The Executive Committee of the African Ministers’ Council Water (AMCOW) met from 24-28 November 2008 at the UN Office in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme “Carrying forward the Sharm El Sheikh Declaration and Commitments on Water and Sanitation (adopted by the African Union Summit, Egypt, June 2008).”
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Recommendations were adopted on:
- the elements of the plan of action for the implementation of the Sharm El Sheikh Declaration and commitments on water and sanitation;
- the proposed Pan-African mechanism for the monitoring and evaluation of progress in the water and sanitation sector at the country, sub-regional and regional levels;
- the implementation and coordination of commitments relating to water [and sanitation];
- the proposals by the Kenyan government for the hosting arrangements of the 2nd Second Africa Water Week [proposed date March 2010];
- AMCOW’s strategy for strengthening the AMCOW/G8 partnership; AMCOW’s strategy for the high level conference on water for agriculture and energy;
- Africa’s road map for the World Water Forum;
- the strategy and road map for the implementation of the eThikweni Declaration;
- the road map for accelerating the implementation of the decisions of the sixth session of AMCOW;
- measures for the restructuring of the AMCOW Executive Committee, strengthening AMCOW’s sub-regional presence and bringing into full operation the secretariat of AMCOW located in Abuja, Nigeria;
- the chairmanship of the African Ground Water Commission and related arrangements; and
- the outcomes of the ninth meeting of the Governing Council of the African Water Facility [read the AWF Resources Mobilisation Update here].
Read the full Summary of recommendations of the meeting
Source: IISD Linkages – Executive Committee and Technical Advisory Committee of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW)
The dais at the opening session of the Executive Committee. Photo IISD
