Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa: Committee of Sponsoring Agencies, report of the fifty-first session, Riyadh, 3 and 4 December 1991

: :7"- ' I ONCHOCERCIASIS CONIROL PROGRAIUME IN IdEST AFRICA COMMITTEE OF SPONSORING AGENCIES Report of the fifty-first session Riyadh, 3 and 4 Decenber 1991 DI( ./ () Accu Jc ; RESTRICTED ocP/csA/51 ENGLISH ONLY \-f SL5t"l ocP/csA.51 pag,e 2 CONTEI{IS OPENING OF T}IE SESSION ADOPTION OF TTIE AGENDA APPROVAL OF THE REPORT OF CSA.5O 12TI{ SESSION OF TIIE JOINT PROGRA.I{ME COMMITTEE MEIItsERSHIP OF TTIE EAC PaEe { A B c .D E F G H 3 3 3 3 t{ 4 7 7 CSA [.,ORX PROGRAMME IN RELATION TO SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPME}.I ANY OTHEN BUSTNESS DATES AND PLACES OF CSA MEETINGS rN 1gg2 ANND( 1: PARTICIPANTS 8 ocPlcsA.51 pace 3 1' The fifty-first session of the coruoittee of Sponsoring Agencies (cSA) washeld in Riyadh on I and '4 December 1991, after the closure of the 12th sessionof the Joint Pnogrammg Conmittee. A. OPENING OF II{E SESSION rc1 1S B. ADOPTION OF TIIE AGEI.,IDA 2 The agenda' as presented in the contents rist of this report, was adopted. c. AppRovAL OF ItrE REpORf oF csA.5O 3. The report of CSA.IO was officially adopted. D. 1ZTTI SESSION OF IIIE JOINT PROGRAMUE COMMITTEE 4' Ttre conrnittee reviewed the proceedings of the 12th session of the Jpc,givlng speciar attention co the onchocercfasis Cnernotherapy project. tostrategies for ivernectin distribution, to the Ocp Devolution unit, to EACnenbership and to_the cSA work progrAmme in relation to socioecononicdevelopnent' The first three topi"" are discussed below, while ihe remaining twotopics are dealt with in sections E and F. P ect 5' The connittee noted that, in response to Donor concerns about the lever offunding arlocated to 0cr, the Jpc had decided that the Ocr Manager, incosultation with the Ocr Steering cotrDittee. wourd estitrate what additionalfunding night be required. rn carrying out this exercise the ocT Manager shouldbe guided by the views of the Expert Edvisory counittee (EAc) as expressed inpara 133 of the report of the 12Eh session of the EAc. The essence of that. partof the EAC report was that. should additionar funding become avairabre to 0cr.the enphasis should be given to: - expand the conpound screening progrpmme, - conmission chenical res5rntheses at an earrier stage, - undertake synchronous, as opposed to sequentiar.. precrinicaltesting, - support nore research projects directed at biochenicar targets, - srtd' involve nore crinicar trial centres once a drug was identifiedfron preclinical studies. 6' when the ocr Manager had estinated his requirements for additional funding.the Progremms li1pct'or wourd decide from where additional ftrnding courd be mostappropriately drawn. oci'/csh.5L page I{ Iverrnectin distribution 7 ' The comnittee requested the EAC to clearry define the circunstances underwhich iveroectin shourd be dist,ributed, and, those circumst,ances under which itsttoulg not. rt was egually inportant Lhat the ocp Devolution unit, liaiseclosery with non-Sovernmental organizations (Nc0's) and private voluntary0rganizations (PV0's) to ensure that they !/ere aware of ocp,s policy foriveruectin distibution and fully recognized that the policies for ivernectindistribution in non-0cP countrils were not necessarily the same as thoseapplicable to OCp countries. 8' rn the sa'ae context it was now a Datter of sone urgency to revise the worrdBank-supported Devolution Plan of Burkina raso, ana, the ocp/Epr manuar oniver.mectin distribution. f the OCP Devolu Uni 9' The connittee considered that it night be appropriate to strengEhen the ocpDevorution unit by the recruitnent of u.N. votunteers artd/or AssistantProfessional officers (paid by their home country). The programme Director h,asrequested to prepare appropriate PosE Descriptions so that steps courd then betaken to exprore the possibirities of engagi.ng these types of personnel. E. MEMBERSHIP OF TTIE EAC 10' rt was reported to the comnittee that request.s for sutricur3_L1_!-ae had beensenE to Dr E.B. castor, Dr w.J. Terpstra, or j. ct"u"r, ;ffit de Grenont,Dr J' Gruneward' Prof' A. Abiose and Dr E.G. Beausoleir. Dr Gruneward was theonry person who-had so far repried. and,, his cutricu.lgs r/ilge had already beendistributed to CommitEee Memblrs. ' ---- :=: 11 ' A connittee Member suggested- that it roight arso be possible to find soneEAC candidates from the rieia of large-scare"sctristosoniasis contror. Threenanes (Prof' F'J' Ra-narho-Pinto, Dr Bayani L. Blas and Dr Saleh EI Hak) weregiven to the Secretary for follow-up acti.on. t2' Ttre Progremme Director also reported ii.at ihe Kuwait Fund for Arab EconomicDevelopnent (p-0.