1. AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE
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Monitoring Sustainable WASH Services Delivery Symposium
Theme 6: Building Coherence in Global-Regional-National WASH Monitoring
Addis Ababa, 9th April 2013
The pan-African M&E as High level Advocacy Tool for
accelerating achievement of Water and sanitation Goal in Africa
Anselme Vodounhessi, & Dr Rashid Mbaziira
Technical Advisers to AUC and AMCOW on Water

2. Water is part of the
Political Agenda
…
Sharm El Sheikh
Commitments on Water

4. WHAT MISS?
 No Information System to monitor
Heads of States Commitments …
No Accountability System or Feedback
mechanism…
“If you can’t measure and monitor… You can’t
manage… You can’t even take right decision”

5. Global Monitoring

6. Sub-regional Level M&E: ECOWAS

7. Country Level M&E: Senegal
SONES
DHR Titre de l’opérateur
ONAS
DEM
SUBD Login
DAS
Password
DGPRE
SDE UCP

8. Piers Cross’s Question
 What can be done to improve alignment
and better use of global data in countries ?
 How can global monitoring systems
strengthen monitoring at the national and
sub-national levels?

9. African Union Board of Donors (AWF, AfDB, GIZ, EU, WB, G8, amongst others)
Reporting Fundraising &
AUC/NPCA accountability
Political
support and
SC TF
high level
Reporting
advocacy for
RECs
change (ECOWAS, UEMOA, ECCAS, SADC, UMA, EAC, IGAD, Cen-SAD…)
AMCOW Organs GWP IWA AfWA CEDARE
Technical
AMCOW support and IBNET WIN
Advocacy towards
capacity
Network of
countries for Reporting Secretariat
adopting corrective building. Actors CEDARE WSP
measures, and
Assistance to
countries for better RECs UN Agencies CREPA Academia
performances UNESCO-
RL /BOs UN-Water,
UNICEF, WHO, IHE, 2iE, CapNet…
UN-Habitat,
AU Member States Countries FP UNESCO, UNEP, UNECA, …
Civil Society Organisations Others…
Creation of
enabling Pan- M&E ANEW, WaterAid,
Communication environment for Media (Africa 24, Africable, …)
Water Management Management Team
of national political + Existing initiatives in water monitoring:
commitments to Department and
Water Utilities for GLASS, JMP, WWDR, CSOs, IBNET, amongst others.
improve water and
sanitation better
performances. The M&E Programme Management Technical Structure
management as
response to the poor
country’s National Water and Sanitation Departments
Water and Sanitation
Performances Index.
Consider the M&E results to improve water and
sanitation management performances to better
serve African population and environment.
Population of countries mainly the poor enjoying effective and sustainable access to water and sanitation services

10. Making it happen!

11. THE AFRICAN WATER AND SANITATION M&E PROCESS
Widespread Consultations in Africa …
RECs
Coordination
Meeting on the
pan African
M&E, Feb 2012
Launch of the
Report
preparation
under the
Agreed
Process in May
2012, Cairo
1st African Water Report

13. Formation of African M&E Organs endorsed by AMCOW GA in May 2012, Cairo
Chair by AMCOW-TAC
President
African M&E Task Force
Chair by the AUC
African M&E Steering Committee

14. SC members adopted by AMCOW General Assembly in May 2012 in Cairo

15. TF members adopted by AMCOW General Assembly in May 2012 in Cairo

17. MILESTONES
Overall Roadmap of the African M&E… (AF7)
• Strengthen Regional Water Sector M&E Systems, by 2015.
M4
• Engaged African Countries in improving Water Sector Strategies: First Water
M5 and Sanitation Compact by 2017.

19. WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHEN ???
Continental
AUC DATABASE
AMCOW
REC C.A. REC E.A. REC N.A. REC S.A. REC W.A.
RLBOs RLBOs RLBOs RLBOs RLBOs
RLBOs RLBOs RLBOs RLBOs RLBOs
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20. Still need to wait for some time…

21. Comprehensive FORMAT for the African M&E
Which data? Indicators? Parameters? Which Architecture?
Use to further DATABASE
develop…
FORMAT Countries
Unified for African Water
Sector M&E… RLBOs
RECs

