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UNITED NATIONS

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Distr.

GENERAL

E/ECA/CM.ll/15/Add.l/~ev.l

5 April 1985

Original: DmLIllR ONLY

ECONOMIC COI~ISSION FO~ AFRICA Sixth meeting of the Technical Preparatory Committee of the Whole

Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, 15-22 April 1985

Item 10 of the provisional agenda·

ECONOMIC CO~'ISSION FOR AFRICA

Twentieth session of tile Commission/

Eleventh meeting of the Conference of Ministers

Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, 25.29 April 1985

Item 11 of the provisional agenda·

FOLLOW.UP ACTIONS ON RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS ADOPTED BY TEE NINETEENTH SESSION OF TEE COMMISSION AND TENTH

IlEETING OF THE CONFERH1CE OF r"ItHSTERS

(pJ1nex II only)

*E/ECA/TPC~r.6/1/Rev.l

E/ECA/CI·i.ll/l/Rev.l

,E/ECA/CM.ll/IS/Add.l/Rev.l Annex II

Annex II

UNITED NATIONS SUDANO-SABELIAN OFFICE

PROJECT OF TIlE GOVERNMENTS OF ALL AFRICMl MEMBER STATES OF THE ECONOllIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA

Draft Project Document

Proj ect title:

Project number:

Duration:

Sector:

Subsector:

Government

implementing agencies:

Executing agency:

Associated

executing agencies:

Estimated starting date:

ESTABLISHlIE~ITOF

N,

AFRICA~N CENTRE OF METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT (A01AD)

RAF/85/ .

6 years Environment

Combating drought and desertification

Ilinistries resDonsible for the Meteorological Departments in ECA member States

. United Nations .Economic Commission for Africa in

co-operation with the World Meteorological Organization

FAO, UNEP, UNSO, UNRISD June 19P,5

Government inputs;

UNSO input:

ECA input: ..

WHO input:

FAO input:

UNEP input:

Grand total:

(in kind)

Phase I, 1986-1987 SUS 210,000

1,633,000 113,000 112,000 62,000

1;<:000

$US 2,207,000

Phase II, 1988-1990 SUS 510, 000

7,471 ,000 177,000 168,000 93,000 108,000

sus

8,;;'27,000

. E/ECA/CM.II/IS/Add.l/Rev.l -Annex II

lJage·2

Section I - LEGAL CONTEST

Please delete paragranh 2.

Section II - THE lJROJECT

A. Development objectives: Please renumber paragraph as 2.

B. In~ediate objectives: Please change paragraph 4 to read 3.

C. Special considerations: lJlease delete paragraph 5 and renlace by the following three paragraphs, renumbered 4 to 6:

4 The proj ect to establish an African Centre of Heteorological Apnlications for Development (AQiAD) will promote technical cooperation (TCnC) among the 36 African countries affected by droupht and desertification. The Centre will collect meteorological data and observations from each affected African country on a

regular basis (probably weekly), process and analyse the data by electronic computers, compare the results with weather data supplied by satellites over the same period, and disseminate regular reports on the weather patterns and

trends in a country, including the subregion around it. Thus one of the functions of the Centre will be to provide information as an early warning system for

drought and desertification in the affected African countries, besides its research and training activities.

S. The activities of the nroposed centre ACMAD will complement the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture which makes use of agrometeorological data obtained by monitorin~ .water balance of agricultural crops in the field every ten days. Also. it is ~nown that the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) has been receiving fully processed satellite imagery of the vegetation cover in Africa from NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre in the USA obtained by the National Oceanic and Atmosnheric Administration (NOAA) satellite. The NOAA-7 satellite gives an effective large-scale reconnaissance of the vegetation cover by measuring the earth's reflectance three times a month·

for three consecutive days. From the nine NOAf,-7 images ner month sent to a satellite receiving station for any area of the world, a computer can process the digital tape data to indicate: the effect of drought on the plant cover to serve as early warning system; the spread of desertification over a time interval;

seasonal changes in the vegetation cover, including bushfires, flooding, deciduousness, deforestation, regrowth; and the grass biomass production in rangelands in kg/ha., esnecially over inaccessible parts in arid lands.

6. Whilst the FAO 'Jarly Warning System is global and makes use of agrometeorological data from some Sahel ian and some southern African countries in SADCC, the

ILCA/NASA Project and the ECA/WMO proposed ACMAD centre will cover the whole of Africa, with ILCA making use of satellite imagery of vegetation patterns ~nd

changes and AC~~D making use of p,round and upper atmospheric observations of meteorological data for application to develonrnent activities.

