO/ANSTI regional fellowship for Women in Science

5.2 The International Hydrological programme (IHP)

In Sub-Sahara Africa, the IHP network comprises National IHP committees and the different networks related to cross-cutting and associated IHP programs. The proposed activities for different networks for the next biennium are the following.

IHP National Committees

In coordination with the water division at headquarters and Accra office, a contribution will be provided for the organization of the 3rd meeting of National IHP Committees to be held in Cotonou from 15-17 February 2010 jointly with a seminar on water resources and climate change in Africa. Core interventions areas for IHP VII in Africa region will be identified and priorities for IHP VIII for which the preparation process will start in 2010 will also be discussed. Strategies on how to revitalize and sustain the national IHP committees will be discussed.

Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (FRIEND)

A support will be provided to the existing two networks, FRIEND-AOC for West and central Africa and FRIEND-SA for Southern Africa for the organization of the steering committee meetings and also for training and research. Partnership with the FRIEND-Nile will continue. A feasibility study for the establishment of a new FRIEND network for the basin of Congo in Central Africa will be conducted and the network will be probably launched at the end of the biennium or at the beginning of the next biennium. Around ten scientists of the different FRIEND networks will be sponsored for the 5th International FRIEND Conference to be held in Fez, Morocco from 25-29 October 2010.

Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP)

In Sub-Sahara Africa, the HELP network comprises twelve hydrological basins: Atbara basin (Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan), Blue Nile (Sudan and Ethiopia), Gash basin (Ethiopia-Eritrea-Sudan), Ewaso Ng’Iro Basin (Kenya), Greater Ruaha basin (Tanzania), Lake


Navaisha basin (Kenya), Mandaratsy basin (Madagascar), Nakambe basin (Burkina), Olifants basin (South Africa), Thukela basin (South Africa), Upper Oueme basin (Benin). Research on IWRM has been conducted within those basins following the principles of HELP program. A support will be provided for the organization of the first HELP Africa regional workshop and for the establishment of a Regional Coordination Unit for the HELP basins in Sub-Sahara Africa.

International Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM)

Two ISARM networks of experts have been established in West and Southern Africa for the inventory and study of transboundary aquifers in the different sub-regions. In coordination with the cluster offices in Bamako, Accra and Windhoek a support will be provided to the networks to continue the data collection and inventory activities within the different sub-region. A second sub-region workshop will be envisaged in 2011 for West Africa network in order to take stock and share the different findings on the activities implemented so far by the network. In coordination and support of the Addis office, the IGAD ISARM network will be established in 2010.

Groundwater Resources Assessment under the Pressure of Human and Climate (gRAPHIC)

During the Kampala international conference on climate and groundwater in Africa held in 2008, an Africa GRAPHIC network was launched during which more than fifty scientists attended. This network will be promoted and revitalized.

Global Network – Water and Development Information for Arid Lands (g-WADI)

In coordination with the water division at headquarters, a contribution will be provided for the establishment of a sub-Sahara component of G-WADI network for the sustainable management of water resources in arid and semi-arid areas in Africa with a focus on sustainable management and integration of surface and groundwater.

5.3 The Man and Biosphere network in Africa (AfriMAB)

The Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), proposes an interdisciplinary research agenda and capacity building aiming to improve the relationship of people with their environment globally. Launched in the early 1970s, it notably targets the ecological, social and economic dimensions of biodiversity loss and the reduction of this loss. It uses its World Network of Biosphere Reserves as vehicles for knowledge-sharing, research and monitoring, education and training, and participatory decision-making. In January 2010, the World network of Biosphere Reserve counts 553 sites in 107 countries. The World network of Biosphere reserves is organized in regional network. AfriMAB is the regional network for Sub Saharan countries Biosphere reserves, which are 53 in 24 countries. The

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AfriMAB network was established in October 1996.

The AfriMAB Network aims at providing an organized framework that will facilitate the following objectives:

• Promote the implementation of the MAB Programme for sustainable development in sub- Saharan Africa ;

• Promote the implementation of national and regional policies for the sustainable use of Biosphere Reserves ecosystems in African countries ;

• Provide a regional and international framework for dialogue and cooperation for developing biosphere reserves management policies ;

• Promote the conservation of biological diversity through the sustainable management, restoration and rehabilitation of various ecosystems ;

• Create greater awareness on ecological, cultural, recreational, scientific and social values of Biosphere Reserves in Africa, especially with regard to policy makers, local communities and other stakeholders ;

• Participate in building institutional capacities in the African region in order to face the challenges of conservation and long-term use of Biosphere Reserves ecosystems in Africa and ;

• Contribute to the sustainable management of Biosphere Reserve ecosystems.

The membership of the network is the MAB national committees represented by their focal points, biosphere reserves represented by their managers and local community representatives. The network is in the process of formalizing its membership by the adoption of a Charter and Statutes.

The network scientific activities cover the following six thematic areas:

• Thematic Commission 1: Managing, zoning and enhancing the functioning of biosphere reserves ;

• Thematic Commission 2: Participation of partners and social stakeholders; equitable benefit-sharing of income ;

• Thematic Commission 3: Scientific research and capacity building ;

• Thematic Commission 4 : Transboundary biosphere reserves ;

• Thematic Commission 5: Biosphere reserves in conflict or post-conflict situations ;

• Thematic Commission 6: Adaptation to climate change.

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5.4 Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA)

The current phase of Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA IV) brings together more than 40 marine related institutions from twenty-five countries in Africa (Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, and Tunisia). With the support of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and the Government of Flanders (Kingdom of Belgium) the network strives to address the challenges faced in ensuring that ocean and coastal data and information generated in national, regional and global programmes are readily available to a wide range of users in an easily understandable format (http://www.odinafrica.net/).

The earlier phases of ODINAFRICA enabled the participating member states to get access to data available in other data centres worldwide, develop skills for manipulation of data and preparation of data and information products, and develop infrastructure for archival, analysis and dissemination of the data and information products. The member states also developed further the African network of sea level stations, bringing the number of operational tide gauges along the African coast to more than 40.

ODINAFRICA-IV will dedicate substantial energies to development of products for integrated marine and coastal management, especially at the local and national level. The planned activities under each of the following “products clusters” are as follows:

Web-based data services (including catalogues and archives)

Expanding the existing ODINAFRICA networks at national level and their national data collections and catalogues; providing training to institutions that cover a wider range of data types relevant to integrated coastal management. This will include: base maps, geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and the human-environment. The services considered would encompass data extraction and conversion to specific formats, online trend generation, and plotting and printing of maps and figures from databases. Data will be mined from a wide range of national, regional and international sources.

Web-based Information Services (including literature catalogues and repositories, institution and experts directories, inventories of projects)

Already considerable work was carried out to develop web-based information services through the previous phases. ODINAFRICA-IV will build on these, and in particular:

• An interface will be developed to access the records of African experts and institutions in the OceanExperts (www.oceanexperts.org) database.

• The database of ongoing/completed marine related projects developed in collaboration with NEPAD/COSMAR will be updated and availed through the ODINAFRICA website.


• Library catalogues developed in earlier phases will be updated, quality controlled and merged to create an updated union catalogue of the libraries of the ODINAFRICA institutions [AFRILIB].

• The catalogue of marine related publications from/about Africa will be updated and availed online.

• Electronic repository of marine publications and grey literature from Africa (OceanDocs-Africa – http://iodeweb1.vliz.be/odin/handle/1834/1337), will be improved with new partners recruited and trained to ensure broader coverage.

• Development of journal view, already implemented Egypt, Mauritania, and Tunisia, will be extended to cover other institutions that produce their own publications.

Mapping, Forecasts (and predictions), and Scenario Development

The African Marine Atlas (AMA - www.africanmarineatlas.net) will be developed as an online mapping application based on Web Map Services (WMS). The use of a standards complaint web mapping application will ensure interoperability with other atlas development projects in Africa. AMA will provide an overview of topics related to African marine and coastal areas, as well as an interactive atlas where the user can select map layers from various organisations to view and query. The following were identified as some of the issues that may be considered: shoreline changes (erosion and accretion rates, tidal charts and bathymetry, non-tidal sea level anomalies which reflect upwelling or storm surges, evaluation of sea level rise trends along the African coasts), marine related hazards and disaster management (coastal flooding and inundation maps, storm surge predictions, pollution and extreme events), management of key ecosystems, and sustainable use of resources (productivity of coastal waters, biodiversity status and assessments, dynamics of upwelling based on remote sensing data and insitu SST measurements).

National and regional portals, as well as project websites and national NODC websites

Within the framework of ODINAFRICA-IV the National Ocean Data Centers (NODCs), will be enhanced, able to “plug-in” their databases into OceanDataPortal as data providers. NODCs with web-serving capability (and permanent internet connection of sufficient bandwidth) will be able to directly connect to Ocean Data Portal. NODCs without a permanent internet connection and/or web-server capability will be able to use the central node at the IOC Project Office for IODE and serve their data sets through that facility.


ODINAFRICA will collaborate with other initiatives which also have portal projects covering parts of Africa, such as the UNEP Nairobi Convention Clearing House Mechanism and SeaDataNet.

Communication tools: newsletters, policy and media briefs, African Oceans and Coasts books series

Different tools, methodologies and media will be utilised to facilitate interactions with stakeholders and assure greater exposure to the institutions and the services that they can provide.

• Policy and media briefs provide tangible advice for decision-making, priority issues and resource deployment.

• Conceptual diagrams: Coastal resource mapping can indicate the location and relative loading of point source pollution within an enclosed bay or harbour of interest.

• Posters and brochures produced at national level will be decided on by the countries.

• WINDOW project newsletter focusing on project activities, and will be published and distributed half yearly in electronic version.

• The following ODINAFRICA Books are foreseen: The African Marine Atlas, and Managing the African Coasts.

National Open days and exhibitions, targeting schools and the general public, could be held together with one of the two National Coordination meetings planned annually. These could be coordinated Africa wide for greater impact, held together with the World Ocean Day, the IOC’s 50th Anniversary celebration.

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Chapter 6

Participation in UNESCO Science Programme activities in Africa


There are several levels of participation by member states: Regional, sub-regional and national levels. Activities that are specific to a country are handled through the cluster offices. Regional activities are organized from the Regional Bureau in

Nairobi. UNESCO field offices use various means (including this publication) to advertise their science programme activities. Member states should therefore examine the various work plans presented in this document by regional and cluster offices to identify those which may interest them. Once you become familiar with the objectives of the programme activity which may interest you, the next step is to contact the programme officer in the UNESCO field office that covers your country.

