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News 2006 7/03/06 9:24 Page 1
Capacity building for better water management
Training
International
O f f i c e information
f o r Wa t e r
management
Special
World
Cooperation
Water
Forum
Mexico
N° 13 - December 2005 / January 2006 - English version
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CNFME - CNFME - CNFME - CNFME -
T h e F r e n c h N a t i o n a l Tr a i n i n g C e n t e r f o
The catalogues for 2006
"Water" and "Wastes"
Unrivalled skills in dealing with continuing training...
Relying on its strong knowledge of the various
water professions, the National Training
Center for Water Professions proposes mo-
dules allowing to gain all the knowledge and
5,500 skills necessary for serenely fulfilling your duty,
either being an operator exploiting a system, a
trainees/year river technician, the manager or department
head of water syndicates or farming companies,
or even the engineer of a consulting firm or the
person in charge of the environment in industry.
For already 15 years, the International
Office for Water (IOWater) has carried out,
with a recognized teaching ability, its
“ The "CNFME" is ISO 9001 certified.
In addition to these "professional" training pro-
The "CNFME" hydraulic installations in Limoges
The catalogue of 2006 can be downloaded
from the Internet:
grams, specific modules on electrical enginee-
mission: "capacity building for better wa-
ter management" through the transfer of
ring, automatism, maintenance, pumping, wa- www.iowater.org/cnfme
ter analysis, are dealt with in full compliance
knowledge and know-how by the National
with good practices and directly related to the
Training Center for Water Professions
drinking water supply and sanitation systems
(CNFME) in the French-speaking countries of
or production processes. A few figures to summarize:
course. But it is also successfully exported
In order to optimize the beneficial effects for a
beyond language barriers in South Africa,
community or a company, our team can formu- l 5,500 trainees in 2005.
Kenya, Nigeria, Mexico, Poland: these are some
late the best suited multiyear training l 370 training programs offered in
examples of training centers created similar to
plans and propose a simple and effective eva- the catalogue,
the model that has been developed by
luation system for assessing the gained know- l 450 training courses,
"CNFME" in France.
ledge and skills. l 10 training sites: Limoges and La
Just perusing the 2006 catalogues of con- The National Training Center for Water Souterraine of course, but also Le Bour-
tinuing training programs will allow you to Professions offers a service, ISO 9000 get, Paris, Saint-Brieuc, Cholet, Pau,
better weigh the quality of the training offer. certified, version 2000, and entirely com- Tarbes, Antibes, Nancy, all these loca-
All the great water-related topics are dealt with: puterized from registration, the measurement tions being selected for their field
the city and its sewerage, water supply, aquatic of the gained knowledge and satisfaction up to teaching contribution.
environments, management of skills and servi- the convening, the trainee can directly access l Our educational units allow the
ces, water in agriculture and industry, regula- to his/her own results in the modules from the trainee to study under working condi-
tions, etc. catalogue, and the client can follow up the tions, either through visits, demonstra-
One of our potabilization units "Intra" modules developed on his behalf. tions or practical work.
at La Souterraine 2006 is the year in which the "waste" cata- These units are unique in Europe,
logue will be created: 10 training courses al- due to their number, allowing the cove-
ready cover the organizational, regulatory and rage of the entire water cycle, or to
technical fields. their capacity, identical to real plants or
4 parts of plants.
All the courses can be carried
out in English and Spanish.
The "CNFME" also offers other opportu-
nities: training of elected officials, the
"technical days of the International
n˚ 12345 Office for Water"...
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E - CNFME - CNFME - CNFME - CNFME
er for Water Professions
New units .... Training
The "CNFME" has just completed a signifi- l Located close to the pilot unit with acti-
cant investment plan for the renewal and vated sludge, the new analysis labora-
on wastes
extension of its educational units. tory is equipped with a microscopic ob- For Municipalities
l The metrology unit includes installations servation room for assessing the bacterial and Urban
for the checking and calibration of flowme- population in wastewater during the Communities
ters (electromagnetic, ultrasonic, Doppler treatment cycle. Its usual customers
effect, etc...), water level meters (ultrasonic, l A presentation and demonstration
have been appea-
ball with bubble and pressure sensor), sam- room was installed with modern equip- ling to "CNFME" re-
plers, thermometers and pluviometers, ment for collector management: garding this topic:
electronic devices for the control of measu- TV inspection, waterproofing tests, leak local authorities,
ring equipment (analyses and generation of detection. consulting firms or
gauged signal). l Finally, the dehydration workshop was
private operators,
entirely rehabilitated: the centrifuge and the both in France and
Wastewater microscopic observation
and analysis laboratory filter-press were changed and the band-fil- abroad.
ter renovated. IOWater proposes,
These facilities are designed and developed for the first time in 2006, a training offer
by the IOWater trainers and technicians. dealing with the municipal waste sector in
es
Doubling the surface area of the techni- a specific catalogue, which includes about
cal hall is planned in 2006 for the instal- fifteen training courses addressing regula-
lation of new units for the instrumenta- tory, technical, financial and organizational
tion of under-pressure systems and aspects.
hydrology in rivers.
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1991 - 2006
IOWater celebrates its 15 years
and is preparing the future!
The International Office for Water is The International Office for Water is The main issues are:
going to celebrate its 15 years of exis- going well! n new information and documenta-
tence. Its actions are recognized at the national and tion-related services;
It is an opportunity to make an evaluation of international levels, it is a leader in many n exportation of training for water
our Association’s activity and a progress re- fields (training for water professions, promo- professions;
port on the evolution of our professions and tion of water management at the level of river
n development of data administration
fields of action. basins and of integrated water resources
activities;
management, institutional inter-
n advice on Governance of municipal
national cooperation, manage-
ment of water-related data and drinking water supply and sanita-
information, etc). tion utilities;
n development of integrated basin
Big stakes and new opportunities
are offered to us, it is thus neces- management over the world.
sary to define a strategy to meet The strong motivation of our staff gua-
them even better. rantees a new dynamics and the deve-
lopment of the new strategy of the
International Office for Water in the
coming years.