•

E/ECA/CM.11/15/Add.l/Rev.1 Annex II Page 3 D. Background and justification

Please renumber paragraphs from 6 to 9 to read 7 to 10.

E. OutPuts: and F. Activities: Dlease renumber para~ranhs from 10-12 to read 11-13.

G. Inputs:

(i) Please renu~~er the naraeraph as 14 and re-order the contributions (a) to (f) as follows under these headings:

(a) Government inl1uts: . (see rage 11).

(b) UNSO inputs: (see pages 12-14, which is revised as indicated below).

(c) WHO inputs: (see page 10).

(d) Inputs by other agencios and organizations (FAO, UNEP):

(soe nages 11-12).

(e) ECA inputs: (see nage 10).

(ii) Wherever UNDP/UNSO aDpears, delete UNDP leaving UNSO.

(iii) New (b) lJNSO inputs to read as follows:

UNSO's contribution to the project is expected to start after the ECA

Conference of Ministers has accepted the Report of the ECA/WHO Feasibility Study to establish the African Centre of Meteorological ADDlications for Development

(ACMAD) in 1985. During Phase I (1986-2987) and Phase II (1088-1990) UNSO's contribution is estimated.:" U~ as follows:

E/ECM01-,J.:l!15/Add.lIRw.1

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~~p.:e '4

Phase I, 1986-1987

(i) Personnel at ACI~\D, Nairobi (ner year) a. Scientific Executive Director (L6)

b. Five senior scie~tlsts (L4/L5) c. Short-term consultancy for training d. Administrative: SUZJl)ort:

t.'/M In SUS 12 170,000 12 620,000

6 25,000

i. 10 technicians/secretaries (GE-G9) ii. 2 administrative assistants (Ll/L2) (ii) Travel of project nersonnel (ECA and ~~O)

(iii) mssion cost (particination by UNSO)

12 12

130,000 168,000 30,000 10,000 (iv) Training workshops at ACHAD, Nairobi (one per year)'

a. Servicing, interpretation and translation for

(10-14 days) .

h. 20' national specialists, travel and aSk for

(10-14 days) .

(v) Subtotal .

(v) E'luipmcnt for AD'V,D d?dng Phase I (1)36-1987) a. None-expehdrtbl~,equiprnent

20,000 60,000 1,283,QOO

Quantity.

1 5 1 6 4 3 5 S 20 20

Description Minicomputer (VAX 750)

~!icrocoJr.puters

Executive desk and chair

J:m50T '''':X~C:llti.V(' d05ks and chairs Secretarial desks and chairs nffice desks and chairs IBn electric typewriters TyPewriter carrier deSKS Filing cabinets with keys Bookcases and/or shelves

Cost in $US 85,000 25,000 700 30,000 20,000 40,000 90,000 400 10,000 10,000

...

^-:

.

b. Expendable

Sllb- Total

... - ^...

^311,100

10,000

Contingenci8s at ACHAD

Reporting costs (Printing and dissemination of weather bulletins fortnightly and climate reports) (Vi)

(vii)

24,000 5,000 UNSO Grand total for Phase I (1986-1927): =$=US:=1=,=6=3=3=,=10=0:

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Phase II, 1988-1990 (additional staff and equipment to Phase I)

M/M In SUS (i) ,Personnel at ACHAJ, Nairobi (per year)

a. 5 additional senior scientists, (L4/L5) b. 10 additional technicians (secretaries,

(G6-G9) •.•...•.•.•••..•..•••...•..•.

c. 2 more administrative assistants, Ll/LZ) (ii) Equipment for ACHAD during Phas.e II, 1988-1990

a. Non-expendable equipment

Quanti ty. Description

1 Computer [·lain Frame (CRAY II) 10 Microcomputers

5 Junior executive desks

'ano

chairs 4 Secretarial desks and chairs 8 Office desks and chairs 4 IBH electric tyPewriters 4 TyPewriter carrier desks 20 Filing Cabinets

20 Bookcases and/or shelves 1 Indexer

Total

12 12 lZ

1,ZOO,OOO 580,000 336,000

Cost in SUS 3,500,000

60,000 30,000 20,000 44,000 90.000 400 10,000 10,000 600 3,765,000 b. Expendable: soft ware

