Monthly Report Global Water Partnership

February 2016

Table of contents NewsFlow March 2016 .......................................................................................................................................... 2

GWP Global ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 GWP Regions ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 CARIBBEAN .............................................................................................................................................................. 12

CENTRAL AFRICA ....................................................................................................................................................... 19

CENTRAL AMERICA .................................................................................................................................................... 21 CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE .................................................................................................................................. 22 CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS .................................................................................................................................... 27 CHINA ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44

EASTERN AFRICA ....................................................................................................................................................... 44

MEDITERRANEAN ...................................................................................................................................................... 49 SOUTHERN AFRICA .................................................................................................................................................... 49 SOUTH AMERICA ....................................................................................................................................................... 54

SOUTH ASIA ............................................................................................................................................................. 56

SOUTHEAST ASIA ...................................................................................................................................................... 66 WEST AFRICA ........................................................................................................................................................... 66

Global Water Partnership (GWP), Global Secretariat, Drottninggatan 33, SE-111 51 Stockholm, Sweden

Phone: +46 (0)8 1213 8600, Fax: + 46 (0)8 1213 8604, e-mail: gwp@gwp.org

NewsFlow March 2016

GWP commits to 2030 Agenda implementation

GWP celebrates its 20th anniversary at a time when the global development agenda is at a turning point. Following the recently adopted 2030 Agenda in 2015, a new animation video has been released to show GWP’s response to the world’s water challenges: partnership and cross-sector collaboration are key. Read more. (by GWPO) Cleveringa and GWP change agenda The Executive Secretary of GWP, Rudolph Cleveringa, says that GWP as a network needs to change: “We can’t use the same agenda as we did 20 years ago”. Approaching World Water Day 2016, Cleveringa takes a moment to reflect on GWP’s 20 years in the water world and talks about his vision on how to make the network fit for the future – local inclusion and diversity are words he uses to make his point. Read more. (by GWPO) GWP women water champions on IWD2016

“Water, gender and development are closely interconnected, and GWP realizes this fully. We think

that water empowers women, and empowered women transform their societies,” said GWP Interim

Chair Alice Bouman-Dentener on International Women’s Day 2016 (#IWD2016). Alongside her,

remarkable women in the GWP network also speak up - about their professional journeys, how to

overcome obstacles they face as women, and recommendations to other women.

Read more. (by GWPO + all regions)

Rainwater harvesting for climate resilience in Caribbean

Caribbean countries face a number of challenges in maintaining adequate supplies of water.

Challenges range from low annual rainfall levels to inadequate storage, polluted water sources, and

poor management of existing water resources.

Read more. (ToolBox case study)

More news from the IWRM ToolBox:

China: The ways to address disputes in Zhang River

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Waste water management innovation in CEE

Since December 2015, Global Water Partnership in Central and Eastern Europe develops a project

proposal to shift the existing water paradigm by engaging in innovative wastewater management in

rural areas.

Read more. (by GWP CEE)

Wetlands: Beneficial but undervalued

Water For Life Cameroon, in partnership with GWP Central Africa, celebrated World Wetlands Day

2016 with a youth-led workshop: “Sustainable livelihoods in wetlands in developing countries: the

vision of the African youth”. The event was held 3 February, in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Read more. (by GWP Central Africa)

Workshop on water integrity for MENA region

The 2nd regional alumni workshop of the ‘Water Integrity Capacity Building Programme for the

MENA Region’ was organised by GWP Mediterranean in February. These workshops aim to lead to

the creation of a regional community of practice on water integrity and foster water integrity

ambassadors, reinforcing the enabling environment and building synergies in the target countries

and the MENA Region at large.

Read more. (by GWP Mediterranean)

New youth portal for climate change campaign

Last year a group of youth from more than 20 countries started a global initiative where they

produced a white paper in the lead up to COP21, which allowed for a Youth Commitment under the

Lima-Paris Action Agenda. GWP and partners are now taking the next step in launching a youth

portal, where the voices of the young people will be gathered in one place. The portal is launched on

World Water Day, 22 March.

Read more. (by GWPO, article yet to be completed by Manuel/Monika)

The Paris Agreement has raised a big global hope in particular for the younger generations, who will

have to face climate change effects long-term. The aim of the campaign is to pursue awareness

raising efforts among concerned generations (youth) and to support youth to undertake concrete

actions to combat climate change effects and have their role recognized by others stakeholders.

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GWP in the news

20 Years of Global Water Partnership (Dribbble/Nice and Serious) Running Dry (Vietnam Hour) Pilot City Project to Guide Achievement of Universal Water Supply and Sanitation Access in Zimbabwe (AllAfrica.com) Woman Power – Latoya Minott-Hall, 21st Century Superwoman (The Jamaica Gleaner) GWP: Annual Growth of Investment in Water Sector for next 5 Years was 150% (Azerbaijan Business Center)

Coming events

22 March 2016, World Water Day, Worldwide

22 March 2016, Public launch: Water Intergrity Global Outlook 2016, Berlin, Germany

28-29 March 2016, 3rd Annual Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Middle East Conference

Agenda, Doha, Oatar

4-8 April 2016, India Water Week, New Delhi, India

6-8 April 2016, Asia Water 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

18-21 April 2016, National and local perspectives in water and waste sector, Dubrovnik, Croatia

21-22 April, WaterVent forum, Philadelphia, USA

25 April 2016, Regional launch of UN World Water Development Report 2016, Delft, The

Netherlands

27-30 June 2016, 7th Annual International Law and Transboundary Freshwater Training

Workshop, Dundee, UK

18-20 July 2016, 3rd International Congress on Water, Waste and Energy Management

(EWWM), Rome, Italy

25-27 September 2016, IDA International Water Reuse Conference, Nice, France.

24-28 Oct 2016, 25th Silver AnniversaryAnnual Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association

(CWWA) Conference and Exhibition, Trinidad & Tobago

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Vacancies

The Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) is looking for: Consultancy on benefits

of action / cost of inaction for drought preparedness. Deadline 30 March 2016.

GWP Mediterranean: Institutional & Legal Expert, based in own home country with travels to

Algeria and Tunisia. Deadline 31 March 2016.

Programme Management Officer, to be based in the global GWP secretariat in Stockholm,

Sweden. Deadline 10 April 2016.

People

In memoriam: Mr Iswer Raj Onta (1942-2016)

New Resources

GWP West Africa – new video: Understanding and Integrated drought management in West Africa

Transboundary Water Cooperation and the SDGs (UNESCO)

Transitioning to groundwater irrigated intensified agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: An

indicator based assessment (ZALF, CIMMYT, FSE)

Secure and Sustainable Energy in a Water-Constrained World (IASS)

Exploring the Concept of Water Tenure (FAO)

Water Governance in Cities (OECD)

Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation (UN WWAP)

Drying Wells, Rising Stake: Towards Sustainable Agricultural Groundwater use(OECD)

Calls 3rd International Congress on Water, Waste and Energy Management (EWWM).Abstracts deadline 31 March.

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International Water Reuse Conference. Abstracts deadline 31 March. IDA International Water Reuse Conference. Papers deadline 31 March 2016. ‘Spring into Action' - Funding opportunity for Emerging Water Professionals.Deadline 1 April 2016. Geographical Research and Cross-Border Cooperation within the Lower Basin of the Danube. Deadline 1 April. The International ReSource Award for resilience in water management. Abstracts deadline 30 April. 7th Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Forum. Abstracts deadline 30 April. Interdisciplinary Workshop on Water, Technology and the Nation-State, University of Manchester. Abstracts deadline 13 May. “Coping and Complexity: Maximising Public Value from Kathmandu’s Melamchi Water Supply Project”. Papers deadline 1 June 2016.

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GLOBAL

Narrative Monthly Report

IDMP-APFM Frederik Pischke

February 2016

1. New items in the IFM Tools Series

The APFM launched new publications between January and February 2016:

Issue 21 on “Effectiveness of Flood Management Measures” presents various methods to assess the

effectiveness and efficiency of flood management plans before, during and after the occurrence of

floods. These auditing and evaluation techniques additionally allow to identify projects shortcomings

and consequently adjust implementation schedules.

Issue 22 on “The Role of Media in Flood Management” highlights the importance of media as joining

link between decision makers and the general public during all phases of the flood management

process. It provides a description of the potential functions of media, as well as examples of the use

of different types of media by authorities and private organisations.

Issue 23 on “Health and Sanitation Aspects of Flood Management” suggests a series of measures to

enhance preparedness, respond to and recover from the adverse impacts of floods on public health.

A participatory approach is highly recommended to take into due account differences in the health

and sanitation conditions of various social groups.

Issue 24 on “Technical Assistance for the Preparation of an Advocacy Strategy” proposes different

steps to develop advocacy strategies for the integration of stakeholders’ interests into flood

management policies. This could also shorten the distance between decision-makers and scientists

by creating new channels of communication. Tool No. 24 is available both in English and Spanish.

Issue 25 on “Public Perception of Flood Risk and Social Impact Assessment” illustrates how the

behaviour of the population is influenced by its perception of risk and introduces Social Impact

Assessments (SIA) as a methodology to address this issue in flood management plans. Tool No. 25

can be downloaded in English and French.

See also: www.apfm.info

Many other Tools are in the pipeline.

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2. GFCS PAC meeting

Copying BTOR:

Place: Geneva

Date: 11 and 12 February 2016

Staff: Frederik Pischke

List of activities: Attend 4th Meeting of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Partner Advisory

Committee (PAC) meeting

Narrative text Strong call throughout meeting that benefits of climate services through GFCS need to come to

fruition and be visible at the country level for GFCS to be successful. The 6 PAC countries (Bhutan, Burkina Faso,

Dominica, Moldova, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania) agreed on at the 2nd PAC meeting (April 2015) need to

demonstrate the proof of concept for GFCS. Strong call for standard approaches tailored to the needs and

capacity at country level, delivering in true partnership using PAC as a mechanism.

National assessment framework based on CADRI was presented.

There is a strong push for GFCS to be written into the UNFCCC adaptation framework.

After strong visibility of GFCS in SBSTA, GFCS strives to be more visible in SBI.

Discussion on Climate Risk Early Warning System (CREWS) (80Million pledged so far) of World Banks’s GFDRR,

WMO, UNISDR highlighted the spirit to use existing mechanisms, including the PAC for institutional

collaboration.

Mechanisms of WMO’s engagement to implement the GFCS was discussed with a central role of WMO Technical

Commissions and engagement with partners were highlighted. The importance of joint-offices with partner

organizations were highlighted to make the link between WMO structures and priority areas work.

Outputs/Outcomes/Follow-up

Agreed on improved sharing of information of GFCS Secretariat, PAC members and activities at nation and regional level.

Partners invited to nominate experts who are able to identify data requirements for climate services on the 5 GFCS Priority Areas (Water, Energy, Agriculture, Health, DRR) for Expert Team on Specific Data Requirements for the GFCS (Frederik with WMO HWR and CLPA colleagues).

Operational and Resource Plan (ORP) Task Team will be convened in late March to finalize elements of ORP that have not been approved by Intergovernmental Board on Climate Services (IBCS). ORP will be used to extract “sound bites” to sell GFCS.

Task team to prepare mid-term review of GFCS will also be convened in late March 2016.

M&E framework also agreed by IBCS, with further refinements to be undertaken also in late March. Call for partners to contribute with M&E experts (Ralph)

Share with Filipe Lucio and Jieun Seo mapping of GWP projects (including GWP-WMO initiatives) in 6 PAC countries, which have a relevance to GFCS to consider inclusion in mapping. Work in 6 PAC focus countries will be led by a focal point. TOR and mechanisms to interact will be shared by GFCS Secretariat.

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Monthly report February 2016 WACDEP Global and Deltas Deltas – Global (nothing to report) WACDEP Global

1. Inception meeting Phase II GWP-UNICEF collaboration Following the development of the GWP-UNICEF Strategic Framework on WASH Climate Resilient

Development (taking as reference the GWP/AMCOW Strategic Framework for Water Security and

Climate Resilient Development), a Phase II of the joint collaboration took off in 2015. The objectives

of the GWP-UNICEF collaboration are: i) To advance WASH sector thinking around WASH and climate

change; ii) To mitigate the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities through enhanced

resilience of WASH services; and iii) To strengthen the capacities of governments and communities to

understand and address climate related risks.

The Phase II collaboration runs for two years from August 2015 to July 2017, and focus on further

knowledge development and roll out of the Framework. The deliverables of Phase II are:

- Four technical briefs to support the Framework

- Four learning modules

- Workshop package

- Online tool/hosting of the Framework

- Workshops and webinars to communicate the Framework

Technical briefs and learning modules will be developed jointly with input from a team from HR

Wallingford and ODI, with input from GWP and UNICEF regional and country colleagues. In addition

to the deliverables above, discussions will continue on further implementation of the Frameowork

through capacity building activities building on experiences from the WACDEP Africa Capacity

Building Programme. More information about the collaboration here.

The inception meeting took place at the UNICEF HQ in New York on 8-9 February 2016. Participants

were representatives from UNICEF HQ as well as UNICEF Regional Advisers and Country WASH

Specialists, the HR Wallingford and ODI team, and Alex Simalabwi, Susanne Skyllerstedt and Armand

As discussed with GWP Comms team, expressed GWP’s willingness to dedicate part of the GWP’s annual communication officer workshop in early summer 2016 to GFCS and invite communication officers from PAC organizations, which was very positively received by GFCS Secretariat (Follow-up: GFCS Secretariat with GWP Comms, Frederik support)

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) interested to identify water management experts for their NORCAP roster (Frederik to share information on GWP and liaise with WMO HWR colleagues, to provide inputs to Heidi from NORCAP. NRC participation in relevant events to be discussed).

