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ICA Water Sector Platform

ICA Water Sector Platform. ICA Members Meeting 17th May 2011, Paris. German Engagement in the Water and Sanitation Sector. BMZ prioritizes water and sanitation as one of three key sectors in Africa

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ICA Water Sector Platform

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  1. ICA Water Sector Platform ICA Members Meeting 17th May 2011, Paris

  2. German Engagement in the Water and Sanitation Sector • BMZ prioritizes water and sanitation as one of three key sectors in Africa • Germany is the largest bilateral development partner in Africa (annual commitments of about 100 Mio. Euro per year, resources almost doubled in 2010) • On the transboundary level Germany supports more Basin Organizations than any other bilateral development partner and is the most important partner of AMCOW • BMZ plans to reach 30 Million people in Sub-Saharan Africa with water and sanitation until 2015

  3. Why do we need an ICA Water Platform? Spending required to reach the MDG targets: lack of more than 18 billion USD each year ICA Annual report shows an overall increase in investments in Energy, ICT and Transport Sector, but water… … commitments have decreased during last years(decrease of 38% from 2007-2009) Private Sector engagement remains difficult ICA Water Platform aims at overcoming the challenges for partner countries, private sector and donors

  4. Background ICA Annual Meeting, May 2010: Germany announced launch of Water Sector Platformand financial support of up to 2 million EUR (Secondee and financing of platform activities) January 2011: German Secondee started work in the ICA Secretariat February - April 2011: Drafting of the “Inception Report” including proposal of first activities in 2011 May 17th, 2011: ICA Members Meeting: Presentation and Discussion of planned focus and activities with ICA Members and adoption of Inception Report

  5. “Scale up finance for sustainable water related infrastructure in Africa from public, private and public-private sources” Proposed Objective and Governance Structure(in alignment with ICA SBP & results based logical framework) ICA Members Meeting Water Platform (WP) Platform Meetings Chair: Germany (KfW) Secretariat of WP ICA Secretariat Secondee Participants ICA Members, African Stakeholders, Private Sector

  6. Guiding Principles of the Water Sector Platform According to Draft Inception Report - to be discussed & approved by ICA Members: • ”Convening Power”: Facilitate coordination and knowledge exchange of ICA members, “non-members”, initiatives and African stakeholders • Lean and pragmatic focus on identifying & financing of “bankable projects” • Supporting African Stakeholders in their communication towards ICA Members • Pro-active, output and implementation-oriented Platform to solve identified problems • Complement activities of existing initiatives and avoid duplications

  7. Enhanced Coordination • AMCOW Workplan – Activities 2011: • “Identification of barriers to private sector engagement” • “Documentation of best practices in cross border investments & benefit sharing in TWR” (compendium) • “Matchmaking” : • Organization of a regional information session/marketplace • Implementation of regional partners and project register Brokering of Regional Programs • PIDA Process: Brokering of Priority Projects identified by PIDA Water Knowledge • Knowledge Archive: Implementation of a water- sectorrelatedarea Suggested Activities for 2011 Next Steps • Discussion and Approval of Inception Report (May 2011) • Prepare Concept Notes and ToRs for Activities (June/July 2011) • Preparation of 1st Water Plattform Meeting (3rd Quarter 2011)

  8. Contact Details Water Sector Platform Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation & Development (BMZ) Fon +49 228 99535 3639 Hanno Spitzer Email: hanno.spitzer@bmz.bund.de KfW Fon +49 69 7431 2667 Andreas Holtkotte Email: andreas.holtkotte@kfw.de ICA Secretariat Fon +216 7110 2347 Sonja Hoess Email: s.hoess@afdb.org

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