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A team of motivated experts
Information: Fax: +33 5 55 11 47 01 - E-mail: cnfme@oieau.fr
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s in
eng
lish
Information - Documentation - W
ent Information, Documentation, W
cum
0 do WATERDOC "iREP"
00
50. A world-wide documentation and information The French register
of industrial pollutant
1 service devoted to water
emissions
"WATERDOC", the IOWater documenta- "WATERDOC" Topics:
tion base, gathers the scientific, technical, l Tech'Waterdoc: 195,000 interna-
legal and economic information and includes tional technical, scientific and economic
more than 250,000 documents in the various references,
European languages. Our base is daily upda- l "Fontaine": 18,000 study reports and
ted and proposes about 6,000 new refe- regional and local information produced
rences each year, available for free consulta- by the Water Agencies, the Water
tion on the Website: Directorate of the Ministry of Ecology and
http://waterdoc.iowater.org Sustainable Development,
The "WATERDOC" documents are selected l Juri'Waterdoc: 2,900 references,
by our study engineers then analyzed by a French and European Community water-
network of experts, thus ensuring the rele- The Directorate for the Prevention of
related legal texts, comments and jurispru-
vance of later research. Pollution and Risks (DPPR) of the French
dence,
Ministry of Ecology called upon IOWater
Documents can be ordered online l Administr’Waterdoc: 11,500 ad- skills to disseminate on the Web the informa-
through access in the English language. ministrative references on institutional tion of the French register of industrial pollu-
management and the organization of the tant emissions (iREP): emissions of dangerous
The Press Review water world, wastes into water and the air.
"WATERDOC" proposes online an elec- l Eco’Waterdoc : 6,000 references on The website, created by the International Office
tronic Press Review of 60 international water economy, for Water, uses free software technologies
periodicals, available upon subscrip- l R&D'Waterdoc : base of European (OpenSource) and provides many accesses to
tion. research on water, the information: search by pollutant and waste,
A specialized search engine enables an auto- search by plant, and is supplemented by a
l WFD: more than 400 methodological
matic search in all articles as soon as pub- powerful cartographic visualization.
guides in full text, conferences, legal texts
lished. They can also be ordered online. IOWater is working on the optimization of
and case studies related to the implementa-
data-gathering flows and at simplifying their
tion of the European Water Framework
management.
Directive (WFD) in France and Europe,
4 The website of industrial pollution in France:
www.pollutionsindustrielles.ecologie.gouv.fr
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A series RM&C
of syntheses Water Agency
Modernization
"WATERDOC" is also a series of syntheses
dealing with issues selected for their topi- of the information system
cality or significance. The Rhone-Mediterranean and Corsica
The list of the available syntheses can be Water Agency entrusted IOWater with the
accessed on: review of the overall operation of its informa-
http://waterdoc.iowater.org tion system, of the new needs and the strate-
Syntheses are provided in electronic version gy for developing the future application
in the Agency to improve the reliability of
250.000 under PDF format. They can be ordered and
delivered online. data on the pollution flows entering and lea-
ving municipal and industrial wastewater
References 4 treatment plants.
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in the different
European languages http://waterdoc.iowater.org
Subscriptions - Fax: +33 5 55 11 47 48 - E-mail: waterdoc@oieau.fr
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on - Water information systems
n, Water Data
WIS
The French Water Information System - WIS
In France, the Water Information System (WIS) When adhering to this protocol, IOWater was IOWater participates by providing its
gathers many partners, coordinated by the committed, in particular, to facilitate the know-how on the issues of data ex-
French Water Directorate and cooperating for "SANDRE", by managing the geographical change (SANDRE) and WEB applica-
improving water-related data and the envi- and attribute reference frames of the water tions.
ronments. field and by giving access to this information, A green book, written by the French Ministry
An agreement protocol, signed in June 2003, through its website. of Ecology and IOWater has defined the
and which succeeds to RNDE (National Water The technical architecture of WIS general framework of this WIS architecture,
Data Network, 1992-2002), defines the obliga- "To make water flow between several sys- real specifications for data-processing com-
tions of the partners with respect to the produc- tems, it is necessary that the pipes, built by munities: the use of Web technologies was
tion, conservation and availability of water data. each one, comply with the construction stan- selected (Internet, HTML, Web services, etc.)
The adhering partners are the Ministry of dards and are correctly connected". This also while highlighting the standards and free
Ecology and Sustainable Development, applies to data: it is necessary to have a software (OpenSource) to be used.
the 6 Water Agencies, the Higher Council common architecture that is compatible For further information:
www.sandre.eaufrance.fr
of Fisheries, Electricity of France, BRGM, between the information producers, so
Ifremer, the French Environment Institute, that the French data flow from one to 4
INERIS, the Water Offices of the Reunion another.
and the Martinique and the International
Office for Water (IOWater).
"SANDRE" on the Web
the "SANDRE" has a metada-
ta consultation and search "SANDRE"
service available which
the common language
allows the finding and direc-
of water data
ting of the user towards the
data produced or managed The National Data Reference Center
by the WIS partners. for Water (SANDRE), is the body in
¸ support to the WIS
charge of standardizing water data in
users with the dissemination France and disseminating the national
of the WIS tools: This last sec- (cartographic and topical) reference frames.
tion makes the data-proces- For more than 10 years, it has worked with
sing tools developed within the definition of a common infrastructure
the WIS available. for the management and dissemination of
water-related information.
4 The “SANDRE” is managed by IOWater
The "SANDRE" website allows direct online according to its mandate and its Multi-
access to its services: year Objective-targeted Convention
¶ the standardization of data and
An example
with French Ministry of Ecology, and
services: semantics, common definitions, of “SANDRE” format gathers the partners of the Water Infor-
exchanges. This "Standardization" section Since 2001, “SANDRE” has worked on mation System but also organizations
gathers all the standardization work of the the definition of a national standard allo- not involved in the protocol: water
"SANDRE", either regarding the data or wing the harmonization of data exchanges analysis laboratories, National School
computerization. between analysis laboratories and clients. of Public Health, Universities, Water
· the dissemination of water-related The computerization of these exchanges Suppliers, etc.
reference frames and metadata: has been proven to be a strategic stake to 4
where can available water-related in- improve knowledge of aquatic environ-
formation be found at each geographi- ments and water uses.