White paper on the Contribution of the GFCS to the 2030 Agenda will be developed by Bruce Stewart based on inputs from PAC members. Provide input on the chapter on water (Frederik)

Next GFCS PAC meeting late May / early June (looking for host), following PAC meeting in October with a link to IBCS Management Committee meeting, which is scheduled for 17-19 October 2016.

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Houanye from GWPO and GWP Africa Coordination Unit in Pretoria. The full list of participants and

meeting agenda in Annexes.

The discussions centered around the different outputs and aimed outcomes of the 2nd phase of the

GWP-UNICEF collaboration, with main focus on the different deliverables from the HRW/ODI team

(technical briefs and learning modules), aiming at reaching a common understanding on content and

process. Discussions also focused on capacity building with sharing of lessons from the GWP Africa

Coordination Unit on the experiences from the WACDEP Africa Capacity Building Programme.

Link to all presentations of the meeting here. List of participants and Meeting agenda in Annexes

below.

GWP and HRW/ODI team had a preparatory meeting on 7 February, and the GWP, UNICEF, HRW/ODI

core project team had a meeting on 10 February to consolidate the discussions from the roundtables

and explore options to set up a Help Desk on WASH climate resilient development to support country

request for implementation of elements related to the Framework for WASH Climate Resilient

Development within GWP Africa Coordination in Pretoria.

Discussions also focused on the potential Phase III of the UNICEF-GWP collaboration, focusing

especially on capacity development to support national governments and UNICEF country offices in

applying the Framework, building on the design, methodologies and experiences and lessons from

the WACDEP Africa Capacity Building Programme.

2. Side meetings with UN on SDGs and A2R initiative In New York Alex Simalabwi had side meetings with the UN SG office about the A2R initiative and the

UN DESA on the SDGs.

Insurance initiative

Alex was invited to a meeting by UN SG’s Climate Support Team in New York on the A2R initiative.

The update is that the initiative is exploring modalities for hosting by one of the UN agencies. FAO

and UNEP have proposed to host the global secretariat. Initial thinking is for the A2R to be hosted in

Geneva. UN SG’s lead person on this was in Geneva last week (week of 8th February) for discussions

with agencies based there. The Africa version is a bit behind but the AU summit in January 2016

proposed a core group of agencies to help figure out the operational arrangements: UNEP, UNDP,

UNECA (ClimeDev), AfDB, and other organizations.

Africa Group of Negotiators (AGN) leading the AAI with Egypt as AMCEN President (Minister of

Environment) in charge. Need WACDEP to be linked operationally to this and discussions with AGN

ongoing.

GWP not mentioned in AU Decision on A2R and AAI but could come in as ‘other organizations’. The

A2R is already linked to Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) and the Caribbean version of ARC.

SDGs

Alex met with UN DESA in New York to explore what they are doing on SDGs. UNDESA Water/Energy

unit initiated a global SDG programme to support implementation of water related SDGs in countries.

Have USD 700,000 available so far. Nine countries being supported. Much broader and high level

engagement linked to UN General Assembly and SDG monitoring at high level

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Alex requested if GWP and UNDESA can partner on this as part of the GWP SDG-PF and response was

affirmative. UNDESA open to explore with GWP such a collaboration including joint programming

and implementation. Tentatively proposed UNDESA could focus on high level policy coherence linked

to UN General Assembly while GWP could focus on leading country support.

3. Submissions to the UNFCCC Nairobi Work Programme Following a mandate of the UNFCCC Nairobi Work Programme to invite organisations and networks

to share outcomes of the activities on knowledge sharing and dissemination related to: a) Tools and

methods that are available and implemented for adaptation planning, addressing the four issues of

ecosystems, human settlements, water resources and health; b) Good practices and lessons learned

in relation to adaptation planning, including monitoring and evaluation, also addressing the four

issues of ecosystems, human settlements, water resources and health; c) Good practices and lessons

learned related to processes and structures for linking national and local adaptation planning.

In 2014 GWP was invited to make a submission for work at global level, and this time the submissions

were for 2015 activities at the regional level.

Activities submitted by GWP to the Nairobi Work Programme are:

GWP Caribbean - Development of a Regional Framework for Investment for Climate Resilience and Water Security (CReWSIP)

GWP Central Africa - Capacity building and knowledge sharing for national and regional level stakeholders on project preparation related to water security and climate resilience

GWP Central America - Workshop: Integrating Water Security in the National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)

GWP Eastern Africa - Investment prioritization for water security and climate resilience in the Kagera River Basin

The activity from GWP Central Africa will be included in a document prepared by the NWP for the

UNFCCC Subsidairy Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and all the submissions will

be included as case studies in an upcoming Adaptation Knowledge Portal.

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GWP Regions

CARIBBEAN

Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) Monthly Report for February 2016

Activities

GWP-C’s Network Continues to Grow In February, the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) gained two (2) new partners; the Observatoire Citoyen de l’Action des Pouvoirs Publics (OCAPH) based in Haiti and the Puchols Water Technologies LLC based in Puerto Rico. The OCAPH, is an organisation committed to promoting good governance in Haiti by advocating for the rights of Haitian people so that public authorities meet the needs expressed by citizens. Some of the OCAPH’s activities have included:

Providing guidance on the national budget based on inputs from citizens.

The introduction of a Crowdsourcing Initiative in Haiti.

Organising several workshops on the impact of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Launching a citizen radio programme aimed at discussing citizens’ issues. The Puchols Water Technologies (PWT) LLC, is a manufacturer’s representative and distributor of industrial equipment for water and wastewater treatment plants in the Dominican Republic and other countries in the Caribbean. The PWT serves both municipal and industrial markets and is currently the Advisor to an Engineering Consulting Firm to specify all process equipment in the new municipal water treatment plant in the Dominican Republic.

GWP-C Joins the Entire GWP Network in the #GWP20 Campaign

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This year (2016) marks twenty (20) years since the Global Water Partnership (GWP) was established to promote Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) as a means of sustainable water management. In light of this, on February 15th, 2016, the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) along with the other twelve (12) Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs) of the GWP, launched the year-long #GWP20 campaign to celebrate the global Network’s 20 years of water action. A dedicated web page for the entire #GWP20 campaign has been created which can be accessed here: #GWP20 Campaign Web Page.

The primary purpose of the #GWP20 campaign and future anniversary-related activities in the year is to strengthen the Network through communicating the GWP’s achievements and impact, thereby raising credibility and visibility. As the campaign is year-long, GWP-C will tap into relevant United Nations (UN) Days such as International Women’s Day, World Water Day, World Environment Day, International Youth Day and others, to highlight these Days and link it to the #GWP20 campaign. By doing this, GWP-C intends to create awareness about the work and impact of the Network over the past 20 years through its various communication channels. GWP-C also aims to highlight GWP’s 20th anniversary wherever possible in its 2016 activities. In rolling-out the campaign, you will notice #GWP20 related images being used by the GWP-C on its website and social media channels.

GWP-C Gets More Social by Launching its Twitter Account

The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) has gotten even more “social” by

joining Twitter on February 16th, 2016.

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The new GWP-C Twitter account (Follow @GWPCaribbean) provides another platform for

Partners and other stakeholders to stay abreast of key happenings, news and

opportunities being shared by the GWP-C. To create awareness about its new social

media account, the GWP-C created this Twitter Promo video which can be found

here: GWP-C on Twitter. Apart from Twitter, GWP-C’s other social media channels

include Facebook and YouTube.

GWP-C Participates in the GEF CReW Project’s Regional Workshop on Wastewater as a Resource

The Global Environment Facility-funded Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (GEF CReW) Project held its final regional capacity building workshop in Trinidad from February 15th – 19th, 2016. The regional workshop was held in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme’s Caribbean Environment Programme (UNEP-CEP), the UNEP and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The workshop, which was entitled “GEF CReW Regional Policy and Enforcement Workshop” was aimed at sharing experiences related to the development and implementation of policies, laws and regulations concerning wastewater management in the Wider Caribbean Region. A major aspect of the regional activity was getting inputs from the workshop’s participants, many of whom belonged to the thirteen (13) GEF CReW pilot countries {Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Saint Lucia,

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St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago} on their experiences concerning the development of the national pilot financing mechanisms established under Component one (1) of the Project. Also very crucial was the fact that the workshop would serve as a verification exercise for the new "CReW+" Project Proposal Concept currently being developed. Representatives from the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) Secretariat had the opportunity to participate in the workshop. Day three (3) of the workshop was particularly engaging as members of the media and other stakeholders were invited to a special session which focused on “Wastewater as a Resource.” Within that session, Mr. Christopher Corbin, Programme Officer at the UNEP-CEP and Mr. Alfredo Coello-Vazquez, GEF CReW’s Project Coordinator both delivered presentations highlighting wastewater as a resource with many benefits. Mr. Corbin pointed out that in order to effectively engage in water reuse, the following factors are important:

Acceptance (Public support is crucial) – Communication is key in terms of acceptance as wastewater is part of water resources management.

Regulation – The need for criteria, standard and uses of treated wastewater.

Norms and Standardisation

Treatment – Treated wastewater

Hygiene and Health

Financial/Economic Feasibility

Operation – Operations and maintenance to reach particular standards.

Mr. Christopher Corbin, Programme Officer at the UNEP-CEP is seen here delivering a presentation during the “Wastewater as a Resource” session at the workshop.

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Mr. Coello-Vazquez in his presentation focused on wastewater as an opportunity. He spoke about the possibility of changing the name of “wastewater” as treated wastewater would not be considered “waste.” The session was very engaging and interactive as participants were able to provide inputs on ways to help “rethink” wastewater. In order to create more acceptance about treated wastewater, workshop participants also highlighted the following factors as crucial:

Changing the socio-cultural barrier in terms of water reuse

Branding to market treated wastewater

Creative marketing (E.g. the use of local celebrities)

Educating the media and other stakeholders about treated wastewater In addition to the presentations, a panel discussion entitled “Treated Wastewater Reuse: Problem or Opportunity” was a key part of day three’s session. The panel was made up of regional GEF CReW Partners which included the GWP-C represented by its Regional Coordinator, Ms. Patricia Shako. Other members of the panel included, Mr. Wayne Williams, a Past President of the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) and Mr. Marlon Daniels, Pilot Coordinator for the Guyana Wastewater Revolving Fund. All panelists agreed that treated wastewater is a tremendous opportunity particularly amidst the region’s increasingly water scare environments. They were also very enthusiastic about the possibilities for wastewater as a resource under the proposed CReW+. The week-long workshop was deemed a success and the inputs provided by participants will be very important in contributing to possible next phase of the GEF CReW Project.

The panelists are seen here being introduced by Mrs. Donna Sue Spencer, GEF CReW’s Communication Specialist at the regional workshop.

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Habitat for Humanity Trinidad & Tobago Partners with GWP-C and Other Agencies on Community Rainwater Harvesting Project in Tobago

On March 23rd, 2016, Habitat for Humanity Trinidad & Tobago (HFHTT) will celebrate the launch of its Project “Safe Shelter Through Landslide Mitigation” in Moriah, Tobago. The Project which is the HFHTT’s first Disaster Risk Reduction initiative in Tobago is a collaboration between the Moriah Village Council, the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA), the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean, the National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST) and the Division of Agriculture. The Project will focus on landslide mitigation through rainwater harvesting (RWH), retaining walls and tree and groundcover plantings. More specifically, the it sets out to provide ten (10) retaining walls, five (5) RWH systems, one (1) Community Centre washroom, one hundred (100) tree and ground-cover plants, and community training on the installation of retaining walls and RWH systems. The community training, specifically addresses the need which families affected by landslides have; the need for technical support, training and labour to build retaining walls. The initiative is funded by the Canada Caribbean Disaster Management Fund. The GWP-C will support the design and installation of the rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems in tandem with RWH installation and general Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) training for the community. GWP-C will also provide technical support for the watershed management aspects of the project. HFHTT is a non-profit, non-governmental housing organisation that has built and renovated scores of homes for persons whose income is so low that they cannot qualify for loans from the standard commercial lending institutions. The HFHTT is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI), with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America. GWP-C and the HFHTT have plans to collaborate on another major project this year and are in the process of securing funds for this prospective venture. Coming Events

GWP-C to Celebrate World Water Day with its Partners The 2016 World Water Day (WWD) theme is “Water and Jobs.” In light of the theme, the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) saw it as a perfect opportunity to bring focus to the vast amount of jobs that are all related to water within its Network. On World Water Day (March 22nd), the GWP-C plans to release a #WaterandJobs video featuring many of its Partners. The main objectives of the video is to:

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Raise awareness among stakeholders at various levels on the importance of water and how it may be directly and indirectly a part of their daily jobs.

Actively engage GWP-C’s Partners.

To produce the video, all GWP-C Partners have been asked to:

Use a mobile phone (must be a mobile phone) to record a one (1) minute video where on camera the following questions are to be answered:

- What do you do? - How does your job relate to water?

After participants have answered the above two (2) questions on camera, they must

end by saying on camera, the sentence “I have a water job.”

To show the diversity of jobs related to water in the Partnership, Partners have been asked to submit as many videos as they like but all participants must belong to a GWP-C Partner organisation.

Partners have been encouraged to record their videos in their “natural” working environments on the field and other settings, to enhance the visuals and to also sign-post the diversity of the Network.

All submissions received will be edited to create one (1) video to be launched by GWP-C on WWD. Also for WWD, GWP-C plans to update its Water, Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP) Caribbean Water and Climate Knowledge Platform to include information on most recent WACDEP initiatives and resources, as well as, climate/water technical resources from its Partners. General improvements will also be made to the structure and organisation of the Platform to make it even more user-friendly.

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CENTRAL AFRICA

Wetlands: Tank of countless benefits for humanity, badly exploited and valued

Reflection workshop on « Sustainable livelihoods in wetlands in developing countries: the vision of the African youth” initiated by Water For Life Cameroon within the context of the celebration of World Wetlands Day, in partnership with GWP-CAf, was held on February 3rd, 2016 in Yaoundé, Cameroun.

