Committee of Sponsoring Agencies: report of the twenty-third session, Rome, 16 and 17 April 1985

\ - L- -l a-a.^*<-e $-tr RE:STRICTLIJ ocP I csLl 23 ENGLISH ONLY 1f ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL PROGRAI'IME IN THE VOLTA RIVER BASIN AREA COMMITTEE OF SPONSORING AGENCIES Report of the Twent.y-third Session Rone, 16 and 17 April 1985 ocP / csAl 23 Page 2 A. OPENING OF THE MEETING B. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA C. APPROVAL OF REPORT OF 22ND SESSION D. MATTERS ARISING FROM 22ND SESSION E. MATTERS ARISING FROM 5th SESSION OF JPC F. ROLE OF SPONSORING AGENCIES IN SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPI"IENT G. ARRANGEMENTS FOR, AND AGENDA OF, 24TH SESSION H. OTHER MATTERS I. APPROVAL OF REPORT PARTICIPANTS ANNEX II STUDY OF SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT Pa8,e 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 7 v' ANNEX I ANNEX III(a) (b)(c) (d) TERI'IS OF REFERENCE TERI-IS OF REFERENCE TERMS OF REFERENCE TERMS OF REFERENCE AGRONOI.TIST DE}IOGRAPHER ECONOMIST GEOCRAPI{ER ANNEX IV PROPOSAL FOR REVIEW OF SOCIOECONOI'IIC I}IPACT OF ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL ocP / csA/ 23 Page 3 A OPENING OF THE I,{EETING ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The following Agenda was adopted: Opening of the Meeting Adoption of the Agenda Approval of report of 22nd, session Matters arising ftom 22rld session Matters arising froro 5th session of JPC Role of Sponsori.ng Agencies in socioeconomic development Arrangements for, and agenda of, 24th session Any other business Approval of report. APPROVAL OF REPORT OF 22I'ID SESSION I'IATTERS ARISING FRO},I 22ND SESSION 1. The EwenEfthird session of the Committee of Sponsoring Agencies was held in FAO lteadquarters, Rome, on 16 and 17 April 1985. The Chairrnan was Mr salif l,l'Diaye, UNDP, who weicomed Mr L. Hinkle, chief, west Africa Programmes Division lA, as the representative of the Bank' B v 2 C D 1 2 2 4 q 6 7 oo 9 3. Following the incorporation of the amendxoents proposed in the letter from FAO dated 6 March 1985 the report of the 22nd session of the CSA was approved. 4. Regarding joint visits to donors the CSA was informed that two hao already been undertaken in llarch and April and others were proposed for liay and June but the schedule had yet to be drawn up. As donor contact was made by different bank personnel as appropriate, all visits could not be arranged according to a predetermined schedule. The Bank undertook to involve WII0 as much as possible. 5. The CSA requested early confirmation of the daEes of the donorst meeting in Paris to enable the maximum number of donors and agencies to be represent.ed at iE. 6. The CSA decided that in its future reports each agency should be identlfied first with its nominated representative(s) named thereafter. EocP/csA/ 23 Page 4 MATTERS ARISING FROM 5TH SESSION OF JOINT PROGRAMI.{E COMI.dTTL,E 7 Plan of Operations: The CSA was informed that the PIan of 0perations was now in lts second draft and should be ready for review by the CSA at its 24th session. It was lntended to circulate the document to all interested Parties for co-ment as had been done with E.he Long-Tern Strategy which should reduce the atrount of debate at the statutory Eeetings. lndications were that the cost vould be withln the fundtng llnir ldentifleci at the JPC. 8 Devolutlon: The CSA noted that , at a recent meeting withPartlclpatlng Countries, devolutlon was recognized as being less onerous than origlnally anticlpated. For Burkina Faso, the flrst country in line for devolutlon, the maintenance activlties would be ninimal, essentially restrlcted to the use of artlflclal fly traps at risk points. The plans for Burkina Faso would be applicable with certain nodificatlons in other countries as the Level of control inproved throughout the area. I,Jhen extenslons had been lnplemented, preparatlons for devolution should accelerate throughout the third flnanclal phase. However, lt wa6 premature to prepare a detailed tinetable at this stage but meantime tralning would conti.nue to enable each country to assume responslbillty in accordance with the 1eve1 of control achleved. 9. In responee to a question the CSA was advised that the presence of blackflles in Nlgerla should not be a slgnificant rlsk to the OCP controlled area but, as ln other peripheral zonea, the leve1 of nalntenance services would be adJusted as necessary. 