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cal level? To answer this question,
www.sandre.fr
Information: Fax: +33 5 55 11 47 48 - E-mail: waterdoc@oieau.fr
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Websites
Website
"Water in Mountains" on French
n Section "current events" provides a re-
water policy
port on the most recent and relevant in- The French public stakeholders
formation on the topics related to water in mobilize themselves to meet the
mountains; global water challenge
n Section "library" gathers digitized docu-
ments that can be consulted by the web-
site subscribers;
n Section "forum" is a space of free ex-
change open to everyone;
n Section "contacts" gathers information
on the website subscribers;
The "water in mountains" website is a col-
"Water in mountains" is the name of a new
laborative site fed by the contributions of its
website which aims at providing water stake-
users.
holders in mountainous areas with a common
space to dialogue and share information The partners of the website include: UNESCO,
(documents, current events, contacts). the Consignments and Loans Fund, the IOWater participates in the development of
Accessible to any person interested in this European Information System on Forests in the website of the French public water
topic, the "water in mountains" website Mountains, the Alpine Company of Upper stakeholders, opened for the 13th Commis-
proposes several kinds of access to the infor- Savoy, the Public Works Company of the sion for Sustainable Development, which
mation: Upper Savoy Department, DATAR/DIACT, the took place in March 2005 in New-York.
n Section "general information": built
International Office for Water and INBO.. This site introduces the French expe-
with an interactive and relief-patterned rience and know-how in the water
Alpine Economic Company of Savoy sector. It focuses on 4 great concepts of
map, this section allows you, when navi- www.echoalp.com
gating on a catchment area to access to water management: democracy, trans-
(section "water in mountains")
the various topics related to water in parency and good governance, users’ par-
mountains: natural risks, climate, forestry, ticipation and basin management.
This website in three languages is accessible
pastoralism, town planning, tourism; through the following addresses:
www.eau-international-france.fr
www.water-international-france.fr
www.iowater.org www.aqua-internacional-francia.fr
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3,000,000 visitors
on IOWater website in one year!
IOWater website, opened in 1997, has be- This portal is addressing professionals The site proposes synthetic information on
come with the passing of years a real inter- and decision makers of the water sector the water situation over the world, the Euro-
national portal to worldwide water and reflects on the Web the main IOWater pean water policy and the overall organiza-
information, giving access to many re- vocation, which is to gather, in France, in Eu- tion of the French water sector.
sources: documentation, current events, rope and in the World, public and private IOWater portal, with free access and in
training, cooperation or data. abilities for better water management. It pro- 4 languages (French, English, Spanish
vides access to: and Portuguese), is consulted for 50%
n information on French and interna- by Web surfers originating from France,
tional current events, and for the other 50% by Web surfers
n IOWater online services, coming from abroad, North America in
n the best specialized websites of the particular.
water sector, You are looking for information
n the sites of the national and interna- on water?
tional partners of IOWater, With 2 clicks, you will certainly
n the documents of the great interna- find it on IOWater portal!
tional conferences on water.
www.iowater.org
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Studies – Syntheses - Tests
Patrimonial "DEPURANAT"
management Promoting natural techniques for wastewater treatment
of drinking water
supply systems
Stakes
and recommendations
Upon the request of the Professional
Syndicate of Water Supply and Sani-
tation Companies (SPDE), the Inter-
national Office for Water made a study for
helping the utilities to manage the significant
assets which are the drinking water supply
pipe networks. Those have a long lifespan,
several decades, and the decisions made by
the public Authority and its manager, will
commit the utility over a duration longer than
the mandates of the elected officials or the
delegation contracts.
The total length of the drinking water
supply pipes in France is estimated at
850,000 km and, very roughly, the On 20 and 21 October 2005, the Interna- n Enhance by-products resulting (sludge,
value of this renovated network, all tional Office for Water hosted the 3rd meeting organic matter, treated wastewater, etc.);
materials included, would be about of the partners of the "DEPURANAT" project n Create a market for such techniques in
80 billion euros: the stakes are thus (Depuración Natural of Aguas Residuales) the Atlantic Arc;
very high. which aims at developing natural techniques n Strengthen the "relation" which is es-
These assets are always increasing, because for wastewater treatment (also known as tablished around such sites with the sur-
of new infrastructures and changes in urban extensive techniques) on the European rounding population (water classes for chil-
space: their management must meet this Atlantic Arc and especially in Southern dren, market-gardening products, flowers,
dynamic prospect. Europe. etc.),
The "DEPURANAT" project is based on a n Develop training tools to promote a real
The local Authority will have, above all, to
partnership made up of ITC- Instituto natural wastewater treatment engineering.
make a choice on the performance level
Tecnológico de Canarias, project leader, the The "CENTA" and IOWater provide technical
which it wishes to reach and on the deadlines
University of Minho - Portugal, the CENTA - support for the drafting of the guides and the
needed to achieve it, and this will have con-
Centro de Nuevas Tecnologías del Agua - enhancement of know-how after construction
sequences on the water price.
Spain, and some Canaries and Portuguese and during operation, for better making
It will have to define its strategy of municipalities, and IOWater. known these often neglected techniques,
common cause between generations: Based on the study of the operation of which integrate themselves well in the envi-
is it necessary to pay more now to guarantee 6 plants already using such technologies and ronment, especially for a population-equiva-
the performance of the service for a longer of 6 planned or already-built plants applying lent between 100 and 500.
