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This document outlines the program for a conference on water issues in Africa that will discuss perspectives of hydro-pessimism and hydro-optimism. The two day conference will feature sessions on topics like transboundary water politics, water supply and sanitation, water as a human right, large dams in Africa, water governance, and more. Speakers will include researchers, practitioners and representatives from international organizations who will present case studies and experiences from diverse regions in Africa. The goal is to have a wide debate about challenges around access, distribution and allocation of water resources on the continent, and whether a more pessimistic or optimistic view is warranted regarding Africa's water future.

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Water in Africa: Hydro-Pessimism or Hydro-Optimism? Funda巽達o Eng. Ant坦nio de Almeida Porto, Portugal 2-3 October 2008 Lunch break Coffee Break Coffee Break Lunch Break Coffee Break Closing Session 14:30-16:00 Water and Participation Water Decentralisation and Regionalisation 11:30-13:00 Visit to Porto city Afterwards Water and Climate Change Water Governance and Institutional Issues II 09:00-11:00 3rd October Large Dams in Africa: Case-studies Water Governance and Institutional Issues I 16:30-18:30 Water and Agriculture Global and Local Level Approaches Water as a Human Right 14:30-16:00 Water Supply and Sanitation Transboundary Water Politics 11:00-13:00 Opening Session 9:00-10:30 2nd October Room 2 Room 1 Programme
Water in Africa: Hydro-Pessimism or Hydro-Optimism? How are water resources being managed in Africa? What are the main challenges concerning access, distribution and allocation of freshwater resources in the continent? What are the driving forces that shape current and future demand for water? What are the solutions being developed by communities, policy-makers, private sector and environmental activists? What are water scientists and international donor organisations contributing? Pessimists highlight water scarcity and insecurity, water inequity and the conflict potential at local and regional levels. They forecast a gloomy future for Africa. Can they be wrong? Optimists emphasise the potential of improved water management practices, water policy reforms and socially, economically and environmentally sustainable policies. They argue thatlocal adaptive capacities can be enhanced and regional hydropolitical cooperation can be established. Water optimists believe in windows of opportunity to improve water resourcesmanagement and that Africas water crises can be addressed. Can they be right? The Centre of African Studies of the University of Porto (CEAUP) invited researchers and practitioners to contribute with water management experiences and case-studies from the diverse regions of Africa, and to participate in a wide debate on hydro-pessimism and hydro-optimism in the African context.
2 nd October 09:00 - 10:30 ROOM 1 Opening session 9:00-9:30 General Presentation 9:30-10:00 Keynote speeches from special guests Prof. Tony Allan * Professor at Kings College of London and School of Oriental and African Studies (UK) * Director of London Water Research Group * 2008 Stockholm Water Prize Dr. Alan Nicol * Programme Leader of Water Policy Programme Overseas Development Institute (UK) * Director of the Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region RiPPLE (Ethiopia) 10:00-10:30 Keynote speeches from discussants 10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
