Regional Knowledge Network on Systemic Approaches to Water
Resources ManagementR-KNOW
Location: Amman, Jordan Date 17/04/2014
Granting phase Kick-off meeting (Morocco)
Regional planning meeting(Jordan)
IUCN-AWO meetings -
national level
Preparation phase and data
collection
Stakeholder analysis
Reporting Steering
committee approvals
Here we are
Preparing for next phase (evaluation
phase)
Project progress: From
granting till now
MethodologyWhat the IUCN & AWO did for now?
ONE (Preparatory phase): Establish a project management unity PMU to
run the project (IUCN, AWO & stk. representatives) and accordingly conducting several brain storming sessions & meetings.
TWO (Planning Phase): Develop the study related tools: i.e. data collection
tools (forms, letters, interview guides, etc)
THREE (Implementation Phase)3.1. Stakeholder identification
3.2. Arrange and then conduct meetings, interviews, collecting data, and
correspondences 3.3. Data entry and interviews
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FOUR (Analysis & reporting): The collected data were analyzed
and the below arte the main products:
STK identification; STK categorising; STK matrix ; STK needs; STK related
projects
Stakeholders selection
(Criteria !!!)
Any entity, body or organization in Jordan that has interest or concern (affect or affected by) (-ve/+ve)
in the 4 thematic area
Examples: MOA, MWI, JOHUD,
JVA, IUCN, AWO, etc.
Project Selection (Criteria !!!)
Done fully or partially in JordanFresh project (No before 5 years) Project related to the 4 thematic
areas
AFTER the above mentioned criteria … there other criteria
used such as: Participatory, integrated, capacity building,
awareness, etc
Stakeholders & Project Selections
R-KNOW Key
FindingsMain key Findings
STK identification STK categorising
STK matrix STK needs
STK related projects
MOH
MOA MWI
NCARE
JVA
R-KNOW Key Findings: Stakeholder identification
HCST JOHUD
MOE
MEMR
MOPIC
IUCN
JRF
With regards to water governance and the 4
thematic areas there are 10s of active
stakeholders in Jordan
# Title Acronym Type Ministry of Water and Irrigation MWI Government Ministry of Environment MOE Government Ministry of Agriculture MOA Government Ministry of Planning & International Cooperation MOP Government Jordan Valley Authority JVA Government Water Authority of Jordan WAJ Government The National Center for Research and
Development (NCRD) NCRD Government
The IUCN Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA) IUCN-ROWA INGO The Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human
Development JOHUD NGO
Arab Women Organization AWO NGO Water User Associations WUA NGO The European Union EU Donor The Millennium Challenge Corporation MCC Donor The USAID Water and Environment Office USAID Donor German technical cooperation GIZ Donor
R-KNOW Key Findings: Stakeholder identification: sample
R-KNOW Key Findings: Stakeholder categorizing 1
The preliminary investigation found 10s of Jordanian organizations that influence water Governance in Jordan
These stakeholders may vary in their typology, field of action, function, interest, experiences, objectives & goals, and other major issues however they integrate each other to achieve water governance.
Two methods of categorization has been chosen: 1. Based on their typology 2- Based on their function of field of action
R-KNOW Key Findings: Stakeholder categorizing 2
Based on their type
1. governmental2. non-
governmental3. Private sector
Based on their function 1- Policy and planning2- Implementation & steering sector3- Standardizations, certification & monitoring4- Community development & empowerment5- Awareness, extension and technology transfer6- Academia organizations; Research & development7- Donors
Categorizing stakeholder (organizations) based on their TYPE & (FUNCTION)
R-KNOW Key Findings: Stakeholder categorizing 2
Stakeholders based on typologyGovernment
Ministries (MOA, MOWI, MOE, MEMR, MOPIC,); Academic, Research and Development
(Universities; NCARE;); Implementation & sector steering (WAJ, JVA, etc)
Non-governmental Organizations
(NGOs; INGOs; Donor)
Non-governmental Organizations (RSS, JOHUD, JRF, RBG, AWO); International Non-governmental
Organizations: (IUCN,ICARDA, MC,); Donor (USAID, MCA, EU, JICA, GIZ, UNDP, etc)
Private Water Corporations (LEMA, BOT, Consulting Companies, etc); Universities; etc
R-KNOW Key Findings: Stakeholder categorizing 2
The water governance relevant stakeholder based on their (function)
Stakeholders based on function/field of action Examples
Policy & planning MOA, MOWI, MOE, MEMR, MOPIC, etc Implementation & sector steering (guiding the sector progress)
MOA, MOWI, MOE, MEMR, MOPIC, LEMA, BOT, JVA, WAJ, etc
Standardizations, certification and monitoring JISM, RSS, MOA, MOWI, MOE, MEMR, MOPIC, etc
Community development & empowerment ICARDA, JOHUD, JRF, RBG, NCARE, etc
Awareness, extension and technology transfer NCARE,
Academia organizations; Research & development
Universities, Research centers, NCARE, etc
Donation (financial, technical & logistical support)
USAID, MCA, EU, JICA, GIZ, UNDP, etc
Sum Up … template Summary of what we use in our reports …
Introduction …. XXX XXX
Field of interest XXX XXX
General experiences XXX XXX
Water governance related experiences XXX XXX
Water governance seven pillars: XXX XXX
Project Example (s) …. Project Example XXX XXX Project Name: XXX XXX (see annex number XXX XXX for full details)Objective: XXX XXX Budget: XXX XXX Duration: XXX XXX ; Donor: XXX XXX Governance related output: XXX XXX
Stakeholder /Organization identity: XXX XXX
Stakeholders based on function/field of action
Examples
Policy & planning MOA, MOWI, MOE, MEMR, MOPIC, etc
Awareness, extension and technology transfer
NCARE,
… … … … … … … … … …
From the above table, NCARE is an example for the organizations responsible for the awareness, extension and technology transfer activities
In the next slide the template we use to illustrate the information about NCARE and its water governance relevant projects ….