To enable each member state to identify where to seek assistance, figure 1 which shows the geographical coverage of each UNESCO Cluster office was earlier presented in chapter 1. In figure 2 below a chart showing the names of the contact person in each cluster office is presented. Both figures 1 and 2 will enable the reader to identify who to contact for assistance when needed. If there is any doubt one can always contact the regional office in Nairobi

Participation in any activity can be through invitation or request from a member state. Normally technical assistance for activities such as the review of policy or studies leading to the development of projects is provided upon request from a member state. For other activities such as regional training workshops member states are usually invited to nominate candidates to join the workshop.

Figure 2: List of Science programme Specialists in Africa

Regional/ Cluster /National Office

Science programme Officers Email Contact

1 Abuja (National Office)

Osu Inya Otu [email protected]

2 Accra Vacant

3 Addis Ababa Alex Makarigakis [email protected]

4 Bamako Mama Plea [email protected]

5 Dakar Marcel Tchaou [email protected]

6 Dar Es Salaam Anthony Maduekwe [email protected]

7 Harare Vacant

8 Libreville (No Science Programme Staff) [email protected]

Maputo Noel Chicuecue [email protected]

P A R T I C I P A T I O N I N U N E S C O S C I E N C E P R O G R A M M E A C T I V I T I E S I N A F R I C A 55

9 Nairobi (Regional and Cluster office)

Abou Amani [email protected]

Programme Specialist in Basic and engineering Sciences

Programme Specialists in earth Sciences

Ms. Noeline Rakotoarisoa [email protected]

Stefano Mazzilli [email protected]

Ms. Alice Ochanda [email protected]

10 Windhoek Ernesto Fernandez Polcuch [email protected]

11 Yaounde Guy Broucke [email protected]

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y issu

es

and fi

nanc

ial op

portu

nitie

s gi

ven b

y car

bon t

rade

mar

ket.

At le

ast t

he 24

coun

tries

of su

b Sah

aran

Afric

a wi

th Bi

osph

ere r

eser

ves

Build

ing c

apac

ity of

Afric

an

coun

tries

to ac

cess

carb

on

trade

mar

ket

Alth

ough

mos

t of A

frica

n cou

ntrie

s ha

ve pl

ayed

an in

signi

fican

t role

in

caus

ing c

limat

e cha

nge e

ffects

, the

y pa

y a he

avy t

ribut

e to i

t (dr

ough

t, flo

ods,

lands

lides

…),

bein

g the

lea

st eq

uippe

d to a

dapt

to po

tent

ial

effec

ts of

clim

ate c

hang

e. Af

rica’s

sh

are o

f inte

rnat

ional

carb

on tr

ade i

s ve

ry w

eak d

ue to

tenu

re in

secu

rity,

high

tran

sacti

on co

sts, g

over

nanc

e an

d ins

titut

ional

capa

city,

but a

lso

lack o

f tec

hnica

l cap

acity

to de

velop

ca

rbon

trad

e mar

ket p

rojec

ts. Th

is ac

tivity

aim

s at c

ontri

butin

g to t

he

over

com

ing o

f the

hum

an ca

pacit

y ba

rrier

s to a

cces

s car

bon t

rade

m

arke

t in A

frica

.

· Yo

ung e

xper

ts tra

ined

in

acce

ssing

carb

on tr

ade m

arke

t an

d pay

men

t for

ecos

yste

ms

serv

ices.

SSA

coun

tries

Bios

pher

e Res

erve

s for

su

stain

able

deve

lopm

ent i

n Su

b Sah

aran

Afric

a

This

activ

ity w

ill be

the f

ollow

up

of th

e Afri

MAB

mee

ting i

n May

20

10. It

will

cont

ribut

e to t

he

impl

emen

tatio

n of t

he M

adrid

Ac

tion P

lan fo

r Afri

ca.

AfriM

AB ne

twor

k will

be re

info

rced

and w

ill im

plem

ent a

regi

onal

plan

of

actio

n in 1

0 sele

cted B

iosph

ere

Rese

rves

focu

sing i

n dev

elopm

ent

of su

stain

able

mod

els

SSA

coun

tries

Prom

otin

g net

work

ing f

or

trans

boun

dary

ecos

yste

m

man

agem

ent i

n Eas

t Afri

ca

This

activ

ity w

ill bu

ild on

the

coop

erat

ion w

hich

alre

ady e

xist

with

in th

e Eas

t Afri

can C

omm

unity

to

foste

r the

tran

sbou

ndar

y m

anag

emen

t of n

atur

al re

sour

ces

and s

hare

d eco

syste

ms.

A ne

twor

k of E

ast A

frica

n Co

untri

es sh

arin

g eco

syste

ms

will b

e set

up an

d an a

ction

plan

fo

r its

oper

ation

aliza

tion w

ill be

de

velop

ed.

Tanz

ania,

Keny

a, Rw

anda

, Bur

undi

and U

gand

a

A N N E x E S 61

Prog

ram

me a

rea

Title

of A

ctiv

ityDe

scrip

tion

Expe

cted

Out

put

Part

icipa

ting

Coun

trie

s

Earth

Scien

ces

Supp

ort f

or th

e stu

dy of

geo

haza

rds w

ithin

the f

ram

ewor

k of

the G

eosc

ience

s Ini

tiativ

es

Afric

a is i

mpa

cted b

y a m

ultit

ude o

f na

tura

l haz

ards

and d

isaste

rs; su

ch

as dr

ough

t, flo

odin

g, lan

dslid

es,

volca

noes

, and

earth

quak

es. T

his

activ

ity w

ill cre

ate a

ware

ness

on

geo-

haza

rd am

ong a

larg

e ran

ge

of de

cision

mak

ers a

nd fo

cus g

roup

an

d will

insu

re th

at ge

o haz

ards

are

taug

ht in

geolo

gy de

partm

ent a

t Un

iversi

ties.

· Th

e hum

an re

sour

ce ca

pacit

y fo

r geo

haza

rd pr

epar

edne

ss is

incre

ased

and k

nowl

edge

in ge

o ha

zard

is im

prov

ed.

SSA

coun

tries

Geo s

cienc

e Edu

catio

n In

itiat

ive in

Afric

aIt

is a f

act t

hat,

desp

ite it

s en

dowm

ent i

n min

eral

reso

urce

s, Ge

oscie

nce i

s dec

linin

g in A

frica

. Th

is ac

tivity

aim

s at r

evita

lizin

g thi

s se

ctor t

hrou

gh th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of Ea

rth Sc

ience

Educ

ation

Initi

ative

in

Afric

a (ES

EIA) l

aunc

h in 2

008.

The o

bjec

tive o

f the

initi

ative

is

to de

velop

the n

ext g

ener

ation

of

earth

scien

tists

in Af

rica w

ho

are e

quip

ped w

ith th

e nec

essa

ry

tools

, net

work

s and

persp

ectiv

e to

appl

y sou

nd sc

ience

to so

lving

and

bene

fittin

g fro

m th

e cha

lleng

es

and o

ppor

tuni

ties o

f sus

tain

able

deve

lopm

ent.

· U

nive

rsitie

s equ

ipm

ent w

ill be

en

hanc

ed

· Ne

twor

king o

f geo

scien

tists

is str

engt

hene

d

· Kn

owled

ge pr

oduc

tion b

y re

sear

ch ac

tiviti

es an

d sha

red

thro

ugh a

data

base

SSA

coun

tries


Prog

ram

me a

rea

Title

of A

ctiv

ityDe

scrip

tion

Expe

cted

Out

put

Part

icipa

ting

Coun

trie

s

Wat

er Sc

ience

(Hyd

rolog

y)Cli

mat

e cha

nge i

mpa

cts on

th

e hyd

rolog

ical c

ycle,

and

cons

eque

nt im

pacts

on w

ater

re

sour

ces

Supp

ort w

ill be

give

n to F

RIEN

D an

d HEL

P net

work

s in A

frica

to

iden

tify r

esea

rch pr

ioriti

es an

d to

atte

nd sc

ientifi

c For

a inc

ludi

ng th

e in

tern

ation

al FR

IEND

conf

eren

ce

to be

held

in Fe

z Mor

occo

. Wor

king

grou

p will

be se

t up o

n the

hy

drolo

gica

l nor

ms p

artic

ular

ly in

W

est a

nd ce

ntra

l Afri

ca; A

ssista

nce

will b

e give

n for

the f

easib

ility s

tudy

fo

r a FR

IEND

com

pone

nt on

Cong

o ba

sin. T

rain

ing w

orks

hop o

n clim

ate

chan

ge im

pacts

on w

ater

reso

urce

s wi

ll be a

lso he

ld in

partn

ersh

ip w

ith

UNES

CO-IH

E.

Cont

ribut

ion w

ill als

o be g

iven

in co

llabo

ratio

n with

HQ

for t

he

testi

ng an

d vali

datio

n of t

he dr

ough

t m

onito

r

Assis

tanc

e for

the p

repa

ratio

n and

fu

nd m

obiliz

ation

for t

he flo

ods

man

agem

ent p

rojec

t in w

est A

frica

Scien

tists

of th

e FRI

END

and H

ELP

netw

orks

supp

orte

d to a

ttend

FR

IEND

and H

ELP

inte

rnat

ional

conf

eren

ces

Netw

orks

stee

ring c

omm

ittee

s or

gani

zed a

nd re

sear

ch pr

ioriti

es

iden

tified

and d

iscus

sed

Afric

a HEL

P coo

rdin

ation

unit

esta

blish

ed

Road

map

on th

e hyd

rolog

ical

norm

s rev

iew pr

oduc

ed by

a gr

oup

of ex

perts

Scien

tists

train

ed on

the

met

hodo

logies

of cl

imat

e cha

nge

impa

cts as

sessm

ent

Drou

ght m

onito

r tes

ted a

nd

valid

ated

by at

leas

t two

sub-

regi

onal

cent

ered

in w

est a

nd

easte

rn Af

rica

Supp

ort f

or th

e pre

para

tion o

f the

pr

oject

on flo

ods m

anag

emen

t in

Wes

t Afri

ca

Sub-

Saha

ra Af

rica

A N N E x E S 63

Nam

e of r

espo

nsib

le O

ffice

Title

of A

ctiv

ityDe

scrip

tion

ABUJ

ASu

ppor

t for

the R

efor

m of

Nig

erian

Scien

ce

Inno

vatio

n Sys

tem

Orga

nize

4 St

akeh

older

s con

sulta

tive m

eetin

gs

Colla

bora

te w

ith m

ajor s

take

hold

ers t

o org

anize

Scien

ce Po

licy A

dvoc

acy w

orks

hop f

or Le

gisla

tors,

Acad

emics

from

Uni

versi

ty/R

esea

rch In

stitu

tes a

nd ST

I M

anag

ers f

rom

relev

ant S

tate

/Fed

eral

Min

istrie

s

Prod

uce S

TI W

orks

hop r

epor

t

ABUJ

AEn

hanc

ing G

ende

r Main

strea

min

g in

Scien

ce an

d Eng

inee

ring C

ourse

s for

in

creas

ed pa

rticip

ation

of Fe

male

stud

ents

in N

iger

ia

Iden

tify a

nd co

ntac

t 12 s

electe

d Fem

ale Se

cond

ary s

choo

ls (2

each

from

the 6

Geo

-poli

tical

zone

s of N

iger

ia)