2 nd October 11:00 - 13:00 ROOM 1 TRANSBOUNDARY WATER POLITICS Chair/Discussant Tony Allan Kings College/ London Water Research Group (UK) 11:00-11:15 Dinis Ju鱈zo Faculty of Engineering, Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) Computation of water share and reliability of water supply for key users in transboundary Umbeluzi river 11:15-11:30 Ebeniz叩rio Chongui巽a Permanent Okavango River Basin Commission (Botswana) From a confrontational geopolitical landscape, towards a cooperating hydro-political architecture for trans-boundary management of shared water courses in southern Africa 11:30-11:45 Ibrahima Anne CEAUP (Portugal) "The experience of integrated water resources management in the Senegal River Basin" 11:45-12:00 Macy Meseret Demissie University of the Sorbonne, Paris 1 (France/Ethiopia) Water Security, struggle for development and freedom from poverty/ hunger in the Nile Basin: the case of Ethiopia upstream perspective 12:00-13:00 Discussant + Debate ROOM 2 WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION Chair/Discussant Alan Nicol Overseas Development Institute (UK/Ethiopia) 11:00-11:15 Katharina Welle & Josephine Tucker Overseas Development Institute, Water Policy Programme (UK) Achieving greater progress on aid effectiveness in the water and sanitation sector a case for hydro-optimists? 11:15-11:30 Adriano Bordalo & Joana Savva-Bordalo Institute of Biomedical Sciences/Instituto Portugu棚s de Oncologia (Portugal) The water question under extreme poverty: The example of Bolama, Guinea-Bissau 11:30-11:45 Manuela Cardoso CEA-ISCTE & CEAUP (Portugal) "The problematic of water resources in Cape Verde: desalinisation and water treatment in ETARs as solutions for the water scarcity problem" 11:45-12:00 Gabriel Miguel, J. Neto, H. Andrade, L. Rebollo & M. Loeches Faculty of Sciences, University Agostinho Neto e Parceria Angolana Pela gua (Angola) Access to water: the case-study of Luanda and outskirts" 12:00-12:15 Alexandra Serra, D. Soares, E. Naiene & K. Riberiro guas de Portugal/guas de Mo巽ambique (Portugal/Mozambique) "The future of water supply services in the metropolitan area of Maputo" 12:15-13:00 Discussant + Debate 13:00-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
2 nd October 14:30 16:00 ROOM 1 WATER AS A HUMAN RIGHT Chair/Discussant Paula Duarte Lopes CES University of Coimbra (Portugal) 14:30-14:45 Manuel Branco & Pedro Dami達o Henriques University of vora (Portugal) The Market Economy and the Challenges of guaranteeing the human right to water in Africa 14:45-15:00 David Blanchon Universit辿 Paris X Nanterre (France) Implementing water justice : lessons from case studies from South Africa and Sudan 15:00-15:15 Michela Marcatelli Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (The Netherlands) Access to Water in Post Apartheid South Africa: Right or Commodity? 15:15-16:00 Discussant + Debate ROOM 2 WATER AND AGRICULTURE Global and Local Level Approaches Chair/Discussant Naim Haie University of Minho (Portugal) 14:30-14:45 Tony Allan Kings College/ London Water Research Group (UK) Virtual water: capturing the invisible 14:45-15:00 Nico Leeuwen Food and Agriculture Organisation (Italy) Rainwater management for increased agricultural production 15:00-15:15 Els Lecoutere Centre for Third World Studies, Ghent University (Belgium) Water insecurity in rural Tanzania: a poverty trap... for some 15:15-16:00 Discussant + Debate 16:00-16:30 COFFEE BREAK
2 nd October 16:30 18:30 ROOM 1 WATER GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES I Chair/Discussant Susana Neto Instituto Superior T辿cnico, Lisboa (Portugal) 16:30-16:45 Jo達o Raba巽a, Maria Piedade Coruche & Nuno Assun巽達o Programa Engenheiros Sem Fronteiras da TESE(Portugal) Integration of informal business models into water supply operations:International practices and the case of Maputo 16:45-17:00 lvaro Pereira Laborat坦rio Nacional de Engenharia Civil (Portugal) "How worth is so much water?": risks and opportunities in water resources management in Angola 17:00-17:15 Victor Reis CEA-ISCTE & CEAUP (Portugal) "The social onus of water in Cape Verde" 17:15-17:30 Ahmed Gaaloul Soci辿t辿 Nationale dExploitation et de Distribution des Eaux (Tunisia) "The problematic of water resources in Tunisia: experiences and future" 17:30-18:30 Discussant + Debate