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Contributions to better water resources management MALI • Integrating IWRM into the Strategic Framework for Growth and Poverty Reduction (2007–2011) • Development and adoption of a national water policy • Encouraging stronger commitment from donors to the water sector • Developing stakeholders’ capacities in water-related sectors • Helping to establish a network of journalists to promote IWRM • Developing an IWRM Plan
ERITREA • Developing regulations for the issue of water-use permits and building of water infrastructure • Developing water quality guidelines • Producing a draft national water policy and proposing a new institutional framework • Developing an IWRM situation analysis, IWRM strategy, updated water law and institutional framework for the IWRM plan • Developing an IWRM Plan
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• Development and adoption of the Berki Basin IWRM Plan • Defining concrete measures for ensuring water security (legal, institutional, financial and technical) • Resolving conflict among water users • Making communities more aware of shared water management issues
BURUNDI • Inclusion of IWRM in the national water policy • Conducting water resource situation analysis and increasing knowledge on water development for economic growth • Influencing institutional reform • Developing an IWRM Plan
SENEGAL
CAPE VERDE
MALI
ERITREA
SENEGAL
BENIN
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• Supporting decision making through facilitating multi-level stakeholder involvement • Helping stakeholders gain better understanding of IWRM issues • Providing capacity building in problem solving and communication • Developing an IWRM Plan
ETHIOPIA
CAPE VERDE
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CAMEROON
KENYA
• Developing a legal framework for water resource administration and strategies for water financing • Reviewing and updating water quality standards • Encouraging a national discussion on water pricing • Developing an IWRM Plan
BURUNDI
MALAWI
ZAMBIA
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• Promoting collaboration between the water ministry and potential financing institutions to support projects within the IWRM Plan • Strengthening links between government, civil society and the private sector • Influencing development processes in the water sector through participation in sector reviews and PRSP processes • Encouraging broad ownership of the IWRM plan among key stakeholders • Developing an IWRM Plan
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SWAZILAND
CAMEROON
• Revising the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) to include a cross-sectoral approach • Developing a new water policy and water law incorporating IWRM principles • Securing the future of the Okpara dam (a major source of drinking water) • Raising government awareness of climate change in national policies and legislation • Developing a draft IWRM Plan
• Conducting water resource situation analysis and developing strategic options for water management • Incorporating IWRM in the national strategy for water and land • Making provision for the national IWRM programme within the water ministry budget • Conducting capacity building in different aspects of water management including conflict resolution
ZAMBIA • Integrating IWRM into the Fifth National Development Plan • Assisting in the revision of the 1948 Water Law and the 1994 Water Policy • Enhancing sector collaboration during implementation of water related programs • Helping strengthen the coordination mechanism for water related programmes across government ministries, donors and other stakeholders • Developing an IWRM Plan
MALAWI • Integrating IWRM into the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy • Mobilising political will and awareness among key actors • Promoting revision of the water law and water policy • Influencing adoption of an integrated approach in the second National Water Sector Development Programme • Developing an IWRM Plan
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BENIN
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KENYA
MOZAMBIQUE
SWAZILAND • Broadening stakeholder participation and facilitating set up of river basin associations • Broadening focus of the water master plan and strengthening links with national development priorities • Ensuring inclusion of IWRM in the draft water policy • Developing a financing strategy to support implementation of the plan • Improving access to clean drinking water for more than 9,600 people in the Kalanga community • Developing a draft IWRM Plan
MOZAMBIQUE • Supporting development of an issues paper and identifying emerging critical water issues not covered in earlier national water resource strategy • Developing guidelines for integrating water in PRSPs • Developing strategic options for water financing • Developing strategic options for mainstreaming gender in IWRM planning and implementation
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