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period or to leave this care to our successors? these treatment principles, the consortium is
Is it necessary to make significant invest- assigned to:
ments for renewal, to prevent possible degra- n Draw up technical guides for helping
dations, or simply to set up a vigilance policy, the main contractors to design their treat-
and to only react when the problems arise? ment plants according to good engineering
It is thus advisable to arbitrate between practices;
preventive or curative strategies. n Develop methods for supporting deci-
The manager will have to make tools for sion-making to select the best techniques
knowledge of the assets available to the according to the conditions which the con-
Community, as well as for decision-making tracting authorities are encountering in the
support or communication. field;
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Information: Fax: +33 5 55 11 47 48 - E-mail: waterdoc@oieau.fr
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international events
MEXICO 2006
4th World Water Forum
The International Office for Water The strong mobilization of the local elected The French Partnership for Mexico City
(IOWater) has been strongly involved in officials will exert a strong pressure for not The French Ministries for Foreign Affairs and
the World Water Forum of Mexico City: only generating general declarations, but Ecology took the initiative of organizing a
8,000 participants are expected and this also for an effective involvement of the local joint participation of all the various stake-
shows the great interest in this event. authorities and especially the municipalities, holders of the sector, within a "French
which are directly concerned. Partnership for Mexico City (PFM)", in
The meetings of Mexico City must provide order to ensure coherent presence and to dis-
strategic outlines, recommendations for seminate common messages. The "PSEau",
advancing with the new ideas which are "ASTEE" and the International Office for Water
emerging from the Forum preparation work. take care of the Secretariat, within a "French
The organizers received 600 proposals for Coordination Team", which prepared the
sessions coming from the various interested collective actions of the Partnership (stand,
parties, and could only selected 185 of them, messages, sessions, side events, etc.).
of 2 hours each. The French stand will convey the PFM mes-
The organizers also received 1,700 proposals sages and disseminate leaflets of French
to present local actions of which only 600 examples and recommendations on the to-
will be presented. pics which France wants to promote.
These documents are available on the PFM
A preceding strong mobilization A database will be developed on the Internet.
website:
The Forum was prepared by the great regions IOWater promotes its ideas www.water-international-france.fr/mexico
of the World, all of them produced reports IOWater has strongly mobilized the 4
which show the diversity of the problems. International Network of Basin Organi-
IOWater was thus called upon to write the zations (INBO), which will organize an
IWRM section on the European Water
Framework Directive (WFD) and European
exceptional "8-hour mega session", the Invitation !
whole day of 18 March, on the topic of Basin
Water Initiative (EUWI) of the European Management. It aims at transmitting the fol- Our 5 sessions in Mexico
regional report. lowing message: "the basin is the rele- Saturday 18 March 2006:
å Management of African
One can already note a strong mobilization vant territory to manage water". It is a
on the basin management topic and espe- practice to be generalized worldwide and it transboundary basins
cially on the issue of transboundary aquifers should be said that "it works"! (AMCOW/ANBO)
and rivers. In addition, IOWater organizes another “63 transboundary rivers in Africa”
å Implementation of the European
The importance of the role of local authori- official session on Water Information
ties and the idea that governance should be Systems with "CONAGUA". It will show Water Framework Directive
decentralized as much as possible will also be the result of cooperation in the creation of a (EUROPE-INBO)
reaffirmed. Federal Water Information System in Mexico, “29 countries agreed to achieve
Special attention will also be paid to natural the French Water Information System (WIS), good ecological status
hazards: floods, droughts, erosion, these risks or the Mediterranean Information System in river basins in 2015”
å Users’ and public participation
exist everywhere, even in developed countries, (EMWIS), which already gathers the national
and it is urgent to develop effective prevention. systems of all the Mediterranean countries, and common cause in basin
At last, there is an enormous delay regarding etc. management (INBO)
sanitation in the Southern countries and this A stand in the "Water Fair" will show our The Basin Committees:
may originate great health and ecological risks main activities and French-Mexican coopera- Local Water Parliaments”
on a large scale in many countries. tion actions with CONAGUA. å Synthesis of the progress made
Tangible results are expected in transboundary basin manage-
The question raised is to know how to respect ment over the world (INTBO).
the already made commitments and to "“Water has no boundary!”
achieve in practice the millennium goals of Tuesday 21 March 2006:
the United Nations, how to finally act to å Development and implementation
transform these commitments into concrete of Water Information Systems
actions. (IOWater/CONAGUA)
www.iowater.org/mexico
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international events
A new priority for IOWater:
Governance of water utilities
Reducing by half before 2015 the percentage IOWater increases its involvement in l participation in the preparation of
of the population who has no access to drin- this governance topic within the Multiyear two sessions for the 4th World Water
king water, and that without access to sanita- Objective-targeted Convention signed with Forum (Mexico City, March 2006):
tion, such are the Millennium Development the French Ministry of Ecology and å "transparency and democratic
Goals (MDGs) laid down by the World Sustainable Development for 2005-2007. control" for better governance of
Summit on Sustainable Development of For this reason, IOWater especially carried out local drinking water supply and
Johannesburg in 2002. the following activities in 2005: sanitation utilities (session mana-
It appears that improving governance l creation and facilitation of a wor- ged by the French Association of Ma-
in community water utilities is one of king group gathering the French public yors of Large Towns - AMGVF),
the first priorities. and private stakeholders, Ministries, å "needs of developing countries
Governance is "all the rules, procedures and French Development Agency, Public es- and contributions from interna-
behaviors related to the exercise of authority tablishments, Local Authorities inter- tional initiatives" (session mana-
at the various decision levels, characterized vening within decentralized cooperation, ged by the French Ministry of Ecology
by responsibility, transparency, legibility, con- NGOs and private stakeholders to ana- and Sustainable Development).
sistency, efficiency and effectiveness in partic- lyze the lessons learned and draw
ular". conclusions from cooperation activi- 4
ties, to better identify the demand
and to define priority topics.
