1. How worth is so much water? Risks and opportunities of water resources management in Angola Álvaro Pereira Social Ecology Division/DED LNEC (Portugal ) Water in Africa... [Ceaup/Porto] 2 and 3 de October 2008

4. 4. Notas finais: A abundância ilusória da água em Angola Urgency in State building capacity [vital to fulfill needs and surpass inequalities in the access of water] persistence of informal mechanisms [underestimation of the State/law] Emergence of regional integration [ facilitator of IWRM, but paradoxally collides with the need of State consolidation] the country ethos 1. ethos of de country 4

6. 2. The problem of water in Angola, in the context of SADC region 6

10. 2 The problem of water in Angola, in the context of SADC region Source: Caracterização do Sector de Águas (Resolução CM nº 10/04 de 11 Junho) 10

11. 3. O problema da água em Angola Grubbed pit in a dry stream in Cunene River Basin ( Grande Reportagem, n.º 57, 1995 | Foto de Afonso Mejia) Water sale in a Luanda Street (2006) 2. The problem of water in Angola, in the context of SADC region 11

17. 4. Urban flooding in Luanda (2006) Alvalade neighborhood: Early morning car cleaning (2006) 3. Challenges to institutional system : permanencies and paradoxes 17

18. degree of (personal, social, economic) conditioning induced by the pattern of access to water trust on institutional mechanisms of water management effort (time and money) to have access to water low high high How to revert these indicators? 3. Challenges to institutional system 18

19. 3. Challenges to institutional system : Strategic Action Plan 2004-2016 19

23. Thank you! 23

24. 4. Notas finais: A abundância ilusória da água em Angola Metodologia de análise da governação local dos recursos hídricos Propostas de (re)configurações institucionais e de modelos de gestão proposta de projecto de investigação-acção

25. 3. O problema da água em Angola: a lei de águas de 2002