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The News N° 25 - February 2015
FRom one conTinenT To anoTHeR
LATIN AMERICA
The National Water Authority (ANA),
established in2008andattached to the
Ministry of Agriculture, has for mission
to develop policies and strategies for
integrated water resources manage-
ment in Peru.
The field implementation of
”ANA’s”
mis-
sions is relayed by three levels of decentrali-
zed organizations, according to a geographic
distribution bymajor river basins:
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14 Administrative Water Authorities
(AAA);
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72 LocalWater Authorities (ALA);
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17 Water Resources Basin Councils
(CRHC).
”AAAs” and ”ALAs” havemore than900 staff
members.
The main objective of the World Bank
study, in which the International Office
forWater contributed, was to identify a
set of recommendations for ”ANA” to
better fulfill itsmissions.
The studywasmade up of two components:
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An analysis of the possible restructuring
of
”ANA”;
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An assessment to improve the manage-
ment and skills of its human resources.
Among the key conclusions of this study, an
update of the functional organization of
”ANA”
was recommended, with the creation
of aGeneral Technical Secretariat in charge of
supersizing and coordinating ”AAA” and
”ALA” activities.
The multiplication of tasks and the operatio-
nal implementation of ”AAAs” in 2014,
require a staff increase inorder tohave apro-
per implementation of the activities.
Another challenge is themodernizationof the
different types of personnel contracts.
In addition,
”ANA”
needs to have adequate
financial resources, based, in particular, on
the new system of economic fees, such as
those already used.
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Peru - National Water Authority
TheWorld Bank supports ”ANA”
Under the institutional cooperation
agreement signed in September 2013
with the National Water Authority of
Peru, the French Artois-Picardy Water
Agency is providing support to an
IOWater project aiming to:
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Implement an ecological tax system
(economic fees for water abstraction and
wastewater discharges);
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Develop Water Resources Basin
Councils (CRHC) and Management
Plans.
The Chili River Basin was selected as
pilot area for this project.
A delegation, led by Jean Schepman (Presi-
dent of the International Action Commission
of the Artois-Picardy Basin Committee), went
to Lima andArequipa inMay 2014.
Today, the implementation of economic fees
in Peru is effective, based on the calculation
method recommendedby
IOWater
under the
World Bank study.
The amounts collected are growing, from
50Million Sols (1
€
= 3.5 sols) in 2012 to
more than 100million in 2013.
The ”Cuencadel Chili” BasinCouncil is opera-
tional and a firstManagement Plan is develo-
ped.
Themission of expertswhowent there could
identify the priorities of our Peruvian col-
leagues:
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Better structuring of their Basin Council
(method for appointingmembers, internal
rules...);
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Development of a Technical Secretariat
(embryo of aWater Agency);
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Limitation of informal activities without a
land license or without any authorization
for water abstraction / pollution;
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Public consultation and involvement of
stakeholders.
The new 2015 cooperation phase plans to
develop:
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A paper in Spanish on the Basin Commit-
tee: statute, role, method for appointing
members, operation, thematic and geo-
graphical working groups;
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Apaper andaposter on the economic fee
system and river basin management in
Peru;
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A study tour of a Peruvian delegation in
France.
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In Peru, there are now economic fees for water use!
WORLDBANK
The Chili River
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