Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga, Urban Management Programme , UN-HABITAT

Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative

Supporting Secondary Urban Centres in the Lake Victoria Region to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Workshop to Develop Capacity Building Framework

16-18 October 2006

Provisional Programme

DAY 1 Monday, 16 October 2006

Inaugural Session

Master of Ceremony: Robert Goodwin, Chief Technical Adviser, LVWATSAN

9.00-9.10 Welcoming Remarks

Albert Diphoorn, Chief, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT

9.10 – 9.20 Introduction to the Workshop: Background, purpose and approach

Graham Alabaster, Programme Manager, LVWATSAN Plenary Session I : Maximising the regional benefits of LVWATSAN Chair: Graham Alabaster, Programme Manager, LVWATSAN Rapporteur: Iole Issaias, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT

9.20 – 9.25 Introducing the regional character of LVWATSAN

Session Chair Learning from the capacity building experiences of the Swedish Lake Victoria Initiative 9.25 – 9.40

Gertrude Ngabirano, Regional Programme Officer, The Lake Victoria Project, Swedish Embassy, Nairobi

9.40 – 9.55 Capacity building experiences of the Lake Victoria Region Local Authorities Co-operation (LVRLAC)

Julius P. Ayo Odongo, Secretary General, LVRLAC

Plenary Discussions 9.55 – 10.25

10.25 – 10.40 TEA BREAK Plenary Session II: Panel Discussion on Local Capacity Building Needs Panel members will be required to make short statements on: - What are the local capacity building gaps in the towns? - Recommendations on actions to be implemented to address the situation? - What contribution can LVWATSAN make to bridge the capacity building gaps? Panel Facilitator: Prof. Eric Odada, University of Nairobi Rapporteur: Pireh Otieno, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT

10.40 – 10.45 Introduction of Panel and Issues to be addressed

By Panel Facilitator 10.45 -11.55 Panel Discussions Panel Members (10 Minutes each) Petronilla Ogut, Chief Technical Manager, Lake Victoria South Water Services Board Susan Kajura, Ugandan Women’s Efforts to Save Children (UWESO) Sonko Kiwanuka, Managing Director, WSS Services (U) Ltd Chagaka Kalimbia, Managing Director, Bukoba Water and Sewerage Company Andrew Rian’ga, Executive Director, Kisii Network for Ecological Agriculture and Development Lillian Lwakatare, SACCOs Unit, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania

11.55-12.30 Plenary Discussions

12.30 – 14.00 LUNCH Plenary Session II: Presentation of thematic papers Chair: Daniel Adom, Chief Technical Adviser, Water for African cities Programme, UN-HABITAT Rapporteur: Pireh Otieno, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT

14.00 - 14.10 Strengthening utility management in small urban centers Alex Gisagara and Jackson Opwonya, National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Uganda

14.10 – 14.20 Plenary Discussions

Engaging and strengthening small and private contractors through PPP in 14.20 – 14.30 Municipal service delivery for Local Economic Development Kumbwaeli Salewi, Regional Programme Manager, ILO

14.40 – 14.50 Strengthening Capacity for pro-poor governance in the provision of water and sanitation services in small urban centers: Examples from Asia Andre Dzikus, Programme Manager, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN-HABITAT

15.00 – 15.10 Strengthening gender mainstreaming and inclusion of vulnerable groups in water and sanitation services in secondary urban centers Joke Muylwijk, Executive Director, Gender and Water Alliance

Strengthening Capacity for Urban Catchment Management in small urban 15.20 – 15.30 areas: The Case of Densu Basin

Ronald Abrahams, Densu Basin Officer, Ghana

15.30 – 15.40 Plenary Discussions Strengthening Capacity for Advocacy, Information, Education and 15.40 – 15.50 Communication and Building Partnership with Local Authorities James Ohayo, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN-HABITAT

15.50 – 16.00 Plenary Discussions Group Work Session I: Developing A Capacity Building Framework for LVWATSAN

Facilitator: Rapporteur General:

16.00 – 16.05 Briefing on Group Work

Facilitator

16.05 - 17.45 Work in Groups (Tea/Coffee will be served between 16:30 – 16:45)

Group I: Local Economic Development; Pro-poor Water Governance

Group Coordinator: Kumbwaeli Salewi, Regional Programme Manager, ILO Group Advisers: Kwame Asubonteng, PPP Policy Specialist, UNDP/BDP/PPPUE Gulelat Kebede, Training and Capacity Building Branch, UN- HABITAT Moses Banda, Chief Manager, Credit and Business Development, K-Rep Bank Lillian Lwakatare, SACCOs Unit, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania Yusto P. Muchuruza, Executive Director, Kagera Development and Credit Revolving Trust Fund (KADETFU) Amrik Kalsi, UN-HABITAT Consultant

