"Large Dams and their Alternatives in Africa and the Middle East: Experiences
and Lessons Learned"
Hosted in Collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the
United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP)
| December 8, 1999 |
| Registration |
7:30 - 8:15 |
Inaugural comments
- Prof Kader Asmal
Chair, World Commission on Dams
- H.E. Minister Mahmoud Abu Zeid
Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources
- Prof Klaus Toepfer
Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
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8:30 - 9:30 |
Panel 1: Large Dams and their Alternatives in Egypt:
A Country Perspective |
Mr
A. Shalaby
Senior Under Secretary, Ministry of Public Works & Water Resources and Vice President
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Egypt's Experience in Managing the Nile River System |
9:30 - 9:45 |
Eng.
Hassan M. A. Osman
Vice Chairman, General Authority for High Dam Development
Hydro Development in Egypt, Lessons From High Aswan Dam |
9:45 - 10:00 |
Khaled
M. Abu-Zeid, Dr Mohammed N. Bayoumi & Dr Ahmad Wagdy
CEDARE, Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe
Environmental Impact Assessment for Irrigation Projects, a
Decision Support System |
10:00 - 10:15 |
Dr
Tareq A. Ahmed
Non-Governmental Association for Preservation of Irrigation and Drainage Networks and
Environmental Conservation in Egypt
Role of the Aswan High Dam in Promoting the Nile River System Management |
10:15 - 10:30 |
| Commissioners Question Time |
10:30 - 10:45 |
| Tea/Coffee Break |
10:45 - 11:15 |
Panel
2: Large Dams and Affected People:
the Social Impacts of Displacement and Resettlement |
Mr
R. Mochebelele & O.M. Letsela
Joint Permanent Technical Commission Lesotho Highlands Development Project, Lesotho
LHWP: Concerns and Benefits of Dams Including the Environmental
and Social Impacts and the Associated Mitigation Measures for Sustainability |
11:15 - 11:30 |
|
Ms
Motseao Senyane & Ms Anna Moepi
On behalf of the Matala Community, Lesotho
The Impact of the LHWP on the Community Resettled from
Molikaliko |
11:30 - 11:15 |
Ms
Claire Limbwambwa
Zambian Electricity Supply Corporation, Zambia
Mitigating Impacts of Large Dam Construction ex-post: the Case
of the Gwembe-Tonga Development Project |
11:45 - 12:00 |
Mr
David Syantami Syankusule & Bazak Zakeyo Lungu
Kaluli Development Foundation, Zambia
Impacts of the Construction of Lake Kariba on the Gwembe Tonga
People of Zambia
|
12:00 - 12:15 |
Dr
Levin Özgen
Cukorova University/Advisor to South Eastern Anatolia Project, Turkey
New Criteria for Resettlements in Regional Development: Turkey’s Water
and Land-based Regional Development Experience in Southeastern Anatolia Region and
Project
|
12:15 - 12:30 |
Mr
Bhekani Maphalala
Community representative from Woodstock Dam, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Social Costs of Large Dams in Southern Africa: Voices of Affected Communities |
12:30 - 12:45 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
12:45 - 13:30 |
| Lunch Break |
13:30 - 14:30 |
Panel
3 - A: Large Dams, Food Security and Livelihoods:
Understanding Benefits and Impacts |
Dr
Munther J. Haddadin
Former Minister of Irrigation, Jordan
Former President, Jordan Valley Authority
The Socio-Economic Role of The King Talal Dam in the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan |
14:30 - 14:45 |
Ms
Adrian Adams
Federation of Organised Peasant Farmers of Bakel, Senegal
A Grassroots View of the Senegal River Development Agencies:
Inter-State Organization for the Development of the Senegal River Valley, Authority for
the Development of the Delta and the Senegal River Valley |
14:45 - 15:00 |
Mr
Abdel Kader Bangoura
Ministry of Energy & Environment, Guinée
In english: Management of the Water Resources of Guinée and of
the Garafiri dam and en français: Gestion des
Ressources en Eau de Guinée et de la Retenue du Barrage de Garafiri
|
15:00 - 15:15 |
| Tea/Coffee Break |
15:15 - 15:45 |
Panel
3 - B: Large Dams, Food Security and Livelihoods:
Understanding Benefits and Impacts |
Ms
Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo
Partenariat Homme-Femme pour le Developpement Africain, Burkina Faso
Water Policy in Burkina Faso: Gender Analysis of the Impact of
the Bagre Dam Project
|
15:45 - 16:00 |
M.