-Box 292r,13030 sarat, xr*uiti night be abre ro suggesrcandidates for EAC nenbership, in the fields of agriculturar and rurar.deveropnent and in settLer..ti irrf"astructures. An approach was about to be madeto the Director-General of the KFAED, for further information. 13' rn concluding its discussion on EAC nenbership, the comnittee agreed thatfrom now on EAC nenbers should be arlowed to serve for no nore than six years(three 2-year terns). F. CSA I.'ORI( PROGRAUIIIE IN REI.ATION TO SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMEI{T 14' The Connittee was very appreciative that the Joint programme Comtrittee hadendorsed the cSA's proposal for the hording of a high-rever conference on poricyrssues of Environnentally Sustainabre Settlenent and for the monitoring of agro-cheuicals within the progranme area. ocP /c'sh.r1 page 5 Confe rence on Policv Issues o f Environroental Sustainable Settlement 15. Ttre discussion of this topic r{,as opened by the CSA.Chairnan who stressedthe lnportance of ensuring that the Conference was coopletely focused on sustalnable polictes and practices arrd of deflning what the conference nas expected to achieve. The Connittee had a bi.g challenge before it and no t,imeshould be wasted ln drawing up an appropriate plan and in deciding upon theindividual counitnents and contributions of tne individual CSA menbers. Withina nonth. it should be possible for CSA nembers to provide the inputs required toenable the Connittee to formulate the Conference's Terns of Reference andProgranme' which would, inter alia, specify the contributions of theparticipating Agenctes aiEEI-a tine-fra.roe. 15. The chairusn continued by suggesting that the Land settlenent Review (LSR), which provided a good basic source of seitlenent i.nformation, be the point ofdeparture for the Conference. Ttre LSR would have to be presented in such a waythat participating policy-oakers fully realized that what the ISR preached, ,"i"good developnent sense, and, were able to identify the means by which the LSRphilosophies could be applied to their countries. In addition to the LSR, thereuene a nunber of other settlenent and developnent experiences which could be lrawn uponi e.g- reports fron individual Participating Countries (such asBurkina Faso and Ghana), and, docunentation prepared for FAO nobire workshops.FAO could arso provide appropriate docunentation on water resources andtranageEent which was a najor issue in nost of the Participating Countries. L7' The Connittee agreed that while the Conference should concent,rate on onlyabout four of the ParticipaEing Countries in which there were demonstrabredevelopments derived from OCP activities, consideration should be given tosettlenent 8nd developnent experiences of all the participating Countries. Iteould therefore, nost likely, be necessary to devote a whole day to this, sothat the Conference could draw upon the broadest possible spectruu of experienceand expertize and assist the participants in up-dating their country reports atthe end of the Conference. This was very inportant because the Conference wouldnot be an end in itself. rt had to be folrtwed-up by positive, demonstrabreaction on the part of the participating Countries. 18- To strengthen the chances'of adequate forrow-up action, it wourd benecessary for the Conference to obtain a consensus on sustainable developnentpolicies at ninisterial level. However, taking into consideration the specialconditions existing in sone Participating Counlries, it night not be possible toaryive at a realistic consensus. rf thii were the case. iI would then be moreappropriate to agree upon a broad fraroework for developtrent policies, asadvocated in the lSR. For such a broad frornework to b; =orndry based, it wouldneed to have weII balanced inputs (and agreement) fron the "grlss roots,, Ievel.In this respect it had to be stressed that people have to be heard by thepolicy-nakers. before uajor decisions on develtpnent policies are taken. 19' Concerning Conference participants, the conoittee agreed that Ehe enphasLsshould shift fron Ministers of Health to Ministers who were more directly concerned with developnent, i.e. Ministers of Planning, of Finance and ofAgriculture. This by no Eeans treant that Ministry of Health representativeseould not be welcone to attend. It was also considered advisabll to invitecountry representatives of FAO, IrNDP and the World Bank so that they would bebetter equipped to assist the Participating Countries with follor{-up activitiesat the country level. ocPlcsA.51 page 5 20' The coonittee recalled that during the Donors, confenence of septemberL99L' sone Donors had expressed lnterest in conErlbutlng to the conference inflnanclal md/or cechnlcll terEs. other Donors would be approached to determinetheir possible types and levers of contriuution, in order that the conferencecould be a truly co-sponsoring venture. 