10. Rescheduling of I'leetings: Recalli ng that at the fifth sesslon of the JPC a donor questloned the sultabillty of changing the time of the JPC, the CSA consldered the propoeed rescheduling of statutory ueetings and the lnplications of biennlal budgeting. lJhile lt might be assumed that acceptance of the LTS lndlcated acceptance of biennial budgeting, the CSA acivised that the lnitial presentatlon of the first budget for 1986-87 should be presented guardedly to the donorsr meeting and then to the JPC with provisi-on to revert to an annual budget lf necessary. The intentlon was to prepare a biennial budget as opposed to a rolllng budget. The decision on biennial budgeting nlght lnfluence the reschedullng of meetings and the CSA agreed that a paper be prepared on this subject reviewlng the alternative schedules and lnpllcations of biennial budgeting for conslderation at its twentyrfourth sesslon. The concept should also be put before the next treetlng of the NatLonal Onchocerclasis Committee6. 11. The ConmlEtee was remlnded that the Fund Agreement referred to "flnanclal perlod" and not "flnanclal year" ln order for a change in the routlne systeE to be lntroduced, if desired. t \ rt ocP /cs?.l 23 paSe 5 F ROLE OF SPONSORING AGENCIES IN SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPME,NT L2. The CSA was reminded that the role of the Econonric DevelopmenE Unit (EDU) was confined to information gathering, analysls and dissemination. Currently lt was carrying out an impact study comparing ttre situation in 1974 and 1985 according to terms of reference drawn up to cover the period 1985-86. The lnput to this study was provided by the countries concerned and by consultants visiting these countries, ln collaboration IJith the nationals. There rrould be one reporE for each country. A1l data should be available by end of May. Imedlately thereafter EDU, assisted by a Eeam of consultants being requested of the Sponsoring Agencies, would revi.ew and help revise Ehe country reports. It would then prepare a preliminary note for synEhesizing these reports into a sunmary report which should be available by mid-August for review by an inter-country seminar. 13. Fu1l details of the first sEage of ttre inpact study is provided in Annex II which was approved by the CSA. Each agency agreed to provi'de the two manlnonths of consultancy identified, the terms of reference of the individual' consultants being given in Annexes III(a) to (d). 14. The Com-ittee recognized that it was unrealistic to make a cost-beneflt analysis of what had been accomplished in Ehe area of socioeconomlc developuent. Greater detail could be provided in Step 2 of the exerclse, whlch the Bank agreed to undertake in collaboration with LrNDP and other appropriate agencies (see Annex IV). ln this way existing developnent opportunities could be deternined, approPriate funding located, Potentj-al additional econonic activities identified and close interaction with the Programme established. At the next JPC the participants strould be advised of the linitatlons of whaE should be expected of OCP in resPect Eo socioeconomic development and that alternaE.lve forums were available Eo assisE the countries lnvo1ved. 15. The CSA noted that each of the agencies represented was already providlng substantial asslstance to many of the OCP counEries and many projects were being financed which had direct relevance to tlle development of the oncho-controlled areas. There were a number of roundtables and consultative group neetings which had either been held or were planned to brlng together agencLes and donors with individual countries concerned, as well as nulrinational approaches through CILSS, CEAO and the recenE initiative of UN and FAO towards assistance Eo the drought sEricken countries, all of which lJent towards pronoting development of the OCP area. The focus of assistance had expanded beyond OCP as such and it was felt inappropriate to conslder yet another forum for attracting asslstance solely involving OCP- 16. I,Iith these consideratlons in mind, the CSA agreed Ehat. the role of OCP should conEinue to be linited to the control of onchocerciasis in the area, with the Economic Developnent Unit being retained at a 1eve1 conforruing to the linlted provision of infornation, as noE.ed in paragraph 12. The developrnent agencies would provide to EDU relevant informaEion they accrue on the arla but essentially they would act in their individual capacity to promote development throughout the area, using their influence wherever possible to stimulate interest on the part of other donors on financing approprtate projects in the area to reaP the benefit of the successful disease control achieved. The CSA menrbers agreed to advise their executive heads of the progress made in OCP and of the potential for socioeconomic develoPment. ocP / csA/ 23 Page 6 L7. Addressing the role of the CSA in future, and in particular durinS, the third flnancial phase, the Comittee recognized that each member, as representatlve of his agency, should have the necessary authority to talk ano make decislons on behalf of his