The "TWINBASIN" Project is progressing: please participate!
significant progress made by the project This tool has become operational recently,
during the last few months, allowing it to although it should be improved.
advance significantly in the achievement of Nearly 6,000 Web surfers have already con-
its objectives. sulted it and many members are already regis-
After the first two Calls for Proposals sent in tered. The website will be soon the support of
2005, 14 twinning arrangements were Web-Forums, which will allow starting the
selected to be supported by the project, thinking of experts and specialists about signi-
The TWINBASINXN project, financed by the involving 26 Basin Organizations of 14 ficant issues specific to IWRM. Finally, the entire
European Commission (6th Framework Pro- countries. The participation of the Countries knowledge gathered by TWINBASIN, regar-
gram for European Research) and managed of the South is paramount (51%). ding IWRM, will be supplemented and
by the International Office for Water in coo-
TWINBASIN plays its part, by incontestably enriched by the results and products of
peration with INBO, GWP and Techware,
promoting and inspiring these cooperation "clusters", with the other projects related to the
aims at promoting twinning arrange-
arrangements. Indeed, more than 70 % of "Twinning" topic (WADE, RIVERTWIN & TWIN-
ments between Basin Organizations in
the signed twinning agreements were esta- BAS projects) supported by the European
order to disseminate good practices and
blished within the project and are thus attri- Union.
strengthen their human resources.
butable to it. Ultimately, the TWINBASIN project is at a key
Guides are drawn up for developing benefi-
The wide dissemination of the first stage of its implementation. The second mee-
cial twinning arrangements. Scholarships
"TwinBasin Newsletter" (6,300 sub- ting of the Steering Committee allowed the
are allocated to facilitate the mobility of
scribers) through INBO in particular, the pro- broadening of thoughts and the making of
young executives between basins (short prac-
motion of the project during international decisions necessary for the project evolution
tical periods), tools for managing know-
IWRM-related events, and the recent distri- towards the achievement of all the planned
ledge and distance training will be avai-
bution of leaflets (20,000 copies in French, TWINBASIN objectives.
lable, etc.
English, Spanish and Russian) are as many The next meeting of the Steering
The network already relies on a group of 40 events that give the project the adequate and Committee will take place in Mexico on
founder members, representatives of the necessary international recognition. 20 March 2006.
stakeholders concerned.
The website: www.twinbasin.org, main
During its Marrakech meeting in May 2005, 4
interface of the project with all its community,
the Steering Committee of the allows and ensures a capitalization and a dis-
TWINBASIN project was pleased with the semination of the acquired knowledge.
www.twinbasin.org
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The European Union Water Initia- Plan for a first group of 5 transboundary been mandated for creating the necessary
an basins with identified strategic activities and conditions for creating a Volta Transboun-
tive (EUWI), launched in 2002 during
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the World Summit for Sustainable Deve- funding requests made to the European Com- dary River Basin Organization for Inte-
lopment of Johannesburg to facilitate the im- mission. grated Water Resources Management,
plementation of the Millennium Development They are: including ecosystems and other related
Goals (MDGs), includes an African compo- l Southern Africa: Orange/Senqu Commis- resources.
nent which aims at improving Integrated Wa- sion (ORASECOM), French bilateral Cooperation supports the In-
ter Resource Management (IWRM). l Central Africa: Lake Chad Basin Com- ternational Office for Water to back up the
Since 2003, the Strategy and Work Program mission (LCBC), VBTC activities in two steps:
approved by the African Ministers Council on l Eastern Africa: Lake Victoria and Kagera ¶ Support to the 2 nd meeting of the
Water (AMCOW) has been promoting: River Basin : Nile Equatorial Lakes - Subsi- VBTC’s Technical Committee in close
u management of transboundary basins; diary Action Plan (NEL-SAP) and Kagera cooperation with the Coordination Unit for
u formulation of national plans for water River Basin Organizations (OBK), Water Resources (CUWR) of the Economic
effectiveness. l Western Africa: Niger Basin Authority Commission of Western African States
This component is led by the French Ministry (NBA) and Volta Basin. (ECOWAS), with experts from each member
for Foreign Affairs, which entrusted the Inter- The European funds would be available for country of the basin, and from the IWRM
national Office for Water with the formula- mid-2006. group of the European Initiative.
tion, with AMCOW and European Coopera- The Volta project · Technical assistance to the VBTC and
member countries with the prepara-
In the meantime, the decision- tion of an effective implementation of
makers of the 6 countries of the the Basin Authority: statutes / organiza-
Volta Basin (Benin, Burkina Faso, tion chart / identification of human and
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali and financial resources / financial mechanisms /
Togo) have shown their determi- inter-country coordination systems / plan-
nation and strong political will ning processes.
to quickly go forward. These activities are taking into account the na-
The Volta has not yet a Basin Au- tional strategies for water resources manage-
thority. ment of the six Member States. They are also
A Volta Basin Technical Com- integrating the parallel programs developed by
mittee (VBTC) was set up in the African Development Bank, the World
July 2004 and held its second Bank, the French Fund for Global Environment
meeting, from 20 to 24 June and other donors in order to quickly define a
2005. consistent action plan.
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South Africa
A river basin approach
Where are we five years after the passing and efficient for solving water resource sharing It entrusts the existing 294 “Irrigation Boards”
of the Water Law in South Africa? between the various uses. and 400 village irrigation networks with the
In November 2004, 90 delegates from South Africa is a good example of this. local management of water resources, by
14 countries met on the banks of Loskop Lake, changing them into Water Users Associations
The objective of the South African Department
200 km East of Pretoria, in order to share their (WAUs).
of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) is to gua-
experience on the implementation of Inte- rantee “some water for all for ever”. So far, 5 CMAs have been set up and some
grated Water Resource Management (IWRM). 50 WAUs have been operating.