Deve

lop an

d dist

ribut

e aud

io-vis

ual s

cienc

e tea

chin

g aid

mat

erial

s

Orga

nize

awar

enes

s and

sens

itiza

tion w

orks

hop f

or st

uden

ts an

d scie

nce t

each

ers o

n the

role

of S&

T

Evalu

ate t

he pe

rform

ance

of st

uden

ts on

majo

r Scie

nce s

ubjec

t exa

min

ation

s (W

ASCE

, NEC

O, JA

MB,

etc)

Prod

uce p

rojec

t fina

l rep

ort

ABUJ

ACa

pacit

y buil

ding

of lo

cal p

eopl

e on

clim

ate c

hang

e and

man

agem

ent o

f the

ir na

tura

l env

ironm

ent i

n the

Nig

er D

elta

Iden

tify a

nd co

ntac

t ben

eficia

ries (

scho

ols an

d loc

al co

mm

uniti

es) a

nd st

akeh

older

s

Iden

tify c

onsu

ltant

s to d

evelo

p awa

rene

ss an

d sen

sitiza

tion m

ater

ials

Orga

nize

train

ing w

orks

hop f

or be

nefic

iaries

(sele

cted l

ocal

com

mun

ities

and s

choo

ls)

ACCR

ASu

ppor

t for

revie

w, re

form

and c

apac

ity

build

ing o

n STI

in th

e clu

ster c

ount

ries

with

focu

s on p

ost-c

onfli

ct co

untri

es

The a

ctivit

y will

supp

ort t

he re

view

and/

or fo

rmul

ation

of ST

I poli

cy in

Libe

ria an

d Sier

ra Le

one a

nd to

cont

ribut

e to e

nhan

ce th

e cap

acity

of pl

anne

rs an

d de

cision

mak

ers f

or th

e for

mul

ation

and i

mpl

emen

tatio

n of S

TI po

licy.

Natio

nal in

stitu

tions

in ch

arge

STI w

ill be

invo

lved a

nd a

cons

ulta

tion o

n the

revie

w an

d/or

form

ulat

ion of

the p

olicy

and/

or st

rate

gy w

ill be

supp

orte

d.

ACCR

APr

omot

ion fo

r the

prev

entio

n of h

ydro

-ha

zard

disa

sters

in th

e clu

ster c

ount

ries

This

activ

ity is

a fo

llow

up to

the a

ctivit

y ini

tiate

d dur

ing t

he la

st bi

enni

um on

that

issu

e in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith AG

RHYM

ET an

d ICH

ARM

. Wait

ing f

or th

e fu

ndin

g of t

he pr

oject

prop

osal,

the o

ffice

will

supp

ort a

t lea

st tw

o cou

ntrie

s in t

he su

b-re

gion

for t

he re

view

and/

or pr

epar

ation

of st

rate

gy on

hydr

o-ha

zard

di

saste

r man

agem

ent a

nd al

so pr

omot

e the

use a

nd ad

apta

tion o

f the

regi

onal

rainy

seas

on se

ason

al fo

reca

st pr

oduc

ed ea

ch ye

ar fo

r the

sub-

regi

on.

ACCR

ASu

ppor

t for

the i

dent

ifica

tion a

nd

char

acte

rizat

ion of

bios

pher

e res

erve

site

s wi

th a

focu

s to t

rans

boun

dary

and c

oasta

l sit

es an

d pos

t-con

flict

coun

tries

This

activ

ity st

arte

d dur

ing t

he la

st bi

enni

um w

ill co

ntin

ue fo

r the

post-

confl

ict co

untri

es of

the c

luste

r. The

natio

nal M

AB co

mm

ittee

s will

be su

ppor

ted t

o id

entifi

y and

char

acte

rize n

ew po

tent

ial si

tes f

or bi

osph

ere r

eser

ve w

ith a

prior

ity to

tran

sbou

ndar

y and

/or c

oasta

l site

s.

Tab

le 2

Su

mm

ary

List

of

Act

ivit

ies

by

Clu

ster

/ Nat

ion

al O

ffice

s


Nam

e of r

espo

nsib

le O

ffice

Title

of A

ctiv

ityDe

scrip

tion

ACCR

AGl

obal

chan

ge im

pacts

on tw

o bi

osph

eres

rese

rves

in th

e clu

ster

A re

sear

ch w

ill be

cond

ucte

d in B

ia an

d Tai

bios

pher

e res

erve

s on t

he im

pact

of cl

imat

e var

iabilit

y and

chan

ge. T

he lin

k bet

ween

the m

odifi

catio

ns

obse

rved

and c

limat

e var

iabilit

y will

be ch

arac

teriz

ed. N

ation

al M

AB co

mm

ittee

s in c

lose c

ollab

orat

ion w

ith th

e uni

versi

ties w

ill un

derta

ke th

is ac

tivity

. Th

e find

ings

will

be sh

ared

and d

issem

inat

ed du

ring w

orks

hops

.

ACCR

ACli

mat

e cha

nge i

mpa

cts on

hydr

ologi

cal

cycle

, and

cons

eque

nt im

pact

on w

ater

re

sour

ces

Natio

nal IH

P com

mitt

ees w

ill be

supp

orte

d to d

ocum

ent t

he ev

iden

ce of

clim

ate c

hang

e and

varia

bilit

y and

its i

mpa

cts on

wat

er re

sour

ce. A

natio

nal

work

shop

for s

harin

g and

disse

min

atin

g the

findi

ngs w

ill be

orga

nize

d

ACCR

AM

anag

ing w

ater

as a

shar

ed

resp

onsib

ility a

cross

geog

raph

ical a

nd

socia

l bou

ndar

ies by

prom

otin

g IW

RM in

th

e clu

ster c

ount

ries

This

activ

ity st

arte

d dur

ing t

he la

st bi

enni

um w

ill co

nsist

to co

llect

the r

emain

ing h

ydro

geolo

gica

l dat

a and

info

rmat

ion w

ithin

the K

eta a

nd Ta

no sy

stem

in

orde

r to p

rodu

ce a

glob

al re

port

for e

ach s

yste

m. IS

ARM

foca

l poin

ts wi

ll be s

uppo

rted t

hrou

gh th

e nat

ional

IHP c

omm

ittee

s. Fo

r the

Mon

o bas

in,

stake

hold

ers c

onsu

ltatio

ns w

ill be

supp

orte

d for

the a

dopt

ion of

IWRM

and p

repa

ratio

n of a

n Acti

on Pl

an.

ADDI

S ABA

BAOp

erat

ionali

zatio

n of t

he ST

I poli

cy in

Et

hiop

iaBa

sed o

n disc

ussio

ns w

ith th

e MoS

T, tra

inin

g on S

cienc

e Tec

hnolo

gy an

d Inn

ovat

ion In

dica

tors

(STI)

will

take

plac

e tar

getin

g the

Ethi

opian

Acad

emy o

f Sc

ience

and o

ther

civil

serv

ants

ADDI

S ABA

BAAs

sessm

ent a

nd st

reng

then

ing o

f the

ST

I insti

tutio

nal a

nd hu

man

reso

urce

s ca

pacit

y in E

thiop

ia an

d Djib

outi

Cont

acts

will b

e mad

e with

the M

inist

ry of

Scien

ce an

d Tec

hnolo

gy, t

he O

ffice

for c

entra

l sta

tistic

s and

the M

inist

ry of

Educ

ation

, and

a co

nsul

tant

will

be

cont

racte

d to c

ollec

t inf

orm

ation

so th

at a

base

line o

f the

insti

tutio

nal a

rrang

emen

ts an

d hum

an re

sour

ces o

n S&T

will

be cr

eate

d.

ADDI

S ABA

BAAs

sessm

ent o

f Pot

entia

l Bios

pher

e Site

s in

Ethi

opia

Follo

wing

a tri

parti

te ag

reem

ent b

etwe

en M

oST,

NABU

and U

NESC

O, a

num

ber o

f site

s hav

e bee

n ide

ntifi

ed to

be as

sesse

d for

their

pote

ntial

to be

com

e a

BR in

orde

r to s

uppo

rt su

stain

able

deve

lopm

ent w

hile

pres

ervin

g the

envir

onm

ent

ADDI

S ABA

BAISA

RM IG

AD (I

nter

natio

nally

Shar

ed

Aquif

er Re

sour

ces M

anag

emen

tUN

ESCO

has i

nitia

ted i

ts ISA

RM pr

ogra

mm

e (In

tern

ation

ally S

hare

d Aqu

ifer R

esou

rces M

anag

emen

t), in

orde

r to p

rom

ote r

egion

al co

oper

ation

on sh

ared

na

tura

l res

ource

s and

prep

are a

n inv

ento

ry of

such

reso

urce

s. Th

e acti

vity w

ill fo

cus o

n the

IGAD

Mem

ber S

tate

s and

its e

xpec

ted o

utpu

ts ar

e:

1. To

esta

blish

a ne

twor

k of e

xper

ts an

d dec

ision

and a

netw

ork-

mak

ers a

nd Pa

rliam

enta

rians

’ net

work

on tr

ansb

ound

ary a

quife

rs at

the

Horn

of Af

rica

2. To

prep

are a

wor

k plan

for I

SARM

IGAD

.

