Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa: Committee of Sponsoring Agencies, report of the sixtieth session, Paris, 14 April 1994

?RESTRICTED ocP/cs^/60 ENGLISH ONLY ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL PROGRA},IME IN WEST AFRICA COM},IITTEE OF SPONSOR]NG AGENCIES Report of the sixtieth session Paris, 14 ApriL 1994 a ocPlcsA. 50 Page 1 Page t A. B. C. D. E. F. G H I J GONTENTS OPENING OF THE SESSION ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA APPROVAL OF THE REPORT OF CSA'59 MATTERS ARIS]NG FROM THE REPORT OF CSA'59 CONCLUSIONS FROM, AND FOLLOW-UP TO' THE }'IINISTERIAL MEETING MlD-TER}'I (PHASE IV) PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF OCP PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR CSA.61 CONFIRMATION OF DATE AND VENUE OF CSA'51 ANY OTHER BUSINESS ANNEX 1: PARTICIPANTS ANNEX 2: LIST OF DECISIONS 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 ocPlcsA. 50 Page 2 A. OPENING OF THE SESSTON 1' The sixtieth session of the comrnittee of sponsoring Agencies (cSA) washeld in the worrd Bank office in Paris imrnediatery folrowing the crosure of theMinisterial Meeting on sustainabre settlement and Development of theonchocerciasis control Programme Area. The session was chairea by Mr BenjaminGurman (participants are listed in annex 1). B. ADOPTTON OF THE AGENDA Si.nrrlnirll;I:l:::1."r""0", as refrecred in rhe presenr reporr, was adopred C, APPROVAL OF THE REPORT OF CSA.59 3. The draft was approved without any changes. D. I.{ATTERS ARISING FROM THE REPORT OF CSA.59 4. No matters were brought up under this item. E. CONCLUSTONS FROM, AND FOLLOW-UP TO, THE MTNISTERIAL }TEETTNG 5' cSA members expressed general satisfaction with the rneeting.Participation and interventiJns had been aE a high revel and discussions hadbeen open and constructive. The preparation for, and the organization of, the[.:i:r":::":::1":xcelrenr and csA expressed irs sincere rhaiks ro all members 6. for its Important foIlow-up issuimplementation of meeting next session. .es, including the identification of mechanism(s) recommendations, would be considered by CSA ai F. UTD-TERM (PHASE IV) PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION 7' comments on the draft Terms of Reference, received from the Netherlands,included a series of modifications such as the suggestions that EAC wouldconfine itserf to "conclusions and recommendations which after approval by Jpcwould be further.elaborated by a ,,project team,,,,. It was also expected thatEAC members wourd "gather the necessary data" in parEicipating countries.Should it be necessary the dutch gor".i-".ra rorrfa be wilIing,,to contributeadditional funds for the evaluation,,. 8. The commirtee decided ro adjusr rhe ToR in rhe light of rhe dutchcomments to the extent that the EAC mandate remained within the rerevantdecision of Jpc. rn the meantime chairman, EAC, wourd be advised that hiscommittee courd go ahead on the u"ri"-or-ar,.".liginal ToR. A1so, Bruce Bentonwould verbally exprain to the dutch authorities the extent ro which theircolunents had been taken into consideration and the r""ro.," riy"r"*. of themwere in conflict with the mandate given by JpC. 9 ' rn the "comments of the Ecologicar Group about the Future of the AquaticMonitoring Programme in Relarion wiih OCp (3 iebruary 1994),,submirred by itschairman a'i' and Dr Samba's letter to Bruce Benton dated 9 February L994 onthe same subject, it was suggested that csA should consider expanding the ToRof the Group and of the natiJnal teams to encompass monitoring of the overarlenvironmental impact of resettrement. csA, while sympathetic to the idea, decided to refer the issue to fto.P""aive Evaluation before ii.