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Pacific Integrated Water ResourcesManagement (IWRM) National Planning

ProgrammePresenter: Rhonda Robinson

NEW THINKING ON WATER GOVERNANCE

SINGAPORE

1-3 JULY 2009

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Background – “Pacific IW RM Programme”

3rd World Water Forum, March 2003,JapanWater in Small Islands Consultations,

August 2002, FijiPacific Regional Action Plan onSustainable Water Management

Commission on SustainableDevelopment 12, April 2004, New YorkSide Meeting of Pacific Forum DiplomaticCoreCall for submission to the GlobalEnvironment Facility (GEF)

EU Water Facility Funding

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W hy is this important for PI Cs?

• Threats to living & non-living resources• Population growth, climate variability & vulnerability• Cost $$$• Awareness and Participation

FLOODS

WATERSHEDMGMT

WATERSUPPLY

SANITATION

POLLUTION

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National

River basin

Local

IWRM- Why should we do it.

Fisheries

Environment

Tourism Industry

Finance

Agriculture

Energy

Water

Integration between scales/levels of governance Integration between sectors

What? Coordinated and participatory decision-making, planning and managementof water resources across scales and sectors

Why? To set common goals, avoid duplication and conflict, improve coordination,and ensure cost-effectiveness in decision-making, planning, governance andmanagement of water resources. Also helps to ensure that external and non-governmental support projects contribute to national aims in a coordinated and cost-effective manner (i.e. foreign aid and NGO efforts).

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IW RM Programm e Structure

C1: Demonstration, Capture and Transfer of Best Practices in IWRM and Water Use Efficiency

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What w ill country demonstration proposals be doing?

IWRM Main Intervention Countries

Watershed Management Federated States of Micronesia,Papua New Guinea, Palau, Samoa,Vanuatu

Wastewater Management andSanitation

Marshall Islands, Nauru, Tuvalu

Water Resources Assessment andProtection

Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue

Water Use Efficiency and Safety Solomon Islands and Tonga

National Project Teams – 2 – 3 staff

USD500, 0005 years – 2009 - 2013

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IW RM Programm e Structure

C1: Demonstration, Capture and Transfer of Best Practices in IWRM and Water Use Efficiency

C2: IWRM and WUE Regional Indicator Framework

C4: Regional & National Capacity Building andSustainability Programme for IWRM and WUE,Knowledge Exchange, Learning & Replication

Project Coordination Unit (PCU)

C3: Policy, Legislative and Institutional Reformfor IWRM and WUE

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The Integrated Water Resources Management

(IWRM) National Planning Programme

• Funded by the ACP-EU Water Facility from 2008-2010

• Implementation in Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States ofMicronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa,Solomon Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu,Vanuatu

• Executed in PIC’s Facilitated by SOPAC and Partners• Aims to help countries to improve management of water

resources by supporting the development of national

frameworks and plans for IWRM and Water Use Efficiency(including legislation, policy, intersectoral water coordinationcommittees, water partnerships and water use efficiencystrategies)

• Links closely to other on-the-ground activities and projects

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Legislation

Policy

Organisation

Coordination

Planning

Information

Consultation

Awareness

Expertise

Pro cess for IWRM planning

How? The process for IWRM planning includes different steps that can beundertaken in different order or simultaneously depending on the specific needsand situation. The process never ends, but continues to accommodate for

changing needs and situations .

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IWRM Planning PIC Country Progress

IWRM and WUE Planning Countries

Component CIFS

M

FJ KI

RM

I

NR NI P

A

PN

G

SA SI T

OTV

VA

Inter-sectoral water coordination body

National water resources policy

Overarching water resourceslegislation

IWRM Plan/Strategy

Water Use Efficiency Plan

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IW RM Support from Regional Programme

• Technical Assistance – Economic studies, policydevelopment etc.

• In-country staff support

• Partnering and networking – capacity support• In-country coordination via National Water APEX bodies,• Links closely to other on-the-ground activities and projects

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Closing Rem arks

Looking forward to learning form otherparticipants, countries and regions

VINAKA VAKA LEVU