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Presentation of International Commissionfor Congo-Ubangi-Sangha Congo basin
(CICOS)
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Simon SAKIBEDESecrétaire Général de la CICOS
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International Conference on Transboundary River Basin Management « Mekong2Rio »
The Congo River Basin
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Area: 3 822 000 sqr km ;Length: 4 734 km (2d in Africa after the Nile)Average discharge: 41 000 m3/sec (Sd after Amazon)
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Riparian countries of Congo basin
CountryArea of country in the
basin(square Km)
Part of country in percentage
Angola
Burundi + Rwanda
Cameroon
Central Africa
Congo
DR Congo
Tanzania
Zambia
Gabone
305 760
18 728
85 300
402 000
248 400
2 307 800
166 800
176 600
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0,49 %
2 %
11 %
7 %
62 %
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0,03%
The basin and its water resources
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25 000 Km of navigable waterways;Enormous hydropower potentials : more than100 000 MW of which 44 000 MW located atInga site;204 millions ha of forests (5,3 millions km2);2nd world inundated forest after theAmazon;
26% of world’s inundated forests (46% of the Congo basin)
Congo basin and biodiversity
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100 species of mammifères
(herds);
1 300 species of birds;
336 species of amphibians;
400 species of reptiles;
20 000 species of plants with
8 000 species endemic.
Congo Basin in climate change context
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Oubangui à Bangui
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Déficit of inflow (Ubangui, Tumba Lake, Tanganyika Lake and other tributaries in the northern and southern part of the basin;Uncertain evolution of the hydrological regime linked to future climate changeSand silting of Congo river and tributaries channels;Rising of temperature and of extreme events
Advance of the wave of sahélisation towards the north border of basin
Advance of the wave of kalaharisation in the south border
Long dry seasons in the northen at southern border of the congo basin:
Low water issue on theUbangui tributary
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Consequence : reduction of sailing depths that cause the interruption navigability during the year :• 4 days per year from 1935 to 1971
• 40 days per year from 1972 to 1982
• 107 days per year from 1983 to 1989
• More than 200 days per year since 2002
Ubangi river declining water levels
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Modules Oubangui à Bangui
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Importance of river traffic in the Congo basin
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25 000 Km estimated length of navigable waterways;15 000 Km classified waterways;More than 1 500 000 gross register tons/year and transported last decades (1980s) between Bangui and Kinshasa (fuels, agricultural products, construction material, general goods, etc.);The cost of river transportation is 10 times cheaper than transportation by roads;More than 2 500 Vessels registered in the basin;80% of the economy of Central African Republic depends on river transport on the Ubangui riverRiver transport remains the main transport mode for people in the entire basin, etc.
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Navigation in Congo River
Challenges and priorities in Congo basin
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• Development of hydropower at Inga site (Grand Inga and Inga III Dam projects, etc); Water sanitation and others hydraulic infrastructures;
• Development of agriculture (high Kasaï, high Ubangui, etc);
• Protection of biodiversity;• Protection of forests in the climate
context, etc.
Presentation of CICOS
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In 1999, the Heads of State of Cameroon, Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo created the “Commission Internationale du bassin Congo – Oubangui -Sangha (CICOS)” to promote the inland waterways transport sector, which is crucial to open up access throughout the region;
Its mandate was extended to Integrated Water Resource Management in 2007;
The 4 CICOS member countries cover 83% of the Congo River Basin. Angola is still an observer at CICOS and Gabon has decided to joint CICOS as member this year,
CICOS organization
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CICOS is organized like that :
The Ministers Commitee which is an executive organ;
The Task Commettee which is the consulting organ;
The Secretary General which is for decisions and politics
implementation.
Nowdays, CICOS plays the role of Basin Authority for Congo basin and is member of ANBO (African Network Basin Organization)
CICOS VISION
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To assure the sustainable development of Congo basin and the durability of its water resources for people welfare.
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• TO PROMOTE THE INLAND NAVIGATION
TO MANAGE THE TRANSBOUNDARIES AND INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES
CICOS MANDATE
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CICOS GLOBAL objectiVE
To reinforce and promote the regional integration through the strategy of sustainable water resource management and inland navigation sector consolidation with the agreement of all countries member.
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to guarantee the sustainable management of waterways
To harmonize the regulation concerning fluvial transportation for the security of the navigation and the protection of the environment;
To integrate all uses of resources in Water in the regional
To integrate all uses of resources in Water in the regional scheduling;
To optimize the water sharing for each use;
To share between the member States the profits generated by the uses of water;
To sustain the development and to fight against poverty in the under region;
To promote the food security.
CICOS’ IWRM-SAP AIMS
IWRM and CICOS
ADDENDUM to the Agreement allows CICOS develop:
Terms of use of the river and its tributaries;
Procedures for reviewing and approving new projects that may affect the quality and quantity of water;
Rules on the preservation and protection of the environment (flora and fauna of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems);
Framework and modalities of participation of water users in decision-making management of water resources;
Cooperation in all fields of sustainable development by optimizing the different water uses
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SOME PROJECT AT CICOS
To fulfill its mandate, CICOS, with Donors, has launched severalinitiatives including:
• The development of the Strategic Action Plan of the inland Navigation (funded by GIZ, 2005);
• The development of an in the Congo Basin InformationSystem (SIBCO) through GETRACO project (GIZ);
• The development of the IWRM-Strategic Action Plan (fundedby AfDB, 2010);
• The creation of the Regional Training Centre on Inland Navigation through the project GETRACO;
• The Congo-HYCOS project with the support of WMO, EU and FFEM.
• The implementation of AMESD project (funded by EU)• Developing Tools for Decision Support (FFEM and GIZ), etc..
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Financement de la CICOS
• CICOS is mainly financed by contributions from member states with specificity that 04 member countries by the financial mechanism of Community Integration Tax (TCI);
• Other funding comes from Partners through the funding of projects being developed CICOS.
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GETRACO : Gestion Transfrontalière du bassin du Congo;AMESD : Programme de Surveillance de l’Environnement en Afrique pour un Développement durable;Congo-HYCOS : Pour le renforcement des capacités des Services Hydrologiques Nationaux;Outil d’Aide à la Décision : Pour la mise en œuvre de la GIRE;Gestion des ressources halieutiques, FAO; Appui à la gestion des ressources en eau du bassin du Congo avec la Facilité Européenne de l’’eau, etc.
Projets en cours à la CICOS
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Système d’Information du Bassin du Congo (SIBCO)
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AN OPERATIONAL SERVICE FOR WATER LEVEL ALERT
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WATER RESOURCE MONITORING
• AMESD;• Congo-HYCOS;• SADC –HYCOS;• ACC;• Autres.
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Manque de données;Déclin du réseau des stations; Peu des stations in-situ ;Manque des banques de données dans les pays, etc.
Stations virtuelles Jason-2 et Envisat
CONTRIBUTION OF TECHNOLOGIE SPATIAL ALTIMETRY : VIRTUAL
STATIONS
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ENVISAT et
JASON 2
Timing series of water level collected by spatial altimetry
Virtual Stations ENVISATOn Congo River and Kasai and UbangI (source: LEGOS)
Conclusion
The Congo Basin face many challenges which consist on :•Hydropower production•Biodiversity protection•Irrigation development•Water resource monitoring and evaluation in the climate change;•Using Earth Observation technology to enable the water resource data collection and dissemination through AMESD project;•Implementation of IWRM-SAP for water resource durability of Congo basin, etc..
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Merci pour votre attention
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