-[."r.gicaI GrouP would be invited to Present the rePort session in London' ocPlcSA. 60 Page 3 EAC in the context of the Mid-Term (Phase IV) its own considerlttt"' The Chairmen of EAC and informed accordingly' Chairman' EAC' would be of the Prospecti'E 'St"ft'"tion at its forthcoming 10. l'lembers of CSA were encouraged to attend :he 6-10 June 1gg4, tl-*"if as the briefing during the TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF OCP TheCommitteewasinformedaboutEhearrangementsforthecelebrationof anniversary ro u. n"ra in plenari'.i".rr.-woria n""i.tr Ass mb y on Friday 5 L994. PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR CSA'51 G 11. the May H EAC session in Ouagadougou' preceding weekend' Opening of the session ndoPtion of the aeenda opp'r"""f of the tfPott of .CSA.'50 f'oifor-r-l'p to the Ministerial Meeting i"""ai.ai, anniversary o-f -0!P r -- M.i ,r -T6rm IPhase IV) ProspectiveReviewofthereportofEAConitsMid-Term(PhaseIV)Prospect: Evaluation tt.p"r"itons for the 1994 Donors' Conference Preliminary arrangenents for JPC ' 15 Financing of OCP ;;;;;"**; and budget for !-'?-? ^,CSA.62:date,'"''itandprovisionalagenda AnY oEher business 12. A draft provisional agenda for CSA'51 was approved as follows: A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. counEries 15. JPC I. CONFIRHATION OF DATE AND VENUE OF CSA'61 13. The nexc session of the Committee would be held at in London o'' z "il-a-J"fy 1994 opening at 9:30 a'm" the I'iorld Bank office the vice-chairmanshiP of J. ANY OTHER BUSINESS 14.TheCommitteedecidedthatthemainiEemsontheagendaoftheautumn 1gg4 Donors, c.";;;.;;e would u. ,".t,. EAC Mid-T rm (Ph se IV) Prospecttve Evaluarion, an. llinirrerial U..ting"ala-iit follow-up and Financing of the Programme.Anadditionalitem-co,,iau.SupPorttodlvolution/ivermectin disrribution in rhe OCI, area and-io-i'"'*"lti'' aittribution in non-OCP CSA ulas advised that negotiations regarding 15 was now a matter of urgencY ' A list of decisions can be found in Annex 2 ' ocPlcsA. 50 Page 4 Members Secretariat - FAO - UNDP - ITHO ANNEX 1: PARTICIPANTS World Bank Mr Bruce Benton Dr Bernhard Liese Mr Cyril Groom Mr Benjamin Gurman (Chairman) Dr Ebrahim M. Samba Dr C. -H. Vignes Dr Ole W. ChrisEensen, OCp Consultant, WHO, Geneva ( Secre rary) Mr G6rard ciparisse, Land renure and Land settlement officer, FAO, Rome Ms Laura CooIey, Onchocerciasis Unit, World Bank, WashingtonDr John A. Elder, onchocerciasis Unit, world Bank, washingtonMr Birger Fredriksen, chief, popuration and Human ResourcesDivision, Sahelian DeparEment, Wor1d Bank, WashingtonDr Yves M. Genevier, public Hearth Specialist, worrd Bank, Washington ocPlcsA. 50 page 5 1 2 3 4 5 CSA decided aE its sixtieth session: thatissuesoffollow-uptotheMinisterialMeeting,including mechanism(s) for implementation' be dealc with at 'SA'51 (para'6); thattheToRforthe},Iid-Term(PhaseIV)ProspectiveEvaluationbe adjusted to reflect, to the extent possible' commenEs made y che Nelherlands (Para' 8); EhatthedutchauthoriciesbeadvisedverballyaboutCsA,sdecisions .orr"...rir,g their comments (para' 8); ANNEX 2: LIST OF DECISIONS be advised that he can go ahead with the current TORthat Chairman' EAC(para. 8); 6 that the issue of the mand subsequenE consideration accordinglY (Para.9); ate of the Ecological Group be referred to EAC for by CSA and Chiirman, EAC and EG be informed that Chairman, EAC, be invited Evaluation to CSA'61 (Para' 9); to Present the report of Ehe Prospective T.thatCsAmembersbeencouragedtoattendEACsessions(para'10); g. rhar cSA.61 be held on 7 - g Jury 1994 in London (para' 13); g.thatthemainitemsfortheautumntgg4Donors,Conferencebe:EACMid-Term (PhaseIV)ProspectiveEvaluation,theMinisteriall,Ieetinganditsfollow-up and Financing of the Programme (para'14)'