3. To

prep

are t

he fir

st inv

ento

ry of

the T

BA in

IGAD

A N N E x E S 65

Nam

e of r

espo

nsib

le O

ffice

Title

of A

ctiv

ityDe

scrip

tion

BAM

AKO

Burk

ina F

aso,

Mali

and N

iger

tra

nsbo

unda

ry aq

uifer

s cas

e stu

dy

Fresh

wat

er is

a sc

arce

reso

urce

in Ba

mak

o Clu

ster o

ffice

coun

tries

spec

ifica

lly in

the d

eser

t neig

hbor

ing c

ount

ries l

ike M

ali, N

iger

and B

urkin

a Fas

o . In

deed

, in

creas

ing a

cces

s to f

resh

wate

r is o

f prim

e prio

rity a

s out

lined

in al

l the

se co

untri

es st

rate

gic D

evelo

pmen

t plan

Doc

umen

ts (C

SLP o

r DSR

P). U

nfor

tuna

tely,

da

ta on

grou

ndwa

ter, t

he co

mpo

nent

whi

ch ca

n pro

vide t

he m

ajor p

art o

f fre

sh w

ater,

are

som

etim

es no

t ava

ilabl

e be

caus

e the

rese

arch

was

carri

ed by

m

any d

iffer

ent d

ata c

ollec

tors

and

NGOs

. In ad

ditio

n, aq

uifer

s like

Ilium

eden

Aquif

er sy

stem

, are

som

etim

es sh

ared

betw

een m

any c

ount

ries e

ach h

avin

g hi

s own

asse

ssmen

t met

hod a

nd hi

s own

dat

a coll

ectio

n. T

hus,

the fi

rst st

ep of

prom

otin

g the

use o

f tha

t res

ource

parti

cular

ly wh

en it

com

es fr

om a

trans

boun

dary

aquif

er w

ill be

a co

nsoli

datio

n and

harm

oniza

tion o

f dat

a fro

m di

ffere

nt so

urce

s.

We h

ave a

lread

y car

ried a

case

stud

y con

sistin

g in c

ollec

ting d

ata f

or tr

ansb

ound

ary a

quife

rs in

Mali

in 20

08. T

he ac

tual

activ

ity is

a co

ntin

uatio

n of t

his

earli

er st

udy.

It aim

s to c

ollec

t dat

a alre

ady e

xistin

g on t

rans

boun

dary

aquif

ers o

f Bur

kina F

aso,

Mali

, Nig

er an

d Guin

ea an

d if p

ossib

le, ob

tain

a m

appi

ng

syste

m so

as to

get a

mor

e visi

bilit

y in t

his fi

eld.

BAM

AKO

Supp

ort f

or a

Trans

boun

dary

Bios

pher

e Re

serv

e nom

inat

ion in

the p

rote

cted a

rea

of Ba

fing F

além

é bet

ween

Guin

ea, M

ali

and S

énég

al

Wes

t Afri

can s

ub-S

ahar

an co

untri

es ar

e well

know

n for

their

pove

rty, t

heir

fragi

le ec

osys

tem

s and

Mad

rid Ac

tion p

lan (2

008)

has t

arge

ted T

rans

boun

dary

Bi

osph

ere R

eser

ves c

reat

ion as

a go

od st

rate

gy in

prom

otin

g reg

ional

coop

erat

ion an

d sus

tain

able

Deve

lopm

ent b

ased

on na

tura

l res

ource

s con

serv

ation

/m

anag

emen

t. In

this

cont

ext a

n int

erna

tiona

l wor

ksho

p was

held

in Ba

mak

o in F

ebru

ary 2

009 f

or TB

R pro

mot

ion in

Wes

t Afri

ca w

ith em

phas

is on

02

prot

ecte

d are

as: B

afing

Falém

é bet

ween

Guin

ea, M

ali an

d Sen

egal

and G

ourm

a-Sa

hel b

etwe

en Bu

rkin

a Fas

o and

Mali

. A M

OU ha

s bee

n sig

ned b

etwe

en

UNES

CO Ba

mak

o clu

ster O

ffice

and t

he M

inist

ry of

Envir

onm

ent o

f Mali

for a

good

follo

w up

of th

e rec

omm

enda

tions

of th

e wor

ksho

p. Th

is ac

tivity

was

pr

opos

ed in

the f

ram

ewor

k of t

he fo

llow

up of

thes

e rec

omm

enda

tions

BAM

AKO

2nd s

umm

er so

lar en

ergy

scho

ol fo

r Wes

t Af

rican

coun

tries

.Ac

cess

to en

ergy

, a ge

nera

lly ac

cept

ed in

dica

tor f

or ov

erall

socio

-eco

nom

ic de

velop

men

t of a

ny co

untry

or re

gion

, is lo

w in

sub-

Saha

ran A

frica

. For

su

stain

able

deve

lopm

ent,

rene

wabl

e ene

rgy t

echn

ologi

es ha

ve de

mon

strat

ed a

grow

ing p

oten

tial t

o mee

t ene

rgy n

eeds

whe

re co

nven

tiona

l ene

rgy s

uppl

y op

tions

have

faile

d. Ho

weve

r, in t

he fie

ld of

solar

ener

gy, h

uman

reso

urce

s, in

stalla

tion a

nd m

ainte

nanc

e issu

es sp

ecifi

cally

in ru

ral a

reas

have

been

reall

y ch

allen

ging

for A

frica

n cou

ntrie

s. On

anot

her h

and,

UNES

CO ha

s a lo

ng te

rm ex

perie

nce (

mor

e tha

n 30 y

ears)

in or

gani

zing a

t Par

is su

mm

er so

lar sc

hools

. A

first

solar

scho

ol ga

ther

ing p

artic

ipan

ts fro

m 7

west

Afric

an co

untri

es in

2009

join

tly or

gani

zed b

y UNE

SCO,

ISES

CO, U

EMOA

and t

he G

over

nmen

t of M

ali ha

s be

en a

grea

t suc

cess.

The s

econ

d sch

ool w

ill ca

pita

lize r

ecom

men

datio

ns fr

om th

e first

one a

nd tr

y to b

e mor

e foc

used

on pr

actic

al sk

ills aw

aren

ess.

BAM

AKO

Supp

ort f

or w

omen

grou

ps in

small

scale

te

xtile

dyein

g uni

ts in

Bam

ako

Dyein

g on b

asin

-text

ile us

ing m

oder

n che

mica

l com

poun

ds is

a hi

gh in

com

e acti

vity f

or Ba

mak

o wom

en gr

oups

sinc

e 10 t

o 15

year

s. Ho

weve

r the

se

chem

icals

are n

ot bi

odeg

rada

ble a

nd ar

e som

etim

es to

xic. T

he w

orke

rs, m

ainly

wom

en, a

re no

t awa

re of

the c

hem

icals

prop

ertie

s and

don’t

use t

hem

pr

oper

ly re

gard

ing q

ualit

y, qu

antit

ies an

d the

conv

enien

t pro

cess

of dy

eing t

echn

ique

. Inde

ed, t

here

is a

real

need

of tr

ainin

g on o

ptim

izatio

n of t

he pr

oces

s, se

nsiti

zatio

n on d

ange

r for

the w

orke

rs’ he

alth a

nd fo

r env

ironm

enta

l poll

ution

. Thi

s acti

vity a

ims a

t gat

herin

g aro

und 5

0 to 1

00 w

omen

doin

g thi

s acti

vity

on a

pilot

site

wer

e a pr

etre

atm

ent d

ispos

al of

was

tewa

ter w

ill be

settl

ed an

d tra

inin

g ses

sion o

n pro

per u

se of

chem

icals,

self p

rote

ction

and e

nviro

nmen

tal

prot

ectio

n fro

m po

llutio

n will

be or

gani

zed.

DAKA

RPo

pular

izatio

n and

stre

ngth

enin

g of

Scien

ce Ed

ucat

ionAU

and N

EPAD

has s

tresse

d the

impo

rtanc

e of b

uildi

ng Af

rica’s

scien

tific a

nd te

chno

logica

l cap

aciti

es as

part

of m

eetin

g the

MDG

s. Sc

ience

and t

echn

ology

ed

ucat

ion, p

lay an

impo

rtant

role

in at

tain

ing t

his o

bjec

tive b

ecau

se it

effec

tively

cont

ribut

es to

the d

evelo

pmen

t of a

coun

try’s e

cono

my,

envir

onm

ent,

socia

l rela

tions

, and

othe

r sec

tors.

Afric

an co

untri

es re

cogn

ize th

is ro

le an

d man

y hav

e com

mitt

ed co

nsid

erab

le re

sour

ces t

o the

deve

lopm

ent o

f scie

nce a

nd

tech

nolog

y and

their

educ

ation

al sy

stem

s. As

the c

omm

uniq

ués o

f sev

eral

conf

eren

ces o

n Scie

nce a

nd Te

chno

logy t

each

ing i

n Afri

ca sh

ow, t

here

is an

urge

nt

need

for t

he de

visin

g of s

uitab

le in

struc

tiona

l mat

erial

s and

met

hods

for i

mpr

oved

scien

ce le

ssons

deliv

ery.

In ge

nera

l, the

very

small

num

ber o

f res

earch

sc

ientis

ts an

d tec

hnolo

gists

in Af

rica c

ontra

st sh

arpl

y with

the r

elativ

e lar

ge nu

mbe

rs in

Euro

pe an

d Am

erica

. Afri

can c

ount

ries h

ave r

ecog

nize

d the

need

to

prom

ote,

deve

lop, a

nd su

stain

a re

levan

t scie

nce a

nd te

chno

logy c

ultu

re, w

hich

inclu

des p

robl

em so

lving

and i

ndig

enou

s asp

ects,

in or

der t

o nar

row

the g

ap be

twee

n the

m an

d ind

ustri

alize

d cou

ntrie

s. Th

is ac

tivity

aim

s to g

room

youn

g peo

ple w

ith kn

owled

ge an

d skil

ls in

the a

pplic

ation

of Sc

ience

and

Tech

nolog

y thr

ough

popu

lariza

tion a

nd st

reng

then

ing o

f scie

nce e

duca

tion.

The a

ctivit

y will

targ

et st

uden

ts fro

m pr

imar

y to s

econ

dary

scho

ols an

d will

aim

to br

ing o

ut th

eir be

st an

d exp

osin

g the

m to

oppo

rtuni

ties a

vaila

ble f

or th

em in

the a

reas

of Sc

ience

and T

echn

ology

.