21 Participants drawn from 13 Cameroon youth led-organizations working for the protection of environment and research centers attended the workshop on wetlands.

The objective of the workshop was to raise awareness of youth opinion on the importance of the interdependence between human livelihoods and wetlands in urban and rural areas in order to catalyze change in the utilization of resources offered/generated by the wetlands.

The different presentations made, put an emphasis on the anthropogenic action, the monetary value of goods and services provided by wetlands as well as the vulnerability assessment and analysis of impacts resulting from the interaction between man and wetlands.

The workshop offered the podium to young leaders to present the results of the different studies on the impact of human activities in wetlands in Cameroon, the vulnerability of wetlands in protected areas or reserves, mangrove forests and tropical rainforests as well as marshes. The most important was an estimated monetary values for goods and services provided by wetlands.

During this session, Participants were divided into two working groups and charged to answer a series of questions related to human’s influence on wetlands, how beneficial are wetlands for human and the attitudes to adopt to address wetlands mismanagement.

By agreeing to support Cameroon Youth, GWP-CAf intended to ensure the quality of the work, have the field clear for GWP-CAf Youth Strategy approval and to strengthen the partnership within the network involving youth.

Hygiene Coaches to break continuous transmission of water-related diseases in primary schools in Yaoundé II.

Within the framework of the implementation of the programme for “Water and Youth”, GWP-CAf and its partner Water For Life Cameroon, a youth led-organization held from February 6th - 27th 2016 a series of four traineeship workshops on hygiene coaching for the primary schools of Yaoundé II. The traineeship was included in the line of the hygiene promotion project in primary schools entitled “ Soap for healthy lives” developed by NGO Water For Life Cameroon.

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The kick off ceremony was championed by the new GWP-Chair on February 6th, 2016 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. 13 participants, representing 10 youth led-organizations, attended the different training sessions.

The workshops centered their deliveries on four main modules like: Water-borne diseases: Transmission, Demonstration and Preventative measures; WASH in schools and rights to water and sanitation; the academic environment and the child psychology finally the class animation techniques.

Seven facilitators among whom two were women entertained participants. There was a jurist, teacher, psychologist, social marketing expert, Unesco expert and physician/doctor. The training aimed at enhancing the capability of primary school hygiene coaches to communicate appropriate hygiene message to a child in his/her different stages of growth and development, in order to catalyze behaviour change and bring the child act as peer educators for good health and hygiene to break continued transmission of water-borne diseases at school level, even within the community and save lives.

Through interactive sessions and working groups, the facilitators and participants shared their experiences and made andragogic assessments at the end of each module. Simulations and role-plays enabled participants to become aware of the work awaiting them in the field.

While targeting primary schools, Hygiene Coaches would lay emphasis on the child’s role to act as good drivers for influencing behaviour change at school and household level, as well.

Lessons learnt: - Poor water quality, lack of sanitation and hygiene are causes of water-borne diseases;

- Behaviour change in a long process including several steps and requires a participative approach, a follow-up and experience sharing to avoid relapse into the bad attitude;

- Understanding child psychology is critical to (how to talk and child to listen) communicate an

appropriate hygiene message in the child development and growth stages.

At the end of the traineeship, Participants engaged to work for good hygiene practices

systematization in schools as well as within the community and a significant reduction of the

prevalence of water-borne diseases among the most vulnerable people, especially the children.

The GWP-CAf role was to support partners and strengthen the network as well as to get

Youth more involved and interested in the water issues.

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CENTRAL AMERICA

GWP HONDURAS

Exchange of experience about drought in Honduras

GWP Central America has been working towards putting drought in the regional and national agenda

since 2014. GWP Honduras, together with the Ministry of the Environment held a workshop to

exchange experiences on the management of drought in the country, on February 12 in Tegucigalpa.

Participants included GWP partners, NGOs, international cooperation and academia.

The event included presentations on the link between water security and climate-change/drought by

Nabil Kawas, President GWP Honduras; sectoral impacts of drought in Central America by Fabiola

Tabora, GWP Central America Regional Coordinator and a presentation on the Dry Corridor Program

in Honduras by Hector Tablas of the Alianza por el Corredor Seco (Alliance for the Dry Corridor).

The experiences shared were:

Application of the Standard Precipitacion Index (SPI) in the forecasts of the National Weather

Service by Erick Martinez from the National Weather Services.

Recording drought by generating maps by Tania Peña from the Honduran Institute of Earth

Sciences.

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Technological innovations to face drought by Serge Lantagne from CARE-PROSADE.

From community drought monitoring to analysis of current climate and towards predicting

future climate locally by Bertha Alicia Gonzalez from ActionAid

The exchange of experiences was important for the participants, who expressed the need for these

types of events to learn from each other and facilitate coordination among the actors working on the

topic.

GOVERNANCE

The CWPs from Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama held their national assemblies and elected

new Steering Committees, during the month of february.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

COUNTRY WATER PARTNERSHIPS activities

GWP Bulgaria

The organisation of 3rd NCD on March 22 has started. A written publication in Water Affairs magazine 1/2, 2016 about the event has been made.

GWP Bulgaria representative has participated in meetings with minister and deputy minister

of environment and water, and Maritsa stakeholders about WaterInnEU project.

Galia Bardarska participated in a workshop for sharing knowledge between Bulgaria and Korea

on February 24 in Economic Research Institute, Sofia (GWP partner). IDMP materials and

WaterInnEU brochure have been disseminated and discussed at Final Reporting Workshop of

the project „Innovation in the management of state-owned enterprises on the experience of

Korea“ incl. water companies with leader prof. Mitko Dimitrov-director of Economic Research

Institute-BAS. Sponsor of the project: Ministry of Strategy&Finances, Korea, for the period

February 2015-February 2016.

GWP Bulgaria has started preparing the documents of Association "GWP-Bulgaria" (Bulstat: 130999914) for year 2015 according to Bulgarian legislation about non-profit organisations.

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GWP Hungary

The organization of the 2015 SJWP-Hungary competition is ongoing. The first round (screening of the proposals) has been completed. The best 10 projects were selected by the jury.

The first round of the Danube box competition for primary and secondary school children has been completed.

The continuous development and updating of the online GWP Water Glossary is ongoing.

The GWP Hungary homepage has been maintained and regularly updated.

The preparations of the SDG Preparedness Facility program is ongoing. Negotiations

with key partners have started.

The Hungarian version of the Guidelines for preparation of the Drought Management

Plans (developed under the IDMP) has been completed and made available through GWP Hungary’s

website. 2nd and 7th February Discussions were held in the General Directorate of Water Management

on the national drought strategy and the 3rd national consultation. The event (original planned on 23

March) has been postponed in order to better prepare the drought strategy.

24th February: Meeting of the intersectoral committee for the organization of Budapest

Water Summit 2016. GWP Hungary was invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to work in

the committee and to organize the Youth Forum of the BWS 2016 to be held on 28-30 November.

Preparations started involving inter alia GWPO secretariat.

GWP Lithuania

• GWP CEE IDMP 3rd National Consultation took place in Vilnius on 7 December 2015. • The “Guidelines for preparation of the Drought Management Plans” were translated

into Lithuanian language together with the text proofreading. • Independent reviewers have checked the translated text of the “Guidelines for

preparation of the Drought Management Plans”, and after language and style corrections it has been sent to the GWP CEE Secretariat for the layout design.

• In December 2015, and February 2016 GWP Lithuania has been involved and actively participated in setting targets and target dates as well as in the evaluation of progress towards the achievement of the targets for UNECE and WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health.

• In February 2016 GWP Lithuania has visited Kamanos Strict Nature Reserve, one of the largest wetland complex in Lithuania. The visit includes discussion how the GWP Lithuania could mediate for the Reserve in the educational and dissemination (national) projects.

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GWP Romania

In February GWP Romania has printed

a number of copies of the IDMP Guidelines

elaborated within the Regional IDM Project and

translated into Romanian. The main aim of printing

hard copies was to have this important product

when we try to introduce it within the different

events planned for this year (for example: thee 3rd

European Rivers Symposium, 2-3 March in Vienna,

22 March – World Water Day, 23 March - World

Meteorological Day and other). The intention is also

to have these Guidelines available to for use during

the next events in 2016 like Danube Day celebrations in June and other events that will follow and

where GWP Romania will attend. The book will be used also for the next Danube Art Master

competition organized annually under the Danube Day events, and where the invited specialists,

professors and other participants, from local administration, from the co-organizers side, like the

Danube, Prut and Siret River Basins Administrations, may get exemplars of the book. For these

purposes of its easier presentation GWP Romania has adapted also a Power Point presentation using

previous slides from NCDs , from summaries of book pages in the respective slides, etc. for better and

extended presentation. After having successfully finalized and printed the book, these were also

transferred in the ANM site.

During the 29 February 2016, in Bucharest, Romania it was organised the 10th Steering

Group/SG meeting of PA5 – “Management of Environmental Risks” of the EUSDR. The Venue was the

Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests headquarters: 12, Libertatii Blv., sector 5 Bucharest.

Co-chairs of the meeting were the representatives of two responsible countries from Danube River

Basin :

-Ms Olimpia Negru, Ministry of Environment and Climate Changes – Department for Waters,

Forests and Fisheries, EUSDR PAC 5, Romania

-Mr László Dobi, General Directorate of Water Management, EUSDR PAC 5, Hungary

At this meeting GWPCEE was represented by Janos Feher /GWP Hungary and Liviu N. Popescu/ GWP

Romania. During the meeting within some points of Agenda we have delivered information related to

our activity and also related to some of the projects in which our GWP CEE Region countries have been

involved and also about some of the respective projects outcomes, example from the IDMP project we

have shown the “Guidelines for preparation of the Drought Management Plans”, then also the

Guidelines of Natural Small Water Retention Measures including the translated in Romanian language

versions and which were appreciated by some of country representatives like Moldova, and also our

Romanian Water and Environment Ministry and some of their authorities representatives. Another

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important moment for our delegation was the presentation of a GWP Regional Project Proposal

entitled “Drought Risk in the Danube Region (DRiDanube)” by Dr Janos Feher – Head of EUDRS Task

Force within the GWPCEE and which proposal has received the highest appreciation and passed the

next steps in terms of financial approval from the EUDRS budget sources. The development of a

detailed project proposal and creation of the project consortium will follow.

Administrative activities: Works for the CWP site update, with the new produced and/or translated documents related to IWRM. Report links to sites where the presentations and reports can be downloaded after being sent to Secretariat. All the associated BTOR’s were also accompanied by large number of pictures and associated documents of respective gatherings/activities. All mentioned outcomes are now available on GWP Romania website.

GWP Slovenia

GWP Slovenia is preparing the program for project proposal to the Open Call of the

Cooperation Programme Interreg V-A Slovenia-Croatia 2014-2020, opened in February 2016

(http://84.39.218.255/en2/open-call/open-call-for-projects/). The partners will be Limnos, Goransko

Primorska County, University of Rijeka, GEO TEO – Cres, potential partners are University of

Ljubljana, Park Škocjanske jame.

At the event of announcement of the DAM 2015 winners on Snežnik Castle GWP

Slovenia has agreed with colleagues at the castle, the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning

to organize the exhibition “12 years of DAM” in April 2016. GWP Slovenia will take care of the

content and design of panels, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning will pay printing of the

panels, Castle Snežnik will provide the space for free. Slovenian Environment Agency will provide a

panel with the information on the project “High water marks”.

GWP CEE and GWP Slovenia Chair Martina Zupan participated in the Information day

for Interreg ADRION program. It was extremely informative for project proposal registration

formalities.

GWP CEE Secretariat activities

In February 2016 GWP CEE Secretariat was dealing mainly with:

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Programming, communication and preparation of GWP’s participation in the European River Symposium 2016.

Finalisation of audit, in-kind reporting and contracting of the Country Water Partnerships.

Finalisation of funding options review, partners mapping and preparation for the workshop on 19-20 April in cooperation with GWP and project partners – University of Ljubljana and WISDOM.

On 9 February Martina Zupan and Richard Muller participated at the Ministerial Meeting organized by the ICPDR in Vienna, Austria.

Preparation of the Small Water Retention Fact Sheet.

Preparation of small water retention meeting that was held back to back Regional Council

Preparation of the Council meeting to be held on 4-5 March in Bratislava, Slovakia.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

2- 3 March, European River Symposium and European River Prize

4-5 March, Regional Council Meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia

6 March, Small water retention project preparatory meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia

22-23 March, Interreg Europe, The Netherlands

19-20 April, SANDANUBE project meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia

21-22 April, ICPDR PP EG meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia

10-13 May, Regional Days, Stockholm, Sweden

23-24 May, 5th Danube Financing Dialogue, Bratislava, Slovakia

1 June, 6th Meeting of the Parties to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin, Belgrade

16-17 June, ICPDR Standing Working Group Meeting in Modra (Czech Republic)

19-22 September, WaterInnEU international seminar, Sofia, Bulgaria

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CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASUS

1. The conference "Environmental education in Armenia: current state and development prospects"

CWP-Armenia participated at the conference "Environmental education in Armenia: current state

and development prospects" organized by the Charitable Foundation "Armenia Tree Project"

under financial support of EU, UNDP, GEF SGP and held on 17 February 2016 in Yerevan.

The conference was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Education and Science, the

Ministry of Nature protection, international organizations (EU, UNDP, UNICEF), NGOs, and media

(about 70 participants). Various reports were presented and topics in particular "Education for

sustainable development" were discussed.

During the conference, an exhibition for NGOs works was organized where CWP-Armenia

presented publications.

As a result of the meeting CWP-Armenia acquired new partners of "Ecolab", Sustainable Development and Active

Citizenship Program and the Foundation for Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC), which agreed

to cooperate in the framework of the SDG project.

