Drought Risk

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Drought Risk development Policy Workshop

• January 31st february 2nd, 2005, Nairobi

PERMANENT INTERSTATE COMMITTEE FOR DROUGHT
CONTROL IN THE SAHEL
Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Guinea
Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal.
Member Countries
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Mandate of CILSS
To seek to assure food security and to combat
the effects of drought and desertification for a
new ecological balance the Sahel . 2 specific
Institutions INSAH, AGRHYMET
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SAHEL REGION

• Two dates 1973, 1984
• Ecological break,
• Socio-economic break,
• Public policy break,
• Late and unreliable information,
• Very slow-coming food aids,
• very important in some places and too small
  in others,
• Inefficient coordination,
• Lack of appraisal, etc.

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CRISIS PREVENTION SYSTEMS

• Food Security and Early Warning Information
  Systems (DIAPER, MIS, EWS)
• Dialogue, consultation, coordination and
  Decision-making mechanism (Co-Management
  Committee, National Food Security Council, Food
  Aid Coordinating Committee,)
• Crisis-handling and mitigation structures and
  instruments (OPAM, OPVN, CSA, .)

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Coordination of the surveillance mechanism

• Monitoring and evaluation of the agricultural and
  food situation (throughout the year)
• Identification of the food risk zones and
  vulnerable groups, in March
• Evaluation of the level of response of the
  donors, in June
• Cereal production estimates, in September
• Joint Missions (Government, CILSS, FAO) for
  assessment of the harvests, with the
  participation of the WFP and the FEWS NET USAID
  project, in October
• Presentation of the preliminary results of the
  agricultural sample surveys, in November
• Elaboration of the emergency management plan for
  an eventual crisis, in December
• Annual meeting of the network for the prevention
  of food crises , in December

CILSS FAO FEWS NET WFP - Development
Partners NGOs
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Every ten day and monthly reports on the
agricultural and food situation- Flash
information on the situation of the cropping
season, from May to October- Joint CILSS FEWS
NET USAID monthly reports on food security-
National Committees on food security/ Joint
Committee for the management of food aids-
Regional consultations (CILSS, FAO, FEWS NET,
WFP, National mechanisms) in March, in June, in
September, in October on the food and
agricultural situation WEB Site www.
cilssnet.org and www . agrhymet.ne Users
Governments, Donors, Civil Society , farmer
organisations, IGO, NGO
DIALOGUE INSTRUMENTS WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS
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OFFICIAL TEXT OF THE FOOD AID CHARTER

• This document has been unanimously adopted by
  CILSS member nations and Club du Sahel donor
  countries (Canada, European Economic Community,
  Germany, France, Netherlands, United States of
  America).
• It was formally approved by the CILSS Heads of
  State at their summit meeting in Guinea Bissau on
  the 10th February 1990.

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- Assessment of the food situation
cooperation to improve the reliability of the
information and the credibility of the estimates
harmonization of criteria for assessing the
food situation- Assessment of food aid needs
and development of acquisition plans-
Implementation of the food aid commitment to
harmonize decisions among donors and to
coordinate actions.
This food aid charter states the objectives
assigned to the food aid, and defines a set of
principles binding on the donors as well as the
recipient countries
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Food security management tools

• National Food Security Stock (25 000 40 000
  tons, a back-up stock for 2 months of food
  consumption)
• Financial stock
• Setting up of projects (FFW, School cafeteria,
  GR)

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Policy instruments within CILSS (CSSA, PAOSR,
Foundation,)
Objective of CILSS Food Security Strategic
Framework  To ensure access to adequate food
for all Sahelians at all times so that they can
live a healthy and active life by the year 2015
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Specific Objectives of CILSS Food Security
Strategic Framework

• To develop a sustainable, productive,
  diversified and integrated agriculture at
  regional level
• To develop, facilitate commodity trade and
  integrate national markets in the sub-region
• To improve the access of vulnerable groups and
  zones to food and basic social services in a
  sustainable way
• To improve mechanisms for preventing and managing
  situational/temporary crises in line with the
  achievement of structural food security
• To build stakeholders capacities and promote
  good governance in food security.

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In conclusion

• Mobilization of policy makers and development
  partners
• Mobilization of the rural communities (ROPPA,
  NGOs,)
• Efficiency of the prevention and early warning
  systems
• Functioning of markets (exchanges, trade fairs)
• Food aid charter

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THANK YOU