Presented at the 14th OECD WGI Meeting on 2-3 November 2020

1. UCLG Africa Climate Tsak Force:
Water Governance in African Cities

2. A context placing the cities and territories at the center of Africa's future
1 billion people will live in urban settings, which makes it 25% of the world´s
population by 2030-2040
Context &
Challenges
Growth in the urbanization
rate of 4% per year
The urban population is
expected to increase by a
factor of 3 by 2050.
Major African cities currently
contribute to the continent´s
GDP by $700 billion.
Agriculture employs about
64% of the population in
Africa.
FAO estimates that by 2080
arid and semi-arid land
areas could increase by 5-8%
and 75% of Africa's
population could suffer from
famine due to climate
change.
Source: IRES Paris, FAO, ONU Habitat, Oxford Economics
 The continent exploits less than5%
of its water resources
 340 million Africans do not have
access to safe drinking water.
 One million people die each year
from waterborne diseases

3. How will we make thishappen?
• maximising the benefits of sustainable
water management and welfare at the
least cost to society
• Monitoring and evaluation
• building public confidence and
ensuring inclusiveness of
stakeholders through democratic
legitimacy and fairness for society
at large
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Development challenges (COVID 19 pandemic, climate risks, etc.)
Need for a paradigm shift that places local governments at the heart of crisis
resolution
• clear sustainable water policy goals
and targets at different levels of
government
• implement those policy goals
• meet expected objectives or targets
EFFECTIVENESS EFFICIENCY
TRUST AND
ENGAGEMENT
How will we make thishappen? How will we make thishappen?
GOVERNANCE

4. ROUND TABLE
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SUSTAINABILITYAND
RESILIENCE
FINANCING
INCLUSION
INSTITUTIONS :
SUBNATIONALLEVEL