CWP-Armenia has received an offer from the Information NGO "EcoLur" to participate in the talk show "Water

problems: causes, consequences and possible solutions" to be held in April 2016.

2. The civil society networks working group meeting "Protection of nature and health"

On February 24, CWP-Armenia as the coordinator of the working group "Protection of nature and health" of the

civil society networks of Armenia, held a working group meeting, where the following issues were discussed:

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1. The Work Plan for 2016

2. Involvement of different networks organizations into the projects on achieving SDGs

3. Discussion of the project on the development of network in the regions

4. Current Issues

Representatives of 12 organizations, as well as employees of the Network secretariat participated. It was decided

to organize a conference on SDGs with involvement of representatives of all 8-working groups, where they will

present priorities and ways to achieve SDG6.

3. Water Security for school children

On 15-18 February 2016, CWP-Mongolia jointly with representatives of USA and the Asian

Foundation visited the Khuvsgul province of Mongolia to teach school children (about 120

children) about water security and safety. They discussed with children about potable water

quality and importance of good quality water for children.

4. The meeting "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Schools"

The meeting "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Schools" organized by CWP-Mongolia and WASH was held on

29 February 2016 in the Prime Tuushin Hotel in Ulaanbaatar.

Number of participant: 20 people from different organization.

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The meeting discussed the Development Strategy on improvement of water, sanitation and hygiene for school

and the medium-term action plan and the action plan for 2016.

CWP-Mongolia proposed to create Facebook account "School water & sanitation".

5. Consultation Workshop "Reliable water and energy supply for population resilience to climate change"

The Consultation Workshop "Reliable water and energy supply for population resilience to climate change"

organized by the Secretariat of the pilot program on adaptation to climate change, EBRD and the Climate

Investment Fund, was held on 3 February 2016 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

CWP-Tajikistan among other civil society organizations took part.

The workshop aims were as follows:

1. Improve awareness on vulnerability to climate change at the community level; present consequences

of lack of reliable access to potable water for communities and vulnerable population;

2. Present cases of existing reactions on future challenges in the service sphere:

- Civil society organization activity and projects;

- EBRD's experience on implementation of the cooperation programs with stakeholders.

3. Clarify how the civil society can support efforts of the secretariat, EBRD and other national and

international partners to develop and form community resilience to climate change in Tajikistan.

More than 40 people from national organizations and departments, higher educational organizations and NGOs

discussed issues in 3 thematic groups:

- Climate and Water: improvement of household water supply.

- Climate and Energy: improvement of access to sustainable energy supply.

- Access to financing: problems and possibilities.

Participants presented ideas on measures and projects to increase potential of civil society.

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6. Kick-off working meeting on the project "Water, Education and Cooperation"

The Kick-off working meeting on the project "Water, Education and Cooperation (SmartWater)" organized by the

REC CA, the Ministry of Hydro-Power and Water Resources of Tajikistan, Agency on Land Reclamation and

Irrigation at the Government of Tajikistan, the Committee on Environment Protection at the Government of

Tajikistan, and under support of USAID was held on 25 February 2016 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

CWP-Tajikistan among other 62 representatives of national, educational, public and international organizations,

as well as academia took part.

Objective: To create a system that will solve the problem of lack of specialized knowledge in the region,

development of working relationship between water managers and specialists, as well as demonstration of the

basin approach potential for water resources management and cooperation with academic institutions; to

stimulate cross-border confidence and enhance the Central Asian water and energy cooperation at the

transnational political level.

7. International Conference of the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Network of Water

Management Organizations (EECCA NBO) “Cultural and Educational Issues Related to Water

Management in the EECCA Countries”, February 9-10, 2016, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan

http://www.gwp.org/en/CACENA/ 8. 2016 GWP UNIVERSITIES TOOLBOX WORKSHOP FOR CENTRAL ASIA, Kazakh-German University

in Almaty, 11-12 February 2016

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Opening welcome speech from Dr. Marcus Kaiser, President of GKU

The workshop audience

Key workshop organizers (from left): Vadim Sokolov, GWP CACENA Regional Coordinator; Barbara Janusz-Pawletta,

Coordinator of the IWRM Program of GKU; Eric Tardieu, Deputy Secretary General of INBO; Danka Thalmeinerova, Senior

Knowledge Management Officer of GWP; Francois Brikke, Senior Network Officer GWP

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Participants of the workshop IWRM tools for urban water supply and sanitation in Almaty

9. Second meeting of the Coordination Group of EC IFAS on a regional information space in Central

Asia, supported by UNECE, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 18 - 19 February 2016

GWP CACENA Regional Coordinator Vadim Sokolov actively took part in the meeting.

In the result of the meeting the five recommendations were adopted by the Group, which suggested to be

implemented. Those recommendations constitute the first concrete steps towards making information on water,

energy, the environment and hydro-meteorology readily accessible for all stakeholders and the broader public.

Information on the status and dramatic consequences of the tragedy of the Aral Sea should be more visible to

the world. Therefore the work of the Coordination Group is vitally important as the modern, easy to access

regional information space it is to create will help attract sufficient attention to and assistance to the resolution

of the burning problems in the Aral Sea Basin.

Furthermore the regional information space will greatly contribute to the more effective functioning of

regional organisations and institutions of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea. Comprehensive,

agreed, easily accessible information on the areas of water, energy, environment and hydro-meteorology will

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facilitate constructive dialogue, the resolution of disputes and joint action on such shared challenges as global

warming, soil erosion or desertification.

10. Asia-Pacific Water Forum 18thGoverning Council Meeting, Singapore, 24th February, 2016

Informal Pan-Asian meeting of RWPs coordinators and Angela on 23 February 2016 in Singapore

Presentation of GWP activities by Angela - APWF GC always accounted GWP as valuable partner for cooperation and it’s

RWPs as sub-regional coordinators

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The meeting was chaired by Mr. Ravi Narayanan, Chair of the Governing Council of APWF

Global Water Partnership was represented by Angela Klauschen, Senior Network Officer GWPO; Vadim Sokolov GWP

CACENA Regional Coordinator, Priyanka Dissanayake GWP SA Regional Coordinator; Djoko Sasongko GWP SEA

Regional Coordinator

Meeting minutes

AGENDA ITEM KEY POINTS NEXT STEPS

1. Activities of APWF related organisations

UNESCAP, Donovan

Storey (via Telecon)

- Regional cooperation for Water and Sanitation

- Urban Development: UWM, water eco-efficiency, water-resilient cities

- Envi-Development: IWRM, water markets, integration of water-related targets

- KM platforms & e-learning courses

- Cooperation for 3rd APWS 2017 - Programmatic Framework for

implementation of SDGs and Habitat III

- New strategic direction on Water and sanitation at UNESCAP

- Enhancing regional cooperation on DRR/Climate resilience in Asia

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- Publications on each chapter of SDGs - Member of UN-Water, co-chair of TF on

Water Security with UNU-INWEH

- 3-5 April AP Forum on SD (Associated Event on SDG6)

- Q&A: E-learn platforms targeted at practitioners? ->

ADB, Yasmin Siddiqi (via

Telecon)

- Cooperation with APWF and Asia Pacific Center for Water Security in the University of Beijing on AWDO 2016 (3rd of the series – 1st was in 2007, 2nd in 2013)

- 5 key dimensions (KDs): households, economies, urban, environment, climate resilience & DRR

- Improved methodology and updated data of KDs with support from APCWS, ICHARM, IWMI, IWC Brisbane…

- Inclusion of governance aspects and actions in KD4 (ecosystems health) -> regulations on pollution, etc.

- Launch of AWDO 2016 planned for SWWW in August

- AWDO will include recommendations on how to improve water security

- Other activities: Water Futures and Solutions with

IIASA Water Productivity and Accounting W-E-F interlinkages (with IPRI) Events: SWWW (“Eye on Asia” on

Innovations), IWA Congress, ICID World Irrigation Forum

FAO, Thierry Facon,

Senior Water Mgmt

Officer, FAO RAP,

Bangkok

- Restructuring of FAO work/organization - At WWF6 focus on food security and

WWF7 focus on water and food -> Vision for Water and Food Security for AP by 2030

- Implement sound and innovative water accounting

- Develop risk management strategies for national food security policies under water constraints and economic transitions

- Adapt agri and rural water management with focus on farmers’ prosperity (GW in India, ICT technologies)

- Boost ecosystem and water productivity across agri, fisheries…

- “Barefoot” water education initiatives on GW in India involving local communities

- Contribution to 3rd APWS preparation? - Contribution to ASEAN on multi-SH

dialogues processes - Support to national investment

programmes& policies - Develop regional initiative on “Zero

Hunger” challenge, connected to SDGs - Look into water productivity of

aquaculture, key sustainability issues - Several regional initiatives: (Regional

Rice Initiative, Regional Initiative on Blue Growth, Climate-Smart Agricult.)

- FAO-Asia Network of Reference Centers on irrigation modernization

- Work on WEF Nexus in Asia (solar irrigation, World Agriculture Watch…)

- Need for integrated approach to all SDGs together to avoid conflicts…

- Work with GEMI via Aquastat

GWPO, Ms. Angela

Klauschen, Senior

Network Officer, GWPO

Stockholm

(See presentation attached) - APWF GC always accounted GWP as valuable partner for cooperation and it’s RWPs as sub-regional coordinators

- Singapore PUB, APWF and UN-Habitat showed interest in GWP work on youth

- APWF (Ravi) added the need to work more on gender dimension

UNESCO, Dr. Shahbaz

Khan

- IHP8 – 8th Phase of hydrological programme on-going

- Flood Management project with ICHARM in Pakistan to be extended to Afghanistan

- Involvement in Agenda 2030 - Interest in AWC (specifically in WEF

nexus Special Committee) - New UNESCO centres: UNESCO Centre

for Headwaters of Hindus (Pakistan,

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- Work with NARBO on IWRM -> IWRM guidelines integrating ecohydrology/EbA and to be used by NARBO for CB purposes

- Water Sustainability sites in Asia: Thonle Sap (Cambodia) Mindanao, Cebu (Philippines), 3 in Malaysia

- Socio-economic studies for Malaysia

National Plan Commission/PWP), for Iran

- LLL programmes for engineers (Myanmar, Fiji, Pakistan, Bangladesh)

- Plans for Education at all levels (esp. standardization of Masters’ curricula)

- Next UNESCO IHP meeting in Mongolia, Sept. 2016

Singapore PUB, Ms. Tay

Kai Yun

- MFA’s Singapore Cooperation Programme

- Initiative ASEAN Integration - 3rd Country Programme - CB Programme for SDGs: MFA SCP

Urban and Water Sustainability

- SIWW, 10-14 July, Focus on urban water management

- 3-in-1 Event: World Cities Summit + Clean Enviro Summit

- SIWW Events: Water Leaders Summit, Water Convention?, Young Water Leaders’ Summit…

UN-Habitat, Dr. Avi

Sarkar

- Involvement in AP Youth Forum - Involvement in UN-Water on SDGs - Focus on SDG 11 and relation to water

sanitation in particular - Key issues: rapid urbanisation, poverty,

ageing infrastructure, demand management

- Flagship Programme on education/KM

- Habitat III Conference - On-going initiatives : Water for Cities

in Asia and MEK-WATSAN programme (showed video)

Japan Sanitation Forum,

Pierre Flamand

- New concept of WS and Sanitation technologies for targets under SDGs

- Issue with SDG 6.3. which focuses on black water and ignores grey water as a pollutant in terms of water quality

- Issue with pipe-systems (less safe the sewage tanks…)

- WHO/UNICEF guidelines for septic tanks set requirements higher than for sewage treatment in lower income countries

- Comment by UNESCO on other sources of (toxic) black water (industry, agriculture, pharma, etc.) and that APWF should pick up too…

Asian Institute of

Technology,

Dr.ThammaratKoottatep

- Discussed various technologies re. WWT, sanitation issues, reduction in volume of fecal sludge to be collected by sewage treatment facilities…

- ADB is investing in Bangladesh, Vietnam…

Korea Water Forum, Dr.

Soon Buhm Kwon

- Korea Water Forum aiming at organising regularly events, ranging from business to culture…

- Daegu-Gyeongbuk Int’l Water Week, 19-22 October 2016

- World Water Partnership (WWP – includes former WWF organizers), in support of WWC for WWF8…

- Water Business Forum (3 events in 2016: AWC, SIWW, Daegu)

- Water Education for Teachers (WET) Project

- Korea Junior Water Prize - Asia-Pacific Youth Parliament for

Water (July 2016)

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- Water Culture Forum…. - Citizen Forum…

NARBO, Tadashige

Kawasaki

- Several sessions in Korea WWF (on basin IWRM in cooperation with GWP)

- Proposed IWRM indicators and targets in Asian river basins

- Peer Review Trainings - Contribution to HELP under UN lead - Contribution to UN Special Session on

Water and Disasters - Contribution to OECD Water

Governance Initiative and Indicator

- Bridging Knowledge gaps - Guidance on how to use various

IWRM publications/tools on the ground

- Objective to deliver more benefits to all NARBO members

- Follow up with concrete actions on Manila Declaration (2014)

- 6th GA in August or Sept. 2016 to discuss next 3-year work programme and 10-year strategy

- To explore establishment of national secretariats

- Comment by UNESCO: develop guidelines on GW and “sick” water…

International Water

Centre (IWC in

Australia), Mark Pascoe

- Most funds/resources allocated by Australian Gov.

- Master’s Degree on IW(R)M, hosting participants from several SAS/SEA countries (Nepal, Indonesia, Philippines…)

- Programmes in 7 partner countries (Nepal, Sri Lanka, Peru, Solomon Islands…)

- ADB study leading to cooperation with UNESCO-IHP on young water leaders, but too expensive…

- Need to understand how to influence leaders and develop leadership…

- Collaboration on AWDO in 2012 and for 2016… to be presented at SWWW…

- Exploring cooperation with WB on synthesizing in Australia

Vijna, Indian Student at

Lee Kuan Yew School of

Public Policy

- Key issues in India: governance, water pollution from nitrates and phosphates...

