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Hydropolitics: Global experiences in transboundary river basins Ana Elisa Cascão - SIWI Presentation to Euphrates-Tigris Training Programme  Stockholm, 18 May 2010
Structure of the Presentation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Water everywhere? Freshwater
Water everywhere? Surface water
Groundwater + Surface Water Small water...  HYDROPOLITICS big politics!
Most of the ‘small water’ is transboundary
Hydropolitics: is there a definition? What can we see in this picture? Power Water Control Merowe Dam, Sudan
HYDROPOLITICS: ‘ who gets what  water , when, where and how?’
Water: a complex resource... Natural resource Social resource Economic resource Cultural resource Political resource
Water: a complex resource...
Water: can be source of conflict Quantity Infrastructure Quality Joint management Hydropower Border issues Irrigation Flood control ...
Conflictive Events by Issue Area Water sharing/allocation is a main source of conflict! Wolf et al. 2003
Sharing the Jordan River Basin + Aquifers  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Phillips 2007
Jordan Valley: Example of Water conflict ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Asymmetric Power Relations Geography Material  power Bargaining  power Ideational power 4 PILLARS OF POWER Framework of Hydro-Hegemony  Zeitoun and Warner 2006
GEOGRAPHICAL POWER ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
MATERIAL POWER Economic development Military power Political stability and influence
BARGAINING POWER: in interstate relations and negotiations WHO CONTROLS THE NEGOTIATIONS? WHO CONTROLS THE AGREEMENTS? WHO CONTROLS THE NUMBERS? WHO CONTROLS THE AGENDA? WHO CONTROLS THE LEGITIMACY? WHO PLAYS BETTER WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW? WHO HAS ACCESS TO INVESTMENT?
IDEATIONAL POWER:  Power to influence perceptions Asymmetric  Knowledge Sanctioned Discourse Incentives Playing with time Silent Diplomacy/ Cooperation
Asymmetric power in MENA river basins EGYPT SUDAN ETHIOPIA +  Equatorial countries Geography Geography Geography Material  power Material  power Material  power Bargaining  power Bargaining  power Bargaining  power Ideational power Ideational power Ideational power ISRAEL Bargaining  power Ideational power JORDAN Geography Material  power Bargaining  power Ideational power PALESTINE Geography Material  power Bargaining  power Ideational power Geography Material  power Lower Jordan River Basin Nile River Basin
How do we move from a situation of conflict to cooperation?
Cooperation continuum Sadoff and Grey in Andersen, 2005 Indus Mekong Rhine Orange Senegal
How to operationalise cooperation?
Water Agreeements ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Jordan-Israeli Peace Agreement (1994) Egypt-Sudan Water Agreement (1959) SADC Shared Watercourse Systems Protocol (2001) Convention of the Niger Basin Authority (1980)
Agreements by Issue Area
River Basin Organisations
River Basin Organisations OMVS  (1972) LCBC  (1964) NBA  (1980) ORASECOM  (2000) ZAMCOM  (2004) LIMCOM  (2003) OKACOM  (1994) CICOS  (1999) LVBC  (2005) NBI (1999) NBC  ( ? )  TPTC  (2002) IncoMaputo  (?)
Joint projects and joint management JOINT Bilateral Multilateral
Examples of bilateral joint projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Bi-national initiative Hydropower & Irrigation Two agreements (1992):  Joint Water Commission + Joint Development of Water Resources (7 dams) Consultation:  Tripartite Agreement (incl.Mozambique)   KOBWA:  Komati Basin Water Authority Bi-national  project and ownership( 50%/50%) Hydropower mainly (+++) Agreement (1973):  Itaipu Treaty No Consultation:  Argentina (La Plata) Agreement (1979):  Tripartite Agreement ITAIPU Binacional
Senegal River Basin: Multilateral joint management & projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Manantali Dam - a joint project: shared benefits and shared costs
‘ Making the pie bigger’: Generating and sharing regional benefits TWO-Analysis, SIWI 2008
Positive-Sum Outcome: All could get a bigger ‘share’ of the pie ,[object Object],[object Object],Environmental Services
[object Object],[object Object],Nile
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Global hydropolitics experiences

  • 1. Hydropolitics: Global experiences in transboundary river basins Ana Elisa Cascão - SIWI Presentation to Euphrates-Tigris Training Programme Stockholm, 18 May 2010
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  • 5. Groundwater + Surface Water Small water... HYDROPOLITICS big politics!
  • 6. Most of the ‘small water’ is transboundary
  • 7. Hydropolitics: is there a definition? What can we see in this picture? Power Water Control Merowe Dam, Sudan
  • 8. HYDROPOLITICS: ‘ who gets what water , when, where and how?’
  • 9. Water: a complex resource... Natural resource Social resource Economic resource Cultural resource Political resource
  • 10. Water: a complex resource...
  • 11. Water: can be source of conflict Quantity Infrastructure Quality Joint management Hydropower Border issues Irrigation Flood control ...
  • 12. Conflictive Events by Issue Area Water sharing/allocation is a main source of conflict! Wolf et al. 2003
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  • 15. Asymmetric Power Relations Geography Material power Bargaining power Ideational power 4 PILLARS OF POWER Framework of Hydro-Hegemony Zeitoun and Warner 2006
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  • 17. MATERIAL POWER Economic development Military power Political stability and influence
  • 18. BARGAINING POWER: in interstate relations and negotiations WHO CONTROLS THE NEGOTIATIONS? WHO CONTROLS THE AGREEMENTS? WHO CONTROLS THE NUMBERS? WHO CONTROLS THE AGENDA? WHO CONTROLS THE LEGITIMACY? WHO PLAYS BETTER WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW? WHO HAS ACCESS TO INVESTMENT?
  • 19. IDEATIONAL POWER: Power to influence perceptions Asymmetric Knowledge Sanctioned Discourse Incentives Playing with time Silent Diplomacy/ Cooperation
  • 20. Asymmetric power in MENA river basins EGYPT SUDAN ETHIOPIA + Equatorial countries Geography Geography Geography Material power Material power Material power Bargaining power Bargaining power Bargaining power Ideational power Ideational power Ideational power ISRAEL Bargaining power Ideational power JORDAN Geography Material power Bargaining power Ideational power PALESTINE Geography Material power Bargaining power Ideational power Geography Material power Lower Jordan River Basin Nile River Basin
  • 21. How do we move from a situation of conflict to cooperation?
  • 22. Cooperation continuum Sadoff and Grey in Andersen, 2005 Indus Mekong Rhine Orange Senegal
  • 23. How to operationalise cooperation?
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  • 27. River Basin Organisations OMVS (1972) LCBC (1964) NBA (1980) ORASECOM (2000) ZAMCOM (2004) LIMCOM (2003) OKACOM (1994) CICOS (1999) LVBC (2005) NBI (1999) NBC ( ? ) TPTC (2002) IncoMaputo (?)
  • 28. Joint projects and joint management JOINT Bilateral Multilateral
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  • 31. Manantali Dam - a joint project: shared benefits and shared costs
  • 32. ‘ Making the pie bigger’: Generating and sharing regional benefits TWO-Analysis, SIWI 2008
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Notes de l'éditeur

  1. Technical collaboration, etc etc
  2. Perhaps funding