International Network of Basin Organizations
IVORY COAST
DRINKING WATER SUPPLY POLICY
In compliance with the resolutions of Agenda 21, adopted during the RIO DE
JANEIRO Conference held in June 1992, Ivory Coast has just elaborated
a National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) covering the next fifteen years (1996-
2010).
The aim of this plan is to find a permanent solution to the Ivorian environmental
problems among which, is the lack of integrated water resources management.
Until the reorganization of the water sector, which is considered to be a priority for
1996, the policy in force since 1973, concerning drinking water supply for urban and
rural populations, revolves around the following four principles:
- 1st principle :
- The equalization of expenditure and income which is a fundamental
condition for implementing the National Hydraulics Programme.
For example, the average cost price of a cubic metre (m3) of water sold in Abidjan, is
twice cheaper than in other parts of the country, whereas the quantity of water
produced for the Capital is twice higher than for the rest of the country.
- 2nd principle :
- Uniformity of the selling price of water over the whole national
territory.
- 3rd principle :
- A sole operating company which is the Water Supply Company of
Ivory Coast (SODECI).
- 4th principle :
- A single organization in charge of the financial management of the
National Hydraulic Programme : the National Water Fund (NWF) whose mission is to
watch over the financial balance of the Programme and to monitor the regularity of
operations.
Amani Kouadio
Ministry of Public Works
Fax : (225) 34 72 59/21 37 30
TECCONILE
NILE RIVER BASIN ACTION PLAN
An agreement was signed by Ministers from the six countries of Egypt, Rwanda,
Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaire. It deals with the creation of a Technical
Cooperation Committee for the Promotion of Development and Environmental
Protection of the Nile (TECCONILE).
An Action Plan for the Nile River basin was prepared in 1994. It consists of:
- Integrated water resources planning and management :
- assessment and analysis of
water resources availability and demands, national water development and
management plans, assessment of the impact of potential climatic changes, updating
the water balance of Lake Victoria and management of wetlands.
- Capacity building and human resources development
- to improve water resources
management methods and procedures, strengthen related agencies and national and
regional institutions for water quality and environmental protection, establish a basin-
wide data base and to assess the needs and prepare a training programme.
- A regional cooperation
- to develop a framework for legal and institutional
arrangements acceptable to all basin countries. This component will also include a
process for the identification, selection, implementation and operation of regional
water resources development projects.
- Environmental protection and improvement
- to control land degredation, siltation,
pollution and eutrophication in equatorial lakes and the White Nile and develop
environmental protection policies for major lake sub-regions. A diagnostic study of
the Nile Basin will be sponsored by UNEP within this programme.
M. M. El Amin
TECCONILE
Fax : (256) 042 209/120 575