Jellali & H. El Badraoui
Directorate General of Hydraulics, Morocco
In English: Dams, Development and Water Lessons Learned in
Morocco with figures; and, in french: Les Barrages et Le Developpement Lié a L'eau Experience du Maroc
|
16:00 - 16:15 |
Mr
Leo Atakpu
African Network for Environment and Economic Justice, Nigeria
Large Dams, Food Security and Livelihoods:
Understanding the Nigerian Experience |
16:15 - 16:30 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
16:30 - 17:15 |
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| December
9, 1999 |
Panel 4: Large Dams and Ecosystems:
Assessing and Managing Environmental Impacts |
Mr
E.A.K. Kalitsi & R. Evans-Appiah
Volta River Authority, Ghana
Dams and Ecosystems: Assessing and Managing Environmental
Impacts (Ghana's Experience) |
8:30
- 8:45 |
Dr
Karim S Numayr
Chairman, National Committee of Large Dams, Jordan
Sedimentation and Water Quality Problems at the King Talal Reservior |
8:45
- 9:00 |
Salif Diop, Takehiro Nakamura and David Smith, Ms Elisabeth Khaka
United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya
Implication of Dams on the Freshwater and Coastal Environment and its Resources in
Senegal |
9:00
- 9:15 |
Olivier Hamerlynk & Stephanie Duvail & Mohamed Lemine Ould Baba
Université de Nouakchott /IUCN-Mauritania, Mauritania
Reducing the Environmental Impacts of the Manantali and Diama Dams on the
Ecosystems of the Senegal River and Estuary:
Alternatives to the Present and Planned
Water Management Schemes |
9:15
- 9:30 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
9:30 - 10:15 |
| Tea/Coffee Break |
10:15 - 10:30 |
Panel 5: Large Dams and Institutional Frameworks:
the Role of Legislation and National Development Policies |
Dr
Sharif S. Elmusa
American University in Cairo, Egypt
Dams, Power and International Water Law |
10:30
- 10:45 |
Ms
Robyn Stein
Bowman Gilfillan Inc., South Africa
South Africa's New Democratic Water Legislation: National Government's Role as
Public Trustee in Dam Building and Management Activities |
10:45
- 11:00 |
Mr
MJ Tumbare
Zambezi River Authority, Zambia/Zimbabwe
Some Lessons Learnt from the Construction and Management of the Bi-National
Kariba Dam for Future Large Dam Projects |
11:00
- 11:15 |
Ms
Marwa Daoudy
Graduate Institute for International Studies in Geneva, Syria
Water, Institutions and Development in Syria:
A Downstream Perspective from the Euphrates and Tigris |
11:15
- 11:30 |
Mr
Seydi Ahmed Diawara
L'OMVS, Inter-State Organization for the Development of the Senegal River Valley
In english: L'ÓMVS: An Experience in the Management of Shared
Water Resources, and, en français L'OMVS, une Expérience
de Gestion de Cours d'eau Partagés |
11:30
- 11:45 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
11:45 - 12:30 |
| Lunch Break |
12:30 - 13:45 |
Panel 6 - A: Large Dams and Water Resources Management:
Reviewing Alternate Options |
Dr
Guy Preston
Ministry of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa
The Working for Water Programme:
Case Studies on the Clearing of Invasive Species and Demand-side Management |
13:45
- 14:00 |
Ms
Noxolo Olive Sephuma & Dr Karen Ross
Okavango Liaison Group, Botswana
The Southern Okavango Integrated Water Development Project: A Participatory
Decision-making Model |
14:00
- 14:15 |
Mr Alioune Gassama
Commissariat a l'Apres-Barrages (CAB), Senegal
In English: Management Plan for the Integrated Development of the Left Bank of
the Senegal, and, in french: Communication
sur le Plan Directeur de Developpement Integre pour la Rive Gauche de la Vallee du Fleuve
Senegal |
14:15 - 14:30 |
Mr Arif Gamal
University of California, Sudan
Kajabar: Damning Nubia |
14:30 - 14:45 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
14:45 - 15:15 |
| Tea/Coffee Break |
15:15 - 15:45 |
Panel 6 - B: Large Dams and Water Resources
Management:
Reviewing Alternate Options |
Mr Geoffrey Chavula
University of Malawi, Malawi
The Potential of Using Community-based Small-Earth Dams for
Irrigation in Malawi Development |
15:45 - 16:00 |
Mr Kamau Bobotti
Tana & Athi Rivers Development Authority, Kenya
Large Dams and Water Resources Management:
Reviewing Alternate options |
16:00 - 16:15 |
F.C. Oweyegha-Afunaduula & Martin Musumba & Frank Muramuzi
Save Bujagali Crusade & National Association of Professional Environmentalists, Uganda
Corporate Crime and the Craze for Huge Hydro Power Development Projects in Uganda: The
Alternatives |
16:15 - 16:30 |
Dr Abdel Rahman Tamimi
Palestinian Hydrology Group, Palestine
Water Harvesting and Small-scale Dams as Constructive Tools for Solving Water Conflict
in the Region |
16:30 - 16:45 |
| Commissioners' Question Time |
16:45 - 17:15 |
| Chair's summary of proceedings and
concluding remarks |
17:15 - 17:45 |
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