1. Towards Water Security and Climate Resilience in Burundi and Rwanda
Bugesera Trans boundary Project in Kagera River Basin for
Rwanda and Burundi”
GWP Water and Climate Programme
Work Package 5 – Demonstration Projects

2. Kagera Basin-
LVBC/EAC
Bugesera
catchment
demonstration –
focus on Lake
Cyohoha
Implementation of WACDEP in Bugesera

3. Proposed area for the project – Lake Cyohoha Sub-Catchment

4. Entry points for local interventions in Bugesera
The interventions are expected to:
• have positive social and economic impacts
on the communities in both countries,
• enhance their adaptive capacity and
contribute to building resilience to climate
change impacts
• enable communities to jointly collaborate
while managing the shared transboundary
water and other natural resources

5. Entry points for local interventions in Bugesera
• The Lake Cyohoha Catchment has been
identified by both countries as a hotspots in
various development plans and processes
(including NAPAs and National Climate
Communication Reports)
• Identified as hotspot in the Kagera Basin
Investment Strategy
• Need to respond to unsustainable projects on-
going in the sub-catchment supporting Busoni,
Bugabira (in Burundi) and Bugesera District
(Rwanda’s)

6. ”Innovation” in the Bugesera Demonstration Project
• Putting a climate and gender lens in identification
of interventions in Lake Cyohoha sub-catchment
• Working with communities from Burundi and
Rwanda on a shared basin to build adaptive
capacity and reduce vulnerabilities
• Contribute to harmonisation and sharing of
experiences in natural resource management
across borders
Transboundary Water Management at a local
level

7. Progress in implementation of WACDEP in Bugesera
Consultations with local level stakeholders in
Bugesera (project launching July 2012)
Understanding Bugesera
Catchment problems through
community participatory
approach

8. Progress in implementation of WACDEP in Bugesera
Situational analysis (considering climatic and non-climatic
drivers) in Lake Cyohoha Catchment carried out by a joint
team of experts from Burundi & Rwanda (Nov-Dec 2012)
Encroaching wetlands for agriculture and
grazing.
Water supply issues

9. Progress in implementation of WACDEP in Bugesera
Stakeholders from Bu & Rw reviewed and
endorsed the findings of the situational
analysis (Dec 2012.)

10. Progress in implementation of WACDEP in Bugesera
• Areas for quick actions assessed during Planning Meeting
for Activities around the Lake Cyohoha in Kirundo (July
2013)
• Participatory prioritization of interventions – that
contribute to building adaptive capacity and reducing
vulnerabilities

11. Prioritised interventions selected in Bugesera
• Rainwater harvesting and
water storage facilities;
• Protection of buffer zones
along the shorelines of
Lake Cyohoha;.
• Building of terraces – to
manage soil erosion (thus
siltation of water
resources)

12. Prioritised interventions selected in Bugesera
• Promoting adoption of
biogas, solar energy and
improved cook stoves;
• Building capacities of the
beneficiaries on water
security and climate
resilience.
• Women groups
involvement and Youth
training and involvement

13. Results so far from the implemented activites
• Ownership of the program by local leaders
and stakeholders expressed
• Major problems/ challenges/issues, possible
adaptation actions and sites for action
identified for Lake Cyohoha sub-catchment
• Detailed 2013-2014 action plan that include a
list of activities, specific locations within the
catchment area, timeframe, responsible lead
institutions and collaborators and
mechanisms for implementation.

14. Indicators for Work Package 5 in Bugasera
• Number of beneficiaries supported in
demonstration projects on water security
and climate resilience undertaken
• Number of documents produced outlining
the lessons from GWP demonstration
projects and a plan for replicating solutions

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