- Reg. e-learning courses, best for existing key initiatives to unite and provide joint programmes

- Need to discuss key issues for Asia to achieve real change on the ground

Asia Water Council,

Ms.Yoonjin Kim,

Manager, Secretariat

- Established at Korea WWF in 2015 - Double purpose: i) promote/support

projects of priority, ii) organise Asia International Water Week (AIWW) every 3 years ahead of WWFs to prepare for them

- China MWR founding member (tbc?) (see pic for more info)

- A number of events planned: AWC GA in Bali, March 2016, and AIWW in 2016

- AWC suggested to the issue of overlap between AIWW and APWS to be discussed with APWF so as to harmonize initiatives

- APWF could play role of advisor on policy issues to AWC

Ambassador of

Mongolia, Mr.Tumur

Lkhagvadorj

- Announcement of application to host next APWS in Ulan Bator in May 2017, with focus on green and sustainable development

- Event will target high-level representatives

- 4 WGs: technical, PR, safety & security, logistics, to ensure smooth organisation

- Mongolia expecting reply from APWF by next GC meeting

- Cost estimate to be submitted to APWF asap (?)

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- Location: Shangri-La Hotel…

2. Overall discussion on APWF-AWC cooperation and activities for 2016

UNESCO (Shahbaz Khan) - While initially AWC seemed to be exclusively interested in promoting projects, it emerges that agenda may also be political

- Need to clearly avoid overlap/duplication of work between various initiatives, esp. APWS and AIWW in view of WWF8

- AWC was requested to provide more clarity on the scope of their work and inclusion of political dimension

- GWPO (Angela) supported UNESCO’s suggestions

FAO (Thierry Facon) - Projects listed by AWC very diverse, and some may be controversial (e. g. Thai project on Mekong tributary basin)

- AWC should not claim to be the only implementing projects on the ground, many other organisations doing that already (incl. UN bodies, etc.)

- AWC asked to provide clarity on sources of funding for the projects they listed

UN-Habitat (AviSarkar) - Institutions’ resources (human, financial) limited in terms of attending meetings, getting involved in variety of initiatives

GWP CACENA (Vadim) - AWC’s mission is promoting SMART water management for sustainable development in Asia

- AWC should not replace APWF as a policy leader

- As well as it is for promotion of practical solutions we can call it “Asia Smart Water Council” to differentiate itself from other initiatives and have its niche

APWF (Ravi) - Ravi summarized points made by other organisations

- WWC asked to provide more information on scope of its work for APWF to understand better opportunities for cooperation

UN ESCAP (via Skype) - UN ESCAP reconfirmed support to APWF and APWS in 2017

- Could provide support on integrated SDG framework

AWC (Yoonjin Kim) - AWC project list not definitive, it is being discussed with MDBs and other donors for funding

3. Conclusions / Way forward

APWF (Ravi) - A mapping of the different existing and new initiatives would be useful to have a sound picture of “who is doing what” in the broader Asia-Pacific region

- APWF being invited to the AWC GA in Bali in March, Dr. Simon Tay agreed to attend on behalf of APWF

- WWC expected to inform organisations of the way they intend to organise regional processes at WWF8 in Brazil and which organisation to lead AP regional process by June latest. This should show the way forward

- Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy student attending the APWF GC meeting will undertake a first attempt to map the players and APWF to share the first outcomes with GC participants

- APWF rep at AWC GA to get a better understanding of opportunities for collaboration

- APWF to wait for WWC decision on the organisation to have more clarity on the respective roles

- AWC-APWF collaboration to be newly discussed at next APWF GC meeting

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during SIWW in July and way forward decided then

- Next APWF GC meeting in July 2016 during SIWW will make final decision about host of 3rd APWS and its agenda.

AWC (Yoonjin Kim) - Points from various participants (UNESCO, UN-Habitat, FAO, APWF, GWP) on the need for more clarity well taken and to be discussed with senior management

- AWC to get back to APWF and other participants with more clarity on i) political dimension of AWC’s work, ii) nature of projects developed

Certificate awarding ceremony

11. Central Asia Water Resources Management Project (CA-WaRM): Regional Technical Working Group Kick off Meeting, February 15-17, 2016, World Bank, CAR Office, Almaty

GWP CACENA Regional Coordinator Vadim Sokolov attended the meeting

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List of regional ideas developed during the meeting:

Project component on information:

• Inventory (previous achievements, the current state of demand and challenges), data collation, research for

the regional data generation and exchange

• Improvement of the automated systems for monitoring and accounting

• Increased use of satellite data and remote sensing

• Increase the reliability of forecasts (short-term, seasonal, long-term)

• Improve understanding of basins / areas of flow formation and use (catchment, glaciers, ecosystems,

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groundwater, water pollution, alternative sources of water, the water balance)

• Creation of a unified data access system; access to information / information exchange on water and

ecosystems

• Tools / data analysis modeling, taking into account water resources interactive information systems with real-

time data

• Improved knowledge of products, portals, applications,

Project component on institutional issues:

• Harmonization / unification of standards / protocols / legal documents (e.g. for water monitoring, data

exchange, data quality, groundwater, water pollution, hydraulic engineering safety)

• Establish linkages between the work of national and regional organizations

• Institutional capacity building, including offices / branches at country level

• Establishment of the modern water situation regional center

• Scholarships for future water professionals

• Regular conferences, seminars, training, study tours

• Resumption of coordinated research and the expansion of cooperation with the scientific community /

educational networks; the use of regional expertise

• Co-ordination and synergy in other activities funded by donors

• Cross-sectoral working groups on specialized topics (e.g., Hydraulic safety, etc.)

Project component on investments:

• Modernization of infrastructure for water monitoring

• The construction / rehabilitation of buildings; information centers

• Scoping / technical state of water infrastructure analysis and modernization needs (including hydraulic

engineering safety, efficiency)

• Pilot projects (based on global best practices), water resources monitoring, SCADA, SMART water and

information technology, the efficiency of water resources use - for two BWOs and Chu-Talas Commission, etc.

• Increased use of modern information and communication technologies (hardware, software)

This set of recommendations will be forwarded to the Regional Steering Committee, consisting of high-ranking

officials from the five countries for the approval and development of further guidance.

12. GWP CACENA Regional Council Meeting, 10 February 2016 Almaty, Kazakhstan (“Uyut” Hotel)

Participants:

GWP CACENA RC Members: Arevik Hovsepyan (Armenia), Gaibali Gadjimetov (authorized delegate of Teimur

Osmanov, Azerbaijan), Nino Chkhobadze (Georgia) - Chairman, Nariman Kipshakbaev (Kazakhstan), Kasiet

Musabaeva (Kyrgyzstan), Yarash Pulatov (Tajikistan), Mansur Abduraimov (Uzbekistan), Davaa Basandorj

(Mongolia). Turkmenistan was not attended

GWPO: Francois Brikke, Senior Network Officer (Central Africa, South East Asia, Caucasus and Central Asia.

GWP CACENA Regional Secretariat: Vadim Sokolov.

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Invited participants: Eduard Mesropyan (Armenia), Kurulay Yakhiyaeva (Kazakhstan), Abdybay Djailoobaev

(Kyrgyzstan), Bulat Yessekin (GWP Steering Committee member).

Minutes:

1 14.00 – 14.05 Opening the meeting by GWP CACENA

Chair Nino Chkhobadze

Adoption of agenda

2 14.05 – 14.15 Info about the GWP Regional Days

2015

1. Regional Coordinator Vadim Sokolov presented brief outcomes of the GWP Regional days held in Stockholm in November 2015

2. Senior Network Officer Francois Brikke highlighted importance of annual regional work plans adoption to GWP Strategy during remaining years of 2017-2019

3 14.15 – 15.45 Results of activities in 2015: brief

presentations by 8 of 9 CWP

Coordinators (Turkmenistan was not

attended)

Key outputs from 2015 GWP CACENA

work activities by countries were

discussed and regional summary by

Regional Coordinator Vadim Sokolov

was delivered.

4 15.45 – 16.15 Presentation from GWP SC member

Bulat Yessekin on Water and SDGs in

Central Asia and short exchange of

opinions

Bulat presented link of water factors

with the SDGs on example of

Kazakhstan and highlighted role of GWP

to assist countries with IWRM tools

towards SDGs achievement

5 16.15- 16.45 Results of WACDEP CACENA 2013-

2015 by Project Manager Abdybay

Djailoobaev

First draft report on WACDEP 2013-

2015 activities and outputs was

presented. There was noted that

background part of the report is not

enough completed about evidences of

climate changes in the countries. Also

recommendations on result

interpretation and wider practical use

not clearly stated. It was agreed that

report could be basis for future

publication if those two parts will be

additionally worked out. GWP CACENA

Secretariat should coordinate those

additions, and publication should be

ready before June 2016 (Pan-European

Conference in Batumi).

Senior Network Officer Francois Brikke

suggested to consult results with GWPO

WACDEP reference group.

6 16.45 – 17.00 Financial audit 2015 Regional Coordinator Vadim Sokolov

explained forms required by GWPO

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auditors and agreed with CWP

Coordinators the ways to meet

deadlines for financial audit 2015, and

all requirements.

17.00 -17.45 Work Plan and Calendar for 2016 There were discussed preparations for

Pan-European Conference in Batumi -

June, WACDEP regional workshop in

Mongolia – first part of October, SDGs

activities in Armenia and Kazakhstan.

Also there was agreed to support MoU

for cooperation between GWP SA, GWP

China, GWP SEA and GWP CACENA,

which will be signed during GWP

Regional days to be held in Stockholm in

May 2016.

17.45 – 18.25 Organizational issues:

communications, template and

content of monthly reports, rotation

of RC members etc.

CWP-Kazakhstan Coordinator, Prof.

Kipshakbaev raised issue on how to

increase efficiency of GWP CACENA

activities. It was suggested to ask GWPO

to provide additional training on

outcome mapping for CWPs to increase

their skills in proper reporting.

Senior Network Officer Francois Brikke

highlighted importance of General

assemblies of partners at country and

regional levels.

A group composed of the Chair of

Kazakhstan (Kipshakbaev), Chair of

Mongolia (Basandorj) and Chair of

Armenia (Hovsepyan), led by the GWP

CACENA Chair (Chkhobadze) and

facilitated by the SNO (Francois) will be

setting up a methodology to explore

views and possible alternatives for the

rotation of the Regional Coordination

Office that include both Managerial and

Institutional dimensions. The group will

be in touch with all CWPs and make a

proposition ahead of the RC meeting

that will take a final decision on that

matter in October 2016.

9 18.25 - 18.30 Closing of meeting by GWP Chair Nino

Chkhobadze

Taking into account that all CWPs will

attend the Pan-European Conference in

Batumi – June 2016, it was suggested to

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conduct next GWP CACENA RC meeting

in line with the Conference.

The proposed agenda should

include: the future 3 years program, as

well as some key governance aspects

concerning RWPs and CWPs, the role of

CWPs in the new strategy, the

finalization of the accreditation

processes, the monitoring processes,

fund raising and project development,

rotation of Regional Office, etc.

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1. SDG-PF Support Program: Engaging Stakeholders from Uganda and Kenya CWPs and Line Ministries

GWPEA Secretariat has carried intensive consultations with the aim of engaging

country water partnerships for Uganda and Kenya on SDG- Preparedness

Facility support by GWP.

The purpose of the country’s engagement was to underscore the importance

and linkage between the water goal to other SDGs such as Goal-1 End poverty in

all its forms everywhere, SDG-2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved

nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture, SDG-3, Ensure healthy lives and

promote wellbeing for all at all ages; SDG-5, Achieve gender equality and

empower women and girls; and SDG-7, Ensure access to affordable, reliable and

modern energy for all. The core message upon the SDG-PF support was to

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demonstrate that investing in the sustainable management of water resources,

Uganda will be scoring on most all the SDGs.

During this consultation, the team from Uganda and Kenya CWP’s agreed that

GWPEA support on SDG-PF will be driven towards designing a Strategic Plan for

Uganda to fast track achievement of SDGs 6, and related targets in connection

with other Sectors such as Agriculture, Energy, Health, etc… The Strategic Plan

will help addressing questions such as (1) How the coordination, collaboration

and partnership among the stakeholders can be strengthened at various levels (

governments, donors, religions, INGO’s, DP’s, CSO’s, private sector, academia

and research organizations) to achieve the SDGs?; (2) How can we scale up the

implementation of various programs to achieve the SDGs by 2030; (3) What are

the available opportunities for mobilizing resources for achieving the SDGs

targets related to water?; (4) How can the achievement of SDGs target be closely

monitored ? (5) what needs to be done and by who; How can we improve the

awareness, mindset change, human and the institutional capacity to achieve the

SDG targets; (6) What role can the various stakeholders play to realize the SDGs

and what needs to be done to enlist their support to achieve the SDG targets; (7)

How should SDG be addressed so that it effectively contribute to the

achievement of other water related goals

The team agreed that the Ministry responsible for water or Ministry of

Agriculture will be the lead Organization depending on each country’s context

and also working closely with the CWP in the whole process that will play the

facilitating role: The collaboration will start from the point of hiring the

consultant who will help designing the Strategy on SDG-6 capturing the

indicators/progress markers, baseline for each country, priority action to be

undertaken, mapping of partners involved and their support, timeline and

required resources; as well as a 3 year’s project to accompany the achievement

of SDG-6 process in the horizon 2030.

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The team endorsed the ToRs and road map for implementing the SDG-PF support

and it was also directed that the SDG-PF support will be in harmony and

synergized with other ongoing initiatives undertaken by other partners on SDGs

without duplication. The team strongly underscored that the achievement of

SDGs require strong inter-sectoral coordination, monitoring and peer review

mechanism and involvement of various actors at all levels.

