Algeria State of the Water Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation Operational Framework and ...

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Algeria State of the Water Reporting, Monitoring and
Evaluation Operational Framework and Guidelines
Donor: African Water Facility/African Development Bank
Grant Recipient: CEDARE
AWF Grant Agreement No.: 5600155002351
Project ID No.: P-Z1-EAZ-027
Document Name: Algeria State of the Water Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation Operational Framework and Guidelines
Document Type: National Report
Version: English, Final Version
Countries: Algeria
Region: North Africa
Main Author: Abdel Madjid Demmak, Ph.D., Algeria National Project Management Unit (NPMU)
Contributors: Rachid Taibi; Faiza Badji, National Task Force, Algeria NPMU
Supervision & Review: Khaled AbuZeid, Ph.D., P.E.; Mohamed Elrawady, M.Sc., CEDARE
Design & Layout: Eng. Tamer El-Hakim
Document Date: March, 2015
For reference purposes, this publication should be referred to as:
Algeria MWR, CEDARE, Demmak. A. (2015), “Algeria State of the Water Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation Operational Framework and Guidelines”, Monitoring &
Evaluation for Water In North Africa (MEWINA) Project, Ministry of Water Resources, Algeria - MWR, Water Resources Management Program - CEDARE.
Contents
1. Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
2. Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
2.1. The water indicators currently used in Algeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
2.2. Mechanisms and intervals of national reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
3. National, Continental and World Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
3.1. National Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
3.2. Objectives of AMCOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
3.3. Millennium Development Goals(MDG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
4. MEWINA Indicators of the State of Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
5. Methods of measurement and calculation of indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
6. Difficulties faced by Algeria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
6.1. Similarity indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
6.2. Difference in concepts, methods of measurement and calculation . . . . . .46
6.3. Identifying gaps and difficulties in assessing some indicators . . . . . . . . . .48
7. Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
7.1. Difference in concepts, methods of measurement and calculation . . . . . .50
7.2. Prioritizing important indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Algeria AMCOW Pan African M&E Performance Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
List of Tables
Table 1. Indicators of water currently used in Algeria ...........................................9
Table 2. Objectives of AMCOW ............................................................................17
Table 3. Indicators of MEWINA ...........................................................................20
Table 4. Methods of measurement and calculation of indicators ........................37
Table 5. Indicators of a similarity between national and regional methods ........45
Table 6. Indicators that demonstrate the difference in the methods of
evaluation ..............................................................................................47
Table 7. Indicators that can not be evaluated or have not been evaluated in
Algeria ....................................................................................................48
Acronymes
ABH River Basin Agency
ADE Algerian Company for Water
AEP Drinking water supply
ANBT National Agency for Dams and Transfers
ANCC National Agency on Climate Change
ANRH National Hydric Resources
ASAL Algerian Space Agency
BA Bank of Algeria
CNES National Economic and Social Council
DGPC General Administration of Civil Protection
DGF General Administration of forests
HCDS High Commission for Development of the Steppe
INSP National Institute of Public Health
MADR Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
MAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MATE Ministry of Urban Planning and Environment
MEM Ministry of Energy and Mines
MC Ministry of Commerce
MDIPI Ministry of Industry Development and Investment Promotion
MF Ministry of Finance
MHUV Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and the City
MICL Ministry of the Interior and Local Government
MRE Ministry of Water Resources
MSPRH Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform
MTESS Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security
ONA National Office of Sanitation
ONDPA National Office of Development of Aquaculture nad Fishing
ONID National Board of Irrigation and Drainage
SEAAL Water and Sanitation Company of Algiers
SEACO Water and Sanitation Company of Constantine
SEATA Water and Sanitation Company of El-Tarf
SEOR: Water and Sanitation Company of Oran
1. Executive Summary
In the framework of the MEWINA Project (Monitoring and Evaluation of Water in North Africa), the
first component : « Rapid assessment report »finalised in October 2013, highlighted the weak and the
strong points of the system of « Monitoring and Evaluation » existing in Algeria, in the field of Water
Resources.
Regarding the points of strength, it was recognized that the water sector in Algeria is characterized by:
• An excellent prioritization of tasks and proper organization of data collection missions
• Efficient government agencies for data collection,
• Good command of MEWINA project
• Excellent organization chart of the ministry of Water Resources which has established an efficient
system of collecting data on water quality and the water indicators quality.
• Significant progress in the creation and management of testing laboratories of water and sanitation
in large cities.
Weak points have been identified as follows:
• A real monitoring / evaluation system is not yet operational on the sector level.
• Data are available but they are dispersed in the different institutions,
• The information management (collection, processing, control, diffusion ...) is not structured and
organized to enable its dissemination, exchange and use by different actors.
• The sector still lacks legal anchoring or institutional domiciliation for Monitoring and Evaluation
System.
• Universities and Research Institutions are not sufficiently involved in the programs of the sector,
despite the presence of a National Research Program (NRP) on water in the orientation law and five-
year program scientific research and technological development.
• The data management chain related to water supply and sanitation activities in Algeria is incomplete.