Thus, the Water Law has defined 19 Catchment
IOWater, which participated as a member of Management Agencies (CMAs) on river basins
AFEID delegation (French Association for of the country. 4
Irrigation and Drainage), has endeavored to
demonstrate that the creation and develop-
ment of basin organizations has been useful
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AFRICA
Large project
South Africa - NCWSTI
Capacity building for better water management
Background Precise objectives IOWater designed the technical specifica-
Improving drinking water supply and sanita- They deal with the development of an entire tions for the various technical training
tion utilities is considered as one of the prio- training system: facilities, which were built by the South
African Engineering Company UWP.
rities of South Africa. n creating a national training-center
The South African Government has thus network for the water sector, At the same time, NCWSTI gathered the
first network of South-African trainers
wished to increase the capacity building of n developing technical training programs,
these utilities. composed of some 120 persons from DWAF,
n training a first group of South African WSAs, WSPs and municipalities.
In order to achieve a high level of servi- trainers and facilitators,
ce quality, the persons in charge of the
n generating a sector demand for
installation, operation, maintenance
continuing training,
and management of these systems
n organizing quality practical, ana-
should be qualified and have good pro-
fessional skills. lytical and theoretical training
programs.
The concerned employees requiring training
are about 20,000 to 30,000 people. The National Community for
Water & Sanitation Training Ins-
A promising project titute (NCWSTI), which is based at
The "Human Capacity Building for South- the University of the North, Limpopo
African Water Sector" Project is financed by Province near Polokwane city, is the
the “Priority Solidarity Fund”, within the focal point of the training system.
French-South African bilateral cooperation. NCWSTI will develop this “National
On the French side, the International Office for Training Network for the Water Sec-
Water, in partnership with SAUR/IDFP, was tor” relying on two other Regional
Training unit for the laying out of mains
selected to implement this 3-year project. Centers (Branches) located in the KwaZulu
The overall aim of the project is improving Natal and the Eastern Cape provinces.
professionalism in the Water and Sanitation Provided with training kits (training ma- Training of Trainers and specific training
Sector in South Africa, with a training pro- nuals, facilitation and evaluation tools), programs (Assessor Workshops) were orga-
gram for the staff of the Water Services adapted to the South African context, the nized enabling the participants of this net-
Authorities (WSAs) and Water Services trainers will be incorporated in this “nation- work to be accredited as Training Facilitators,
Providers (WSPs). al network” managed by NCWSTI. according to the rules of SAQA (South African
First achievements Qualification Authority) and NQF (National
A Project Steering Committee (PSC) composed Qualification Framework).
of representatives of the Department of Water At the end of 2005, several training
Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) and NCWSTI as courses had already been organized by
Training of Trainers IOWater and SAUR-IDFP on the main
well as representatives of the
French Embassy in Pretoria and following topics: drinking water treatment,
French Development Agency wastewater treatment, electrical and mecha-
(AFD) was constituted and nical maintenance, customer management,
already met twice. supervision and management of water
utilities and human resources management.
Finally, a Senior Trainer has been especially
recruited by NCWSTI, on the project budget,
for coordinating activities in the field.
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AFRICA INDIAN OCEAN
Uganda Mauritius
Kampala City Council MPU & CWA
Congo The "Kampala Urban Sanitation Project" - KUSP In Mauritius, the main bodies in charge of the
Technical assistance –initiated by the Kampala City Council (KCC) water sector, under the supervision of the
to RCIC and supported by the French Development Ministry of Public Utilities (MPU), wish to im-
Agency (AFD), aims at improving the District’s plement an important professional continuing
staff skills with a capacity building contract training program for their staff for accompa-
entrusted to HYDROCONSEIL, assisted locally by nying the water sector reforms and backing up
AQUACONSULT. their strategy.
In November 2005, Hydroconseil entrusted The 2005 French-Mauritius bilateral coopera-
IOWater with a training activity dealing with tion program, for which the International Of-
“Human resources recruitment and manage- fice for Water is operator, focused on the two
ment”. following components:
¶ Strengthening the modernization
4 strategy of the Central Water Autho-
rity (CWA), by developing the use of
Rwanda Performance Indicators, to which
Audit of the Draft 80 executives were trained during two
Audit of a chlorination plant Water Law missions carried out in February and April
in cooperation with REGIDESO
Considering that the Country is under- 2005 by IOWater experts.
equipped for drinking water supply, flood pro- Support is planned for the implementation
In March 2005, within the training program tection and for agricultural hydraulics, the and follow-up of this Benchmarking Sys-
that the National Training Center for Water World Bank has required technical assistance, tem within the CWA company project.
· A feasibility study for a Training Cen-
Professions of IOWater has been implemen- to be provided by a group led by BRLi in part-
ting for 3 years for the RCIC (Red Cross nership with IOWater, with the formulation of ter for Water Professions in Mauritius
International Committee), the "CNFME" the Draft Water Law. including the assessment of training needs
carried out an audit of 3 drinking water for the Mauritius staffs of the water sector,
production plants of Kindu, Uvira and The draft Water Law
the definition of a training Masterplan and
Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo : It is recommended that the draft be comple- the identification of equipment, human
3 very different technical situations as regards mented with: and financial resources needed for crea-
the waters of the Congo river, of the Kivu Lake u the protection of wetlands and peat bogs; ting this Center.
u the collective organization of water deve-
and groundwater which encounter iron and
4
manganese problems.
lopment works;
The technical analysis has led to propo- u a revitalization of unofficial water supply
sals for improving plant operation. services;
These audits were used as case studies in the u the organization of irrigation;
Mayotte
training course for the RCIC Wathab (Water- u an integrated approach to the manage- Cooperation
habitation) team who came to Limoges in ment of some 350 river basins; is continuing
u the organization of data collection.
October 2005. In 2005, IOWater / CNFME continued its tech-
The analysis has proven that the staff of nical support to the SIEAM (Inter-municipal
REGIDESO, Congo national water supply uti- 4 Syndicate for Water and Sanitation of
lity, had huge training needs. Mayotte).
A training plan is being prepared to be pro- The conformity of almost all the sources
Combani earth dam in Mayotte
posed to the European Union for financing. of drinking water currently exploited on
Mayotte has thus been analyzed.
4 IOWater is also carrying out, in partnership
with the Department of Agriculture and
Forestry, the follow-up, over a longer pe-
riod, of the variations in water quality of
the Combani dam reservoir, in order to
offer the best solution for supplying raw
water to the Ourovéni plant (10,000 m3/d).