2. Water-Food-Energy and Climate Initiative for Africa: Engaging Stakeholders from Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda CWPs and Line Ministries

During the last week of February 2016, the Regional Secretariat of GWPEA has

engaged the concerned CWPs - Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda and lines

Ministries in the process of designing the program “Water, Energy, Food &

Ecosystems – A vital nexus for Zero Hunger in Africa”

The team was briefed that the program was initiated to respond to the Strategic

Objectives adopted during the summit, where by member States commit to

ensure urgent national, regional and global actions to fully realize the target of

ending the hunger, work within the Global Partnership for Agriculture, Food

Security and Nutrition, build on existing structures to enhance governance and

cooperation, implement the reform of the UN Committee on world Food

Security, reverse the decline in funding for agriculture, food security and rural

development in developing countries and promote new investment, face the

challenges of climate change to food security and the need for adaptation and

mitigation in agriculture.

Moreover, the team was briefed that the Program was drawn from the positive turn out of the multi-stakeholders’ dialogues facilitated by Country Water Partnership in the year 2015 in the led-up to UN Committee on world Food Security during the 42nd session held in Roma in the last October 2015 on “Water

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and Food Security” and is also in reference to the identification of particular priorities by country Stakeholders;

The consultations resulted into the urgent necessity of offering a high level

political support by National Governments through the issuance of Ministerial

letter to support the program “Water, Energy, Food & Ecosystems – A vital

nexus for Zero Hunger in Africa” at country level.

3. Documenting Lessons and Good Practices in Drought Management: A Case Study on Building Drought Resilience through Land and Water Management

The Global Water Partnership Eastern Africa (GWPEA) through the Integrated

Drought Management Program in the Horn of Africa (IDMP HOA) has been

documenting lessons and good practices from selected case studies in

drought/water security related interventions. This case study is generated from

the work of the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for a

project being implemented in the Aswa River Sub-Catchment in partnership

with the Directorate of Water Resources Management and three district local

governments of Alebtong, Lira and Otuke in Northern Uganda.

The project focus is to build drought resilience of dry land communities through

improved land and water management. The recurrence of droughts in the

Aswa River Sub-Catchment has for long compromised the ability of populations

and ecosystems in the area to recover from the drought related shocks.

At the start of the project in 2011, communities showed low interest as people

at that time were returning from camps following a 20 year civil war in

northern Uganda. Their focus was mainly on how best to survive in the harsh

conditions. The immediate survival strategies included charcoal burning for sale

and reclamation of wetlands for rice growing both for food and for sale. With

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the impeding drought conditions, these

activities led to further destruction of the

environment.

The project has facilitated the drafting of a

management framework involving new

guidelines for environment conservation,

formation of sub-catchment management

committees, demarcation and restoration of wetlands, and enactment and

implementation of bye-laws. Key project achievements include restoration of

the rangelands, social economic development through supporting communities

with the Community Environment Conservation Fund

(CECF) effective management of wetlands and

improvement in quality and volume of water sources.

The key lessons from this case study are that: Strong community institutions

are a necessary prerequisite for long-term sustainability to promote resilience,

enhance management and conservation of common natural resources;

coordination and integration of development programs together with local

governments across sectors results in more coherent and efficient support to

communities to increase impact.

Overall, the project has contributed to promoting sustainable utilization of

natural resources while addressing community livelihoods and improving

community and ecosystem resilience to droughts.

Figure 1: Water source managed by the sub-catchment management committees

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1.0 February 2016 Activities

1.1 GWP-UNICEF collaboration hold Phase II inception meeting on WASH Climate

Resilient Development

GWP and UNICEF held a meeting on 10 February, 2016 to consolidate discussions from

roundtables and explore options for further work under the second phase of the GWP-

UNICEF collaboration on WASH Climate Resilient Development that began in 2015 and ends

in 2017. Participants were representatives from UNICEF HQ as well as UNICEF Regional

Advisers and Country WASH Specialists, the HR Wallingford and ODI team, and Alex

Simalabwi, Susanne Skyllerstedt and Armand Houanye from GWPO and GWP Africa

Coordination Unit in Pretoria.

Among the several activities discussed is the setting up of a Help Desk on WASH climate

resilient development. The Helpdesk is to support country request for implementation of

elements related to the Framework for WASH Climate Resilient Development within GWP

Africa Coordination in Pretoria.

The meeting further discussed the potential Phase III of the UNICEF-GWP collaboration, focusing particularly on capacity development to support national governments and UNICEF country offices in applying the Strategic Framework for WASH and Climate Resilient Development. The framework, builds on the design, methodologies and experiences and lessons from the WACDEP Africa Capacity Building Programme and provides WASH service delivery that is resilient to climate change.

The meeting resolved to follow up on a number of actions related to the development of

knowledge products and the establishment of the Help Desk as well as the full two year

collaboration. Some included the further discussion with GWP TEC on specific involvement;

Review of inception report based on the discussions in the meeting; Continue connecting the

Regional Water Partnerships with the UNICEF regional offices; Provide comments on new

UNICEF Global WASH Strategy draft under development; continue discussions around

potential Phase III of the collaboration, focusing on capacity development; follow up on the

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progress on the A2R initiative; and make follow up on potential collaboration with UNDESA

on SDGs.

The objectives of the GWP-UNICEF collaboration are to: i) Advance WASH sector thinking

around WASH and climate change; ii) Mitigate the impacts of climate change on vulnerable

communities through enhanced resilience of WASH services; and iii) Strengthen the

capacities of governments and communities to understand and address climate related risks.

The deliverables of Phase II are technical briefs to support the Framework; learning modules and Technical briefs; Workshop package; Online tool/hosting of the Framework; and Workshops and webinars to communicate the Framework. The discussions on the deliverables above centered around the different outputs and

outcomes of the 2nd phase of the GWP-UNICEF collaboration, with the main focus on the

different deliverables from the HRW/ODI team (technical briefs and learning modules),

aiming at reaching a common understanding on content and process. Discussions also

focused on capacity building with sharing of lessons from the GWP Africa Coordination Unit

on the experiences from the WACDEP Africa Capacity Building Programme.

1.2 Seminar on Industrialisation and capacity building in Water in Southern

Africa

GWPSA participated in a closed seminar on industrialization and capacity building in water in

southern Africa. The meeting entitled “industrialization and building knowledge capital in

water – the case for knowledge management & learning programme for Southern Africa”

was held on the 26th February, 2016 in Johannesburg.

The meeting was a collaborative effort between RAND Water and its partners, such as

UNESCO – IHE. The meeting was also a follow-up to the Regional Strategic Action Plan IV

implementation. Therefore GWPSA, SADC, UNESCO IHE and the Department of Water and

Sanitation were present at the meeting with the aim of identifying specific actions and

platforms to contribute to the RSAP implementation process.

The meeting took a major step towards advancing industrialization capacity building

initiatives as South Africa like most Southern African countries is looking to maximize the

benefits derived from water resources for industrial development. As a matter of fact, the

meeting deliberations concluded that industrialisation in South Africa like in most countries

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will come at a cost of developing capacity in water as water is a central pillar regarded as an

engine for growth.

2.0 Upcoming Activities

2.1 GWPSA to join South African stakeholders in “Saving Water is Everybody’s

business” dialogue hosted by DWA

GWPSA will participate in a panel discussion on “Sharing of experiences on successful Water

Conservation and Demand Management Programmes in other countries”. The discussion is a

part of the sector policy dialogue on Water Conservation and Water Demand Management

(WDM) that will be hosted by the Policy Unit under the Department of Water Services, South

Africa, and will be held on Wednesday 16th March, 2016 in Pretoria.

GWPSA has been involved in promoting regional WDM perspectives and initiatives over the

last years. Key being the 3 regional SIDA supported phases, of which the last phase ended in

2010. Currently, GWPSA is supporting the Limpopo basin WDM component in the RESILIM

project, a recent work in progress. The presentation will however look at GWPSA's

involvement in all three phases of the SIDA funded regional Water Demand Management

project, and in particular the 3rd phase through the Development Bank of Southern Africa

(DBSA), which ended in 2012. The SIDA -Development Bank of Southern Africa project

experience is a good case that enriched GWPSA’s efforts in pursuing no/low regret

investments, such as Water Demand Management in the Water Climate and Development

Programme, and helped strengthen GWPSA’s relationships with key Partners such as

development banks, and helped bring better understanding of the challenges in the water

utilities.

In an effort to strengthen the Department of Water and Sanitation’s policy making, oversight

and coordination roles by enhancing stakeholder engagements across various sectors, the

Department will hold the dialogue under the theme “Saving Water is Everybody’s business”

in order to:

Raise public awareness around Water Conservation and Water Demand Management

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Share information and provide an update on the implementation of the Water Conservation/ Water Demand Management (WC/WDM) Strategy for the Water Sector, as well as the National Water Resource Strategy 2 (NWRS-2) implementation plan on WC/WDM.

Share lessons learnt and best practices from across the various sectors on WC/WDM.

The Department of Water and Sanitation as the custodian of the country’s water resources

has to ensure that water is managed and conserved in a sustainable manner. In ensuring

this, the dialogue will focus on identified themes that will assist the department in achieving

its goal to manage and conserve water. The policy dialogue will facilitate discussions that will

assist policy makers in understanding challenges with a view to inform the required change

in the country’s water and sanitation policy landscape. Furthermore the water and

sanitation sector policy dialogue on Water Conservation and Water Demand Management is

motivated by the current drought impact that has been happening across the country.

Given the above background, the expected outputs and outcomes for the water and sanitation sector

policy dialogue on Water Conservation and Water Demand Management would be imply:

A broader understanding and awareness of WC/WDM response efforts and programmes

nationally and regionally;

Deepened awareness of the National Water Resources Strategy 2 on WC/WDM

implementation plan and stakeholder input towards an implementation plan;

Expanded network of WC/WDM champions.

Other panel presentations and panellists will include: The role of Public-Private-Partnerships

in WCDM implementation (SWPN/GIZ); Support to Municipalities to address water losses

(SALGA); Addressing/reducing Non revenue water/water losses (Ethekwini Metro); Support

to the Mining sector on WCDM (Chamber of Mines); Sharing experiences on WUE initiatives

(ExarroGrootgeluk); Lessons sharing in implementing WCDM strategic actions/initiatives to

support water loss reduction (Eskom); Pilot project on fixing water leaks at the assisted

municipalities-successes/challenges (SASOL); and Irrigation initiatives to support WCDM or

successes/challenges of implementing WCDM actions (AgriSA).

2.2 Working towards supporting countries for a rapid start to implementing SDG

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In Southern Africa, two countries (Tanzania and Zambia) have been selected for the

implementation of the SDG Water Preparedness Facility (SDG Water PF). This selection

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follows the endorsement of Water as one of the 17 goals in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development in September 2015 at the UN General Assembly, GWP is developing the SDG

Water Preparedness Facility (SDG Water PF), which is designed to deepen and streamline

the vision of water security. The countries were selected based on their readiness as

determined in the 2013/2014 consultations on water, strength of the Country Water

Partnerships and alignment to on-going processes in the countries. The SDG Water PF will

provide programme support at country level, so that efforts are heightened in

understanding, monitoring and financing the implications of the new SDG framework in the

selected set of countries from 2016-2019. The facility is centred around providing practical

support for a rapid start to implementing SDG 6 on clean water and sanitation, and other

water related SDGs in 20 to 25 countries.

The specific objectives of the PF are to:

Embed SDG 6 (and interlinked SDGs) into existing national policy and planning frameworks within the participating countries;

Support countries to access finance for the implementation of the SDGs;

Support the establishment/ strengthening of a national monitoring system for SDG 6 (and interlinked SDGs);

Develop the capacity of national institutions to put in place the necessary skills to plan and implement actions for SDG achievement;

Facilitate the strengthening of partnerships at national and trans-boundary level to enable a multi-stakeholder approach to SDG planning and monitoring

The PF will contribute to the implementation of the SADC Regional Strategic Action Plan IV (2016-2020), which has a component titled “Monitoring and Reporting on the implementation of RSAP IV, Protocol, and SDGs”. This programme will hence support the region in monitoring the implementation of the SDG on Water and contribute to the achievement of supporting countries align to monitoring and reporting systems with regards to the SDG on Water. This will further entail aligning to the Annual Pan African Monitoring and Reporting Systems on Water and Sanitation.

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SOUTH AMERICA

GWP SAM REPORT – FEBRUARY 2016

1. The Youth Meeting for Water

Under the global strategy dedicated to Youth, GWP South America was invited by GWP Central

America, together with “Ruta por el Clima” and “Movement of Youngs for Water” to support the

organization of the Youth Latin American event dedicated to Water GWP CAM planned to carry out on

11 and 12 March in Nicaragua, framed by the International Water Day Celebration.

The general objective of the event is to promote the exchange of experiences and reflection among

the youth of Latin America on water and work in the context of climate change and water security.

GWP South America offered two scholarships to participate in the event. The call to participate was

launched together with GWP CAM and lasted a week longer than that of GWP CAM. Apart from

facilitating the participation of South American young to the event, GWP SAM aimed to generate its

own regional database as a first step towards creating a South American Network of Youth dedicated

to water, in the same way GWP CAM pretends to create one for CAM in this event.

The results exceeded our expectations: 365 young people from Argentina (14), Bolivia (8), Brazil (22),

Chile (4) , Colombia (17), Ecuador (16), Paraguay (6), Peru (255), Uruguay (3) and Venezuela (20)

applied. Most of these applicants came from institutions dedicated to environment or specifically

water.

Highly motivated young people expressed their willingness to be one of the selected. It was a very

difficult decision to make, as there were many outstanding profiles, for just two vacancies.

