WB MDTF CIWA 2018-2031 Cooperation in International Waters in Africa Phase II
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The World Bank Trustfund “Cooperation on International Waters in Africa (CIWA)” is going to be extended with a period of 5 years until 2026. While the extension takes the form of a no-cost extension to allow existing donors not yet ready to commit new funds to remain engaged, the intention is also to enable CIWA to raise funds to reach its initially set target...
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The World Bank Trustfund “Cooperation on International Waters in Africa (CIWA)” is going to be extended with a period of 5 years until 2026. While the extension takes the form of a no-cost extension to allow existing donors not yet ready to commit new funds to remain engaged, the intention is also to enable CIWA to raise funds to reach its initially set target of USD 200 million. The Fund’s current total value is USD 93 million, 35 308 689 of which (or 284 million SEK) have been contributed by Sweden since 2012. Sweden has support the fund since its inception in 2012 and one decsion on contribution and two decisions to add funds have been taken. Other donors include the Netherlands, the UK, The EU, Denmark and Norway. To date, almost all funds paid into CIWA have been allocated to pipeline, hence planning of new activities will depend on new resources coming in to the fund. The Netherlands recently announced that it will be appraising an additional contribution of USD 20 million in the latter half of 2018 and the WB is also fund-raising with new donors.The current agreement amendment will increase Sida’s support to CIWA with another 100 MSEK to a total of 384 MSEK and extend the support to 2026. The funding is channeled through a World Bank Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF), of which 75% is recipient executed and 25% is executed by the World Bank, but according to the Trust Fund Assurance Framework 3013 all funds must be programmed according to World Bank guidelines.CIWA was established for a 10-year period (2011-21). An independent mid-term review of the program in 2015 found that CIWA’s objectives remained highly relevant, its basic operational approach was sound, and made several specific recommendations to strengthen the program, which are now largely implemented. Sweden has supported CIWA since 2012, and has over the years seen the program deliver good results. The program seems to be on target or over performing against most of its intermediate level indicators. It has a good fit with the Swedish Strategy for SSA, and Sida is therefore interested in CIWA’s possibility to continue and expand operation. CIWA’s objective is to strengthen cooperative water resources management and development to enable sustainable, climate resilient economic growth in Africa. CIWA helps countries take advantage of opportunities as it advances investments in basin-wide information systems, in institutions for cooperation and coordination or in infrastructure with transboundary impact that can store surplus waters, protect against floods, generate hydropower, promote food security, and enhance resilience in the face of climate change. CIWA also assist riparian States to manage risk as it promotes countries’ awareness of their interdependencies and helps them strike a better balance in their decision-making between sovereign and collective considerations. This is becoming increasingly important as communities across Africa increasingly compete for scarce fresh water resources. CIWA support serves sometimes to control damage, sometimes to identify win-wins, sometimes to break deadlock and sometimes to level the playing field for decision-making, strengthening weaker states to negotiate on more equal terms with more powerful neighbours. CIWA uses a three-pronged approach to deliver results, employing strategies to strengthen and enhance the “three i’s”: institutions, information, and infrastructure. CIWA operates through recipient executed and bank executed modalities. CIWA does this through two sub programs:The Basin sub program is for long-term (5-10 years) engagement with priority basins (so far, the Niger, Nile, Volta and Zambezi have been prioritized), it should enable steady progress towards cooperation by strengthening foundational elements such as data, agreements, institutions, and investment and operation plans. This program is to consume about 90% of CIWA funding.
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The results conducted are from the annual reporting FY 2023 CIWA ANNUAL REPORT 2023, CIWA program (website). Results from CIWA grants have directly influenced the design and feasibility of large (>US$ 350 million) regional International Development Association (IDA) funded projects that take CIWA´s work to the next phase of World Bank investment mobilization and strategic climate resilient water security improvements such as influencing the Groundwater for Resilience (GW4R) program. CIWA projects promote integration such as the Nile Cooperation for Climate Resilience (NCCR) which supports regional coordination on dam safety policies and flood early-warning systems in the Nile Basin. CIWA has developed a FCV (Fragile, Conflict and Violence) framework and has engaged in four FCV affected regions; the Horn of Africa, West and Central Sahel, Lake Chad, and the Great Lakes. The Sahel Groundwater Initiative is contributing to unlocking groundwater potential in the regions of Western Africa which are affected by FCV. In FY23, CIWA contributed to the creation of a CCDR (Country Climate Development Report) for the entire Sahel region, which estimated that climate shocks could force as many as 13.5 million more Sahelians into poverty by 2050 if not urgent climate adaptation measures are taken. The Southern Africa Drought Resilience Initiative (SADRI), which closed at the end of this FY, advanced an integrated multisector and multilevel approach to regional drought resilience in 16 Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). CIWAs impact set by CIWA states that 97 million people benefit from CIWA´s mobilized and potential investments. Investments worth 6,3 billion was mobilized influenced by CIWA. 20 transboundary institutions received were supported by CIWA with technical assistance and financing. Throgh a CIWA-supported initiative in the Sahel, The World Bank has collaborated with a consortium of international partners to develop the Water Harvesting Explorer, a decision support tool for small-scale water storage planning. Implementing agencies in Niger and Nigeria are being trained on the tool´s use for investment identification and community consultation for new projects. The Sahel Groundwater Initiative delivered a typology and preliminary mapping of 123 GDEs (Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems) across the six Sahelia countries. Sida´s programme manager connected the Sahel Resilience Project (UNDP/ECOWAS) and CIWA on water data management for security in the Sahel. She has also introduced CIWA´s programme manager to Sida´s guarantee team however the World Bank has their own guarantee instruments. The ENTRO (Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office) Young Professionals and Internship programs show good progress. The fifth cohort through NCCR (Nile Cooperation for Climate Resilience) is focusing on socioeconomic and SDG 6 indicators mapping notably all four countries in the Eastern Nile (Egypt included) participated in the program. In Southern Africa SADRI tested UDRMF (Urban Drought Risk Management Framework) by conducting seven pilot case studies in Southern Africa cities. The Global Environment (GEF) Trust Fund has approved a grant of US$4.57 million to SADC for the Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States Project Phase II (SADCGWM Phase II) in addition to US$9 million financed by CIWA. Reflections: Sida assesses that CIWA achieves it objectives well. The fund has increased its focus in crosscutting issues as the biodiversity framework and its GESI (Gender and Social Inclusion) framework. It should also be highlighted that CIWA has prioritized scaling up engagements in FCV settings. CIWA works in nine of the 19 countries classified by the World Bank as affected by FCV in FY23.
The program development objective of CIWA is to: Strengthen cooperative management and development of international waters in Sub-Saharan Africa to aid sustainable climate resilient growth. CIWA is a large and complex program, delivering results in several basins and through several recipient or bank-executed projects. CIWAs projects are largely implemented in specific basins, economic communities, or countries. However, there are also some cross-cutting themes that CIWA promotes and tracks across all of its programs. These themes include resilience to climate change, gender equality and social inclusion, and strengthening local technical capacity. Lower level resuls are measured through "intermediate results" which are assessed on an annual basis based on approved targets and indicators. These results include: - Regional cooperation and integration strengthened - Water resources management strengthened - Water resources development strengthened - Stakeholder engagement and coordination strengthened
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