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demands registration of water uses and granting of permit for some specific
water uses has not been carried out in the basin because of the following
challenges. The the secretariat is under-staffed (has a basin officer and a
secretary); the District Assemblies are not fully equipped to be able to do
effective monitoring of the numerous water related activities ongoing in the
sub-basin. Currently there is no office at the District Assemblies that handles
water resources management and water related activities.
2.5.2 Burkina Faso
After Burkina Faso achieved Independence in 1960, the water sector
activities were implemented with the view to supplying drinking water for
rural areas and developing water for livestock. In 1965, the water sector was
integrated into the Ministry of Economy and Planning. From 1967 to 1971,
the water sector was transferred to the Ministry of Development and
Tourism, and later came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture
and Livestock. In 1984 the Ministry of Water was created which was
renamed the Water and Environment Ministry (MEE) in 1995 (Opoku-
Ankomah et al., 2006).
In 1976, the Rural Development Fund (FDR) was created to strengthen the
state's capacity to intervene and combat the impacts of droughts. During the
same period the National Office of Dams and Irrigation (ONBI) was created,
with the aim of expanding and exploiting the irrigation potential of the
country (Dembélé, 1998).
In 1995, the General Directorate of Hydraulics (DGH), within the Ministry
of the Environment and Water, was formed to organize water-related
activities and interventions in the country, and provide overall coordination
to the water sector (Ministère de l'Environnement et de l'Eau 2001, cited in
Opoku-Ankomah et al., 2006).
Stakeholder Organisations in Water Resource Management of Burkina Faso
Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulics and Fishing Resources: In 2002, the
Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulics and Fishing Resources was created to
replace the former Water and Environment Ministry. The mandate of this
new ministry is implemented through the Directorate of Agricultural
Hydraulics (DGHA), the General Directorate for Provision of Potable Water
(DGEAP), the General Directorate for Inventory of Hydraulic Resources
(DGIRH) and the General Directorate for Fishery Resources (DGRH).
The Directorate of Agricultural Hydraulics (DGHA) directs and organizes
work relevant to water use for agriculture, livestock, and energy. The