Lake Tanganyika Regional Integrated Environmental Monitoring Programme, Institutional Needs Assessment
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UNDP/GEF Project on Partnership Interventions for the Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for Lake Tanganyika LAKE TANGANYIKA REGIONAL INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME, INSTITUTIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT Pierre-Denis Plisnier and Saskia A.E. Marijnissen April 2010 A workshop on establishing a regional integrated environmental monitoring programme for Lake Tanganyika was organised on March 30 th 2010 in Bujumbura, Burundi. The workshop was attended by a great number of participants from the riparian countries, as well as international monitoring partners, and was a great success. Project executed by: Citation: Plisnier, P-D, and Marijnissen, S.A.E. (2010) Lake Tanganyika Regional Integrated Environmental Monitoring Programme, Institutional Needs Assessment. UNDP/GEF Project on Lake Tanganyika, Report LTRIEMP/PCU/C1/2010, April 2010 The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations or the United Nations Development Programme concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................................. 6 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................... 7 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 9 2. Background of the Lake Tanganyika Monitoring Programme ......................................................... 10 2.1. Lake Tanganyika Facts ................................................................................................................ 10 2.2. International Projects and Agreements ..................................................................................... 10 2.3 Objectives of the UNDP/GEF Project on Lake Tanganyika .......................................................... 12 2.4 Previous Monitoring in Lake Tanganyika .................................................................................... 13 2.5. Objectives of the Lake Tanganyika Monitoring Programme ...................................................... 14 2.6. Monitoring Topics ...................................................................................................................... 15 3. Framework for Cost-effective Monitoring ....................................................................................... 19 4 Potential Monitoring Partners and Capacity Building Recommendations ...................................... 21 4.1. Overview of Potential Partners and Capacities .......................................................................... 22 4.2 Burundi ........................................................................................................................................ 23 4.3. DR Congo .................................................................................................................................... 25 4.4. Tanzania...................................................................................................................................... 28 4.5. Zambia ........................................................................................................................................ 30 5. General Capacity Building Recommendations ................................................................................. 33 5.1 Training ........................................................................................................................................ 34 5.2 Framework for Data Management and Information Sharing Systems ....................................... 35 5.3 Field data collection ................................................................................................................... 36 5.4 Role of NCU and PMU in Data Collection ................................................................................... 37 5.5 Role of LTA RCU .......................................................................................................................... 37 5.6 Online Database ......................................................................................................................... 37 6. Integrating Monitoring Activities at the International Level............................................................. 38 7. Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................ 39 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................... 40 References ............................................................................................................................................. 40 Some images of the partner institutions that were visited during the consultancy. 3 APPENDICES Appendix 1: Terms of Reference of the consultancy ............................................................................ 43 Appendix 2: Resource Persons Consulted ............................................................................................. 46 Appendix 3: Questionnaire Summary ................................................................................................... 48 Appendix 4: Questionnaire Answers from INECN ................................................................................. 50 Appendix 5: INECN Organogram ........................................................................................................... 52 Appendix 6: Questionnaire Answers from REGIDESO ........................................................................... 53 Appendix 7: REGIDESO Water Parameters ........................................................................................... 55 Appendix 8: Questionnaire Answers from Direction des Eaux, Peches, et Pisciculture ....................... 56 Appendix 9: DEPP staff along the Burundi coast................................................................................... 58 Appendix 10: Questionnaire Answers from SETEMU ........................................................................... 59 Appendix 11: Questionnaire Answers from University of Burundi, Department Biology .................... 61 Appendix 12: Questionnaire Answers from University of Burundi, Department Chemistry ................ 63 Appendix 13: Organogram IGEBU ......................................................................................................... 65 Appendix 14: Hydrological Stations (IGEBU) Burundi ........................................................................... 66 Appendix 15: Hydrological Stations (IGEBU) Burundi ........................................................................... 67 Appendix 16: Meteorological Stations (IGEBU) Burundi ....................................................................... 68 Appendix 17: Questionnaire Answers CRH ........................................................................................... 69 Appendix 18: Questionnaire Answers LTBWO ...................................................................................... 71 Appendix 19: Organogram LTWBO Kigoma .......................................................................................... 73 Appendix 20: LTWBO Preliminary Parameter List ................................................................................. 74 Appendix 21: Questionnaire Answers TAFIRI ........................................................................................ 75 Appendix 22: Questionnaire Answers LUP ............................................................................................ 77 Appendix 23: Questionnaire Answers TACARE ..................................................................................... 79 Appendix 24: Questionnaire Answers Department of Fisheries ........................................................... 81 Appendix 25: Questionnaire Answers DWA .......................................................................................... 83 Appendix 26: Questionnaire Answers ECZ ............................................................................................ 84 Appendix 27: Questionnaire Answers MOH ......................................................................................... 86 Appendix 28: Organogram of the Department of Health ..................................................................... 88 Appendix 29: Questionnaire Answers ZMD .......................................................................................... 89 Appendix 30: Questionnaire Answers Land Husbandry Department ................................................... 91 Appendix 31: Questionnaire Answers Forestry Department ................................................................ 93 Appendix 32: Additional Description Foresty Department (CFR HQ2) ................................................. 94 Appendix 33: Questionnaire Answers ZWA .......................................................................................... 95 Appendix 34: Questionnaire Answers University of Zambia ................................................................