The Volta Basin Authority
Vision: `` A basin shared by willing and cooperating partners managing the water resources rationally and sustainably for their comprehensive socio-economic development’’
Mission: Promote permanent consultation and sustainable development of the water and related resources of the Volta basin for equitable distribution of benefits towards poverty alleviation and better socio-economic integration.
Proportions of Volta Basin
|
Country |
Area of Basin ( km2) |
% of Basin Area |
% of Country Area |
|
Benin |
13,590 |
3.41 |
12.1 |
|
Burkina Faso |
171,105 |
42.95 |
62.4 |
|
Côte d’Ivoire |
9,890 |
2.48 |
3.1 |
|
Ghana |
165,830 |
41.63 |
70.1 |
|
Mali |
12,430 |
3.12 |
1.0 |
|
Togo |
25,545 |
6.41 |
45.0 |
|
Total |
398,390 |
100 |
Establishment
March 2004: The Volta Basin Technical Committee was created to prepare for the establishment of a Volta basin organization;
06 December 2005: The ministers of Water Resources signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Ouagadougou to create a Volta Basin Authority (VBA);
17 July 2006: in Lomé, the Ministers of Water Resources established the Volta Basin Authority with its headquarters in Ouagadougou, by approving a draft Convention and Statutes for the VBA and appointing an Interim President of the Council of Ministers, Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director;
19 January 2007: the 1st Assembly of the Heads of State and Government in Ouagadougou signed the Convention in Ouagadougou;
16 November 2007: the Ministers adopted the Statutes and Institutional Framework of VNA during the 1st meeting of the Council of Ministers in Ouagadougou;
14 August 2009: The convention of the VBA came into force.
STATUTORY ORGANS
The statutory organs of the Authority are:
- The Assembly of Heads of State and Government;
- The Council of Ministers in charge of Water Resources;
- The Forum of the Parties involved in the Volta basin development;
- The Committee of Experts;
- The Executive Directorate of the Authority.
MANDATE
The mandate of the Authority is to:
- Promote permanent consultation tools among the parties for the development of the basin;
- Promote the implementation of integrated water resources management and the equitable distribution of the benefits resulting from their various utilization;
- Authorize the development of infrastructure and projects planned by the stakeholders and which could have substantial impact on the water resources of the basin;
- Develop joint projects and works;
- Contribute to poverty alleviation and the sustainable development of the Parties in the Volta basin, for better socioeconomic integration in the sub-region.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The Volta Basin Authority and its major partners have identified the following Strategic Objectives for the period 2015 to 2019:
- Involvement of VBA in the regional integration and economic development policies;
- Ensuring autonomous and sustainable financing of VBA;
- Strengthening participation and partnerships with stakeholders;
- Strengthening the legislative framework of the Volta Basin;
- Improve the technical framework for IWRM;
- Adapting VBA’s resources to the implementation of the Strategic Plan;
- Monitoring and evaluation of development in Volta Basin;
- Strengthening of Communication.
Technical and Financial Partners Consultative Group
- 2IE (International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering)
- CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
- WMO ( World Meteorological Organisation)
- GEF ( Global Environment Fund)
- GREEN CROSS
- SONABEL
- World Bank
- SIDA ( Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
- ADB/AWF ( African Development Bank/ African Water Facility)
- AFD ( French Development Agency)
- ECOWAS/WRCC (Economic Community of West African States/ Water Resources Coordination Center)
- EUROPEAN UNION
- IUCN/PACO ( International Union for Conservation of Nature/ West and Central Africa Program)
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use )
- GWP (Global Water Partnership).
- Basin organisations: AMVS, OMVS, NBA, ZRA, ORASECOM, Volta River Authority.
Contact:
Volta Basin Authority
10 BP 13621 Ouagadougou 10
Burkina Faso
Tel: +226 25 37 60 67/ 67 20
Fax: +226 25 37 64 86
Site Web: http://abv.int/
