Agreement to strengthen regional coordination in management of resources of Lake Victoria, 1994.

The Agreement concerns the implementation of a five-year programme to strengthen regional coordination in the management of Lake Victoria resources, including fisheries, water, and other resources. Strategies, policies and action plans shall be coordinated with reference to broad regional objectives and guidelines. Cooperation in research and monitoring will assist in joint strategy formulation and implementation. Also, to be effective, the management of lake basin resources shall be integrated across resources uses. To these ends, the Parties shall establish a Regional Policy and Steering Committee, to be assisted by a Regional Secretariat and two Regional Task Forces. The latter shall be composed of members from national working groups as established by the Parties. Moreover, each Party shall establish two National Working Groups and a National Secretariat to prepare national proposals for incorporation into regional progamme components. The Agreements is completed by five attachments: (1) Components and Preparatory Activities for a Lake Victoria Environmental Management Program; the regional cooperative framework shall focus initially on the following areas, grouped into the following components: (a) Fisheries Management and Water Hyacinth Control, and (b) Management of Water Quality and Land Use (including Wetlands); (2) Summary Terms of Reference for Organizational Entities; (3) Tasks and Inputs for Programme Preparation; (4) Estimate of Costs for Programme Preparation; (5) Action Plan for Programme Preparation.