Organlzatlon. The CSA shoutd be concerned only wlth po1lcy considerations and not detalled technical Batters of the Programme, acting as a Steering Comnittee whose declsions are subject to JPC approval. Whl1e WHO continues as Executing Agency of the Progrannne responsible for the operations and the Bank as fiscal agency responslble for assuring the financing of the progranme and administering the Onchocerclasis Trust Fund, each agency has an individual responsibility for certaln asPects of socioeconomic development in association vith the countries concerned. The CSA should be a forun for the sharing of information in ttris regard so that all rnembers are adequately briefed on the othersr actlvities. Final1y, the number of neetings should be litrited, each one addressing only tvro or three issues in detall. However, for a1l meetings to be meanlngful and constructive all members should be well prepared and adequately brlefed, with the agenda items belng agreed at each session for the subsequent session. I G ARRANGEMENTS FoR, AND AGENDA OF, 24TH SESSToN CSA 18. The 24th session of the CSA was scheduled to be held in WttO Headquarters, Geneva, from 2 to 4 July 1985. The first meeting woulo be held at 9.30 a.E. on 2 July. The princlpal items on the agenda would be: Plan of Operatlons for the third Financlal Phase Legal sEructure for the third Phase Schedule of neetings and blennial budgetlng. At this session some ideas for the reflecEion paper to be prepared for the 25th session would be identified. OTHER MATTERS 19. Agenda for NOC neeting: In res ponse to a question the CSA was lnforned that the maln items to be considered at the next NOC neeting trere: (a) Progress report on the socloeconomic development inpact study ( verba 1 ) Long-term policy for training (paper) Devolution (paper) Progress report on the Plan of Operations (paper, if possible). 20. Reflectlons paper: The CSA reviewed comments on the CSA reflectlons papers emanating from the 5th session of the JPC and the desire expressed for the paper to be circulated to participants ahead of the 6th session of the JPC, as it provided useful guidelines to subsequent deliberations. If this were done there would need to be an updating of the content to take into account any developnent between the final CSA neeting in October and the JPC ln Decenber, but as the paper as such was spoken to and not read at the JPC, this was not foreseen to present any problen. (b)(c)(d) H ocPlcsLl 23 pale 7 2L. D rture of UNDP member: Mr Salif NrDiaye announced thatr having been reassigned to Senegal, his P e in the CSA would be assuued by another UNDP rep resentaE.ive. The other member s of the Committee exPressed their unanimous appreciatlon of his cooPerati on during his eight Years on the CSA and his synpathetic understanding of the Programme and the manY issues at stake. They wished him every success in hls new position. 22. Chairman of CSA: elected c irman for 1 5, the remainder of the Year. In vlew of the departure of the UNDP nember who uas the Bank accepted to take over che chairmanshlp for I APPROVAL OF REPORT 23. 166 Qemmittee apProved the rePort. i t ocP/ csL/23 Page 8 ANNEX 1 PARTICIPANTS Members l.tr S. N'Diaye, UNDP l,lr M.S.O. Nicho1as, FAO Mr L. Hinkle, World Bank Dr E.M. Sanba, WHO Dr C.-H. Vignes, ffiO Secretariat Mrs J. Bazlle-Finley, United Natlons Development Programme Mr C.G. Groom, Agrlcultural Services Division, FAO, Rome Dr B. Liese, World Bank, Washlngton Mr J.D.M. Marr, Chlef, OCP Liaison Office, Geneva (Secretary) Mr J.D. Traor6, Chlef, ECO, Onchocerciasis Control Progra-me, Ouagadougou t I \t ocv I csL/ 23 page 9 ANNEX II STUDY OF OCP SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT The CSA was informed of progress made by the Programme concerning data collectlon wlth a view to preparing a report on OCP socioeconooric iurpact slnce lts lnception. The World Bank had submltted a proposal to review the OCP socioecononlc lnpact containing two phases: 1st phase: collectlon and analysis of data by OCP 2nd phase: or'ganizatlon of a mlssion under WB responsibility to evaluate various possibilities for future development and investnent programmes In areas protected from oncho. In view of the importance (voluroe) and types of data to be analyzed durlng the first phase which was part of OCP mandate, the CSA agreed to organize a jolnt inter-agency support mi.ssion with che follouing tasks.. Tasks of the support nlssion I{ork to be done in the first phase includes: (1) study of the countries (2) synthesis study. Withln thls framework the misslon will be responsible for.. - verlfying the quality of the available documentation; - developing an analytical nechodology; standardizing the presentation of country reports; - preparing a memorandum on the prelininary