Nam

e of r

espo

nsib

le O

ffice

Title

of A

ctiv

ityDe

scrip

tion

DAKA

RRa

ising

awar

enes

s for

prep

ared

ness

and

Miti

gatio

n of n

atur

al Di

saste

rsAs

defin

ed by

OCH

A, di

saste

r pre

pare

dnes

s are

pre-

disa

ster a

ctivit

ies th

at ar

e und

erta

ken w

ithin

the c

onte

xt of

disa

ster r

isk m

anag

emen

t and

are b

ased

on

soun

d risk

analy

sis. T

his i

nclu

des t

he de

velop

men

t/enh

ance

men

t of a

n ove

rall p

repa

redn

ess s

trate

gy, p

olicy

, insti

tutio

nal s

tructu

re, w

arni

ng an

d for

ecas

ting

capa

bilit

ies, a

nd pl

ans t

hat d

efine

mea

sure

s gea

red t

o help

ing a

t-risk

com

mun

ities

safe

guar

d the

ir liv

es an

d asse

ts by

bein

g aler

t to h

azar

ds an

d tak

ing

appr

opria

te ac

tion i

n the

face

of an

imm

inen

t thr

eat o

r an a

ctual

disa

ster. I

n rec

ent m

onth

s, W

est A

frica

n nat

ions,

inclu

ding

mem

ber s

tate

s of D

akar

clus

ter,

have

been

seve

rely

hit b

y nat

ural

disa

sters

such

as flo

ods a

nd dr

ough

ts. In

mos

t ins

tanc

es co

mm

uniti

es ha

ve di

fficu

lties

in re

spon

ding

to di

saste

r bec

ause

of

lack

of aw

aren

ess o

r und

ersta

ndin

g of t

he ha

zard

s the

y fac

e. Th

eref

ore.

This

activ

ity ai

ms t

o con

duct

an aw

aren

ess c

ampa

ign t

hrou

ghou

t the

clus

ter

coun

tries

in th

e for

m of

wor

ksho

ps, d

istrib

ution

of pr

inte

d or d

igita

l mat

erial

, sho

wing

of di

saste

r mov

ies or

docu

men

tarie

s. Th

is ac

tivity

will

targ

et m

ost

vuln

erab

le co

mm

uniti

es su

ch ru

ral c

omm

uniti

es, p

eri-u

rban

com

mun

ities

, urb

an sl

ums,

and l

arge

rive

r rip

arian

dwell

ers.

The a

ctivit

y will

main

ly fo

cus

natu

ral d

isaste

rs in

duce

d by fl

oodi

ng.

DAKA

RSt

udy o

n Esta

blish

men

t of b

iosph

ere

rese

rves

in Cl

uste

r cou

ntrie

sAc

cord

ing t

o the

Afric

a’s Sc

ience

and t

echn

ology

CPA,

Afric

a’s bi

odive

rsity

hold

s an e

norm

ous p

oten

tial o

f tra

nsfo

rmin

g the

cont

inen

t’s ag

ricul

tura

l and

in

dustr

ial sy

stem

s to c

ontri

bute

to ec

onom

ic gr

owth

and p

over

ty re

ducti

on. T

he un

ique

sp

ecies

of pl

ants

and a

nim

als as

well

as ec

osys

tem

s con

stitu

te th

e con

tinen

t’s na

tura

l wea

lth. H

owev

er, th

is di

versi

ty is

unde

rutil

ized a

nd is

bein

g los

t at

alarm

ing r

ates

. Con

serv

ing a

nd pr

omot

ing s

usta

inab

le us

e of b

iodive

rsity

is on

e of t

he ch

allen

ges t

hat A

frica

n cou

ntrie

s hav

e com

mitt

ed th

emse

lves t

o ad

dres

sing.

Thes

e res

ource

s, if p

rope

rly ex

ploit

ed, s

houl

d con

tribu

te si

gnifi

cant

ly to

the d

evelo

pmen

t of t

he lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es, a

s well

as th

e Nat

ional

Econ

omy.

In th

is pr

oces

s effe

ctive

and a

ppro

priat

e man

agem

ent o

f the

se na

tura

l res

ource

s is c

ardi

nal. T

he es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f Bios

pher

e Res

erve

s sho

uld

facil

itate

the e

xploi

tatio

n of n

atur

al re

sour

ces c

ogni

zant

of th

e nee

d to e

nsur

e pro

tecti

on an

d sus

tain

abilit

y of g

enet

ic re

sour

ces.

This

activ

ity ai

ms t

o pr

omot

e the

crea

tion o

f Bios

pher

e Res

erve

s in c

luste

r cou

ntrie

s, wi

th vi

ew to

educ

ate l

ocal

com

mun

ities

on th

e im

porta

nce o

f Bios

pher

e Res

erve

s. Em

phas

is wi

ll be p

laced

on id

entif

ying T

rans

boun

dary

Bios

pher

e pot

entia

l in th

e clu

ster.

Targ

et gr

oups

inclu

de lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es; s

take

hold

ers s

uch a

s Chi

efs,

Fishe

ries D

epar

tmen

ts, Fo

restr

y Dep

artm

ents,

Fish

erm

en.

DAKA

RM

anag

ing g

roun

dwat

er sy

stem

s’ res

pons

e to

glob

al ch

ange

sGr

ound

wate

r is e

xtre

mely

impo

rtant

in Af

rica.

Acco

rdin

g to t

he Af

rica W

ater

Visio

n 202

5, it

is es

timat

ed th

at m

ore t

han 7

5 per

cent

of th

e Afri

can p

opul

ation

us

es gr

ound

wate

r as i

ts m

ain so

urce

of dr

inkin

g wat

er. Eff

ects

of Cl

imat

e cha

nge o

n wat

er re

sour

ces a

re di

ctatin

g nee

ds to

find i

nnov

ative

solu

tions

for

wate

r res

ource

s man

agem

ent i

nclu

ding

aquif

ers.

This

activ

ity is

aim

ed at

raisi

ng aw

aren

ess a

nd in

creas

ing k

nowl

edge

on th

e effe

cts of

clim

ate c

hang

e on

grou

ndwa

ter r

esou

rces.

It wi

ll also

cont

ribut

e to t

he kn

owled

ge of

adap

ting t

o the

impa

cts of

glob

al ch

ange

s on r

iver b

asin

s and

aquif

er sy

stem

s.

Man

aged

Aquif

er Re

char

ge (M

AR) i

s bec

omin

g a ch

oice o

f solu

tion f

or gr

ound

wate

r res

ource

s man

agem

ent f

or ar

id an

d sem

i-arid

regi

ons b

ut th

e ide

a is

new

in Su

b-Sa

hara

n Afri

ca. A

Regi

onal

work

shop

will

be or

gani

zed t

o eng

age t

he cl

uste

r cou

ntrie

s in M

anag

ed Aq

uifer

Rech

arge

(MAR

) im

plem

enta

tion

in co

oper

ation

with

the U

NESC

O Ch

air in

hydr

ogeo

logy b

ased

at th

e Uni

versi

ty of

Wes

tern

Cape

, Cap

e Tow

n, So

uth A

frica

. The

prop

osed

wor

ksho

p will

be

aimed

to pr

ovid

e a tr

ainin

g opp

ortu

nity

that

will

cont

ribut

e tow

ards

capa

city b

uildi

ng on

the a

pplic

ation

of M

anag

e Aqu

ifer R

echa

rge (

MAR

) prin

ciples

for

inte

grat

ed m

anag

emen

t of w

ater

reso

urce

s in c

luste

r cou

ntrie

s. It

is aim

ed at

:

• Wat

er re

sour

ces m

anag

ers

• Env

ironm

ent p

rote

ction

auth

oriti

es

• Wat

er su

pply

auth

oriti

es

• Hea

lth Co

mm

ission

s • U

nive

rsitie

s

DAKA

RW

ater

Educ

ation

for C

omm

uniti

es,

stake

hold

ers a

nd m

ass-m

edia

prof

essio

nals.

As w

ater

scar

city b

ecom

es al

arm

ing w

ith th

e effe

ct of

clim

ate c

hang

e and

wat

er is

larg

ely m

isuse

d, th

ere i

s a ne

ed fo

r com

mun

ities

to de

velop

skills

for

efficie

nt w

ater

usag

e. As

outli

ned i

n the

Afric

a Wat

er Vi

sion 2

025,

atta

inin

g equ

itabl

e and

susta

inab

le us

e of w

ater

for s

ocio-

econ

omic

deve

lopm

ent r

equir

es

awar

enes

s, co

nsen

sus-b

uildi

ng, c

reat

ing f

ram

ewor

ks fo

r int

egra

ted w

ater

reso

urce

s man

agem

ent,

and c

apac

ity bu

ildin

g. Th

is ac

tivity

aim

s to o

rgan

ize

awar

enes

s ses

sions

for W

ater

Use

efficie

ncy t

o inc

reas

e sta

keho

lder

s’ kno

wled

ge ba

se in

man

agin

g wat

er as

a sc

arce

reso

urce

. Tar

get g

roup

s inc

lude

: Lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es;

Urba

n and

rura

l pop

ulat

ions;

M

ass m

edia

prof

essio

nals;

W

ater

relat

ion in

stitu

tions

NG

Os

A N N E x E S 67

Nam

e of r

espo

nsib

le O

ffice

Title

of A

ctiv

ityDe

scrip

tion

DAKA

RRa

ising

awar

enes

s for

prep

ared

ness

and

Miti

gatio

n of n

atur

al Di

saste

rsAs

defin

ed by

OCH

A, di

saste

r pre

pare

dnes

s are

pre-

disa

ster a

ctivit

ies th

at ar

e und

erta

ken w

ithin

the c

onte

xt of

disa

ster r

isk m

anag

emen

t and

are b

ased

on

soun

d risk

analy

sis. T

his i

nclu

des t

he de

velop

men

t/enh

ance

men

t of a

n ove

rall p

repa

redn

ess s

trate

gy, p

olicy

, insti

tutio

nal s

tructu

re, w

arni

ng an

d for

ecas

ting

capa

bilit

ies, a

nd pl

ans t

hat d

efine

mea

sure

s gea

red t

o help

ing a

t-risk

com

mun

ities

safe

guar

d the

ir liv

es an

d asse

ts by

bein

g aler

t to h

azar

ds an

d tak

ing

appr

opria

te ac

tion i

n the

face

of an

imm

inen

t thr

eat o

r an a

ctual

disa

ster. I

n rec

ent m

onth

s, W

est A

frica

n nat

ions,

inclu

ding

mem

ber s

tate

s of D

akar

clus

ter,

have

been

seve

rely

hit b

y nat

ural

disa

sters

such

as flo

ods a

nd dr

ough

ts. In

mos

t ins

tanc

es co

mm

uniti

es ha

ve di

fficu

lties

in re

spon

ding

to di

saste

r bec

ause

of

lack

of aw

aren

ess o

r und

ersta

ndin

g of t

he ha

zard

s the

y fac

e. Th

eref

ore.