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CENTRAL ASIA
Tajikistan - Dushanbe – 30 May – 1st June 2005
International Conference on Regional Cooperation
and the Management of Transboundary Basins
The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Management of Transboundary INBO President, Mrs. Madeleine Jouye de
organized, with UNDP support, an Inter- Basins, which took place in Dushanbe from Grandmaison, gave an introductory address
national Conference on Regional Cooperation 30 May to 1st June 2005. during the opening ceremony in the presence
Its main objectives were: of the President of the Tajik Republic, and
n establishing dialogue between the chaired the 3rd session on "Integrated Basin
Central Asian States and strengthening Management".
regional cooperation; Mr. Jean-François Donzier, IOWater General
n organizing a discussion with the parti- Manager and INBO Permanent Secretary,
cipants originating from other regions chaired the first topical session on
having transboundary basins; "Sustainable Management of Transboundary
n drawing up recommendations likely to Waters".
solve the problems related with safety
and sound use of rivers. 4
Central Asia
Participative management of transboundary rivers
Mr. Jean-François Donzier, IOWater General He could visit, accompanied by Mr. Oumarov,
Manager and INBO Permanent Technical Se- the Fergana valley, where a very interesting
cretary went to Uzbekistan from 23 to 30 Oc- reform is taking place for an integrated and
tober 2005, at the invitation of the Scientific decentralized participative management of the
Information Center of the Interstate Coor- irrigated areas by groups of concerned farmers.
dination Water Commission of Central
Asia (ICWC), to launch, in particular, with International Commission
for the Protection of the Aral Sea
Mr. Viktor Dukhovny the creation of the Rus- dukh@icwc-aral.uz - www.icwc-aral.uz
sian-Speaking Regional Network of INBO and
to have a progress report on the achieve- 4
ments of the Information Center in Tashkent
and on its last modeling for the protection of
the Aral Sea, with a better management of
the Syrdarya and Amudarya.
Invitation!
Mexico - 21 March 2006
16:30 - 18:30
IOWater / CONAGUA
Official Session (5.13):
"Developing and Implementing
Water Information Systems"
4th World Water Forum – Mexico – 16 - 22 March 2006
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ASIA
China
French year in China on the water classes issue
Just one year after the visit to Paris of a nized after daily courses or even the organi-
Delegation of 5 Chinese experts on the zation of water forums allowing people in
"water classes" topic, a return visit to charge to emphasize the water problems that
Beijing of French experts of the Seine- the country has to face.
Normandy Water Agency and International The adaptation of the work achieved in
Office for Water, supported by the French France by the Seine-Normandy Water
Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Deve- Agency in its "water classes" program,
lopment, was organized during the Water consisting in “log books” on water topics
Week from 20 to 26 March 2005. for all school levels have drawn much interest
It was an opportunity of seeing that public from our Chinese interlocutors, who wish to
awareness to water resources protection develop further cooperation on this topic.
was on the move in the Middle Kingdom,
with very interesting extracurricular prac- 4
Mrs. Zhou You Hong and Chi Xinyang tices such as project competitions for stu-
directing an awareness-raising session after school dents or awareness-raising classes orga-
in an experimental primary school in Beijing.
India Cambodia
Towards the creation of a Training Center Water 12 months out of 12
for Water Professions
After an invitation to tender, the Asian Deve-
Background In 2005, IOWater defined the criteria for lopment Bank and the French Development
A French-Indian working group has been building this Training Center in Ghaziabad Agency entrusted BCEOM, in partnership with
constituted under the aegis of the French Mi- area (25 km East of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh IOWater, with a study of irrigation in the
nistry of Public Works and Indian Ministry of State), in the Central Public Works De- Northwest of the country, the “North West
Urban Development (MUD), in order to define partment (CPWD), which extends over an Irrigation Sector Project” (NWISP), which
cooperation actions likely to efficiently con- area of 14 hectares, with a magnificent turfed includes an approach to a national policy for
tribute in abating the difficulties of Indian campus, a building and a residence for Integrated Water Resources Management
public water supply and sanitation utilities. trainees, that can easily be adapted for water (IWRM) in Cambodia.
professional training. There is no Cambodian tradition for irrigation
Professional training seems to be one of
keys to the improvement of public utilities IOWater presented to the MUD officials the during the dry season and flood agriculture
in India. main guidelines of this project, they are: developed, thanks to the overflowing of Lake
u a Professional Training Master Plan Tonle Sap, swelled at each monsoon by the
The International Office for Water (IOWater) and
for the water sector in India, Mekong high flow.
the Central Public Health & Environmental Engi-
neering Organization (CPHEEO) were thus en- u an economic analysis demonstrating The purpose of the NWISP is to develop a par-
the economic viability of the Center and ticipative and integrated management of the
trusted with a feasibility study for creating a
training costs compatible with the Indian irrigation systems.
Training Center for Water Professions.
economic conditions, It aims at building or restoring irrigation sys-
A necessary project
u the organizational chart of the Cen-
tems and also at organizing some thousand
An enquiry on training needs, carried out in millions of ha with out of season agriculture.
ter executive team with a view to de-
2004 and involving several Indian big cities of IOWater has proposed to set up the embryo
velop training activities for 10,000 per-
more than 1 million inhabitants (Delhi, Ban- of future “Basins Committees” on a few
sons per year (after 10 years of activity).
galore, Mumbay, Chenay) showed that there
u a description of the training infra-
pilot hydrographic areas of the Tonle lake tri-
are training needs, estimated at about butaries. They would gather the officers in
20,000 persons per year. structures and facilities needed.
charge in the Ministries of Water Resources,
4
The French Ondeo and Veolia groups also re- Agriculture and Rural Development and
port important training needs for their Indian would be the ‘core’ of a dialogue with the
staff. multiple water users within the large decen-
tralization process under way in Cambodia.