UNSO additional total

(f) Estimated project cost

..•.•..•.•...•... 60,000 for Phase II (1988-1990) SUS 5,941,000 Total for Total Per year Phase I Phase for

I I (in SUS)

(q'

ECA contribution 59, 000 118, 000 177,000

(ii) ^{. l'iMO} contribution 56,000 112,000 168,000

(iii) FAG contribution 31,000 62,000 93,000

(iv) UNEP contribution 36,000 72,000 108,QOO

(v) Member States contribution ZlO,OOO 510,000

(vi) UNSO contribution 1,633,000 7,471,000

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15. Aprovisional work plan to indicate the major activities to be carried out each quarter of a year from 1935 to 1990, is attached as Annex II B. A more detailed work plan for each nhase, I - 1986-1987 and II - 1988-1990 will be worked out for'the imnlementation of the project, in consultation with UNSO, WMO and ECA.

I. Preparation of the framework for effective participation of national and international staff. in the project

16. After the establishment of the Centre (ACMADJ, participating governments will second national exnerts in met80rology to work at the centre for limited periods of three to six months, as stated under government inputs in paragraph 14 (a) of this project document.

J. Development sunport communications 17. Not applicable.

K. Institutional framework

18. The Joint Intergovernmental Regional Com~ittee on Human Settlements and Environment (Joint IGRC/HUS/E~N), as a subsidiary body of the Commission will review progress on the establishment of the centre as well as on the work programme of ACMAD after establishment. The Joint Committee (IGRC/HUS/E~J

will report through the Technical Preparatory Committee of the ~fuole to the

ECA Conference of Ministers of Planning and Economic Development. These legislative bodies of the Commission will formulate policies, issue directives and take

decisions on the work of the centre (ACMAD).

19. The African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) will be governed by a management authority such. as a board of, governors

consisting of representatives from various ministries (a"riculture, water resources, environment, natural resources) energy, forestry, wildlife, development and planning) of the Government of Kenya, and representatives from UNSO, ECA, l~O, FAO, UNED, the UNDP Resident Co-ordinator, the University of Nairobi, Kenya, the Director for the P.egional Centre for Services in

Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (RCSSMRS), Kenya, with the Executive Director of ACMAD acting as Secretary to the board. The Board of Governors will report to the Joint COJ!U)littee (IGRC/HUS/ENV) at the latter^Is meetings every 18 months.

20. The Economic Commission for Africa and the !¥orld Neteorological Organization will serve as joint executing agencies for the project from the feasibility

stage until the final establishment of the centre under Phases I and II. The ECA Secretariat, through its Environment Section, Social Development, Environment and Human Settlements Division will provide the necessary administrative

backstopping whilst professional and technical guidance to ACMAD will be

provided by the ~~o10 Secretariat through its World Cl imate Programme Department for both training and research.

E/ECA/CM.ll/lS/A~~.l/Rev.l Annex II Page 7

L. Prior obligations and ~rerequisites

21. Not annlicable.

H. Future UNDP or UNSO assistance

22. The ;->rovision of financial support for the estflblishment of the .\frican Centre of r.leteorological ATmlications for Develonment (icOlt") during Dhase I by UNSO is being sUClported by other United Nations or"'''1i wtions (ECA, WHO, UNEP, FAO). It is noter! that the level of support for "h,~se II is hr qreater than that for Phas,,; I, hence

urwr'

s assistance as well as bi lateral support may have to be solicited for the successful implementation of the ~rojcct.

A. ~lonitoring !lnd technical reviews

23. The UNDP Resident Representative accre,'i ted to the Government of Kenya will convene the meetings of the management authority of the centre in Nairobi, in coo.,.,eration with the <1irector. He will monitor the im·,lementation of the nroject in accorr!ance with the nolicies and procedures established by UNDP/UNSO . . ECA, WMO and ·u}lSO >lill carry out techniC'll reviews of the "roject activities

at the end of Phase I and II.

Il. Evaluation

24. The project will be subjected to evaluati0n in acc0rdance with the 901icies and nrocedures established for the ~urnose by UNDP/UNSO. The orRanizatinn, terms of reference and timing of evaluation will be decided by consultations between l'NSO, ECA and Vn10.

c. Proqress and terminal reports

25. The nroject Director of AG1AD will nrerare six monthly nrO~ress reports on the acti vi ties and achievements of the proj eet with the cr,o'1eratian of ECA and ~~10. At the end of the nrnject after Phase II, the executin~

agencies) EGA and I\.'MO, will submit a c0ffiPrehensive tCTlilinal rennrt evaluating the overnll perform'lnce nf the ;JToject in relation to its objectives, its impacts anc future trends for improvin3 national canabilities to forecast droucht.