This

activ

ity ai

ms t

o con

duct

an aw

aren

ess c

ampa

ign t

hrou

ghou

t the

clus

ter

coun

tries

in th

e for

m of

wor

ksho

ps, d

istrib

ution

of pr

inte

d or d

igita

l mat

erial

, sho

wing

of di

saste

r mov

ies or

docu

men

tarie

s. Th

is ac

tivity

will

targ

et m

ost

vuln

erab

le co

mm

uniti

es su

ch ru

ral c

omm

uniti

es, p

eri-u

rban

com

mun

ities

, urb

an sl

ums,

and l

arge

rive

r rip

arian

dwell

ers.

The a

ctivit

y will

main

ly fo

cus

natu

ral d

isaste

rs in

duce

d by fl

oodi

ng.

DAKA

RSt

udy o

n Esta

blish

men

t of b

iosph

ere

rese

rves

in Cl

uste

r cou

ntrie

sAc

cord

ing t

o the

Afric

a’s Sc

ience

and t

echn

ology

CPA,

Afric

a’s bi

odive

rsity

hold

s an e

norm

ous p

oten

tial o

f tra

nsfo

rmin

g the

cont

inen

t’s ag

ricul

tura

l and

in

dustr

ial sy

stem

s to c

ontri

bute

to ec

onom

ic gr

owth

and p

over

ty re

ducti

on. T

he un

ique

sp

ecies

of pl

ants

and a

nim

als as

well

as ec

osys

tem

s con

stitu

te th

e con

tinen

t’s na

tura

l wea

lth. H

owev

er, th

is di

versi

ty is

unde

rutil

ized a

nd is

bein

g los

t at

alarm

ing r

ates

. Con

serv

ing a

nd pr

omot

ing s

usta

inab

le us

e of b

iodive

rsity

is on

e of t

he ch

allen

ges t

hat A

frica

n cou

ntrie

s hav

e com

mitt

ed th

emse

lves t

o ad

dres

sing.

Thes

e res

ource

s, if p

rope

rly ex

ploit

ed, s

houl

d con

tribu

te si

gnifi

cant

ly to

the d

evelo

pmen

t of t

he lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es, a

s well

as th

e Nat

ional

Econ

omy.

In th

is pr

oces

s effe

ctive

and a

ppro

priat

e man

agem

ent o

f the

se na

tura

l res

ource

s is c

ardi

nal. T

he es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f Bios

pher

e Res

erve

s sho

uld

facil

itate

the e

xploi

tatio

n of n

atur

al re

sour

ces c

ogni

zant

of th

e nee

d to e

nsur

e pro

tecti

on an

d sus

tain

abilit

y of g

enet

ic re

sour

ces.

This

activ

ity ai

ms t

o pr

omot

e the

crea

tion o

f Bios

pher

e Res

erve

s in c

luste

r cou

ntrie

s, wi

th vi

ew to

educ

ate l

ocal

com

mun

ities

on th

e im

porta

nce o

f Bios

pher

e Res

erve

s. Em

phas

is wi

ll be p

laced

on id

entif

ying T

rans

boun

dary

Bios

pher

e pot

entia

l in th

e clu

ster.

Targ

et gr

oups

inclu

de lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es; s

take

hold

ers s

uch a

s Chi

efs,

Fishe

ries D

epar

tmen

ts, Fo

restr

y Dep

artm

ents,

Fish

erm

en.

DAKA

RM

anag

ing g

roun

dwat

er sy

stem

s’ res

pons

e to

glob

al ch

ange

sGr

ound

wate

r is e

xtre

mely

impo

rtant

in Af

rica.

Acco

rdin

g to t

he Af

rica W

ater

Visio

n 202

5, it

is es

timat

ed th

at m

ore t

han 7

5 per

cent

of th

e Afri

can p

opul

ation

us

es gr

ound

wate

r as i

ts m

ain so

urce

of dr

inkin

g wat

er. Eff

ects

of Cl

imat

e cha

nge o

n wat

er re

sour

ces a

re di

ctatin

g nee

ds to

find i

nnov

ative

solu

tions

for

wate

r res

ource

s man

agem

ent i

nclu

ding

aquif

ers.

This

activ

ity is

aim

ed at

raisi

ng aw

aren

ess a

nd in

creas

ing k

nowl

edge

on th

e effe

cts of

clim

ate c

hang

e on

grou

ndwa

ter r

esou

rces.

It wi

ll also

cont

ribut

e to t

he kn

owled

ge of

adap

ting t

o the

impa

cts of

glob

al ch

ange

s on r

iver b

asin

s and

aquif

er sy

stem

s.

Man

aged

Aquif

er Re

char

ge (M

AR) i

s bec

omin

g a ch

oice o

f solu

tion f

or gr

ound

wate

r res

ource

s man

agem

ent f

or ar

id an

d sem

i-arid

regi

ons b

ut th

e ide

a is

new

in Su

b-Sa

hara

n Afri

ca. A

Regi

onal

work

shop

will

be or

gani

zed t

o eng

age t

he cl

uste

r cou

ntrie

s in M

anag

ed Aq

uifer

Rech

arge

(MAR

) im

plem

enta

tion

in co

oper

ation

with

the U

NESC

O Ch

air in

hydr

ogeo

logy b

ased

at th

e Uni

versi

ty of

Wes

tern

Cape

, Cap

e Tow

n, So

uth A

frica

. The

prop

osed

wor

ksho

p will

be

aimed

to pr

ovid

e a tr

ainin

g opp

ortu

nity

that

will

cont

ribut

e tow

ards

capa

city b

uildi

ng on

the a

pplic

ation

of M

anag

e Aqu

ifer R

echa

rge (

MAR

) prin

ciples

for

inte

grat

ed m

anag

emen

t of w

ater

reso

urce

s in c

luste

r cou

ntrie

s. It

is aim

ed at

:

• Wat

er re

sour

ces m

anag

ers

• Env

ironm

ent p

rote

ction

auth

oriti

es

• Wat

er su

pply

auth

oriti

es

• Hea

lth Co

mm

ission

s • U

nive

rsitie

s

DAKA

RW

ater

Educ

ation

for C

omm

uniti

es,

stake

hold

ers a

nd m

ass-m

edia

prof

essio

nals.

As w

ater

scar

city b

ecom

es al

arm

ing w

ith th

e effe

ct of

clim

ate c

hang

e and

wat

er is

larg

ely m

isuse

d, th

ere i

s a ne

ed fo

r com

mun

ities

to de

velop

skills

for

efficie

nt w

ater

usag

e. As

outli

ned i

n the

Afric

a Wat

er Vi

sion 2

025,

atta

inin

g equ

itabl

e and

susta

inab

le us

e of w

ater

for s

ocio-

econ

omic

deve

lopm

ent r

equir

es

awar

enes

s, co

nsen

sus-b

uildi

ng, c

reat

ing f

ram

ewor

ks fo

r int

egra

ted w

ater

reso

urce

s man

agem

ent,

and c

apac

ity bu

ildin

g. Th

is ac

tivity

aim

s to o

rgan

ize

awar

enes

s ses

sions

for W

ater

Use

efficie

ncy t

o inc

reas

e sta

keho

lder

s’ kno

wled

ge ba

se in

man

agin

g wat

er as

a sc

arce

reso

urce

. Tar

get g

roup

s inc

lude

: Lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es;

Urba

n and

rura

l pop

ulat

ions;

M

ass m

edia

prof

essio

nals;

W

ater

relat

ion in

stitu

tions

NG

Os

Nam

e of r

espo

nsib

le O

ffice

Title

of A

ctiv

ityDe

scrip

tion

DAR E

s SAL

AAM

Stre

ngth

enin

g scie

nce,

tech

nolog

y and

in

nova

tion s

yste

ms a

nd ne

twor

ks of

kn

owled

ge pr

oduc

tion

In vi

ew of

the s

trate

gic i

mpo

rtanc

e of t

he D

ar es

Salaa

m cl

uste

r offi

ce in

the s

ervic

e of 4

small

islan

d dev

elopi

ng st

ates

(SID

S), t

he ac

tivity

to be

unde

rtake

n in

the b

ienni

um w

ould

focu

s on t

he st

reng

then

ing o

f the

scien

ce sy

stem

s and

netw

orks

of kn

owled

ge on

thes

e isla

nds.

For

exam

ple,

the o

ffice

will

assis

t the

Seyc

helle

s to p

rodu

ce a

func

tiona

l scie

nce p

olicy

docu

men

t foll

owin

g the

draf

t of a

polic

y doc

umen

t ear

ly 20

09. T

his h

opef

ully

woul

d plac

e Se

yche

lles i

n a po

sition

to ut

ilize s

cienc

e to e

nhan

ce ec

onom

ic re

cove

ry an

d gro

wth i

n the

com

ing y

ears.

DAR E

s SAL

AAM

Rene

wabl

e ene

rgies

for s

usta

inab

le na

tiona

l dev

elopm

ent i

n Sm

all Is

land

deve

lopm

ent (

SIDS)

UNES

CO D

ar es

Salaa

m w

ill th

is bi

enni

um co

ntin

ue w

ith th

e res

pons

e to t

he re

ques

t fro

m th

e Mau

ritius

for a

ssista

nce f

or st

reng

then

ing t

he us

e of

rene

wabl

e ene

rgies

on th

e isla

nd. In

view

of th

is th

e Offi

ce w

ill un

derta

ke an

activ

ity to

enha

nce t

he ut

ilizat

ion of

rene

wabl

e ene

rgies

as pa

rt of

natio

nal

strat

egy f

or cl

imat

e cha

nge a

dapt

ation

on th

e isla

nd of

Rodr

igue

s in t

he M

aurit

ius.