2L' Ttre couaittee decided that It was nost realist,ic to plan for the conferenceto be held durLng 1993. t 1n a 22' ltre connittee noted with appreciation the interest shown by Jpc.12participants (both Donors and parttcipating-countries) in Ehe cSA proposal toaddress sone of the brpader envlrorrr"rrt"t Lp."r" of settrenent and deveropmentin the ocP area' and, nore specifically in it" rir"t instance, to undertake anenvironmental impact study oi rgro-"henicals, additional to u,rt i.rt"rl0cked withthe larr'ricide nonitoring p"og"o""s conducted by hydrobioroglsts of the ocp andof the participatrrrg co;rrlrifs. 23' During JP}'L? the chairoan and anothep nenber of the EAC,s EcorogicalGroup, had both stressed the importance of taking a broader view ofenvironoental issues especiarry in the context of water resource conservationand nanagetrent. Ttre aquatic ntnitoring facilities existing in ocp and some ofthe Participating couniries coura mate-impo.t*rt contributions, arbeit limitedto riverine eco-systens. Additional resou""", and investigations wouldtherefor€ be necessBDY, €Sp€cially *ith-;;;;"a ao settretre;t and deveropmenrinpacts in terrestrial ..o:"y"i.r". 24' Recalling its earlier discussions on environtrentaf issues, the committeeagreed that its future work pran would l0gicarly proceed as fo110ws: (i) to colrect infornation on fertilizer and pesticide imports/tradeand to determine their distribution and use in individualcountries, (ii) uo deterEine how the present aquatic nonitoring systens courd beused or expanded to monitor the inpact of agro-chemi.ca1s, (iii) to assess what additionar nonitoring pDogremrnes night be necessaryfor the monitoring of terr""tri"i eco_systetrs, (iv) to identify coopetent institutions that could assist in analysingthe inpact data collected, (") to corlect infornation on environnental inpact nonitoring systemsused in other parts of the [,Iorld, (vi) to liaise with uSArD and other Donor Groups who have expressedinterest in beconing invorved in environnlntal nonitoringactivitles in the OCp area, (vii) to locate Donor inter€st and support. 25' rn generar. FAo would take the lead rore with r€spect to itens (v), (vi)and (vii) above..an! the Ecological Group would be asked to advise on itetrs(ii) ' (iii) and (iv). FAo w;;";Iso arrangir,g-Fo" rwo nenrbers of rhe EcorogicarGroup to have consultations with FAo's tecnnical services concerned with rnlandFisheries/Hydrobiology. Pesticides. Fertirizers and water-borne Diseases, priorto the thinteenth session or the Ecol0gicar croup in January tgg2. ocP/csA.51 page 7 26' The connittee agreed that these nat,ters would be considered in more detailduring lts next seseion in Februa\v L9gz, by which time at. g"oiogicar Groupwould have had an opportunlty to discuss thln ..ra ao convey its preriminaryconcluslons to the csA' The-connlttee woula tten be in a position to formuratean appropnlate plan of nork. The connittee noted that the Govern-nent of Niger was no l0nger ln aposition to host the 13th ".""ion of the JpC in Nia.oey. Corrt""l" were beingnade rith other Participati;;-c;""tries dnd Donors to a*ange an arternativevenue' rn the Deant'ine ana L a f,aIl-ba.t .."rrr"e.the Executive Board Room in,utl,/HQ, c'eneva, would ue "eserv.a ror g-io ;;Juer 1992. C. ANY CIIIIER BUSINESS Date and csA.52: csA.53: csA.!4: cSA.55: of JPC .L3 2J and 26 February, Horld Bark. trlashington May, FAO, Rome September. [rNDp, New york 7 Decenber; pending confirmation of JpC.13 during8-10 Decenber. CSA In 1 of rh};o3x';ffi: agreed that its 1!!2 sessions would be under rhe chairmanship H. DATES AlrD pIncES OF CSA ltEETrNG rN 1gg2 ,o" ,Si,counittee tentatively agreed upon the folrowing schedule of neetings ocPlcsA. 51 paSe B ANNE( 1 Henbers: - World Bank - FAO - TINDP - hITIO PABTICIPAI{IS Mr Bruce Benton Dr Bernhard Liese Mr Cyril Groom Mr BenJa.uin Gurnan (Chairman) Dr Ebrahin M. Sa.nba Dr Claude-Henri Vignes (Consultant) Secretariat: Dr Darrid Baldry, chief, Ocp Liaison Office, l{Ho, Geneva (secretary) Dr John A' Elder, onchocerciasis unit, world Bank, washington Mr Birger Fredriksen, Chief, population and Hunan Resources, Satrelian Dept.,l{orld Bank, Washington. a