Developing and strengthening River Basin Organizations

SYNTHESIS

Draft

working document to be revised with LANBO, RTACs, & al.

 

As of 17th of August 2000

IWRM, Integrated Water Resources Management, is a global concept which purpose is to help in preparing and implementing economic and social development policies compatible with the water resources of the country and at the same time, preparing and implementing water policies compatible with the global objectives of the given country.

Among the tools available for this purpose, river basin organizations, when well conceived and managed, are one of the most efficient.

River Basin Organizations, RBOs, have been created since long ago in different parts of the world with different goals and structures : navigation, flood protection, electricity production. Only fairly recently, some of them have been created with IWRM in mind and some of the old ones have seen their goals expanded to face the new challenges.

A lot has still to be done to improve the efficiency of the existing RBOs and create new ones when needed. They all will have to evolve with time. INBO, International Network of Basin Organization, as a network of many of the existing RBOs, has been precisely set up to encourage cooperation between these organizations and help them progress through exchange of information and experiences. This is what they have been doing for the last years.

INBO, is a world wide network. But some of its members may wish to cooperate on a more regional basis. The Latin-American members decided to create their network, LANBO, but they still belong to INBO. This type of approach has been found interesting both by Asian and east European countries.

The cooperation takes place of course on a voluntary basis, and each of the members covers its own expenses. A tiny secretariat is based in Paris, France.

In the last years, and in relation to the activities of GWP, members of INBO and personalities active in the water field in many countries, found that the amount of experience and expertise assembled between INBO members could be used more proactively to help progress between members but also to help other countries widen the scope of existing institutions or create new ones, to manage in an integrated way rivers, lakes or aquifers. The gist of the proposed Associated Program is precisely to help on a broad basis the improvement and development of RBOs oriented truly to the implementation of IWRM policies.

As the financial status of the RBOs seldom allow them to spend money on outside cooperation activities, there is a need for donor money

The suggested activities fall into four different categories:

  1. Twinning for direct cooperation between existing, future or pilot basin organizations.

    2. The total budget for 22 different operations within 5 years and 3 regions is US $ 3,201,000

    That is to say an AVERAGE of US $ 145,000 per operation;

    This activity is partly operational within INBO members, and when so, 100% funded by the twines.

  2. Professional Assistance from existing organizations to help with the setting up, development and progress of other existing or new organizations.

    3. The total budget for 20 different operations within 5 years and 3 regions is US $ 8,250,000

    That is to say an AVERAGE of US $ 412,000 per operation;

    This activity is partly operational (i.e. Aegean rivers basin, Sabarmati river basin, Irtysch river basin, etc.) and then 100% funded.

    New development are opened (i.e. Vistula river basin, Rio San Juan & Rio Coco river basin).

  3. Synthesis of available knowledge and know-how. This activity would provide a good input to the toolbox and shall be conducted in close relationship with the FFA Toolbox team.

    4. The total budget for 15 different operations within 5 years and 3 regions is US $ 1,320,000

    That is to say an AVERAGE of US $ 88,000 per operation;

    This activity is not yet operational.

  4. Networking of documentation systems. This again is very close to the Toolbox initiative, and is implemented in close cooperation and without overlapping.

The total budget for 16 different operations within 5 years and 3 regions is US $ 3,197,000

That is to say an AVERAGE of US $ 199,000 per operation.

This activity is partly operational: the Central unit (1/2 of the total budget) is 100% funded. Sums are already raised to begin in Poland, Czech Republic, Rumania, Hungary and Brazil.

 

 

 

 

SYNTHESIS OF FINANCING AS OF AUGUST 2000

 
 

 

Financing bilateral or multilateral donors

 

Participating agencies or organizations

Associated Program

Actions

International Cooperation Agencies,

Bilateral Cooperation Agencies;

INBO subscriptions,

Country and member organizations contribution.

  
 

OUTPUT N° 1: Twinning arrangements

Global animation & coordination

(Dutch department for Public Works)

Assumption of (50%) for north members, and (25%) for south ones: See i.e. Loire Bretagne & Rio Doce,

Oum Er Bia & Adour Garonne,

Rhin-Meuse & APELE Rumania, etc.

  

Latino America region

(OAS)

LANBO, SAMTAC, Gobierno de Mendoza ARGENTINA

South Asia region

  

SASTAC

Central & Eastern Europa region

  

CEETAC, APELE ROMANE, ICP RHINE, ICP DANUBE RIVER, RHONE-MEDITERRANEE-CORSE,

Plus LAKE TCHAD Basin Commission, ZAMBESI valley Authority, ,

 
 

OUTPUT N° 2 Professional assistance

Financing bi and multilateral donors Participating agencies or organizations

World wide

    

(IPTRD, ICOLD, ICID, SIE/ISW (social engineering), WMO, ACADEMIE DE L EAU (France),

Latin America region

i.e. Rios San Juan, & Coco

(to be funded)

(GEF 45%) & (FFEM 45%)

(OAS),SAMTAC, LANBO, CCAD,

Asia region

i.e. AEGEAN RIVERS 100% funded

i.e. SABARMATI 100% funded

i.e. IRTYSCH 100% funded

France 50 to 70% according to the case

10% to 50% according to the case (see examples)

National organization are those of France, Russia, Kazakhstan, Gujarat (India), Poland, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Turkey,

SASTAC, Mekong river Authority, Red River Auth.; Mahaweli river Auth.

CEE region

i.e. VISTULA(to be funded)

    

CEETAC, ICP BUG;
 

OUTPUT N° 3 Synthesis of knowledge

Financing bi and multilateral donors Participating agencies or organizations

World wide

(THE W.B.)

(Dutch Gov.)

(OAS)

Assumption (50%) to (25%) according to the case.

IWSA, RBA TU DELFT, SIE/ISW, WUP Africa, The WB, CAPNET, RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE (CBD & RAMSAR convention), WUP Africa,

SAM region

LANBO,

SAS region

SASTAC,

CEE region

CEETAC
 
 

OUTPUT N° 4 Documentation systems

Financing bi and multilateral donors Participating agencies or organizations

Central unit

100% funded

E.U.5%

France-Italy-Spain 10%

85% by ten countries around Mediterranean sea

EUROPEAN COMMISSION,STEAM PROJECT, SAWINET, EMWIS, WHYCOS,

SAM region

i.e. first phase in Brazil 100% funded

France 50%

Fed. Gov. Of Brazil 50%

CUNDINAMARCA (Colombia), CNA (Mexico), BME (Brazil),

SAS region

      

SASTAC

CEE region

i.e. first phase in 4 countries 100% funded

France 50%

Gov. of Poland, Czech rep., Rumania & Hungary 50%

CEETAC, GDANSK WF (Poland), WRI & PODOVY MORAVI (Czech republic), VITUKI (Hungary), APELE ROMANE (Rumania),

Other region

i.e. WUP/1-2 & SAWINET 100% funded

The W.B

France

& Germany

  

UADE/AUWS, WUP Africa, SADC,

           

Associated Program coordination 100% funded (1)

  

Over first 5 years

France 50%

Over first 5 years

20%

Over first 5 years

30%

125 organizations from 25 countries.

 

    1. The detailed funding is the following:

 

 

  

First Year

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

TOTAL on 5 years
 

French bilateral cooperation

107

107

107

107

107

535 50%
 

INBO subscription

28

35

42

49

59

210 20%
 

Countries & members

81

59

68

53

59

321 30%
   

216

201

217

209

222

1,066