ROOM 2 LARGE DAMS IN AFRICA: CASE-STUDIES Chair/Discussant Alan Nicol Overseas Development Institute (UK/Ethiopia) 16:30-16:45 Jean-Gabriel Leturcq Centre d'辿tudes et de documentation 辿conomiques, juridiques et sociales (Egypt) Social and Cultural Impacts of Large Dams: Case-study of the Merowe Dam in Sudan 16:45-17:00 Daniel Alvarenga Centre for Chinese Studies - University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) How does the river flow? The Mphanda Nkuwa dam project and China's impact in Southern Africa's Water and Development 17:00-17:15 Tiago Brito Teixeira Duarte S.A./Mostaganem (Portugal/Algeria) "Hydro-pessimism vs. Hydro-optimism in Argelia - the Kerrada Dam" 17:15-18:30 Discussant + Debate
3 rd October 09:00 11:00 ROOM 1 WATER GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES II Chair/Discussant: Ana Casc達o Kings College of London/CEAUP (UK/Portugal) 09:00-09:15 Helen Brown Department of Geography, Sheffield University (UK) Catchment-management initiatives in Southern Africa: an investigation of social learning processes in participatory water-management institutions 09:15-09:30 lvaro Carmo Vaz Faculty of Engineering, Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) Water resources development in Mozambique in a regional perspective 09:30-09:45 Mathias Polak & Stefan Liehr Research Project Cuvewaters/ Institute for Social-Ecological Research (Germany) Water Management in the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin under the Perspective of Resilience 09:45-10:00 Am辿rico Ferreira Centre of African Studies ISCTE (Portugal) ACP-EU Water Facility 10:00-11:00 Discussant + Debate ROOM 2 WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE Chair/Discussant: Maria Leonor Fidalgo Faculdade de Ci棚ncias da Universidade do Porto (Portugal) 09:00-09:15 Sara Dourado Euronatura Centro para o Direito Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentado (Portugal) "Adaptation to Climate Change: the case of water resources in Cape Verde, S達o Tom辿 e Pr鱈ncipe and Guin辿-Bissau 09:15-09:30 Hypatia Nassopoulos Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le D辿veloppement (France) Different cases of optimal reservoir dimensioning under climate change 09:30-09:45 Raymond Kasei Center for Development Research, Universit辰t Bonn (Germany) Drought Frequency in the Volta Basin of West Africa A Pattern or Climate Change? 09:45-11:00 Discussant + Debate 11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
3 rd October 11:30 13:00 ROOM 1 WATER DECENTRALISATION AND REGIONALISATION Chair/Discussant Ibrahima Anne CEAUP (Portugal) 11:30-11:45 Signe Cold-Ravnkilde Danish Institute for International Studies (Denmark) Between a Rock and a Hard Place Decentralisation and struggle over water resources in the Douentza district, Mali 11:45-12:00 Agathe Maupin University of Bordeux 3 (France) From Hydro-Pessimism to Hydro-Optimism in Southern Africa Water management: challenging the hydropolitical risk at work 12:00-12:15 Jos辿 Francisco Pavia Universidade Lus鱈ada de Lisboa (Portugal) Power Politics in Africa: Portugal, Mozambique and South Africa in the negotiation process of the Cahora Bassa hydroelectric project 12:15-13:00 Discussant + Debate ROOM 2 WATER AND PARTICIPATION Chair/Discussant: Carlos Garrido CEAUP (Portugal) 11:30-11:45 Godwin Ojo Kings College of London (UK/Nigeria) The Politics of Water in Rural Communities of Nigeria: Deep or Shallow Commitment? (to be confirmed) 11:45-12:00 Olivier Graefe Fribourg University (Switzerland) Water management and gender relations in Morocco 12:00-12:15 Roberta Pellizzoli Universit di Bologna (Italy) Water users must be efficient producers: gender perspectives from irrigation schemes in South Africa and Mozambique 12:15-13:00 Discussant + Debate 13:00-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
3 rd October 14:30 16:00 ROOM 1 Closing Session 14:30-15:00 Conclusions of the Chairs/Discussants 15:00-16:00 General Debate: Water in Africa: Hydro-Pessimism or Hydro-Optimism? Conclusions of the Organisers