synEhesis of count,ry report s ; - fornulating recommendations for elaboration in the final report. Such an analysls will be made on: (a) (b) (c) change ln land vocation and lts quantification; population dynamics and its relatlonship with onchocerciasis; study of the evolution of production sysEems, especially of productlvity and producti-on (aninal and vegetable) in the oncho area, and of ecological and agro-meteorological factors; ocP I csLl 23 page 10 (d) the inter-relation between projects and develoPment progranoes and the needs of the population settled in the valleys' As far as the conposition of the mission is concerned UNDP, FAO, and the World Bank witl each provide 2 m/a which will dovetail wlth the IrBO/Oncho team. Conpositlon of the mission I Prof i1e Number m/m FAO l\gency UNDP contributions IJorld Bank r.rho/oNcHo Economist Agronomist Deuographer Geographer Sociologi s t 2 4 4 2 ') 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Total 14 2 2 6a Tine and duration Mld-June/nid-August (2 nonths) Organization of the mission The nlsslon wiII be placed under Ehe responsibility of the Chief of the Economic Developnent Unit. The mission nembers will be divided into two groups which ni11 during the same period visit a number of counEries(appioxinately one week per country). During these vlsits national uorkshoPs wfii Ue organlzed in order to standardize the reports prepared by OCP/ECO aud by the national teams. The two teams will meet fron 15 July 1985 to standardlze the reports and prepare a prellninary summary to be submitted to the intercountry Seuinar on iZ,-t3 and 14 August 1985. After this Seminar, the synthesis containlng the country reports as annexes, w111 be presented to the JPC 1985. ocP/c8f.12) PaSe 11 ANNEX III(ET TERMS OF REFERENCE OF CONSULTANT AGRONOI'IIST Qualifications: University degree ln agrlculture (preferably troPical agrlculture) and having proven experlence in the analysLs of agrlcultural development projecE.s and the evaluation of integrated rural development progran'mes ln Africa. Knowledge of interrelationship between West African aS,riculture wlEh the soi1s, cli.mate and ecologY. Practical experience in agricultural development and Project lnplementation preferably ln West Africa. Bilingual (French/English) Respons ibilitles: Under the general direction of the Chief of the Economic Developoent Unit, in accordance with the overall terns of reference of the inpact study as a whole, and ln co.llaboration with other menbers of the consulting team, the agronomist w111 be responsible: 1. For analyzlng the evolution of agricultural productivity (crop and anlmal) in the Oncho zone of each country and relate thls to the national situation; for reviewing the effects of soi1, hydrological, clinatic and ecological considerations of such agricultural productivity; and evaluating the trends in the consumptions of agri.cultural production inputs j-n relation to the productivity in the zone, as compared with the national situation; for idencifying major constraints to increaslng agri.cultural production, both technical (availability of adequate factors of production) and economic (accessibility of agricultural credit, marketi.ng and exEenslon facilltles to the srnall farmers); and identifying the need to ltensify ecological protection measures. 2 3 ocP/csA/23 Page 12 ANNEX lrr (b) TER}IS OF REFERENCE FOR CONSULTANT DEMOGRAPHER Qualiflcatlons Unlverslty degree in human geography/denography with practical experience ln analysis of population rnovements in the Sahel and/or l.lest Africa; Experience ln the analysis and interpretatlon of population staEistics using both manual and computer based programmes; Billngual (French/English) . Responslbllitles Under the general dlrection of the Chief of the Economic Developnent Unit' ln accordance with the overall terms of reference of the inpact study as a whole, and ln collaboration with other members of the consulting team, the demographer rr111 be responslble: For verification of demographic data gathered by nat.ional teams and by OCP staff; for developing an analytical methodology leading to a tyPo-Logical synthesls of the information available; for harnonizlng the national reports, focussing to the extent possible on a couparative study of the demographic data, i.e. latest informati.on from household aurveys, PoPulation censu6es, rnigration Patternsr resettlement of populatlons etc. 1 2 3 tocP /csAl 23 paSe 13 AIiNEx III(c) TER}IS OF REFERENCE OF CONSULTANT ECONOI"IIST Qualiflcations: Unlverslty degree ln econonlcs (preferably developmenE economics) and having a proven experlence in econouic analysis of African developnent problens. Knowledge of the interdependent relationships bethreen agriculture and other sectors of the econony, lncluding calculation