Multi-stakeholder risk management in small-scaled

water resources project

Piriya URAIWONGKochi University of Technology, Japan

Project • Sai Yu channel conservation and rehabilitation project

Location • Songkhla province, Thailand

Project Characteristic • Channel rehabilitation (dredging and construction of

side way) 5,450 meter• Water storage and water distribution system

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Multi-stakeholder risk management process workshop

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Sai Yu channel after rehabilitation

Cooperate with project owner and local administration leader

Introduce multi-stakeholder risk management process to the local leader

Invite locals and beneficiaries to participate in the workshop

Introduce risk management process to the workshop participants

Conduct multi-stakeholder risk management process

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Workshop Process

• What is risk?• Why we need

to do this?• Risk

management processIntroduction to

risk management

• Risk allocation (project life cycle)

• Risk assessment

• Risk ranking (risk consensus)

Stakeholder risk

assessment • Methods dealing with risks

Risk response plan

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Multi-stakeholder risk management process (in this workshop)

Participants

No. Risk allocation

Cause Impact Opportunity (1-5)

Impact (1-5)

Risk score

Land acquisition

Worry to lost benefit from land

Project cannot construct as designed

1 1 1

1 Water shortage

Storage is from rain harvest only

No agriculture activity

5 5 25

4 High pumping in dry season

No water No agriculture activity

5 2 10

Flooding in rain season

Nature Lost income

1 2 2

2 Water demand increasing

need more income

Unstable income

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Results

No. Risk allocation

Cause Impact Opportunity (1-5)

Impact (1-5)

Risk score

No rule for water consumption

Individual use

No effect to others

1 1 1

3 Saline intrusion

Pumping water from another channel

Agriculture products lost

5 3 15

Water pollution from factory in the area

Polluted water dumped from factory

Ecosystem degradationEndanger to life/ disease

1 1 1

Digging and selling topsoil

Capitalism

Individual benefit/ income

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Results 2

Ranking

Risk Response

1 Water shortage Extend water distribution systemCommunication among stakeholders

2 Water demand increasing

Underground waterCrop Zoning Effective water usageEstablish water user group/ water use regulationLow water consumption plants

3 Saline intrusion Chronic problem on downstream (no solution yet)Water gate construction

4 High pumping in dry season

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Results 3

Requirement of willingness to participate motivation!!

Leader has a strong influence Unforeseen risk/ lack of experience Not get use to with the word “risk”/ more

familiar with “problem” or “worry”

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Highlights

Facilitation skill is important/ trusted person

Risk consensus can be achieved by open and sincere discussion

Local language

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Highlights

Cover all related stakeholders Larger scale project more stakeholders From plan to implementation? Budget? Hierarchical objectives among stakeholders?

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Challenges

Lam Dang people and Lam Dang Tambon Administration Office

The department of water resource, Regional office 8 (Songkhla province)

Prof.Tsunemi Watanabe, Kochi University of Technology

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Acknowledgement

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Thank you