Regional Knowledge Network on Systemic Approaches to Water Resources Management R-KNOW

Regional Knowledge Network on Systemic Approaches to Water

Resources ManagementR-KNOW

Location: Amman, Jordan Date 17/04/2014

ApproachMethodolog

y

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

STK identification

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

STK categorizing

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

Stakeholder matrix

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

The next slides illustrates some examples for our

findings

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

Stakeholder needs

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

Stakeholder related projects

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