Two young women were selected to participate in the event representing the region: Brenda Arias

from Colombia, who is the current institutional coordinator and Project director of the National youth

Net for environment, NGO under the scope of the environmental ministry. The second one was María

Angélica Villasante from Peru, Coordinator of the node of the Scientific Southern University

Universities and administrator of the environmental university networks in Lima (RUAs, acronym in

Spanish).

2. Hydreogeological inspection expanded to all Santa Eulalia´s basin

During the months of March and April 2015, GWP coordinated with INGEMMET to conduct a

hydrogeological inspection in 3 districts of Santa Eulalia: San Pedro de Casta, Callahuanca and Chaclla.

The information of the inspection and the formulation of the technical file of each of the locations

enabled partners to join the implementation of projects in San Pedro de Casta and Chaclla.

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This information is essential to formulate soil conservation projects and increase the availability of

water resources. They also represent scientific data generated for WACDEP baseline and a great

partnership.

INGEMMET financed this first inspection, with a total cost of 13 Thousand Euros. In February

INGEMMET commited to expand the hydrogeological inspection, what represents a saving to SAM

WACDEP of approximately 18.000 Euros. This second phase of the hydrogeological inspection will start

in April.

3. WACDEP- Increasing water availability in Chaclla

The rural community of San Antonio Chaclla is one of the more water-stressedin Santa Eulalia´s basin

.For this reason it was chosen to undertake the project "Increasing the availability of water resources

through soil conservation actions", with the aim of favoring the recharge of local aquifers.

Since August 2015 GWP is coordinating with authorities in the rural community of Chaclla and the

community the implementation of the project, characterized by the restoration and construction of

infiltration trenches and reforestation and Silvopasture.

GWP managed to join efforts with AGRORURAL, entity of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation -

present in the area-, to expand the goals of the project from 10 to 15 hectares.

Work continued to be carried out in February and so far 15 hectares of ditches were built and the

installation of perimeter fencing began. Agrorural will start planting 4000 trees' seedlings within two

weeks. This activity is has a total cost of 22 billion of Euros. WACDEP already invested 10.000 Euros

and Agrorural 12.500.

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SOUTH ASIA

Part 1: GWP SAS Regional Office

Asia Pacific Water Forum and 18th Governance Council Meeting

Asia Pacific Water Forum (APWF) and 18th Governance Council (GC) Meeting was held in

Singapore from 23 to 25 February 2016. Ms Priyanka Dissanayake, Mr Vadim Sokolov and Mr

Djoko Sasongko, the GWP Regional Coordinators of South Asia, South East Asia and Central

Asia respectively and Ms Angela Klauschen, Senior Network Officer for China and South Asia

attended the meeting (Photos 1 and 2).

The objectives of the meeting were;

To share each organisation’s activity and discuss how each organisation can

contribute to the APWF activities and 3rd Asia-Pacific Water Summit (APWS)

To discuss work collaboration with APWF and Asia Water Council (AWC) and

activities for 2016

To discuss the contents, host countries, and schedule for the 3rd APWS

Representatives from United Nations Economic and Social Commission (UNESCAP), Asian

Development Bank (ADB), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Global Water

Partnership (GWP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

(UNESCO), Singapore PUB, UN – Habitat, Japan Sanitation Programme, Asian Institute of

Technologies, Korea Water Forum, Network of Asian River Basin Organizations (NARBO)

Secretariat and Asia Water Centre conducted their presentations on activities planned for

2016 and how each organisation can contribute to the APWF activities. The Government of

Mongolia submitted their proposal to host the APWS 2017 through a representative from

Mongolia. Later the overall discussion on APWF-AWC cooperation and activities for 2016

was held and Mr Vadim conducted a presentation on ‘AWC interested in promoting SMART

water management’ out of few other presentations conducted by UN Agencies.

Photo 1: GC Chair: Meeting participants including Mr Ravi Narayanan, GC Chair and Prof Simon TC Tay, Vise CG Chair.

Photo 2: GWP participants

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Part 2: Bangladesh Water Partnership (BWP)

CORE Activity Report:

1.1 52nd Executive Committee Meeting of BWP

The 52nd Executive Committee (EC) Meeting of BWP was held on 3 February 2016 at BWP

Secretariat. The meeting was chaired by Dr Khondaker Azharul Haq, President, Bangladesh

Water Partnership. Twelve members attended the meeting (Photo 3).

The main agenda of the meeting was;

Discuss the wokplan and budget 2016 for Core and Water and Climate

Resilience Programme (WACREP)

Discuss Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Preparedness Facility

Framework Document

Discuss validation of South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS)

Discuss the collaboration with Water Resources Group (WRG) 2030/IFC

The President initiated the discussion by welcoming newly elected EC members. He

informed that 11 activities have been identified for the year 2016, out of which nine

activities under Core and two under WACREP. BWP is implementing these activities through

relevant partner organisations and the preliminary work have already been done with the

Photo 3: The EC meeting

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partners to regularise the workflow. The implementation of activities for the 1st Quarter are

well under way.

At the discussion on Bangladesh Women and Water Network (BWWN), the committee

suggested BWWN to partner with local Area Water Partnerships in implementing their

activities. The committee requested BWP secretariat to secure funding for publishing the

book “Water and Culture” by Prof Dr Anwarul Karim, Vice Chancellor, Northern University,

Khulna.

EC discussed the two additional activities for 2016; preparation for SDG Preparedness

Facility Framework Document and validation of SADMS. It was informed to the committee

that BWP was requested to address the first two targets out of the six under SDG Goal#6

‘ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’. Further the

committee advised BWP to focus on water and sanitation and suggested that BWP should

interact with Planning Commission on work related to SDGs at national level as BWP’s efforts

should supplement/complement the Government of Bangladesh efforts.

The President informed that the Center for Environmental and Geographic Information

Services (CEGIS) was identified for SADMS validation and they are about to start the work.

The objective of the validation is to evaluate the Integrated Drought Severity Index (IDSI) for

major drought events at the country level and to measure the accuracy by field level testing.

BWP become a member of WRG 2030/International Finance Corporation (IFC) which is

working under Bangladesh Water Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (Bangladesh Water MSP)

formed by IFC/WRG 2030. The formation of the Bangladesh Water MSP has been approved

by the Honorable Prime Minister and a gazette notification has been published in this

regard. BWP was identified as a civil society member of the Bangladesh Water MSP National

Steering Board.

1.2 Meeting with the Department of Women and Gender Studies (DWGS), Dhaka

University on International Women’s Day

A preliminary meeting with BWWN and Department of Women and Gender Studies (DWGS)

was held on 3 February 2016 at Dhaka University to discuss the celebration of International

Women’s Day. On behalf of BWP; Dr Nilufa Islam, Treasurer of BWP; Begum Shamsun Nahar,

Coordinator of BWWN and Regional Council member of GWP SAS and Ms Mukta Akter,

Executive Secretary of BWP and the Member Secretary of BWWN were attended the

meeting. The university was represented by Dr Sayed Saikh Imtiaz, Chairman of DWGS;

Ishrat Khan Barsha and Ms Afsana, an Associate Professors of DWGS.

It was decided to organise a half-a-day seminar at the Senate Bhaban followed by a rally on

the International Women’s Day, 8 March 2016. The topics will be to be discussed was grass-

root level participants focusing on the social, cultural and economic involvement of women

with water. A few success stories of women association with water will also be presented at

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the seminar. An open floor has also been proposed for the students to share their

knowledge and questions.

Activities outside the work plan

2.1 Meeting with International Finance Corporation (IFC)

A meeting was held on 15 February 2016 at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to

explore the possible collaboration between BWP and Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PaCT)

led by IFC. Dr K. Azhazrul Haq, President and Ms Mukta Akter, Executive Secretary of BWP

attended the meeting with Mr Yasin Ahmed, Consultant of Partnership for Cleaner Textile of

IFC - PaCT team.

The Bangladesh Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PaCT) is a joint initiative, working towards

the adoption of best practices in the textile wet processing sector (washing, dyeing and

finishing (WDF) units). PaCT builds on a unique multi-stakeholder collaborative approach

where it develops a platform for national dialogue on sustainable water use in the textile

sector.

2.2 Briefing Session and Discussion on Bangladesh Delta Plan (BDP) 2100 Formulation

Project

Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) organised a half-a-day briefing session and a discussion

on ‘Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP) - Formulation Project’ at BAPA office on 23 February

2016. Mr Moshiur Rahman, Secretary General; Ms Mukta Akter, Executive Secretary and Ms

Naima Nazir, Research Assistant of BWP participated the meeting (Photo 4).

Dr Md. Abdul Matin, General Secretary of BAPA; Coordinator, Jatyo Nadi Rakkha Andolon

(JNRA) and Secretary General of People's SAARC Water Forum, Bangladesh chaired the

meeting. A paper titled ‘Developing strategies for adaptive delta management in the face of

climate change and transboundary issues’’ was jointly presented by Dr M. Rafiqul Islam,

Institutional Governance Expert of BDP and Mr Maurits Bosman, a Consultant - International

Development.

Photo 4: Participants at the meeting

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The main objective of the meeting was to share the current status of BDP, to gather

comments and suggestions for improvement and to inform the targets to its stakeholders.

The BDP 2100 Formulation Project is being executed by the General Economic Division (GED)

of the Planning Commission, Government of Bangladesh and financed by the Government of

the Netherlands.

Part 3: India Water Partnership (IWP)

Core activity report

1.1 Review of State Water Polices of Karnataka and Orissa in line with National Water

Policy 2012 in the context of climate change

IWP is reviewing the State Water Policies of Karnataka (2002) and Orissa (2007) with the

assistance of one of its network partners; Institute for Resource Management and

Economic Development (IRMED), Delhi.

Orissa State Water Policy has been selected for the review at first which was conducted in

February 2016, which gave an idea about the water resources scenario in the State.

Orissa, which emerged as a separate state in April 1936, has a diverse landscape

comprising of river valleys, coastal plains, mountainous areas, watersheds, springs, lakes

and forest cover of varying density. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood for around

65 percent of the people. Management and development of water resources are,

therefore quite important for a state.

The state has an annual average rainfall of about 1500mm. However, it is highly uneven as

half of the rainfall is concentrated in two months which is July and August. The state has

several rivers of which Mahanadi is the most important, flowing through a number of

districts of the state. It is an interstate river with a basin area of 65,628 km2 in Orissa which

constitutes 42.15 percent of the total geographical area of the state. The other important

rivers are Brahmani and Baitarani having basin areas of 22,516 and 13,482 km2 in Orissa

which constitute 14 and 8.66 percent respectively of the total area of the state and are

also interstate rivers. Other rivers are Kolab, Indravati, Vansadhara and Rushikulya.

Subarnarekha is another interstate river passing through Orissa, but its basin area of

2,983km2 within Orissa is quite small, only 1.92 percent of the geographical area.

River water is being harnessed by constructing a large number of dams of which the

Hirakund dam on river Mahanadi is the most important. The following table provides

information on storage area of some of the more important dams:

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Name of Dam Storage Area (km2)

Hirakund 743

Rengali 414

Balimala 194

Upper Kolab 113

Indravati 110

Jaleput 91 Source: Water Resources of Odisha by B.K. Pati, Regional Centre for Development Cooperation

Orissa has a coastline of 476.6 km, covering districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara,

Jagatsinghpur, Puri and Ganjam. Consequently the state has to face the problem of sea

bank erosion. Besides Orissa has a major wetland - Chilka lake which is at Ramsar site

which is the largest brackish lagoon with another a few small lakes.

Despite having 673,000 ha of inland fresh water area, 418,000 ha of brackish water area

and considerable coastal area, fishery is not developed fully in the state. The share of

fishery in state Gross Domestic Product has hovered only around one percent.

In recent years, nearly 80 percent of rural population of Orissa increasingly started

depending on ground water for drinking and domestic purposes which resulted rapid

depletion of ground water in its quality and quantity. Therefore this is an area of grave

concern.

Orissa is highly susceptible to different types of disasters such as flood, drought and

cyclone where it is one of the severely flood affected states of the country. With reference

to the report Rashtriya Barh Ayog prepared by National Flood Commission of India (the

most authoritative body on floods in India), 10.34 percent of the geographical area of this

state is flood prone. Construction of embankment has been the principle measure adopted

by the government to address the problem.

Between 1955 to 2008, there were 28 years of flood, 19 years of drought and 7 years of

cyclone including the super cyclone of 1999 (B.K. Pati, Regional Centre for Development

Cooperation). The districts of Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput are known for experiencing

severe droughts at frequent intervals. At times flood and drought occur in the same year

due to change in pattern of rainfall. It is expected that there may be flood in coastal plains

while drought in upper terrain.

In view of its topography and water scarcity in several parts, Orissa has been developing its

watersheds. There were 234 projects under the Integrated Watershed Management

Programme (IWMP) up to 2012-13 conducted mainly in Kandhamal, Mayurbhanj,

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Nuapada, Sundergarh, Kalahandi, Koraput, Keonjhar, Rayegada and Nabarangapur districts

of the state.

Other meetings:

Preparation for India Water Week 2016 (scheduled for 5 to 9 April 2016 at New Delhi)

IWP Secretariat is preparing for India Water Week 2016. This includes developing a concept

note, preparing the list of Chair/Co-Chair, Panellists, collecting films from the network

partners and other institutions for screening at Water Film Fest.

Part 4: GWP Nepal/ JVS

Core Activity Report:

1.1 Executive committee meeting

The 161th Executive Committee Meeting of GWP Nepal /JVS was held on 7 February 2016 in

Kathmandu and discussed the programmatic and administrative issues of GWP Nepal/JVS.

WACREP Activity Report:

1.2 Assessment of water focused climate adaptation actions in 101 LAPA and its

integration into local planning process in selected district

Second draft report submitted by the consultant has been reviewed. The report documents

the impacts of climate change in water resources of several districts Nepal including Bajura,

Dailekh, Rolpa, Rukum, Dang, Kalikot, Dolpa and Jajarkot along with the prioritised

adaptation plans related to water resources and associated budget. A field visit is been

planned for March 2016 and will conduct consultations with the line agencies of the

Government and Community Based Organisations.

