1. Third Biennial International Waters Conference Global Environment Facility (GEF) BRAZILIAN SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT JOÃO BOSCO SENRA SECRETARY OF WATER RESOURCES (SRH) MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT (MMA) June/2005 Salvador- Bahia - Brazil

2. Legal and Institutional Framework Federal Constitution 1988 The Water Resources Secretariat – SRH/MMA was established in 1995. Water Law (9.433/97) Creates the National Water Resources Management System; Enacts the National Water Resources Policy; The National Water Agency - ANA was established in 2000.

3. Water Resources Management in Brazil National Water Resources Policy Basin = Spatial unit for the implementation of the Water Policy Integrated Water Resources Management Implementation of the National Water Resources Policy State Water Resources Policy Implementation of the State Water Resources Policy Federal State MMA-SRH ANA State entity CNRH CERH State Entity Federal entity Basin Committee Basin Agency

4. National Water Resources Council Highest deliberative forum in the National Water Resources Policy. Composition: Federal Government, State Councils, Users, and Civil Society Organizations. Nine Technical Chambers, which include, among others, one dedicated to Transboundary Water Resources Management.

5. MG MT SP PR SC RS ES RJ CE PE SE MS AC RO PA RR AM TO AP PI MA RN BA PB DF AL GO Implemented Legislation in progress In process of implementation STATE WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS 21 18 16 4 1 1 21 2 2 8 6 1 1 N Number of Committees State Council not installed 1

6. Basin Committees under Federal Domain Approved by CNRH Rios Pomba e Muriaé Rios Piracicaba,Capivari, Jundiaí - PCJ Rio Doce Rio São Francisco Rio Paraíba do Sul - CEIVAP Rio Paranaíba Rio Verde Grande

7. Strengthening environmental (SISNAMA) and water resources management (SINGREH) national systems; Water as a cross-cutting theme; Participation and Social Accountability; Gender Equity; Decentralization; Sustainable Development - Agenda 21and MDG´s Synergies among Conventions: Biodiversity, Desertification, Climate Change, and Wetlands (Ramsar). NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES POLICY GENERAL GUIDELINES

8.  Water Resources Plans  Water Permits;  Payment for water use (user-pays and polluter-pays principles);  Water quality classification;  Enforcement and control;  National Water Information System. Water Policy Instruments

9. OBJECTIVE: national pact To establish a national pact integrating multiple interests of use over water resources, promoting the goals of economic viability, social inclusion, environmental sustainability, and risk control during critical hydrological events. Planning as a process Construction of indicators Strategic – Participative – Decentralized A Vision through 2020 National Water Resources Plan (PNRH)

10. Water Resources National Plan (PNRH) Macro-strategies for the implementation of the National Water Policy and Water Resources Management System; Guidelines, Goals and Programs to achieve the scenarios agreed socially towards integrated water resources management; Millennium Development Goals: inter-relation with Development and Poverty Eradication; Protection of our common environment;

11. Hydrographic RegionArea (km 2 )PopulationMedium Flow (m 3 /s) 1Amazônica3.843.4027.609.424112.370 2Tocantins-Araguaia967.0597.890.71415.433 3Atl. Nordeste Ocidental254.1004.742.4312.514 4Nordeste Oriental287.34821.606.881813 5Parnaíba334.1133.630.431763 6São Francisco636.92013.297.9553.037 7Atlântico Leste374.67713.641.0451.400 8Atlântico Sudeste229.97225.644.3963.286 9Paraná879.86054.639.52310.371 10Paraguai363.4471.887.4011.833 11Uruguai174.4123.824.6524.117 12Atlântico Sul185.85611.592.4814.129 Brazil Hydrographic Regions CNRH Resolution n°32, 15/Oct/2003.

12. National Hydrographic Division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 1112

13. Sensibilization, Mobilization and Institutional Arrangement Regional Discussions (consulting actors) Technical Support for Discussions (National e Regional) Scenario Consolidation Consolidation of Directives, Goals and Programs Development Process PNRH Approval - National Water Resources Council Adoption of Scenarios – National Water Resources Council SRH – PNRH Technical Group, DBR (2003-2005) Water Resources National Plan (PNHR)

14. Discussion of terms of reference for the Regional Brochure. Support for the production of the Regional Brochure. Support for the structuring of the Regional Prospective Seminars. Support for the consolidation of the Regional Vision Regional Executive Commission (Quadripartite) State Public Meetings National Seminar Presentation and discussion of results Regional Prospective Seminars Prospective Scenarios Consolidation National Workshop - GTCE - CT-PNRH Hydrographic regions State Level Federal Level Support for the structuring of the State Public Meetings – presentation of first results and systematization of suggestions for proprietary programs in regional scale. Planning Levels SRH – PNRH Technical Group, DBR (2003-2005) Water Resources National Plan (PNHR)

15. PLATA RIVER BASIN FRAMEWORK PROGRAM PLATA RIVER BASIN FRAMEWORK PROGRAM GUARANI AQUIFER GUARANI AQUIFER SÃO FRANCISCO SÃO FRANCISCO PANTANAL/UPPER PARAGUAY PANTANAL/UPPER PARAGUAY AMAZON AMAZON DELTAMERICA DELTAMERICA GEF IW Projects in Brazil

16. Common Strategy for Water Resources Management in LAC Countries (DELTAmerica Project)

17. To converge national policies toward common goals related to sustainable water use, taking into account human consumption needs, production activities, and ecosystems protection. To identify problems that make it difficult to implement signed agreements for transboundary basin management and to propose measures to overcome them; To develop articulated actions and cooperation among countries toward water management; To strengthening national structures to attain Millennium Development Goals. Common Strategy - Objectives

18. Strengthening and harmonization of actions in projects implemented in the same region; Coordination of overlapping projects in an integrated way; Need to internalize project management in the countries; Improve institutional strengthening and stakeholder training in water management as part of project implementation; Active promotion of horizontal cooperation and information exchange; Promotion participation and social accountability. Lessons Learned

19. THANK YOU! Obrigado! João Bosco Senra Secretary of Water Resources Ministry of Environment of Brazil joao.senra@mma.gov.br Tel: +55 (61) 4009-1291 www.mma.gov.br