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Presentation of International Commissionfor
Congo-Ubangi-Sangha Congo basin
(CICOS)
Par
Simon SAKIBEDE
Secrétaire Général de la CICOS
[email protected]
www.cicos.info
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The Congo River Basin
ƒ Area: 3 822 000 sqr km ;
ƒ Length: 4 734 km (2d in Africa after the Nile)
ƒ Average discharge: 41 000 m3/sec (Sd after Amazon)
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Riparian countries of Congo
basin
Country
Angola
Burundi + Rwanda
Cameroon
Central Africa
Congo
DR Congo
Tanzania
Zambia
Gabone
Area of country in the
basin
(square Km)
305 760
18 728
85 300
402 000
248 400
2 307 800
166 800
176 600
1 146
Part of country in
percentage
8%
0,49 %
2%
11 %
7%
62 %
4%
5%
0,03%
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The basin and its water
resources
ƒ 25 000 Km of navigable waterways;
ƒ Enormous hydropower potentials : more than
100 000 MW of which 44 000 MW located at
Inga site;
ƒ 204 millions ha of forests (5,3 millions km2);
ƒ 2nd world inundated forest after the
Amazon;
ƒ 26% of world’s inundated forests (46% of
the Congo basin)
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Congo basin and
biodiversity
… 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.
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Congo Basin in climate
change context
ƒ Déficit of inflow (Ubangui, Tumba Lake,
Tanganyika Lake and other tributaries in
the northern and southern part of the
basin;
ƒ Uncertain evolution of the hydrological
regime linked to future climate change
ƒ Sand silting of Congo river and tributaries
channels;
ƒ Rising of temperature and of extreme
events
Oubangui à Bangui
4,00
Long dry seasons in the northen at
southern border of the congo basin:
3,00
2,00
1,00
Advance of the wave of sahélisation
towards the north border of basin
0,00
-1,00
-2,00
2 004
2 000
1 996
1 992
1 988
1 984
1 980
annees
1 976
1 972
1 968
1 964
1 960
1 956
1 952
1 948
1 944
1 940
1 936
-3,00
Advance of the wave of
kalaharisation in the south border
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Low water issue on the
Ubangui 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
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Ubangi river declining
water levels
Modules Oubangui à Bangui
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
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2005
2002
1999
1996
1993
1990
1987
1984
1981
1978
1975
1972
1969
1966
1963
1960
1957
1954
1951
1948
1945
1942
1939
1936
0
Importance of river traffic
in the Congo basin
ƒ 25 000 Km estimated length of navigable waterways;
ƒ 15 000 Km classified waterways;
ƒ 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.);
ƒ The cost of river transportation is 10 times cheaper than
transportation by roads;
ƒ More than 2 500 Vessels registered in the basin;
ƒ 80% of the economy of Central African Republic depends on
river transport on the Ubangui river
ƒ River transport remains the main transport mode for people
in the entire basin, etc.
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Navigation in Congo River
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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.
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Presentation of CICOS
‰ 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,
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CICOS organization
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)
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CICOS VISION
To assure the sustainable development of
Congo basin and the durability of its
water resources for people welfare.
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CICOS MANDATE
•
TO PROMOTE THE INLAND
NAVIGATION
y
TO MANAGE THE
TRANSBOUNDARIES AND
INTEGRATED WATER
RESOURCES
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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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CICOS’ IWRM-SAP AIMS
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.
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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 several
initiatives including:
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The development of the Strategic Action Plan of the inland
Navigation (funded by GIZ, 2005);
The development of an in the Congo Basin Information
System (SIBCO) through GETRACO project (GIZ);
The development of the IWRM-Strategic Action Plan (funded
by 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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Projets en cours à la 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.
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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
ƒ Manque de données;
ƒ Déclin du réseau des
stations;
ƒ Peu des stations in-situ ;
ƒ Manque des banques de
données dans les pays,
etc.
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AMESD;
Congo-HYCOS;
SADC –HYCOS;
ACC;
Autres.
Stations virtuelles
Jason-2 et Envisat
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CONTRIBUTION OF TECHNOLOGIE
SPATIAL ALTIMETRY : VIRTUAL
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collected by spatial altimetry
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
Thank you for your attention
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