Part 5: Pakistan Water Partnership (SLWP)

Core Activity Report:

1.1 34th Board of Directors meeting was held in Islamabad Club, Islamabad.

Board of Directors (BoDs) unanimously confirmed minutes of the 33rd meeting held in PWP

Office, Islamabad. The proceedings started with a welcome from the Chair and the board

was apprised of the current challenges faced by PWP (Photo 5). A detailed presentation was

given to the board by Dr Pervaiz Amir on the financial expenditures related to WACREP

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activities in Tharparkar. The board marked that the expenditures reported in the audit

report 2015 are in line with the standard accounting procedures and approvals.

The board resolved that the next Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) is to be construed as

an Annual General Meeting (AGM) and shall be held in the last week of April 2016. The

WACREP workplan of March was discussed with the Board.

Other meetings:

1.2 Sardar M. Tariq attended the Technical Committee meeting on ‘Feasibility

Study of Water Resources Development with construction of small and medium damn

project’

The Technical Committee meeting on ‘Feasibility Study’ was held in Baluchistan House in

Islamabad on 27 February 2016.

The Project Manager with the permission of the Chair informed the participants that in the

light of the decision taken in Technical Committee meetings held on 13 and 25 January 2016,

a Consultant Firm has been identified after evaluation of Technical and Financial proposals

by the Consultants Selection Committee. The selected firm has to give detailed presentation

to the Technical Committee about methodology, plan of action, sedimentation management

and assurance of Key staff prior to conducting the proposed Feasibility Study.

1.3 Sardar Muhammad Tariq attended the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development

Organization meeting on 12 February 2016.

Sardar Muhammad Tariq, Member Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO)

Board and who is also giving his voluntary assistance to PEDO attended the 11th PEDO Board

of Directors Meeting. The agenda concerning to their departments were presented before

the board and took decisions during the meeting.

Photo 5: BoD’s meeting participants

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1.4 ACT Report on ‘Eliminating the Impacts of Climate Change on Sectorial Water

demand in Pakistan’

Dr Pervaiz Amir made a presentation on ‘Eliminating the Impacts of Climate Change on

Sectorial Water demand in Pakistan’ to the Federal Secretary Ministry of Climate Change.

Part 6: Sri Lanka Water Partnership (SLWP)

Core Activity Report:

1.1 Meeting with private sector partner - Unilever Pure-it

SLWP held a meeting with the Representatives of Unilever (Sri Lanka) to identify possible

activities for sponsoring.

It was agreed that SLWP will do a series of articles on potable water which lead up to World

Water Day. Further SLWP identify a resource person to discuss water issues on Nugasevana

a television programme which will be sponsored by Unilever. In addition, Unilever is

interested in supporting water/hygiene related school activities in Southern, Central and

North Central provinces.

1.2 World Wetlands Day National Celebrations

World Wetlands Day National Celebrations organised by the Central Environment Authority

(CEA) and Wild Life Department (WLD) was held on 2 February at a wetland site in Chilaw in

the North Western Province under the Patronage of His Excellency the President of Sri

Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena. The main feature of the event was awarding the best artists

(Schools and Open) of the national art competition held in island wide schools. The final

competition for artists was held at Bolgoda Lake, Moratuwa on 7 January, and the awardees

were selected from 130 students and 15 artists under the open category. SLWP in

collaboration with Hatton National Bank sponsored the national event while Mr Ranjith

Ratnayake, Country Coordinator attended the national event.

1.3 SLWP Progrmme Committee Meeting was held on 12 February at SLWP.

1.4 ‘Wetworking’ Conserving Bolgoda Wetlands

Sri Lanka Water Partnership together with Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Sampath

Bank PLC. organised a Stakeholder Consultative Seminar on Conservation of Bolgoda

Wetland, the largest natural freshwater body in the island on 29 February at Yellow

River Auditorium, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo (Photo

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6). Total of 48 participated the programme. Following an interactive discussion the

participants came up with practical suggestions to protect Bolgoda.

Photo 6: Highlights of the meeting

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SOUTHEAST ASIA

No report.

WEST AFRICA

1. CWP Benin holds board meeting

The Country Water Partnership of Benin held on Friday 26 February 2016 the meeting

of its Boards. The context is marked by a drastic reduction of finances due to the

suspension of the funding of the Pluriannual support programme to the water and

sanitation sector and the IWRM institutionnal progression in Benin.

This situation was pointed out by the Chair of the CWP, Mr. André TOUPE in his

opening speech streesing that more stakeholders are engaging in the promotion of

IWRM in Benin. This calls on the CWP to reposition itself in order to find the strategic

frame of watchdog on the governance of the sector in compliance with the principles

of IWRM in policies, strategies and development programmes both at national and

local levels.

Board members made some recommendations on the implementation of the work plan

and budget for 2016 after adopting the documents presented to them. A focus was put

on new partnerships to develop to deal with financial difficulties that may come from

the ending of some programmes. Board members have also requested appropriate

communication actions to give more visibility to the activities of the network.

All Board members took part in the meeting in addition to some staff of the CWP, the

Technical Commission of Experts and the control committee.

For more on CWP Benin : contact@gwppnebenin.org

2. PNECI takes part in the Mano River GEF project launch

The workshop took place on 18 and 19 February 2016 in Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire for

the preparation of the project entitled « conservatin of ecosystems and international

management of water resources of the Mano River ». Representatives form the Civil

Society, public structures in charge of forestry, water focal points, GEF, IUCN from the

4 countries : Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. PNECI was represented

by the Executive Secretary, Mr. KOUADIO François.

This projects aims at conserving the forest ecosystems of High Guinea through the

adoption and implementation of multifocal combination (water, land and biodiversity

management ) and reforms of institutionnal governance, strategic plannificationand

tansboundary cooperation, capaciy building,etc.

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For more on PNECI : habiet777@yahoo.fr or koffindri@ymail.com

3. ES and NO in Accra

The Regional Coordinator, Mr. Dam MOGBANTE and Network Officer, mr. Manuel

FULCHIRON made a mission in Accra, Ghana where they met with the regional office

for Africa of the UN Food and Agriculture organization (FAO). The meeting aimed at

informing and trying to secure partnership for the nexus « food security, water, food

and ecosystem ». GWP shared its experience in particular on the country dialogs

undertaken in 2015 in the context of the UN CFS work stream on water and food

security as well as the envisaged follow up on water and food security in Africa.

FAO Africa shared its views on the presentation and suggested to thoroughly consider

for the development of the program the Climate Smart Agriculture, the SDGs

dimension, the linkages between the work that can be done at basin level and the

actual implications at country level, the socio-economic aspects of food security, and

the value of environmental services. The UN body also suggested to build evident

synergies with existing or upcoming initiatives in may countries in Africa. GWP and

FAO Africa agreed to discuss potential way forward for further joint work on water and

food security.

The mission also met with interim chair of CWP Ghana, Mr. Ben Ampomah to inform

him that WACDEP and the project Office would be closed by end of September 2016.

However, a critical element was approval of the 2016 WACDEP Workplan. The

WACDEP Program Manager (PM) in Ghana, Maxwell Boateng-Gyimah noted that he

received comments from GWPO and Coordination Unit on a revised workplan

submitted to the regional Office in January 2016. As such, the visit of the team was

opportune to finalise the workplan 2016 for approval.

Mogbante and Fulchiron gave some perspectives for CWP-Ghana and GWP/WA and

noted the feedback from the Acting Chair.

For more on this: dam.mogbante@gwpao.org

4. Ghana : FEJ Learn and Share Seminar preparation underway Preparations have started for the Learn and Share workshop with members of the Federation of Environmental Journalists (FEJ) of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ). The main objective of the seminar is to bring together the participants of the field trip with other FEJ members, seasoned journalists and stakeholders in the water and environmental sectors. The beneficiaries will share their experience from the trip and the knowledge they have gained with other members as well as gain more insight in environmental and water issues from the experts present. The seminar will be held on the GIJ campus on 10th March, 2016.

5. 8th WACDEP TWG meeting held The WACDEP Coordination unit organised the 8th meeting of its Technical Working Group (TWG) on 11th February, 2016 at the conference room of the Water Resources

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Commission (WRC). In attendance were the representatives of the institutional members from Ghana Irrigation Development Agency (GIDA), Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Ministry of water Resources, Works and Housing (MWRWH), Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), Water Resources Commission (WRC), Volta River Authority (VRA), National Training Coordinator (NTC) of WACDEP, and other members of the Group. There were 12 participants in all. The meeting, among other things, approved the 2015 Annual Progress Report on WACDEP-Ghana, the 2016 Work Plan and progress of the Field Demonstration Project. For more CWP Ghana : boatgyimax2@gmail.com and ennrene@yahoo.com

Guinea

In Guinea, the CWP is preparaing to hold its Assembly of Partners that should renew

the bodies and bring a new life to the CWP.

6. Senegal : CWP holds first 2016 SC meeting

The Senegal Country Water Partnership held its first steering committee meeting on Fevruary 27, 2016 to discuss the financial situation of the CWP and the contribution of its partners, the contribution of the CWP to the 2016 World Water Day in the country, how to finalise the accreditation process as a partner of GWP and the development of the action plan and budget for 2017-2019. Five (5) including NGOs, private sector, public administration, research and training institutes and users associations out of the seven (7) interest groups/categories represented in the SC took part in the meeting. The CWP is preparing two communications that will be presented during debates at the WWD at national level. The CWP took part on February 25 to a restitution workshop on the study on the actualisation of the manual of drinkable water in rural areas in Senegal. This is a tool that is supposed to help the country overcome the challenge of universal and equitable access to potable water at afordable costs through public services of water in rural areas. Senegal is said to be one of the countries in Africa to have achieved MDGs in 2015 by reducing by half the number of people who did not have access to drinking water (rural access rate 84% in 2015 against 64% in 2004 ; in urban area 99% in 2015 against 89% in 2002). More on Senegal CWP : adtshift@yahoo.fr

7. Mékrou Project : Monitoring the ongoing processes

In Benin, Burkina and Niger the biding processes have been completed for the

consultants to carry out the study on the Identification of development priorities in the

Mékrou Basin being part of each country that will be followed by a validation workshop.

The development of the study started in each country and is being followed closely by

the CWP and the Mékrou PMT.

At regional level the biding process is ongoing for the study the consolidation/synthesis

of national studies related to the Identification of development priorities in the Mékrou

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Basin being part of each country in order to have a basin level transboundary vision of

development priorities.

The audit of the Mékrou Project accounts has been done by the CDC International firm

that was selected after an international biding process. The first draft produced after

audit visits in Benin, Bukina and Niger was transmitted to the PMT for reaction before

finalizing and handing over the final audit report.

For more on Mékrou Project: corneille.ahouansou@gwpao.org

8. IDMP WA : Implementation, monitoring of demonstration projects

Conventions have been with the CWP of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to allow the

implementation of pilot projects in the countries during 2016 and continue the

consultation meetings of national and regional platforms in the area of Integrated

Drought Management.

The Project Manager has seized the opportunity and visited the pilot villages in the

rural town of Gouendo in Mali where Mr. Boureima DIARRA, the mayor of the rural

town said that "It is always better to teach us how to fish than to give us the fish".

Gouendo is a village in the county of Barouéli, Segou region. The Mayor paid tribute

to the initiative of the IDMP pilot during the meeting held on February 18, 2016

between the PMT and the local authorities of the 5 villages affected by the pilot

project. While welcoming the missionaries, the mayor expressed strong interest to

the initiative and reiterated the commitment of the municipality to support as far as

possible the implementation of actions.

Traditional leaders thanked the choice of their respective villages. The pilot planned

actions are mostly those for the defense and restoration of degraded lands through

various techniques such as making grazing, composting, half-moons, stone bunds.

They aim at restoring degraded land in 5 targeted villages namely Gouendo, Djiella,

Baguini, Baguiba and Nérémikoro under the administration of the town of Gouendo.

These new activities for the people of the area will allow undoubtedly contribute to

improving the living conditions of the population of the targeted area. There is much

expectation that the success of pilot actions will undoubtedly impact in the medium and

long terms the daily lives of beneficiaries.

9. IDMP planning capacity building workshop

The IDMP Waf team is preparing the capacity building workshop to be held in

Ouagadougou from 4 to 8 Avril 2016 in Burkina Faso. This planned training of

trainers (ToT) has been possible with the collaboration of CAPNET and aims at

contrinuting to reduce the negative impacts of drought through some approaches like

IWRM and effective planning. It will increase participants knowledge on these topics

and come out with a monitoring tool. About twenty participants will take part drawn

from administration, NGOs, Civil Society and private sector institutions of Burkina

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Faso, Mali and Niger, the three pilot targeted countries of IDMP and some regional

institutions in West Africa.

For more on IDMP WAF: felicite.vodounhessi@gwpao.org

10. Communication focus

A video on “Understanding and contributing to the integrated drought management in

West Africa” was produced by GWP West Africa. The video will be uploaded on GWP

Waf Website

Two fact sheets were produced as WACDEP knowledge products in Ghana and Burkina. The first one “WACDEP Ghana: Impacting people’s live in Bawku Municipal, Binduri and Bongo Districts” focuses on the demonstration project being implemented in Northern Ghana. The second focuses on the Burkina Faso’s WACDEP demonstration project on drip irrigation and solar energy as contribution to boost food production in the village of Ramitenga, Loumbila municipality has been produced with the tiltle “WACDEP Burkina: Le goutte à goutte et le solaire comme solution de résilience et de lutte contre la pauvreté”. The PPDF of both can be donwnloaded on GWP Waf Website. Please, visit us: www.gwpao.org