For further information contact: Centro de Estudos Africanos Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto Via Panor但mica s/n 4150-564 Porto Portugal Email: [email_address] or [email_address] Website: http://www.africanos.eu Tel./Fax: +351 22 607 71 41

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  • 1. Water in Africa: Hydro-Pessimism or Hydro-Optimism? Funda巽達o Eng. Ant坦nio de Almeida Porto, Portugal 2-3 October 2008 Lunch break Coffee Break Coffee Break Lunch Break Coffee Break Closing Session 14:30-16:00 Water and Participation Water Decentralisation and Regionalisation 11:30-13:00 Visit to Porto city Afterwards Water and Climate Change Water Governance and Institutional Issues II 09:00-11:00 3rd October Large Dams in Africa: Case-studies Water Governance and Institutional Issues I 16:30-18:30 Water and Agriculture Global and Local Level Approaches Water as a Human Right 14:30-16:00 Water Supply and Sanitation Transboundary Water Politics 11:00-13:00 Opening Session 9:00-10:30 2nd October Room 2 Room 1 Programme
  • 2. Water in Africa: Hydro-Pessimism or Hydro-Optimism? How are water resources being managed in Africa? What are the main challenges concerning access, distribution and allocation of freshwater resources in the continent? What are the driving forces that shape current and future demand for water? What are the solutions being developed by communities, policy-makers, private sector and environmental activists? What are water scientists and international donor organisations contributing? Pessimists highlight water scarcity and insecurity, water inequity and the conflict potential at local and regional levels. They forecast a gloomy future for Africa. Can they be wrong? Optimists emphasise the potential of improved water management practices, water policy reforms and socially, economically and environmentally sustainable policies. They argue thatlocal adaptive capacities can be enhanced and regional hydropolitical cooperation can be established. Water optimists believe in windows of opportunity to improve water resourcesmanagement and that Africas water crises can be addressed. Can they be right? The Centre of African Studies of the University of Porto (CEAUP) invited researchers and practitioners to contribute with water management experiences and case-studies from the diverse regions of Africa, and to participate in a wide debate on hydro-pessimism and hydro-optimism in the African context.
  • 3. 2 nd October 09:00 - 10:30 ROOM 1 Opening session 9:00-9:30 General Presentation 9:30-10:00 Keynote speeches from special guests Prof. Tony Allan * Professor at Kings College of London and School of Oriental and African Studies (UK) * Director of London Water Research Group * 2008 Stockholm Water Prize Dr. Alan Nicol * Programme Leader of Water Policy Programme Overseas Development Institute (UK) * Director of the Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region RiPPLE (Ethiopia) 10:00-10:30 Keynote speeches from discussants 10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
  • 4. 2 nd October 11:00 - 13:00 ROOM 1 TRANSBOUNDARY WATER POLITICS Chair/Discussant Tony Allan Kings College/ London Water Research Group (UK) 11:00-11:15 Dinis Ju鱈zo Faculty of Engineering, Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) Computation of water share and reliability of water supply for key users in transboundary Umbeluzi river 11:15-11:30 Ebeniz叩rio Chongui巽a Permanent Okavango River Basin Commission (Botswana) From a confrontational geopolitical landscape, towards a cooperating hydro-political architecture for trans-boundary management of shared water courses in southern Africa 11:30-11:45 Ibrahima Anne CEAUP (Portugal) "The experience of integrated water resources management in the Senegal River Basin" 11:45-12:00 Macy Meseret Demissie University of the Sorbonne, Paris 1 (France/Ethiopia) Water Security, struggle for development and freedom from poverty/ hunger in the Nile Basin: the case of Ethiopia upstream perspective 12:00-13:00 Discussant + Debate ROOM 2 WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION Chair/Discussant Alan Nicol Overseas Development Institute (UK/Ethiopia) 11:00-11:15 Katharina Welle & Josephine Tucker Overseas Development Institute, Water Policy Programme (UK) Achieving greater progress on aid effectiveness in the water and sanitation sector a case for hydro-optimists? 