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This requires regional cooperation to More than one hundred experts B
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manage water resources on the Basin came from all over the world to parti- in
scale: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Viet- cipate in this Conference. s"
nam signed, on 5 April 1995, a Cooperation Mr. Jean-François Donzier, IOWater General
agreement for Sustainable Development of Manager and Permanent Technical Secretary
the Mekong River Basin. The Mekong River of the International Network of Basin Organi-
Commission (MRC) was created on this oc- zations (INBO) was invited by MRC to come
casion. and present the “INBO-GWP” Associated
Ten years later, the Chiang Rai Conference Program for the “creation and streng-
focused on the following questions: thening of Basin Organizations over the
l What are the needs for development in world” and the results obtained by the
For its 10 th anniversary, the Mekong River TWINBASIN and other ongoing projects sup-
the Mekong Basin?
Commission (MRC) organized in Chiang Rai
l How to achieve effective cooperation to ported by the EU
obtain sustainable management of water 4
(Thailand), on last 29 and 30 November, an
International Conference on the topic of
resources?
Integrated Water Resources Manage-
l How Integrated Water Re-
ment in the Mekong River Basin.
sources Management can
With about 4,800 km, the Mekong river is the be implemented on the
longest of South-East Asia. It crosses China, basin scale?
Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand, Cambo- l How to ensure develop-
dia, Vietnam. Its river basin covers a surface ment without affecting en-
area of 795,000 km2. The populations who vironmental integrity?
live on its banks are among the poorest of the l How to develop, at all le-
world. vels, the stakeholders’ ne-
How to achieve the Millennium Development cessary abilities?
Goals and reduce poverty in the Mekong
Basin?
Sri Lanka
One year after the Tsunami
IOWater had intervened in 2003 in Sri Lanka, The Canal de Provence Company (SCP) and ¶ of benefiting from the experience of the
on the World Bank’s request, to propose, the Water Company of Marseilles intervened three organizations: SCP/AE RM&C/IOWa-
within the formulation of the draft water law, in the area of Trincomalee harbor, with the as- ter,
which has been submitted to the Parliament sistance of the Rhone-Mediterranean and · of bringing a tangible response to the im-
of Sri Lanka, the principles of a reform of the Corsica Agency and "PACA" Region, for the re- mediate problems to solve,
Mahaweli Authority, in charge of rural deve- habilitation of wells, the recovery of pipes ¸ of intervening in a lasting way in the pro-
lopment on about 50 % of the territory. and the rebuilding of devastated public buil- grams supported by French Assistance to
The draft water law also plans the creation of dings. Development.
Basin Organizations on rational territories and A joint SCP/AERM&C/IOWater mission went The mission was also an opportunity of having
the establishment of abstraction and pollu- there in 2005 to evaluate the results and con- contacts with the National Water Supply
tion taxes. sider continuing actions in the Trincomalee and Drainage Board of Sri Lanka (NWS-
DB) which has an in-house Training Center, lo-
Unfortunately, the East coast and the South of area.
cated in Colombo, which includes 3 class
Sri Lanka were highly affected by the tsunami The choice of the future projects is guided by
rooms, a 60-seat hall, two workshops for prac-
of December 2004. the concern:
tical works and 10 trainers, and with which a
lasting cooperation is under consideration.
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THE AMERICAS
First Binational Summit
Rio Grande / Rio Bravo
McAllen (Texas) - Reynosa (Mexico) - 17 - 18 November 2005
The first Binational Rio Grande / Rio Bravo Sum- The Summit was organized around 4 topics as
mit was held in Reynosa and McAllen on 17 and varied as:
18 November 2005, within the framework of n the legal and institutional framework,
the International Mexico / USA Commis- n the binational management of the Basin,
sion on Limits and Water (CILA). n the environment and water quality,
This meeting, co-chaired by the two Commis- n financing.
sioners, Messrs. Arturo Herrera Solís (Mexico) Mr. Jean-François Donzier, General Manager
and Carlos Marin (USA), was attended by about of the International Office for Water and Per-
300 participants, representatives of the various manent Technical Secretary of the Internatio-
Organizations intervening in the water sector on nal Network of Basin Organizations (INBO),
both sides of the border and aimed at enriching was invited to make the main conference of
the work of the International Commission by the opening plenary session on the topic of
highlighting the real questions which arise in the the implementation of the European Water
field. Framework Directive.
Brazil
How to organize Training for Water Professions?
In 2002, the International Office for Water As a whole and including direct and indirect Several inter-ministerial meetings were
initiated a cooperation with the University of staffs working in the drinking water supply organized in Brasilia in the last few months,
Brasilia (UNB), with support from the and sanitation sector, the Brazilian profes- under the supervision of the Ministry of Cities
Brazilian Authorities in charge of water - the sionals concerned by training for water pro- and PMSS (Modernization Program for the
Secretariat for Water Resources (SRH) of the fessions can be estimated at 200,000 people. Water and Sanitation Sector), in order to pro-
Ministry of the Environment and the National The investment linked to a training project is mote a broad partnership between the va-
Water Agency (ANA) - in partnership with the very low, with considerable benefit, as com- rious stakeholders of the sector and to effi-
French Embassy in Brasilia, for carrying out a pared to the 50 billion Euros required over a ciently deal with practical and technical trai-
feasibility study for the creation of a Training 20-year period for modernizing the water ning aspects.
Center for Water Professions in Brazil. supply and sanitation utilities in Brazil. Whatever may be the organization selected,
A detailed analysis of the drinking water supply it will be necessary to proceed with network
and sanitation sectors was carried out, based, practices in order to develop sufficient geo-
in particular, on data from the SNIS (Sistema graphical coverage and to meet local needs.
Nacional de Informações sobre Saneamento - 4
National Water Information System).
"CEMCAS" - A success story!
Let’s share our experience…
During the 4th World Water Forum of Mexico, please visit
“CEMCAS” (Mexican Training Center for Water and Sanitation),
created by CONAGUA
with the French-Mexican cooperation
and IOWater support.
www.cemcas.com
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