INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND

CAPACITY STRENGTEHENING OF

LVBCISSUE PAPER

PAPER OUTLINEBackgroundMissionVisionObjectivesMandates (emphasis on coordination)Scope of Cooperation (Key areas)Linkages (public, private, CSOs, Dev.

Partners)Initiatives by LVBC (enhancing coordination)ChallengesRecommendations (Based on the proposed

PCNs)

INTRODUCTION

VISION, BROAD MANDATES/MISSION, OBJECTIVES

OF LAKE VICTORIA BASIN COMMISSION

SHARED VISION(2005)

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PROTOCOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LVB (2003)

OBJECTIVES

To promote:equitable economic growth; measures aimed at eradicating poverty;sustainable utilization and management of natural resources; protection of the environment within the Lake Victoria Basin: and compliance on safety of navigation

MANDATES

To promote, facilitate and coordinate activities of different actors towards sustainable development and poverty eradication in the LVB through:harmonization of policies, laws, std & regulationspromotion of stakeholders participationpromotion of capacity building and institutional development; promotion of research developmentmonitoring, evaluation and compliance with policiespromotion of programmes that target poverty & SD

SCOPE OF COOPERATION

Water resources; Fisheries resources management; Agriculture, sustainable land use

management; Forestry resources management; Trade, commerce and industrial

development; Development of infrastructure and energy; Research, capacity building and information

exchange; Maritime safety & security; Public health and sanitation; and Environmental protection and management 

LINKAGES WITH OTHER PARTNERS

LVBC GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

Civil Society/Private Sector

Sectoral Council of Ministers

EAC Council of Ministers

EAC Summit

LVBC Secretariat

Coordination Committee

Donor Consultative

Group

Sectoral Committees

National Focal Point Office/MEACA

LVBC LINKAGES WITH OTHER PARTNERS (NGOs, CBOs, MEDIA)

IUCN & ICRAF Technical backstopping in the

Implementation of MERECEP

LVRLAC

Project identification Project Funding Community Empower Combat IV/AIDS Pandemic

UNDP/UN-HABITAT

Lake Victoria Basin Water supplies in urban centres

Promote good sanitation in small towns:

NBI/NELSAP Through the Projects:

Masai-Mara Kagera Sio-Malaba

UNEP Protection of Environment

and Natural Resources Promotion of ecosystem

health

LAKE VICTORIA BASIN COMMISSION

ECOVIC Information Packing

and dissemination Community

Mobilisation Project identification Project Implementation

MEDIA GROUP Information gathering Information Reporting and

dissemination Monitoring

INITIATIVES TO ENHANCE COORDINATION ROLE

PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT OF LVB Through an Agreement signed in 2001

between EAC & 5 Development Partners + 1 Objective = promote sustainable

development in LVB Establish a Fund = Partnership Fund Contribution to the Fund USD 10 Million

(main contributor the Government of Sweden + Sweden)

The agreement provides a platform to Development Partners + policy/decision makers (PCC) – enshrined in the Protocol for LVB

NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS AND MIN FOR

EAC National Focal Point Ministries – liaison

between LVBC and Partner States Ministries responsible for EAC affairs –

policy issues Financed by Partners States Facilitate meeting of the Sectoral/Council of

Ministers The two are important that we subscribe to

the principle of subsidiarity in our operations

POLICY AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS

Protocol of sustainable development of LVB (2003)

Shared Vision and Strategy Framework for Management and Development of LVB (2005)

LV Transport Act (2007) + Regulations (2010)

Headquarters/Host Agreement (GoK & EAC) Draft Information and data sharing protocol Memoranda with Partners/CSOs A number of Sectoral Strategies/Plans

CONTRIBUTION FROM PARTNER STATES &

DEVELOPMENT PARTERNS

BUDGET CONTRIBUTIONS: PARTNER STATES VS DEV.

PARTNERS

2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/20100

2000000

4000000

6000000

8000000

10000000

12000000

14000000LVBC Budget evolution

Total Contributions

Contributions from Development Partners

Contributions from Partner States

CONTRIBUTION SHARES : PARTNER STATES VS DEV.

PARTNERS

2004/2005

2005/2006

2006/2007

2007/2008

2008/2009

2009/2010

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Percentage of Contributions to Budget per category

Contributions from Partner StatesContributions from Development Partners

PROJECTS- BUDGET ALLOCATION

Projects represent a large part in the LVBC Budget

Play an important role in accomplishing the LVBC mission defined in the Protocol, EACDS, SVSF and Strategic Plan (2011 – 2016)

Partnership Fund12%

LVEMP II51%

MCSLV1%

MERECP12%

EALP5%

Mara Project

5%

Part-ner States14%

LVBC Budget distribution - FY 2010/2011

STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION AND

INFORMATION EXCHANGEUndertaken several studies (Trade,

Biodiversity, WRM, ESA, Climate Change etc)Hold biannual stakeholders forums – latest

was held in 2012 in Entebbe UgandaCSO – LVBC partnershipKnowledge Management Strategy/action

PlanResult Based Management Systems on goingSeveral thematic data base LVB Resource centre (one stop shop)

CHALLENGES

None existence/weak laws/institutions dealing with trans-boundary issues;

Inadequate information/knowledge management systems;

Human resource capacity constrain (establishment)

Inadequate resources to undertake comprehensive research to inform policy formulation/development

Delay in finalization of the LVBC Bill (2010)Inadequate office space to accommodate

staff and facilitate meetings

PROPOSED INTERVENTIONS/PROGRAM

SLake Victoria Basin Commission Institutional

Capacity Enhancement Programme (coordination capacity related issues)

Lake Victoria Bioinformatics project II (extend to the entire region)

Lake Victoria KM Project – implementation of the KMS (2013)

Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System for LVB – data for resource management/monitoring

Construction of Lake Victoria Basin Secretariat Headquarters

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