Group Rapporteur: (To be selected by the group)

Group 2: Utility management in small urban centers; Urban Catchment Management

Group Coordinator: Sonko Kiwanuka, Managing Director, WSS Services (U) Ltd Group Advisers: Chagaka Kalimbia, Managing Director, Bukoba Water and Sewerage Company District Water Engineer, Muleba Ruud Glotzbach, Water Resources Management Advisor, SNV- Tanzania Albert Keno, Town Engineer, Kisii Ronald Abrahams, Densu Basin Officer, Ghana Andrew Rian’ga, Executive Director, Kisii Network for Ecological Agriculture and Development

Group 3: Advocacy - Information, Education and Communication and Building Partnership with Local Authorities

Group Coordinator: James Ohayo, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT Group Adviser: Julius P. Ayo Odongo, Secretary General, LVRLAC Hamisi Mboga, Secretary General, ALGAK Samuel Nyauke, Chairman, Homa Bay Environmental Watch Project Loi Kiobya, Community Development Officer, Bukoba Town Council Richard A. Kakwindi, Community Development Officer, Mutukula Catherine Solomon, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT Roselyne Mburu-Kamau, Consultant, UN-HABITAT

Group 4: Gender mainstreaming and inclusion of vulnerable groups

Group Coordinator: Lucia Kiwala, Chief, Gender Mainstreaming Unit, UN-HABITAT Group Advisers: Joke Muylwijk, Executive Director, GWA Susan Kajura, UWESO Christine Kabigiza, Program Coordinator for Huduma Ya Watoto (HUYAWA) – Service for Children, Tanzania Julius Mogire, Area program Coordinator - Western Region, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Kenya Group Rapporteur: (To be selected by the group)

18.00- COCKTAIL/RECEPTION

DAY TWO Tuesday, 17 October 2006

09:00 – 09:15 Review of Day One Plenary Session III: Presentation of Capacity Building Case Studies Session Chair: Rapporteur: Strengthening Management Capacity of Local Authorities: Experience 09:15 – 09:30 of Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)

Carol Kardish, Regional Manager, Africa and the Middle East International Centre for Municipal Development, FCM Pro-poor Public Private Partnerships for Municipal Service Provision 09:30 – 09:45 Kwame Asubonteng, PPP Policy Specialist, UNDP/BDP/PPPUE

Building Partnership for Solid Waste Management in Homa Bay Town 09:45 – 10.00 Samuel Nyauke, Chairman, Homa Bay Environmental Watch Project

10.00-10.15 Supporting urban agriculture Nancy Karanja, Regional Coordinator, Urban Harvest

10.15 – 10.30 Financing WATSAN-based enterprises: Activities of K-Rep Bank

Moses Banda, Chief Manager, Credit and Business Development, K-Rep Bank

10.30 – 11.00 Plenary Discussions 11:00 – 11:15 TEA BREAK

11.15 – 12.30 Group Work Session II: Work in Groups continue

12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH

Plenary Session III: Presentations of Progress of Group Work (10 Minutes each) Session Chair: Rapporteur:

14:00 – 14:40 Presentations of Progress of Group Work

By Group Coordinators

14:40 – 15:00 Plenary Discussions

15:00 – 15:05 Formation of Special 7 - Member Committee to prepare Draft Capacity Building Framework for presentation in closing plenary

15:05 – 17:30 Group Work Session III: Work in Groups Continue (Tea/Coffee will be served between 16:00 – 16:15)

DAY THREE Wednesday, 18 October 2006

09:00 – 09:15 Review of Day Two Plenary Session IV: Presentation of Capacity Building Activities of UN-HABITAT Session Chair: Rapporteur: Local Economic Development Programmes 09:15 – 09:30 Gulelat Kebede, Training and Capacity Building Branch, UN-HABITAT 09:30 – 09:45 Lake Victoria Region City Development Strategies Programme

Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga, Urban Management Programme , UN-HABITAT

09:45 – 10.00 Monitoring MDGs in the small urban centers of Lake Victoria Iole Issaias, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN-HABITAT 10.00 – 10.15 Plenary Discussions

10:15 – 10:30 TEA BREAK

10:30 – 12:30 Group Work Session IV: Work in Groups continue

12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH

Plenary Session V: Presentation of Group Findings Session Chair: Rapporteur:

14:00 – 15:00 Presentations of Group Work Findings (10 Minutes each)

15:00 – 15:15 Plenary Discussions

Closing Session

Presentation of Draft Capacity Building Framework 15:15 – 15:35 Robert Goodwin, Chief Technical Adviser, LVWATSAN

15.35 – 15.45 Next Steps Graham Alabaster, Programme Manager, LVWATSAN

Closing Remarks 15:45 – 15:55 Albert Diphoorn, Chief, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN- HABITAT