DAR E

s SAL

AAM

Enha

ncin

g the

role

of bi

osph

ere r

eser

ves

in na

tiona

l stra

tegi

es fo

r clim

ate c

hang

e ad

apta

tion

Natu

ral S

cienc

es Se

ctor w

ill su

ppor

t the

parti

cipat

ion of

mem

ber s

tate

s in t

he Af

riMAB

mee

ting t

hat w

ill be

held

in M

adag

asca

r and

will

also c

arry

out

furth

er cl

imat

e cha

nge i

mpa

ct co

ping

stra

tegi

es st

udies

for a

t lea

st tw

o of t

he is

lands

inclu

ding

the C

omor

os an

d Zan

zibar.

Thes

e stu

dies

will

cont

ribut

e to

ward

s the

stre

ngth

enin

g of n

ation

al pl

ans f

or cl

imat

e cha

nge a

dapt

ation

and w

ould

be ca

rried

out u

tiliza

tion e

xistin

g bios

pher

e res

erve

s as l

earn

ing

labor

ator

ies or

sim

ilar n

atur

e res

erve

s whe

re th

ere a

re no

bios

pher

e res

erve

s to b

e use

d for

the s

tudi

es.

DAR E

s SAL

AAM

Capa

city d

evelo

pmen

t for

impr

oved

m

anag

emen

t of f

resh

wat

er re

sour

ces

for s

usta

inab

le de

velop

men

t.

With

the i

mpa

ct of

clim

ate c

hang

e bec

omin

g clea

rer t

here

is a

need

to en

hanc

e fur

ther

the k

nowl

edge

and

tech

nica

l cap

aciti

es of

urba

n wat

er sy

stem

s m

anag

ers e

spec

ially

on th

e Ind

ian O

cean

Islan

ds us

ing t

he In

tegr

ated

Wat

er Re

sour

ces M

anag

emen

t App

roac

h fo

r sus

tain

able

man

agem

ent o

f fre

sh

wate

r res

ource

s whi

ch w

ill in

clude

how

to or

gani

ze to

resp

ond t

o clim

ate c

hang

e im

pacts

on th

e res

ource

s. Fo

cus w

ill be

on M

adag

asca

r, Com

oros

and

Zanz

ibar.

HARA

RECa

pacit

y buil

ding

in sc

ience

, tec

hnolo

gy

and i

nnov

ation

polic

yTh

e ove

rall g

oals

of th

e AU/

NEPA

D co

nsoli

date

d plan

are:

a) To

enab

le Af

rica t

o har

ness

and a

pply

scien

ce, t

echn

ology

and r

elate

d inn

ovat

ions t

o era

dica

te po

verty

and a

chiev

e sus

tain

able

deve

lopm

ent;

and

b) To

ensu

re th

at Af

rica c

ontri

bute

s to t

he gl

obal

pool

of sc

ientifi

c kno

wled

ge an

d tec

hnolo

gica

l inno

vatio

ns

It is

this

vision

that

unde

rpin

s thi

s acti

vity t

hat w

ill be

impl

emen

ted w

ithin

the f

ram

ewor

k of t

he Jo

int U

NESC

O-SA

DC im

plem

enta

tion s

trate

gy an

d will

focu

s on p

olicy

train

ing f

or se

nior

officia

ls in

the c

luste

r cou

ntrie

s.

HARA

RESt

udy o

n Esta

blish

men

t of B

iosph

ere

Rese

rves

Clus

ter C

ount

ries

This

activ

ity ai

ms t

o pro

mot

e the

crea

tion o

f Bios

pher

e Res

erve

s in c

luste

r cou

ntrie

s, wi

th vi

ew to

educ

ate l

ocal

com

mun

ities

on th

e im

porta

nce o

f Bi

osph

ere R

eser

ves.

Emph

asis

will b

e plac

ed on

the T

rans

boun

dary

Bios

pher

e acti

vity u

nder

take

n bet

ween

Zam

bia a

nd Zi

mba

bwe.

KINS

HASA

Supp

ort f

or th

e par

ticip

ation

of D

RC in

th

e Alb

ertin

e Rift

cent

re of

exce

llenc

e fo

r biod

iversi

ty an

d nat

ural

reso

urce

s m

anag

emen

t.

Dem

ocra

tic re

publ

ic of

Cong

o lies

in th

e Alb

ertin

e Rift

valle

y, an

d for

this

Bien

nium

UNE

SCO

will f

acilit

ate t

he co

untry

parti

cipat

ion to

the p

roce

ss of

crea

tion

of th

e Alb

ertin

e Rift

Cent

re of

Exce

llenc

e for

biod

iversi

ty an

d nat

ural

reso

urce

s man

agem

ent.

LIBRE

VILL

ESu

ppor

t to t

he im

plem

enta

tion o

f Mad

rid

Actio

n Plan

in Li

brev

ille Cl

uste

r offi

ce

coun

tries

This

activ

ity w

ill re

sult

in th

e esta

blish

men

t of a

n int

erim

MAB

Nat

ional

Com

mitt

ee an

d dev

elopm

ent o

f a N

ation

al Ac

tion P

lan fo

r the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the M

adrid

Actio

n Plan

at co

untry

leve

l. Inf

orm

ation

Mat

erial

s will

also b

e pro

duce

d.


Nam

e of r

espo

nsib

le O

ffice

Title

of A

ctiv

ityDe

scrip

tion

NAIR

OBI

Supp

ort t

he cr

eatio

n in R

wand

a of

Albe

rtine

Rift

regi

onal

cent

re of

exce

llenc

e fo

r biod

iversi

ty an

d nat

ural

reso

urce

s m

anag

emen

t

UNES

CO w

ill su

ppor

t Rwa

nda t

o cre

ate a

n ena

blin

g env

ironm

ent f

or th

e cre

ation

of th

e Alb

ertin

e Rift

Cent

re of

exce

llenc

e for

Biod

iversi

ty. U

NESC

O wi

ll also

su

ppor

t Rwa

nda’s

advo

cacy

stra

tegy

towa

rds t

he fiv

e oth

er A

lber

tine R

ift co

untri

es (B

urun

di, D

emoc

ratic

repu

blic

of Co

ngo,

Tanz

ania,

Uga

nda a

nd Za

mbi

a)

to ha

ve th

eir ag

reem

ent a

nd to

tal c

omm

itmen

t and

facil

itate

mob

ilizat

ion of

finan

cial a

nd sc

ientifi

c res

ource

s for

the c

reat

ion of

the C

entre

Exce

llenc

e.

NAIR

OBI

Supp

ort t

he im

plem

enta

tion o

f Mad

rid

Actio

n Plan

in Rw

anda

UNES

CO w

ill te

chni

cally

supp

ort t

he de

velop

men

t of t

he ac

tion p

lan an

d will

cont

ribut

e to i

ts im

plem

enta

tion.

To ill

ustra

te th

e rele

vanc

e of M

AB pr

incip

les,

fund

s will

be re

ques

ted t

o im

plem

ent p

riorit

y acti

vities

of th

e MAB

actio

n plan

for R

wand

a. Th

ese a

ctivit

ies w

ill be

inclu

ded i

n the

One

UN

work

plan

s for

20

10 an

d 201

1. Th

e nom

inat

ion of

new

sites

as w

ell as

reha

bilit

ation

of de

grad

ed ar

eas i

s for

esee

n.

NAIR

OBI

Supp

ortin

g com

mun

ity le

d sus

tain

able

man

agem

ent o

f Mt K

ulal

bios

pher

e res

erve

Base

d on t

he la

st fo

ur ye

ars o

f wor

k, a p

rojec

t doc

umen

t was

deve

loped

in 20

09 th

at w

ill be

used

to ra

ise fin

ancia

l sup

port

in or

der t

o ach

ieve a

susta

inab

le us

e of t

he BR

thro

ugh a

com

mun

ity le

d man

agem

ent. T

his a

ctivit

y is a

join

t acti

vity w

ith th

e Cul

ture

Uni

t in t

he N

airob

i offi

ce.

NAIR

OBI

Rese

arch

and a

ssessm

ent o

f urb

an

grou

ndwa

ter v

ulne

rabi

lity

The a

ctivit

y will

cons

ist of

selec

ted u

rban

area

s to m

ap th

e diff

eren

t sou

rces o

f pot

entia

l poll

ution

for g

roun

dwat

er w

ith a

parti

cular

focu

s on t

he re

char

ge

area

s. Th

e wat

er qu

ality

of at

som

e crit

ical p

oints

will b

e cha

racte

rized

. The

map

ping

of po

tent

ial po

llutio

n sou

rces a

nd th

e wat

er qu

ality

iden

tified

will

be

analy

zed i

n ord

er to

pres

ent a

ppro

ach f

or th

e mon

itorin

g of g

roun

dwat

er po

llutio

n in c

ities

. A pa

rtner

ship

will

be es

tabl

ished

with

key s

take

hold

ers i

n eac

h se

lecte

d urb

an ar

ea. T

he ac

tivity

will

be im

plem

ente

d in c

lose c

ollab

orat

ion w

ith na

tiona

l IHP c

omm

ittee

s, un

iversi

ties a

nd ke

y sta

keho

lder

s in t

he di

ffere

nt

coun

tries

.

NAIR

OBI

Tech

nica

l Assi

stanc

e to m

embe

r Sta

tes f

or

STI P

olicy

and l

egisl

ation

This

activ

ity ai

ms a

t im

prov

ing t

he ou

tcom

es of

polic

y-m

akin

g and

legi

slatio

n on S

TI re

lated

issu

es in

the s

ub-re

gion

thro

ugh t

arge

ted t

echn

ical a

ssista

nce.

NAIR

OBI

Sub-

Regi

onal

Asse

ssmen

t of b

iofue

l sc

ience

and t

echn

ologi

cal d

evelo

pmen

t.Liq

uid bi

ofue

l has

attra

cted i

ncre

asin

g atte

ntion

from

publ

ic an

d priv

ate i

nves

tors

in re

cent

year

s due

to vo

latilit

y of o

il pric

es an

d thr

eats

on it

s lon

g ter

m

avail

abilit

y, as

well

as gr

owin

g pre

ssure

for e

cono

mies

to ad

opt c

leane

r ene

rgy o

ption

s. Af

rican

gove

rnm

ents

are p

resse

d to p

lan an

d dev

elop s

trate

gies

th

at w

ill ad

dres

s opt

ions r

elate

d to t

he de

velop

men

t of b

iofue

ls. U

nfor

tuna

tely,

exist

ing i

nfor

mat

ion is

scar

ce an

d fra

gmen

ted.