Stakeholders Acronym
Role level Typology
Field of Action
Ministry of Water and Irrigation MWI Primary GOV Policy & planning/Supporting and monitoring the sector progress
Ministry of Environment MOE Primary GOV Policy & planning/Supporting and monitoring the sector progress
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources MEMR Primary GOV Policy & planning/Supporting and monitoring the sector progress
Ministry of Planning & International Cooperation
MOPIC Primary GOV Policy & planning/Supporting and monitoring the sector progress
Ministry of Agriculture
MOA Primary GOV Policy & planning/Supporting and monitoring the sector progress
Royal Scientific Society RSS Secondary NGO Control, Analysis & AccreditationNational Center for Research & Development
NCRD Secondary GOV Research, Development & Planning
The Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development
JOHUD Primary NGO Community Development
The National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension
NCARE Primary GOV Research, Development & Extension
German Society for International Cooperation (the same thing for MCC, USAID, UNDP and other donors)
GIZ Primary INGO Donor, Community Development, executing agency
The Committees of Agriculture, Water & Energy at Jordan Parliament
N/A Secondary GOV Legislations and regulations
Millennium Challenge Corporation MCC Primary INGO
Water Authority of Jordan WVHA Primary GOV Water resources planning and monitoring, construction, operations, and maintenance
Jordan Valley Authority JVA Primary GOV Development, utilization, protection and conservation of water resources.
Stakeholder matrix …
The same thing done for the other stakeholders (MOA, MWI, IUCN, AWO,
etc) under the title progress
PLEASE, have a look to the distributed documents
(See Annexes) Annex 2; Annex 3; Annex 4
The IUCN/AWO investigations for the related stakeholders reveal that these needs are among the most
important needs Problem Related NeedsMany existing policies and legislations are not active
Activate the already exists policies and legislations in the field of water governance and the other thematic areas
Limited/Lack of resources to run activities (actions, strategies, plans) – not sustainable
Allocate the needed resources to run the different initiatives or activities (sustainable resources i.e. financial resources, human resources, technical, etc)
Some of the policies are not based on participatory approach
Engage the local community in designing & implementing the related policies, laws, bylaws, regulations, etc
Weak government role in controlling water sector
Strengthen the role of the government in controlling the water sector on one hand and activate the penalty’s system (punishment) for illegal actions on the other hand
Problem Related NeedsPoor knowledge & experience share
Facilitate the knowledge share between the different stakeholders and figure out some solutions and tools for experience share
Donors & inefficient donation + lack of coordination
Donations should be based on real needs and donors should be directed by national priorities. Not to forget, to coordinate between donors.