of developnenE lndicat.ors. Practlcal experience of development planning and project implementaEion preferably in West Africa. Fanillarlty with analysis of fragmentary or mixed quality daEa. Bilingual (French/Eng1lsh) . Under the general direction of the Chief of the Economic Development Unit, ln accordance with the overall terms of reference of the impact study as a whole, and in collaboration with the other merobers of the consulting team, ttre economist w111 be responsible: For revlening the data and studies provided by the count.ry teams for accuracy, valldlty, relevance, and comparability with each other; 2. for comparlng the results of these studies with those of previous sEudies; 3 for recomending appropriate revislons as required in Ehe country studies in light of 1 and 2 above,' for establishing a fremework and hypothesis for further analysis in the surnmary report including, in parlicular: (a) naking a preliminary assessment of the development iropact. of and potential offered by nigration and changes in land use; (b) identlfying potential linkages betneen Oncho control and selected agriculture projects and infrastructure requirements; and 4 (c) comparlng tentative (order of magnitude) costs, benefits and other advantages of organized and spontaneous approaches to land seEtlement. Respons lbilitles: 1 ocP / csAl 23 page 14 ANNEX rlr(d) TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR CONSULTAI,JT GEOGRAPTIT]R Qualifications: University degree in geography with practical experience in studies involving rural development in tropical areas. Partlcular experience in land occupation studies in West Africa, being faniliar with photo-interpretation techniques and their use in geographic analysis. Familiarity with interpretation of Ehe association of human settlemenEs with land-use patterns; of migratory phenornena and their spatial consequences. Bilingual (French/English) . Responsibilities: Under the general direction of the Chief of the Economic Development Unit, in accordance with the overall terns of reference of the impact study as a whole, and in collaboration with other members of the consulting tean, the demographer will be responslble: 1. For critically analyzing the dynarnics of land utilization in the OCP area in quantitative terms and establishing the different types- 2. For determining the impact of OCP on the land-use systems of the area and on populaE.ion movements towards the south and evaluating any Eodifications EhereEo. For assessing whether land-use conforms to the epidemiological situation in the area and identifying major constraints to such development. , 3 ocP/ csp.l 23 Page 15 ANITEX IV PROPOSAL FOR REVIEW OF SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL At OCP's request for cooperation in the product.ion of the study on the socioeconomic inpact of onchocerciasis control, we would like to propose that OCP and the Bank share the task of assesslng the socioecononlc inpact of onchocerciasis control, but divide t.he task into two stages in order t,o allow each agency to concentrate on that aspect of the work for which it is comparatively better suited. The first stage, ln whlch OCP is already engaged, would be to describe what has happened in former onchocerciasis endemic areas ln terms of socj.oeconornic development. Hence, OCP would continue to Danage the collection and presentatlon of data, as proPosed In the Prograrnmets reports at lts meeting with beneficiary countries in Ouagadougou in October and as discussed at the Programmets work session in Dakar in February. OCP is best qualified to collect and arrange the daEa due to its enormous experience in the fie1d. Its knowledge of local conditions will help it idenEify a few well-selected sanple areas fron which to demonstrate the potential for furt.her developnent. Data collecEed by OCP might be supplemented by data supplied by FAO' particularly on soi1s. The second stage, for which the Bank would be responslble, would be to evaluate the opportunities for future development and lnvestoents ln the region nade possible through onchocerciasis control. This was a maior interest of donors during the last donors neetlng in Parls. An evaluative report would identify key issues affecting the potential developoent of these areas (e.g. soil potential, lnfrastructure requirements, measures needed for future action) and would provide a set of basic recommendations for action on these issues. The Bank is currently investigating the possibility of financing the second stage of the socioeconomic work through a speclal funding facility newly established by the Bank for studies and projects Ln sub-Saharan Africa. However, flnancing by this special facility ls not yet certain, and alternatlve funding may ultimately have to he found.