This

activ

ity w

ill ad

dres

s thi

s ch

allen

ge by

cond

uctin

g as a

ssessm

ent o

f scie

nce a

nd te

chno

logy c

apab

ilities

for t

he de

velop

men

t of b

iofue

l in a

susta

inab

le m

anne

r in t

he su

b-re

gion

.

WIN

DHOE

KSu

ppor

t to i

mpl

emen

tatio

n of S

TI po

licies

in

clus

ter c

ount

ries

In th

e fra

mew

ork o

f the

2010

SADC

-UNE

SCO

joint

prog

ram

me r

egar

ding

Capa

city b

uildi

ng on

scien

ce, t

echn

ology

and i

nnov

ation

polic

y, po

licy t

rain

ing

activ

ities

for s

enior

officia

ls in

the r

egion

will

be co

nduc

ted.

Com

plem

enta

ry, U

NESC

O wi

ll con

tinue

its s

uppo

rt to

Swaz

iland

in th

e pro

cess

of dr

aftin

g a N

ation

al Sc

ience

, Tec

hnolo

gy an

d Inn

ovat

ion Po

licy d

ocum

ent.

The fi

rst N

amib

ian ST

I sta

tistic

s sur

vey w

ill be

supp

orte

d thr

ough

Tech

nica

l Adv

ice.

WIN

DHOE

KPr

omot

ing W

omen

in Sc

ience

and

Engi

neer

ing i

n clu

ster c

ount

ries

A m

eetin

g of t

he di

ffere

nt ne

twor

ks w

orkin

g in “

Wom

en in

Scien

ce an

d Eng

inee

ring”

issu

es in

the c

luste

r cou

ntrie

s will

be or

gani

zed,

in co

llabo

ratio

n with

SA

DC an

d WEG

SA, in

orde

r to d

raw

a roa

dmap

for t

he cl

uste

r.

Conc

urre

ntly,

an ag

reem

ent w

ith un

iversi

ties i

n Nam

ibia

will b

e esta

blish

ed fo

r wom

en sc

ientis

ts an

d eng

inee

rs to

visit

scho

ols in

perip

hera

l reg

ions o

f Na

mib

ia, in

orde

r to p

rese

nt ro

le m

odels

of su

cces

sful w

omen

scien

tists

and e

ngin

eers

to gi

rls, p

aren

ts an

d eld

ers.

A N N E x E S 69

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e of r

espo

nsib

le O

ffice

Title

of A

ctiv

ityDe

scrip

tion

WIN

DHOE

KM

anag

ing w

ater

as a

shar

ed re

spon

sibilit

y ac

ross

geog

raph

ical a

nd so

cial b

ound

aries

This

activ

ity in

supp

ort o

f ISA

RM SA

DC is

a co

ntin

uatio

n of t

he on

e sta

rted d

urin

g the

last

bien

nium

.

Durin

g 200

9 a Pr

oject

Conc

ept N

ote w

as pr

epar

ed fo

r 2 pi

lot ar

eas t

o esta

blish

a co

mpr

ehen

sive s

trate

gy an

d mec

hani

sms f

or th

e man

agem

ent o

f tra

nsbo

unda

ry gr

ound

wate

r.

A m

eetin

g with

all p

artn

ers t

hat a

gree

d to t

ake p

art i

n the

proje

ct wi

ll be o

rgan

ized i

n ear

ly 20

10 to

kick

star

t the

activ

ities

. In it

s first

phas

e, UN

ESCO

will

also s

uppo

rt a c

ompo

nent

on th

e esta

blish

men

t of a

harm

onize

d inf

orm

ation

syste

m in

coop

erat

ion w

ith IG

RAC (

TBC)

.

Com

plem

enta

ry, th

e UNE

SCO

Chair

for G

eohy

drolo

gy w

ill be

supp

orte

d to p

rodu

ce a

“pos

ition

pape

r” on

Tran

sbou

ndar

y Aqu

ifers

in SA

DC. T

his r

epor

t will

prov

ide e

viden

ce-b

ased

guid

ance

for f

utur

e acti

vities

of IS

ARM

-SAD

C, an

d the

basin

man

agem

ent c

omm

ittee

s.

WIN

DHOE

KFra

mew

ork P

rogr

amm

e for

Rese

arch

Ed

ucat

ion an

d Tra

inin

g in W

ater

(FET

Wat

er)

FETW

ater,

the F

ram

ewor

k Pro

gram

me f

or Re

sear

ch, E

duca

tion a

nd Tr

ainin

g in W

ater

(www

.fetw

ater.

co.za

), is

carri

ed ou

t with

finan

cial s

uppo

rt fro

m th

e FU

ST (F

lemish

UNE

SCO T

rust

Fund

s for

Scien

ce),

and t

he So

uth A

frica

n Gov

ernm

ent.

FETW

ater

addr

esse

s the

need

s of p

racti

tione

rs in

the S

outh

Afric

an

wate

r sec

tor, t

hrou

gh eff

ectiv

e coo

pera

tion b

etwe

en un

iversi

ties,

gove

rnm

ent d

epar

tmen

ts, re

sear

ch in

stitu

tions

and t

he pu

blic

and p

rivat

e sec

tor. T

he

seco

nd ph

ase o

f the

prog

ram

me w

ill fin

ish in

2010

. The

third

phas

e, un

der d

evelo

pmen

t, wi

ll inc

lude

spec

ific o

utre

ach a

ctivit

ies to

Nam

ibia,

Leso

tho a

nd

Swaz

iland

.

WIN

DHOE

KW

ater

educ

ation

for c

omm

uniti

es,

stake

hold

ers a

nd m

ass-m

edia

prof

essio

nals

In Sw

azila

nd, c

apac

ity bu

ildin

g acti

vities

will

be ca

rried

out b

ased

on th

e tra

inin

g nee

ds as

sessm

ent c

ondu

cted i

n lat

e 200

9 with

the s

uppo

rt of

UNE

SCO.

In Le

soth

o, a T

rain

ing N

eeds

Asse

ssmen

t will

be co

nduc

ted.

WIN

DHOE

KRe

sear

ch an

d Poli

cy at

iden

tified

BRs f

or

Ango

laUN

ESCO

will

supp

ort f

urth

er ac

tions

nece

ssary

with

in th

e pro

cess

of no

min

atin

g the

Iona

Nat

ional

Park

area

as a

Bios

pher

e Res

erve

, inclu

ding

the

prep

arat

ion of

the n

omin

ation

for t

he Io

na Bi

osph

ere R

eser

ve in

Ang

ola.

YAOU

NDE

Stre

ngth

en ed

ucat

ion an

d res

earch

in

scien

ce an

d tec

hnolo

gy fo

r girl

s/wom

en.

In pa

rtner

ship

with

the U

NESC

O In

stitu

te of

Stat

istics

(UIS)

spec

ialist

s in t

he re

gion

, the

activ

ity w

ill su

ppor

t ide

ntifi

catio

n of e

xact

figur

es fo

r enr

olmen

t in

scien

ce an

d eng

inee

ring,

parti

cular

ly ac

cess

and r

eten

tion o

f wom

en. T

he po

lytec

hnic

insti

tute

and m

inist

ry of

scien

ce w

ill be

supp

orte

d to d

eter

min

e a

strat

egy t

o attr

act m

ore w

omen

in en

gine

erin

g. In

coop

erat

ion w

ith th

e edu

catio

n sec

tor, t

he ac

tivity

will

also s

uppo

rt se

cond

ary s

cienc

e edu

catio

n for

girls

, in pa

rticu

lar in

the M

illenn

ium Vi

llage

(MV)

clu

sters

that

are p

art o

f the

Join

t Pro

gram

me o

f the

UN

syste

m.

YAOU

NDE

Supp

ort f

or im

plem

enta

tion o

f the

Mad

rid

Actio

n Plan

in th

e clu

ster

Initi

ative

s will

be su

ppor

ted t

o int

egra

te co

mm

uniti

es w

ith th

e BR,

parti

cular

ly th

ose i

nvolv

ed w

ith th

e two

Mille

nnium

Villa

ges s

ituat

ed ad

jacen

t to W

aza

and D

ja BR

, whe

re ac

tiviti

es pr

omot

ing r

esou

rce co

nser

vatio

n and

supp

ortin

g env

ironm

enta

l edu

catio

n and

awar

enes

s will

be su

ppor

ted.

This

will c

ontin

ue

the 2

009 a

ctivit

y tha

t has

train

ed 30

indi

geno

us w

omen

train

ers f

rom

north

ern C

amer

oon (

adjac

ent t

o Waz

a) in

cons

tructi

on of

fuel-

efficie

nt m

udsto

ves

and m

anuf

actu

ring o

f fue

lless

cook

er ba

gs.

YAOU

NDE

Supp

ort t

o wat

er m

anag

emen

t in

Cam

eroo

n and

Chad

This

activ

ity w

as in

itiat

ed du

ring t

he la

st bi

enni

um an

d will

cont

inue

durin

g thi

s bien

nium

by su

ppor

ting c

omm

uniti

es in

the g

over

nmen

t/UN

Mille

nnium

Vil

lages

proje

ct in

Cam

eroo

n to b

uild c

apac

ity fo

r sus

tain

able

wate

r man

agem

ent


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nsib

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ffice

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of A

ctiv

ityDe

scrip

tion

YAOU

NDE

Supp

ort f

or w

ater

rese

arch

and p

rote

ction

of

vuln

erab

le wa

ter r

esou

rces

The a

ctivit

y will

supp

ort a

min

imum

of 5

hydr

ology

rese

arch

proje

cts in

the C

entra

l Afri

can R

epub

lic an

d Cam

erou

n, un

derta

ken b

y hyd

rolog

ists o

r hyd

rolog

y stu

dent

s. At

leas

t half

the p

rojec

ts wi

ll be u

nder

take

n by w

omen

. Th

e wat

er qu

ality

Chair

in Ba

ngui

will b

e sup

porte

d to b

uild i

ts ca

pacit

y and

liaise

with

othe

r cha

irs an

d uni

versi

ties,

and p

artic

ipat

e in a

t lea

st on

e in

tern

ation

al hy

drolo

gy ac

tivity

.

A m

inim

um of

5 wo

men

stud

ents

in th

e clu

ster w

ill be

supp

orte

d to i

dent

ify ap

prop

riate

postg

radu

ate p

rogr

amm

es in

hydr

ology

with

pote

ntial

scho

larsh

ips

and p

repa

re ca

ndid

atur

es. A

t lea

st 2 s

houl

d obt

ain a

scho

larsh

ip.

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