IUCN Regional Office for West Asia ROWA

REGIONAL WATER AND DRYLANDS PROGRAMME

REWARD

IUCN ROWAREWARD

REWARD = multi-donor and multi –project programme

REWARD is core funded by DGCS/Italy through the WESCANA Regional Water Project (2006-2009)

Other funding thus far:

WANI+SAIC + UNDP + EU + GEF: Jordan

WANI + GWP + INWENT: Regional

WANI + GEF: Egypt + Palestine

(WANI = IUCN Water and Nature Initiative – core funding from DGIS/Netherlands)

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GOAL• Develop Systemic approaches to planning and

management of water resources on a watershed/river basin basis

IUCN ROWARegional Water Programme

With special attention to

• Developing practical methodologies

• Influencing policies through networks

• Poverty alleviation and gender

• Involvement of all stakeholders (including local communities)

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As well as attention to

• Environmental concerns and watershed dynamics (down/up stream effects) and interaction with ground water management

• Potential use of DSTs

• Economic analysis that takes into account environmental services

• Climate change

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The programme is build on two pillars:

1)A Regional Water Knowledge Network

Networking, shared learning, capacity building, policy influencing

2) Demonstration projects Testing on the ground of approaches in selected watersheds, strengthening the RWKN

RWKN Development

• Management of water resources in mountain watersheds.

• Management of oasis and the related ground water resources.

• Management of water resources in large river systems (with an emphasis on irrigation/drainage management).

• Management of water resources in urban water-scarce environments

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Members of the Regional Network:

Regional/Global:

AWC/Egypt, CEDARE/Egypt, ACSAD/Syria, INWRDAM/Jordan,

GWP-MED/Greece, IRC/NL, UNESCO/Cairo, ELC/Germany,

IUCN-WANI/Swiss and other IUCN Regions

others ….

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Members of the Regional Network:National (established)

MMW/Oman, PME/Saudi Arabia,

Yemen: MWE, MoA, WEC, SDF

Egypt: MWRI, MoA, CEOSS, CARE Egypt,

Palestine: MoA, PWA, PHG, UAWC

Jordan: MoE, MWI, MoA, MoP, RSCN, JoHud, JRF, JES.

Lebanon: SPNL (society of the protection of Nature in Lebanon)+ MADA

National (targeted)

Institutions in Maghreb, Central Asia and other countries of West Asia (Iran, Lebanon, Syria, UAE, ………)

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Ground water Sub-Network/Dialogue

• Facts:– Severe water scarcities; – High over-exploitation of ground water resources;– Deterioration of water quality; – Low conjunctivity of ground, surface and rainwater; – Few alternative options for water resources

(desalinization; use of treated waste water. – High environmental negative impact on ecosystems and

human development of not dealing well with environmental flows and conjunctive use of all water resources.

• In a context of strong economic development, population growth and increasing demand for (quality) water; there is: Critical need for approaches, tools and policies to

propose long-term solutions for management and monitoring of groundwater and other water resources.

• This Dialogue will be put in the larger perspective of IWRM but focus on groundwater and its conjunctive use and management with other water resources (surface water, rainwater, use of waste water, desalinization of saline water).

Ground water Sub-Network/Dialogue

Focus• Developing tools and approaches for planning and

management (stakeholder dialogue, participatory planning, ground water toolkits, system tools).

• Developing instruments for economic analysis that take into account environmental and social dimensions of environmental flows and their impact on ecosystems and human development.

• Interaction with similar initiatives in other regions where ground water management and conjunctive use are critical issues (a.o. through the IUCN Global Water Programme: IUCN Water and Nature Initiative (WANI).

• Recommendations for policy reform that builds on above approaches and instruments.

Ground water Sub-Network/Dialogue

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Demonstration projects in the region

Initiated:

Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen

+ Lebanon

Potential:

Iran, Saudi Arabia and Morocco(dependent on additional funding)

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The programme builds on the EMPOWERS experience gained in the last years in the Middle East with :

• Participatory Water Planning Cycle (PWPC)

• Stakeholder Dialogue and Concerted Action

• (SDCA)

SDCA = vertical + horizontal stakeholder dialogue, planning and action

National Level

Intermediate level(governorate/district)

Village Level NGO

Steering committeeGovernment, universities,

civil society

Governorate level teams

Local government, line ministries, NGOs

Village water committee(s )

Women, agricultural, domestic, CBOs …

Facilitationteams

FacilitationDocumentation

Technical supportCapacity building

Participatory Water Planning Cycle

Steps and ActivitiesVisioning: Initial visioning and problem identification

Assessing: Targeted data collection and analysis; creation of a shared information base

Strategizing: Scenario building and development of strategies to meet the vision under different scenarios

Planning: Detailed planning based on most likely scenarios and related strategies

Implementing: Execution of plans and (pilot) projects Reflecting: analysis of monitoring and process documentation to

inform further planning cycles

Water resource assessments

Awareness raising Gather

information

Quality control

Analysis Assessing

Strategising

Planning

Implementing

Monitoring

Visioning

Visioning

Awareness raising

Identifyproblems

Develop future vision

Develop initial scenarios

Social analysis

Stakeholder analysis

Planning

Finalise plansSelect

activities

Identify actors

and rolesAnalyse costs and impacts

Strategizing

Awareness raising

Finalise vision &

scenariosDevelop broad

strategies

Assessing

Strategising

Planning

Implementing

Monitoring

Visioning

Test strategies and vision

Select primary scenario

Develop detailed

strategies

Stakeholder analysis

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