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Transboundary Water Management

Transboundary Water Management in the (Gestion Transfrontralière de l’Eau dans le Bassin du Congo)

Project Project Partner: International Commission of the The project aims to strengthen the capacities of CICOS Congo-Oubangui-Sangha Basin (CICOS) in the sectors of inland navigation and water resources Project : , Democratic Republic management. The project works in four intervention areas: of the Congo, , Republic of , 1. Inland Navigation The project facilitates the application of the Code on Project Term: Overall: 2006 - 2016 Inland Navigation CEMAC-DRC to improve the effi- Current phase: January 2013 – July 2016 ciency of inland navigation and increase security along Project Budget: Total: EUR 11 million the river. Current phase: EUR 6 million 2. Regional Vocational Training Centre Context The project supports the establishment and strengthen- Located in the heart of , the Congo basin extends ing of the Regional Training Centre on Inland Naviga- across ten countries, in an area seven times larger than tion (CRFNI) through the design and implementation Germany. It is the second largest river basin worldwide of training programs and the rehabilitation of its build- just after the . With an average flow of ings and facilities. 41,000 m3/s, the accounts for over a third of Africa’s freshwater resources and offers considerable poten- 3. Water Management tial, particularly for the development of irrigation and In collaboration with the European Union, the French hy-dropower production. The Congo is one of the main Development Agency and the African Development Bank, means of transportation in , used for both the project supports CICOS in the development of deci- transportation of passengers and transportation of goods. sion making tools for the development and sustainable The network of waterways upstream of -Brazza- management of water resources in the Congo basin. ville is estimated at more than 25,000 km. 4. Organizational Development Aware of the development issues in the Congo basin, four The project supports the implementation of a participa- riparian countries (Cameroon, Central African Republic, tory approach in the field of water management, through Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo) the establishment of dialogue platforms to inform, consult signed in 1999 an agreement to establish a uniform river and involve stakeholders in the process of developing a regime and creating the International Commission of the Master plan for water resources develop-ment and man- Congo-Ubangi-Sangha basin (CICOS). CICOS is man- agement in the Congo basin (SDAGE). dated with the promotion of inland navigation and water resources development in the basin. The Government of Impact the Federal Republic of Germany is supporting CICOS Since 2009, the CRFNI has trained more than 1500 crew since 2006 with the implementation of the project on members and administrative officers. In 2013, the Minister transboundary water management in the Congo basin. of Transport in DRC made it mandatory for all captains

CICOS navigating on the river to obtain a certificate from the CR- gers traveling between Kinshasa and . It is now FNI. The Minister made this decision after reading the cheaper and faster to travel between these two African cities. results of a CICOS study providing evidence that the main In the water sector the project facilitates the process of cause of accidents along the Congo River is due to the lack sustainable infrastructure development, which is an engine of training of the various crew members. With proper for economic growth. Access to electricity and water supply training, more than 200 lives could be saved annually. is still very low throughout the basin, less than 10 % in average. Despite the urgency, water infrastructures must be In addition to promoting security on the river, the project designed to reduce the impact on the environment and supports CICOS and Member States with the reduction account for their potential effects in other Member States. of non-physical barriers along the river. For instance, the The project is currently supporting the formulation of a Governments of DRC and the Republic of Congo agreed guideline on prior notification to be tested in the process of to eliminate a tax of 5.00 USD collected from all passen- developing Inga III.

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