11:15-11:30 Adriano Bordalo & Joana Savva-Bordalo Institute of Biomedical Sciences/Instituto Portugu棚s de Oncologia (Portugal) The water question under extreme poverty: The example of Bolama, Guinea-Bissau 11:30-11:45 Manuela Cardoso CEA-ISCTE & CEAUP (Portugal) "The problematic of water resources in Cape Verde: desalinisation and water treatment in ETARs as solutions for the water scarcity problem" 11:45-12:00 Gabriel Miguel, J. Neto, H. Andrade, L. Rebollo & M. Loeches Faculty of Sciences, University Agostinho Neto e Parceria Angolana Pela gua (Angola) Access to water: the case-study of Luanda and outskirts" 12:00-12:15 Alexandra Serra, D. Soares, E. Naiene & K. Riberiro guas de Portugal/guas de Mo巽ambique (Portugal/Mozambique) "The future of water supply services in the metropolitan area of Maputo" 12:15-13:00 Discussant + Debate 13:00-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
  • 5. 2 nd October 14:30 16:00 ROOM 1 WATER AS A HUMAN RIGHT Chair/Discussant Paula Duarte Lopes CES University of Coimbra (Portugal) 14:30-14:45 Manuel Branco & Pedro Dami達o Henriques University of vora (Portugal) The Market Economy and the Challenges of guaranteeing the human right to water in Africa 14:45-15:00 David Blanchon Universit辿 Paris X Nanterre (France) Implementing water justice : lessons from case studies from South Africa and Sudan 15:00-15:15 Michela Marcatelli Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (The Netherlands) Access to Water in Post Apartheid South Africa: Right or Commodity? 15:15-16:00 Discussant + Debate ROOM 2 WATER AND AGRICULTURE Global and Local Level Approaches Chair/Discussant Naim Haie University of Minho (Portugal) 14:30-14:45 Tony Allan Kings College/ London Water Research Group (UK) Virtual water: capturing the invisible 14:45-15:00 Nico Leeuwen Food and Agriculture Organisation (Italy) Rainwater management for increased agricultural production 15:00-15:15 Els Lecoutere Centre for Third World Studies, Ghent University (Belgium) Water insecurity in rural Tanzania: a poverty trap... for some 15:15-16:00 Discussant + Debate 16:00-16:30 COFFEE BREAK
  • 6. 2 nd October 16:30 18:30 ROOM 1 WATER GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES I Chair/Discussant Susana Neto Instituto Superior T辿cnico, Lisboa (Portugal) 16:30-16:45 Jo達o Raba巽a, Maria Piedade Coruche & Nuno Assun巽達o Programa Engenheiros Sem Fronteiras da TESE(Portugal) Integration of informal business models into water supply operations:International practices and the case of Maputo 16:45-17:00 lvaro Pereira Laborat坦rio Nacional de Engenharia Civil (Portugal) "How worth is so much water?": risks and opportunities in water resources management in Angola 17:00-17:15 Victor Reis CEA-ISCTE & CEAUP (Portugal) "The social onus of water in Cape Verde" 17:15-17:30 Ahmed Gaaloul Soci辿t辿 Nationale dExploitation et de Distribution des Eaux (Tunisia) "The problematic of water resources in Tunisia: experiences and future" 17:30-18:30 Discussant + Debate ROOM 2 LARGE DAMS IN AFRICA: CASE-STUDIES Chair/Discussant Alan Nicol Overseas Development Institute (UK/Ethiopia) 16:30-16:45 Jean-Gabriel Leturcq Centre d'辿tudes et de documentation 辿conomiques, juridiques et sociales (Egypt) Social and Cultural Impacts of Large Dams: Case-study of the Merowe Dam in Sudan 16:45-17:00 Daniel Alvarenga Centre for Chinese Studies - University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) How does the river flow? The Mphanda Nkuwa dam project and China's impact in Southern Africa's Water and Development 17:00-17:15 Tiago Brito Teixeira Duarte S.A./Mostaganem (Portugal/Algeria) "Hydro-pessimism vs. Hydro-optimism in Argelia - the Kerrada Dam" 17:15-18:30 Discussant + Debate