Research and development is not benefiting locals or government
The researches done at universities or research centers should be in line with the national/local community needs (applicable/with application) and not for the sake of research (which is not helpful)
Poor awareness programmes
More efforts should be done at the individual, local community, and national level in the field of awareness
Capacity building The different stakeholders expressed their need in the field of capacity building related to water governance as well as other related areas
Poor networking and coordination between different stakeholders
Strengthen the relationship between the different stakeholders and build/strengthen the trust between them
Project title Executing
organization
Donor Project description Which themes fits under this
projectMillennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact Program
MCC USAID & MCC
It is an ongoing program with $275.1 Million budget to (1) restructure and rehabilitate water network; (2) Wastewater network reinforcement and expansion project; (3) As-samra wastewater treatment plant expansion project
Water governance
Social, Ecological & Agricultural Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
IUCN /AWO
EU SEARCH is a three year regional project working in five countries (Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon), funded by the European Union, to develop and pilot a resilience framework for local action planning capacities and methodologies to increase climate change resilience through joint learning, planning and testing by stakeholders through demonstration sites
Water governance
+ Climate change
Water User Associations (WUA)
MWI / JVA
GIZ With the support of MWI and giz, farmers in the Jordan Valley (JV) organize themselves into Water User Associations (WUA) and into a federation in order to represent their interests in front of the Government and other institutions. Farmers take over the tasks of retail water distribution management according to a specific bylaw. The final phase (WUA sustaining phase) of this project started on 2009 to achive the following: Prepare a bylaw for the WUA; develop an institutional framework for WUA and a WUA federation; extend the task transfer areas; and establish new WUA
Water governance
Project title Executing
organization
Donor Project description Which themes fits under this
project
Badia Bench Mark Project Phase 2
NCARE ICARDA The project aims at finding ways to increase the adoption of improved technologies, and thus improve water productivity and livelihoods, in environments where water is scarce. It is based on community participation, integrating technical, socioeconomic and policies and institutions aspects in selected benchmarks. Three benchmark sites and seven satellite sites are established to cover the major agro ecosystems on the region, namely, the irrigated, the rain fed and the badia agro ecosystems. Each benchmark site has two to three satellites to complement the benchmark activities and help disseminate its outputs.
Water governance
+Water
governance
Improved Water Resources Security for Low Income Rural and Urban Communities Project "WRAP"
JOHUD EU + GIZ
The purpose of the project is household water users in selected low income areas where piped supplies are irregular and/or do not exist, have enhanced security for their supplies through the establishment of effective WWW groups and alternative water demand structures beyond the classical piped water supply.
Sustainable technologies
The list of these projects is too long and we still in progress to finalize it all
Where We Are Now !!!OUR PROGRESS
more than 70% is done
DONE >>> Till now we are done with the following: MOA; NCARE; NCRD; IUCN; JOHUD; GIZ; etc
IN PROGRESS >>> The data collection for the other organizations are still in progress …
Are we done with data collection? Since data collection is a continuous
time consuming process, still we are in progress and it is expected to finish the data collection no later than 2 months
from now
Lessons learned/Recommendations
Lessons learned from what has been done Hereunder, some learnt lessons that we found during the
data collection, stakeholder analysis, etc
Networking (It Is All About Networking): Networking among the relevant stakeholders has become a necessity to avoid many common obstacles (e.g. the redundancy and reparation of projects or ideas)Documentation Is Needed: The poor documentation systems at the different Jordanian organizations urge the need for good documentation systems Internal & External Coordination: Jordanian organizations should focus on the internal coordination as well as the external coordination (it was noticed that poor coordination occurs among different departments within the same organization)
Lessons learned/Recommendations
Lessons learned from what has been done
Hereunder, some learnt lessons that we found during the data collection, stakeholder analysis, etc
Be Systematic (Start Where Others End): As a result of poor/lack of networking, coordination and documentation among stakeholders, it was noticed that people/organizations are not building their efforts systematically.
Donors Should Be In Line With Each Other: The poor management or even weak follow up for donors in Jordan results in less efficiency donation as well as poor projects that don'ts meet the beneficiaries demand
Recommendations for RKNOW next
phaseBased on a comprehensive investigation done by
IUCN ROWA we recommend to adopt the following approaches for RKNOW next phase (pilot selection
criteria): EMPOWERS approach (7 recommendations or pillars)
the same approach adopted by the EMPOWERS project mentioned under the 7 recommendations for Amman
conference
Recommendations for RKNOW next phase
Integration: The integrated participation of all stakeholders and end-users at all levels Vulnerability: Special efforts are made to include vulnerable groups. Harmonization: The efforts of all actors (government, partners in development, civil society)
should be harmonized Building capacities: Capacities of stakeholders should be developed at different levels to
enable them to participate in water resources planning and management. Accessible information: Water information should be considered a public good; and access
to information be enabled for all citizens. Developed solution: Locally appropriate solutions and tools should be developed. Awareness: Awareness must be developed for informed participation in water governance.
Based on what has been done at EMPOWERS project, it is recommended
to adopt the 7 pillars of water governance in the evaluation and
selection criteria: 1- Integration; 2- Vulnerability; 3- Harmonization; 4- Building capacities; 5- Accessible information;
6- Developed solution; 7- Awareness
EMPOWERS
Approach
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