IV. BUDGET

26. The estimated cost of the services ~nd facilities to be provided for the proj ect by UNSO is detailel~ in the bud8et section of this document, as Annex II A.

E/ECA/CM.ll/15/Ad~.iiRev.l

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PROJECT BUDGET COVERING UNSO'S Ci,'T"If;L'TIf"'~

(in US dG11ars

n •

~'\.eg1on: Proj ect No.:

Project ti tIe:

Africa

Establishment of an African Centre of Metooroloqical :m~lic~tions

fnr Development (AC1>\AD)

PHASE I

•

10.00 11.00

PROJECT PERSONNEL EXPERTS

1i;,']7 SUS

11.01 11.02 11.03 11.99 13.00 13.01 13 •.12 13.03 13.99 lS.OO

Scientific Director (L6) Senior Scientists (L4/LS) Short-term consult~nts

Component total

ADMINISTRATIVE SUrpO~T PERSON'JEL Administrative Assistants (Ll/L2) Secretarial supnort (G6-G9)

Technicians (G6-G9) Component total TRAVEL

12 ^3f),'lni 12 ^{~)"J ~ryy)}

6/~_" 31'),fJI"\(~ 6" 320,'J"

3 12,5')'~ 3 12,5'J~;

7S 3J2,S0J 7S ,[22,5";.')

21 ^i}'1~rl0n 21.1 S·~,(',')'~

~"^;-:_, 32^JJ.]')f; /;-8 -4 ')/Y:·1

72 5il /;80 72 ),:3,'}0f'l

14·~· 162

.

^{It)!') li~4 1 ;}6) I,-:n}

15.01 Travel nf project personnel l6.(J(J MISSION COSTS

16."1 Mission travel by UNSO 19.00 Compnnent tntal

15,()n~

5,)"l

15,0'1'1

..

PHASE I

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• Project cGmponent

30.00 GROUP TRAINING

lJ86

$US H!M

1987 SUS

31.00 Servicing of 2 Trainin~ workshoDs 32.00 Travel and DSA for 20 particip3nts

for 10-14 days to each w~rkshop

39.00 Comnonent total 40.0Q EQUIP~ffiNT

10,000 28,000 38,000

10,000 32,000 42,000

41.01 41.02 49.00

Expendable equipment Non-expendable equipment Component T0tal

5,000 311,100 316,100

5,000 5,000 50.00 MISCELLANEOUS

51.01 51.02 51.99

Re?orting costs (translation, etc.) Sundries (dissemination of fortnightly bulletins and climate reports)

Component total

10,000 2,50fJ 12,500

14,000 2,500 16,500

99.00 Grand total for PHASE I 1086-1987 219 941,100 -- 1,633,100

219 692,000

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P"se 10 ^{I .} PHASE I I

Project component M/M $US

1989

MIM SUS

~1/~11990 $US

10.00 PROJECT PERSONfolEL 11.00 EXPEf:TS

11.01 11 .02 11.03 11. 99

Scientific DiTGctor (L6) Seniar scientists (L~/L5)

Short-term consu1t~nts C0mnonent t()t-'lJ.

12 02,0;)0 12. 95,001 12 OS,OOO

8,; _502,000 96 576,000 120 722,000

l~,oor)_ .-, 14,000 4 15,000 1,f) 61f),10,; 112 635,000 136 832,000 13.00 '\D~HNISTRATIVESUP:'!}?:, PERSOlINEL

13~) ~Y'0 43 170,000 48 20:),000

86~:')")2 96 116,'JJO J6 127, 000

120~ O:~ 120 1'+8,00·) 120 163,000 3363010 2M 434,WiO 264 494,000 Com"nnent total 20'1

i\dministrnt i ve f.ssistants (L1/L2) 36 Secretarial sury~Grt(G6-G9) 72

Technicians (G6-G9) .~J~6~__~~~

13.99 13.01 13.02 13.03

15.00 TRAVEL

15.01 Travc1 of ryroject D8rsonnel 17,0,)0 20,000 23,000

16. \)0 'USSION COSTS

16.'Jl tlission travel by UNSO 5, '}X) 5,')00

19.00 C()lJr.)onent tnt,,1 22,lO~ 25,O:JO 28,Y¹0

3°.00 GROUP T~\INING

31.00 ScrvicinF ~f 3 Training

workshrms lO,'1(!n

32.00 Travel "nd DSA £or20

n~rticipcmts for l.-]-l,~

d"ys to each worksh0D ^30,0!)0

39.0!) Component tatnl ^{,10 , 'lOO}

,)'1.!)'l EQUIPMENT

~l.Ol Expendable equipment 41.02 Non-8xpend"hle equipment

2J,v00 3,765,000

21,'l00

19.00 Component total 3, 785,Of]'l

PHf,SE II

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ir~---'----'---

50.00 MISCELLANEOUS

Project component

1'133

1933 1.)8,: E'.3')

