Africa Water, Sanitation & Hygiene November 2018 Vol.13 No.5 | Page 10

NEWS in brief
The proposed $1 billion package could also include a
new standalone emergency recovery program to finance
rebuilding of critical public facilities and infrastructure
assets: hospitals, schools, bridges, roads, highways, water
supply infrastructure. It would also strengthen monitoring
and early warning systems, and help to finance the
reconstruction of housing settlements and neighborhood
level infrastructure and services.
“The government appreciates the attention and support
of the international community in our time of need,
including from the World Bank Group. Restoring lives
and livelihoods of the people affected by natural disasters
is the government’s utmost priority,” said Sri Mulyani
Indrawati, Finance Minister of Indonesia. “The World
Bank Group has deep and specialist expertise in the area
of developing sophisticated financial instruments that
can manage risk, and fiscal buffers to prepare for shocks.
Indonesia aims to strengthen our resilience towards
natural disasters and we look forward to our continued
partnership.”
The World Bank has recently concluded a preliminary
damage needs report that assesses the geospatial
distribution of the damage, and the estimated cost of the
infrastructure, residential and non-residential property that
was affected by the Tsunami in Sulawesi. The estimated
physical loss is around $531 million (IDR 8.07 trillion), as
follows:
• Residential housing - approximately US$181 million
(IDR 2.75 trillion)
• Non-residential sector - approximately US$185 million
(IDR 2.82 trillion)
• Infrastructure – approximately US$165M (IDR 2.5
trillion).
The preliminary report is the first economic loss estimate
based on scientific, economic and engineering analysis.
It does not account for loss of life, lost land or the
disruption to the economy through lost jobs, livelihoods
and business, and is the first input towards supporting the
Government of Indonesia’s recovery and reconstruction
planning.
First Cairo Water Week
Sunday, 14 October 2018, at the Opening Ceremony of
the First Water Week in Cairo, Loïc Fauchon, Honorary
President of the World Water Council and President of
the Société des Eaux de Marseille, spoke in front of some
20 Ministers and more than 40 international delegations,
along with His Excellency Mustafa Madbouli, Prime
Minister of Egypt, Mr. Mohamed Abdel Aty, Egyptian
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, and the
Deputy Secretary General of the UN.
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Africa Water, Sanitation & Hygiene • November 2018
Global Highlights
“The Mediterranean is the cradle of
our civilization and yet we have left
our natural resources unprotected.
(...) As I have often said, we
have obligations for the future:
a common sea to be protected
and lands to be watered (...). The
protection of the Mediterranean
deserves a special status. Fresh
water and salt water: it’s the same
fight! The Mediterranean deserves
a Global Treaty among all riparian
States. (...)
Mr Loic Fauchon, Hon
President of the WWC
Today the world is facing multiple
crises. Water, like energy, is at
the heart of these crises. (...) I would like to make two
proposals to you for progress towards equitable and
sustainable development:
• The first proposal concerns the systematic approach
of integrated water management. It is a relevant
vertical approach, but today it is too narrow and one
which isolates and reduces solutions for water to solely
hydraulic aspects. During the next years, the vertical
approach must be complemented by a horizontal
approach, the “Five Fingers Alliance” that brings
together water, energy, and food, but also health and
education for a human-centered approach.
• The second proposal addresses recognition of water-
related tensions and conflicts. In the case of conflicts
of use, hydro-diplomacy is the best way to find a way
to share water equitably while preserving the peace.
Hydro-diplomacy is, and will continue to be, a priority
for the World Water Council.”
Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership
(GWSP)
Water touches nearly every aspect
of development. It drives economic
growth, supports healthy ecosystems
and is fundamental for life. However,
this critical resource can harm as well as help. Water-
related hazards such as floods, storms, and droughts are
responsible for 9 out of 10 natural disasters. Climate
change is expected to increase this risk and place even
greater stress on scarce water supplies.
New challenges and new contexts require new responses.
That’s why the World Bank, together with its partners, has
launched a new partnership for a water-secure world, the
Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership (GWSP).
Building on a nearly half-century of collaboration driven
by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), the Water
Partnership Program (WPP) and others, the GWSP aims
to provide action equal to the ambition articulated within