22. Sub-themes/ Performances Indicators Existing
Areas Themes Concerns Comments
Performanc. Category Item Targets Baseline Milestone Source Level Source
Develop infrastructure to Sh.el.Sk (a)/
1.1 Water for Energy increase Hydropower Hydropower potential Increase by 10% 2000 2015 African Water Country & RECs UNIDO
generation capacity Vision
1. Water Promote innovative Agricultural water Sh.el.Sk (c)/
1.2 Water for
Infrastructure for Agriculture technologies for efficient productivity RainFed Increase by 30% 2000 2015 African Water Country AQUASTAT
agricultural water use & Irrigation Vision
Economic Growth
Water Demand Stress
Develop water for all uses Sh.el.Sk (a)/
1.3 Water for Multiple Index (rate of
and allocate sufficent water Increase by 10% 2000 2015 African Water Country AQUASTAT
Uses satisfied water
for environment Vision
demand)
Acess to drinking water with % of people without Sh.el.Sk (a)/
2.1 Urban Water Supply appropriate quality standard access Reduce by 50% 1990 2015
MDGs
Country JMP
Reflect access
Acess to toilets and collection % of people without Sh.el.Sk (a)/
2.2 Urban Sanitation system access
Reduce by 50% 1990 2015
MDGs
Country JMP to collection
2.Achieving the systems in ind.
Water and
Sanitation MDGs Acess to drinking water with % of people without Sh.el.Sk (a)/
2.3 Rural Water Supply appropriate quality standard access Reduce by 50% 1990 2015
MDGs
Country JMP
Water for 2.4 Rural Sanitation and Acess to toilets and collection % of people without Sh.el.Sk (a)/
Reflect access
Reduce by 50% 1990 2015 Country JMP to collection
Sustainable Hygiene system access MDGs
systems in ind.
Development
Identify
Develop and implement Existence of national Sh.el.Sk (f)/
3.1 Basin and 1 per country and Country and minimum
national and transboundary and transboundary 2000 2015 African Water GWP
Transboundary 1 per RLBOs RLBOs requests for
IWRM plans & Reform IWRM plan Vision IWRM Plan
3.2 Transboundary Sh.el.Sk (a)/
Promote transboundary Transboundary Water
AWW1
Infrastructure water infrastructures infrastructures Increase by 10% 2008 2015 RLBOs PIDA
3.Managing and suggested
Development development Capacity
targets
Protecting Water
Resources Promote sustainable AGC Roadmap AGC Roapmad African
3.3 Groundwater management and implementation implemented at 2008 2015 Sh.el.Sk (o) Groundwater AGC
development of groundwater status more than 80% Commission
Share of rainwater Sh.el.Sk (h)/
Develop rainwater reuse
3.4 Rainwater strategies
use in total water Increase by 10% 2008 2015 suggested Country tbi
consumption targets
At least 1 CC
Develop adaptation measures Existence of measures Sh.el.Sk (h & s)
4.1 Adaptation to adaptation Country, RLBOs
to improve resilience, and for climate change 2008 2015 suggested tbi
4. Global Changes Climate Change Strategies per and RECs
promote regional Dialogue adaptation targets
and Risks Country/RLBOs
Sh.el.Sk (h)/
Management Develop early warning Existence of Early At least 1 Tool per
4.2 Water-related AWW1, Country and
systems for disaster warning tools for country and 1 per 2008 2015 tbi
Hazards suggested RLBOs
prevention disaster prevention RLBOs
targets

23. Task Force Working Groups @ WORK

24. Task Force Working Groups @ WORK
 Which categories of indicators to consider for the
comprehensive Reporting Format for each of
the 7 themes?
 Which data management methodologies and
protocols for reliable data?
 How to make the chosen indicators more
relevant to commitments in African Water
sector?
 Which systems for data collection from
countries?
 How information form countries should be
managed and reported to trigger actions at
the national levels?

25. Steering Committee @ WORK
 How to harmonize and align intervention at
national level for data collection and management?
 What for the African M&E Focal Points?
 What for National Platform for data collection
and national validation?
 What to ensure involvement on National
Statistics Department?
 Eg: Baseline Data ???

26. Steering Committee @ WORK
 How to harmonize and align intervention at Sub-
regional level for data collection and management?
 What for JMP Data reconciliation process ?
 What for sub-regional M&E Programme at RECs…
So far:
 Commitment from ECOWAS to implement jointly the Water
Observatory Project in collaboration with the African M&E.
 ECCAS M&E: ECCAS Ministerial Decision in March 2012 to
align the ECCAS M&E with the African M&E;
 SADC M&E?
 CEDARE M&E?
 IGAD/ EAC M&E ?

27. Rolf Luyendijk from UNICEF
Monitoring is a means to an end

28. Use/outcome the African M&E…
Impatient African on the ground…
Waiting for pragmatic actions in response to Political
Commitment…

29. More than 10 CRASHES per Day

30. Daily Practices:
Limited available Water
sources exposed to
POLLUTION…

31. Flood…

32. Drought…

33. The 1st African Water Report
27 Member States
Reported… and
provided on
average 41% of the
Information

37. Conclusion:
African M&E as Advocacy Tool to trigger Actions on
African Water
Ground Vision 2025
Sh-el-SK
COMMITMENTS
…
1
3
REVIEW
2
M&E, & R
Water and
Sanitation
COMPACT
Grassroots Actions 4
(WRM + WSS)

38. Thanks for your kind attention !