111M

$Us

M/l'l SUS

1090

. M/M SUS

51.01

•

Reporting costs (translations etc .)

51.02 Sundries (dissemination of fortnightly bulletins and climatic reports)

51.99 Component total

15, .oW) 16,0')0 17,O(),)

3,Q?0 4,001 5,8ij()

18,,'(')1) 20~():;,) 22,'vYl

99.00 Grand total for PH~SE II

1988 - 1990 1 , 046 , 00:'

('-'

376 4,9G9,0nn 400 1,436, (10·1

-

•

K. WORK PLAN/PROJECT IMPLEMENTA.TION PLAN For the Project Life Span

~roject: Establishment of an A.frican Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACr4AD)

;.~,~

....

N

Project number: ~\F/85/.•..••••.

Funding source: UNSO

Division/Programme: SPEHS Division - Environment in Africa Programme

Rem a r (Quarters)

2nd 3rd 4th 1987

1st 1986 (Quarters)

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Ph as e I - I mpl.:':.::m:::e~n;,::t.:::a.:.t.::.i o:::n::...:S~c:.:.h:::e:..::d:::u:.:l.:.e--=.1.::.9 8~5::...:t:.:.o~1;,::9:..::8~7

1985 (Quarters) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Primary

Responsibili ty Outputs and

Activities

---~---'---~._-~----

1. Inter-Agency Mission to

Govt. of Kenya ECA/I'IT-1O

x

2. Report of Feqsibility Study on

ACMh~ to ECA Conferenc8 of Ministers

ECA

x

~. Ad-hoc Inter- \gency Meeting on

follow-un action for A01AD EeA

x

~. Report to 3rd m8etin~ of Joint Intergovt. COMmittec on

Human Settlements

&

Environment

ECA

x

>. ECA/"MO Agreement with Govt.

of Kenya fo set up A01AD

ECA/\\IllO

x

i. Recruitment of Director and

staff for ACHAD ^ECA/~J110

x

r. Acquisition of data processing

~nd other equipment for ACMAD

ECA/IV/IO

x

..

^:",

.. "

Phase I Implementation Schedule 1985 to 1987 Outputs and

Activities

8. Est~blishmcntof networks with WMO^Is RMC. RTH wi th ,'\.C!'!AD

Primary

ReS1KlnSi b i lit^Y II'MO/A01AD

1985 (OuClrters) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

1986 (Quarters) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

x

1987 (0uartcrs)

1st 2nd 3rd 4th R e rn'i r k

Printinp nne dissemination 0f weather reports by :.CHkD J. Est'1blishment of global

networks with m40/WWf mt,in trunk and satellites

Development of Work'Pr0~ramme

and Budget for PHkSE II

Annu~l Training Wirkshops for 20 nati~nals

r···

..:.~.

ACMlJ)

"i1'lO/AC! 1,;D

EC!\I"~10/,~C!'I"J)

ECA/W,·10/;\CI0.AD

x x x

x x

x x

x x x x

x

'" _~'

~i_{CD )(}

...

...

~I

Phase II - Imnlemorttqtion Schedule 1988-1990 Outputs and

t..ctivities

Primary

Responsibili ty

1988 (Quarters) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

1989 (QUarters) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

199Q (Quarters)

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Rem ark s

]. Expansi:::,n Df existing bui 1dings for AC},lAD

'0 Acquisition of additional equipment for AC~Vill

" " 0 Extension of telecommunica-

tions network with ACMAD

~o fillnual training workshops for 20 national experts at

AC~\D

ACI!AD/Govt^°

X X X X

of Kenya

ACMAD X X X X X X X X

AC!!AD/WMO X X X X

~O/ACMAD X X

X X X

Build-up of additional staff for ACf'IAD

'.

0⁰ Preparation of project terminal report

ECA!WI10/ACMAD X

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