Presentation to the Netherlands Business Forum The Hague, 16 February 2012

1. An Overview of Activities and Opportunities Presentation to the Netherlands Business Forum The Hague, 16 February 2012

2. Presentation Outline • Niche & Strategy • Operational Areas & On-going Projects • AWF Portfolio • Opportunities for consultants • Activities for 2010-12

3. AWF niche 1- What is the AWF? The African Water Facility (AWF) is an Instrument for the successful implementation of the Africa Water Vision and Framework for Action for 2025 • Smaller upstream projects of up to €5 million with the aim of catalyzing additional funding • Innovative and catalytic projects • Able to fast track the processing of projects (approval process) • Funds targeted to a wide variety of African institutions: NGOs and CBOs, municipalities up to national and regional entities

4. The AWF Strategy African Water Vision 2025 MDG 2015 Equitable & Sustainable use and management of water resources for poverty reduction and sustainable development GOVERNANCE FINANCE INVESTMENTS <=> KNOWLEDGE

5. AWF Intervention Investments projects and preparation as priority Organisational and Outreach 4% 8% 14% 5% 8% 7% • Cross-cutting issues: • Gender • Environment • Climate change 55%

6. 2- Operational Areas

7. 2.1- Water Governance Advocacy, Legislative Framework - Facilitate political will, action and dialogue - Preparation and implementation of shared vision programmes - Harmonization of legislation - Regional framework conventions Cooperation and Partnerships - Cooperation and coordination in river basins - Capacity building in RBOs. - Development of PPP and a framework for private sector participation Integrated (National) Water Resources Management Transboundary Water Resources Management • Policy and Reforms • - Formulation of national water policies • Preparation of regulatory instruments • Planning and Implementation • - Preparation of strategies, investment programmes and IWRM master plans • Environmental Management and Protection • - Environmental policy development • - Coping with climate variability and change • - Prevention of land degradation (Including catchments areas) • - Protecting vulnerable groundwater resources

8. Water Governance: Project Examples IWRM Plans being developed and strengthened:  Burkina Faso, Senegal, Burundi, Namibia, Mauritania, Niger TWRM projects include:

9. 2.2- Meeting Water Needs • Ensuring direct access by the poor to water supply and sanitation services • Supporting communities, civil society groups, and service oriented NGOs through pilots, demonstration projects • Develop technologies adapted to communities’ needs. • Support preparation of projects to leverage investments What is AWF contribution?

10. Meeting Water Needs: Examples of Projects

11. 2.3- Water Knowledge What is AWF contribution? • Country situation assessments in all Regional Member Countries - with other partners • Assess the status of regional information / M&E systems in all AMCOW/NEPAD prioritized shared river basins and aquifer systems • Existing information / M&E systems strengthened: data collection, reliability improvement, indicators standardisation • New information / M&E systems established • Support Regional Basin Organisations (and others) in establishing/ strengthening regional information / M&E system • Coordinate regional M&E framework development 11

12. Water Knowledge: Project Examples 12

13. 3- AWF Portfolio 68 projects approved (€80 million) Country projects TOTAL Transboundary projects 50 countries and 8 regional institutions have benefited from AWF support…

14. AWF Water Supply and Sanitation Projects • All projects concern meeting basic needs for WSS in peri-urban and rural areas. Most projects involve introduction of innovative technologies and approaches; one project will contribute to improve utility performance • Activities typically include • provision or rehabilitation of WSS infrastructure • demonstration of technologies such as ecological sanitation (4 projects) • rainwater harvesting for multiple purposes (4) • solar and wind energy (1) • use of new approaches to service provision • capacity building of beneficiaries • service suppliers and support agencies • hygiene promotion and education • facilitating access to financing by beneficiaries • knowledge generation / dissemination and advocacy • preparation of plans/frameworks for scaling up

15. Water for Agriculture • Need for improved agricultural and land management practices to strengthen both productivity and resilience to climate change • AWF is providing such support : • Improving control and management of on-farm water resources (Botswana) • Watershed protection (Kenya) • Piloting more productive agriculture water technologies, such as rainwater harvesting for multiple purposes (Djibouti, Rwanda). • Helping small-scale farmers adapt to climate change and ensure sustained agricultural-based livelihoods (Zambia, South Africa)

16. National Water Resources Management • AWF IWRM projects and activities enable countries to: • Understand the impact of climate change and variability on WRM • Develop strategies to achieve water security, as well as action plans to mitigate and adapt to negative impacts • 8 national IWRM projects are on-going or completed: Burkina Faso, Burundi, CAR, Gambia, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Senegal • Other on-going IWRM projects involve undertaking concrete actions to improve adaptation to climate change, such as ecosystem-based adaptation (Kenya), and the recharge of natural aquifers (Morocco)

17. Transboundary Water ResourcesManagement • Regional cooperation provides the greatest opportunity for analyzing and understanding the problems and designing strategies for coping with the impact of climate change and variability • Achieving water security to cope with impacts needs significant investments in infrastructure • AWF TWRM and related project preparation interventions are addressing these climate change and water security issues, with: • 6 regional TWRM projects: Congo, Volta and Kayanga-Geba river basins; Lake Chad; Bugesera area of Burundi/Rwanda; and ECCAS region • 4 regional program preparation projects: AUC pan-African, Lake Victoria, Malawi/Tanzania, SADC region

18. Leveraging effect Resources leveraged from completed projects amounts to €360 million (5 times the AWF portfolio), which has been mobilized to finance water sector interventions: • Botswana: $60 million (€45 m) • Central African Republic: €21 m • Egypt (Nubaria & Ismailia canals): $60 million (€45 m) • Mozambique’s NRWSS: Investment pledges in the amount of $128.4 million (€93.4 m) • Republic of Congo: $90 million mobilized (€67 m) • Volta Basin Authority: $1.5 million (€1.25 m) • Sahara & Sahel Observatory: €1.1 m additional funding • Lake Victoria Basin Commission: €82.1 million • Cameroon: €16.3 million • Mozambique: €12.7 million • Liberia: €30.3 million

19. 4- Opportunities for Consultants and Suppliers Consultancy firms: • Supply of goods and services to Project Executing Agencies in support of implementation of AWF funded projects • Mostly studies and project design Individual consultants: • Consulting services to the AWF for directly managed activities • Project preparation – evaluation - supervision Audit companies: • Consulting services to the AWF for directly managed activities

20. How is AWF funding spent? Consultancy Services • - Preparation of studies and master-plans • - Data collection and diagnostic analysis • - Feasibility and detailed studies,… • - office equipment • - Water data collection equipment • - Light vehicles and motor cycles • - Small boats and outboard motors,.. Goods Works • - Water harvesting structures • - Water tanks • - Micro-irrigation systems • - Sanitary structures,…

21. Strategic Priorities 2012-2016

22. 5- Summary of Approved Activities for 2010-2011 2012 Programme: 6 projects € 12 million 7 projects €11 million 2 projects €2 million 5 projects €8 million

23. THANK YOU