In order to improve the existing system, bibliographic research and investigation work was carried out by
the National Coordination of the Project, with the various structures of the Ministry of Water Resources,
particularly with the management companies of drinking water and sanitation in major cities (Algeria,
Oran, Constantine, Annaba), in this case the companies: SEAAL, SEOR, SEACO, SEATA, which have
a “Monitoring -Evaluation» Systems
The aim of these missions is to verify the methods used by these companies to calculate indicators of
water, such as:
• The connection rate to the network,
• The endowment unit
• Quality Indicators,
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• The performance indicator of the service to the user e
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• Quality of the distributed water and respect of regulation, m
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• Quality of the economic and financial management,
• The quality of communication and transparency of management,
• Indicators of sanitation.
The indicators currently used in Algeria are grouped into 7 categories:
1. Climate
2. Potential water Resources
3. Mobilized resources
4. Indicators of pollution
5. Drinking Water
6. Sanitation
7. Agriculture and food security Water
It is essentially about technical and scientific indicators. Data on socio-economic aspects (economy,
finance, trade, governance, politics ...), although available, are not included in a comprehensive monitoring
and evaluation system.
Regarding the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it is obvious that they could not be achieved
in the majority of African countries; the reasons are mainly due to the global economic crisis, natural
disasters, and conflicts rocking the world.
While AMCOW Goals, including halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water and
sanitation by 2015, seem to have been achieved in the countries of North Africa.
In Algeria, reports on the state of the resource are made semi-annually by the Ministry of Water Resources
(Planning and Economic Affairs Department (DASP), as part of the “semi annual Situation Note”.
The indicators proposed by regional coordination are 121, grouped into 15 categories. Nationally, it was
identified 112 indicators grouped into 7 categories.
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The comparative analysis of the two categories of indicators shows that there is generally a good match
between the key indicators proposed by regional coordination and those calculated in Algeria,
However, many differences exist between the MEWINA concept and the Algerian one about the
correspondence of certain definitions, different methods of approach and the attention given to different
indicators. For example:
• The MEWINA definition of the indicator of non-renewable groundwater resources is long and
complex,
• A number of indicators proposed by the regional unit (water and socio-economics, water and
finance, water and governance, water and politics) are determined in Algeria, but are not included in
a comprehensive system for monitoring -evaluation,
• The overlap indicator “groundwater-surface water” is not approached in the same way,
• The concept of “green water”, which is not spread in Algeria, is evaluated in Algeria by the hydro-
agricultural sector through various climate parameters different from those proposed by the regional
unit.
• Unlike MEWINA indicators, in Algeria distinction is made between non-conventional water (WUE,
water from the desalination of sea water, brackish water) and non-renewable water (fossil water from
underground sources in the northern Sahara) . They are subject to special treatment.
• Regarding the supply of drinking water and sanitation coverage, There’s no distinction in Algeria
between rural and urban areas.
• The concept of improved water and improved sanitation does not exist: the water supply and access
to sanitation are uniform for all.
• In the chapter “water and trade”, it is reported that the concept of virtual water flows, is uncommon
in Algeria and should be the be the subject of special attention in future.
Classifications, definitions and methods of calculating MEWINA indicators must be presented in a clear,
simple, and understandable for all.
It is also noted in the classification proposed by regional coordination:
• Too many indicators,
• A disproportionate number of indicators of a particular category compared to other indicators,
• Long, tedious, incomprehensible and often contradictory definitions.
• Redundancies of concepts, repetition and duplication.
• To improve this system, a number of modifications are offered by the Algerian side.
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2. Context
The number of indicators identified and used currently in Algeria is 112, grouped into 7 categories:
• Climate
• Potential Water Resources
• Resources mobilized (conventional and unconventional)
• Pollution indicators
• Drinking water
• Water and Sanitation
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2.1. The water indicators currently used in Algeria
Table 1 below provides a listing of the indicators used in Algeria, specifying their definitions. These
indicators were identified and defined based on the information collected during the work and visits made
by the members of NTF, especially with the various technical departments of the Ministry, the ANRH,
ONA, ABH, and SPA (management and distribution companies of drinking water and sanitation in the
big cities of Algeria).
It is essentially about technical and scientific indicators. Socio-economic aspects (finance, trade,
governance, politics ...) are not regularly treated, although data exists.
Table 1. Indicators of water currently used in Algeria
Indicators Of Climate
Title of the indicator Definition
1 Annual average of rainfall Annual average of rainfall height (high spatial variability of rainfall requires treating this indicator
by homogeneous region)
2 Annual average of temperature Annual average of temperature by homogeneous hydrographical region
3 Annual average of evapo- Annual average of evapo-transpiration by homogeneous hydrographical region
transpiration
4 Aridity index Determines the aridity of a region from the annual average of rainfall of the region and the annual
average of temperature
Indicators of the Potential Water
Resources
Title of the indicator Definition
5 Potentiality of global surface Average of total surface water flowing annually in rivers
water
6 Potentiality of the global Total volumes of exploitable ground water annually
renewable ground water
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