  • 7. 3 rd October 09:00 11:00 ROOM 1 WATER GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES II Chair/Discussant: Ana Casc達o Kings College of London/CEAUP (UK/Portugal) 09:00-09:15 Helen Brown Department of Geography, Sheffield University (UK) Catchment-management initiatives in Southern Africa: an investigation of social learning processes in participatory water-management institutions 09:15-09:30 lvaro Carmo Vaz Faculty of Engineering, Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) Water resources development in Mozambique in a regional perspective 09:30-09:45 Mathias Polak & Stefan Liehr Research Project Cuvewaters/ Institute for Social-Ecological Research (Germany) Water Management in the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin under the Perspective of Resilience 09:45-10:00 Am辿rico Ferreira Centre of African Studies ISCTE (Portugal) ACP-EU Water Facility 10:00-11:00 Discussant + Debate ROOM 2 WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE Chair/Discussant: Maria Leonor Fidalgo Faculdade de Ci棚ncias da Universidade do Porto (Portugal) 09:00-09:15 Sara Dourado Euronatura Centro para o Direito Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentado (Portugal) "Adaptation to Climate Change: the case of water resources in Cape Verde, S達o Tom辿 e Pr鱈ncipe and Guin辿-Bissau 09:15-09:30 Hypatia Nassopoulos Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le D辿veloppement (France) Different cases of optimal reservoir dimensioning under climate change 09:30-09:45 Raymond Kasei Center for Development Research, Universit辰t Bonn (Germany) Drought Frequency in the Volta Basin of West Africa A Pattern or Climate Change? 09:45-11:00 Discussant + Debate 11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
  • 8. 3 rd October 11:30 13:00 ROOM 1 WATER DECENTRALISATION AND REGIONALISATION Chair/Discussant Ibrahima Anne CEAUP (Portugal) 11:30-11:45 Signe Cold-Ravnkilde Danish Institute for International Studies (Denmark) Between a Rock and a Hard Place Decentralisation and struggle over water resources in the Douentza district, Mali 11:45-12:00 Agathe Maupin University of Bordeux 3 (France) From Hydro-Pessimism to Hydro-Optimism in Southern Africa Water management: challenging the hydropolitical risk at work 12:00-12:15 Jos辿 Francisco Pavia Universidade Lus鱈ada de Lisboa (Portugal) Power Politics in Africa: Portugal, Mozambique and South Africa in the negotiation process of the Cahora Bassa hydroelectric project 12:15-13:00 Discussant + Debate ROOM 2 WATER AND PARTICIPATION Chair/Discussant: Carlos Garrido CEAUP (Portugal) 11:30-11:45 Godwin Ojo Kings College of London (UK/Nigeria) The Politics of Water in Rural Communities of Nigeria: Deep or Shallow Commitment? (to be confirmed) 11:45-12:00 Olivier Graefe Fribourg University (Switzerland) Water management and gender relations in Morocco 12:00-12:15 Roberta Pellizzoli Universit di Bologna (Italy) Water users must be efficient producers: gender perspectives from irrigation schemes in South Africa and Mozambique 12:15-13:00 Discussant + Debate 13:00-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
  • 9. 3 rd October 14:30 16:00 ROOM 1 Closing Session 14:30-15:00 Conclusions of the Chairs/Discussants 15:00-16:00 General Debate: Water in Africa: Hydro-Pessimism or Hydro-Optimism? Conclusions of the Organisers
  • 10. For further information contact: Centro de Estudos Africanos Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto Via Panor但mica s/n 4150-564 Porto Portugal Email: [email_address] or [email_address] Website: http://www.africanos.eu Tel./Fax: +351 22 607 71 41