CPWF Science Progress ReportMay-October 2011

Alain Vidal, CPWF DirectorLarry Harrington, CPWF Research Director

Outline

Early results and trends in our six basins

Developing science and messages influencing the global agenda Media outreach Meta-synthesis

Integration into CRP5 – JVA evolution

Six basins active

Operational

Operational

Operational

Operational

Projects already startedInception workshop Oct 2011

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Research programs on BDCsFocus on a “basin development challenge”In a basinCoherent, integrated research program Technologies, policies, institutions, governance Whole basin consequences of change Spatial targeting of innovations Multiple partners Evidence to inform dialogue/ innovation platforms

Andes system of basinsBenefit-sharing mechanisms Upstream x downstreamExternalitiesGenerate more benefits and share them more equitablyFoster evidence-based dialogueEvidence on hydrology, ecosystem services, investment opportunities, poverty

GangesFreshwater storageIncrease freshwater storage in Ganges delta’s poldersDevelop governance mechanisms for allocation of stored freshwaterUse stored water to

stabilize rainy season productionintensify and diversify dry season production

LimpopoRainwater management and value chainsStrengthen agricultural value chains where market-related failures contribute to povertyInnovation platforms: stakeholders develop solutions for improved livelihoodsImplications for water management, access, governance, infrastructure

MekongHydropower and livelihoodsImprove how hydropower is designed, managed and operatedMitigate negative impacts and improve livelihoodsDialogue processes/multi-stakeholder platforms to monitor and apply research findings

NileRainwater management and landscapesHistorical perspective on rainwater managementConstraints to adoption, institutional arrangements, research gapsFitting land and water management innovations to landscape nichesInnovation platforms

VoltaRainwater and small reservoirs Hydrology, management, multiple uses, health, policy and institutional aspects of rainwater and small reservoirsCapture common threads driving innovations across the basin, evaluate ecosystem services to enhance resilience, and analyze shaping of policies and institutions

Media Outreach from our Phase 1 science

Joint IWMI-CPWF campaign for SWWW Focused on IWMI-UNEP report “An Ecosystem Services Approach to

Water and Food Security” Good example of future IWMI-CPWF collaboration

Campaign for IWRA Congress Launching the Basin Focal Project Special Issue Journal

series “Water scarcity is not the only issue”: major impact with

the media and on international events: Rome Sharefair, Bonn conference on water-energy-food nexus, WWF6 Marseilles, Rio+20

IFWF3 on 14-17 November 2011 And more - ARDD at COP17, Planet under Pressure conference London 2012, …

Meta-Synthesis

MS aims and processPull together major findings from CPWF Phase 1 projects

Place them in the context of findings from Basin Focal Projects and the Comprehensive Assessment

Link them with the Phase 2 work program

Process: guided by editorial team, aim to produce special issues of journals, book

Some areas emerging from MSWater scarcity: importance of quality, timing and accessWater productivity: Practical difficulties in increasing water productivity in rainfed areas Using stored water for high value off-season production, importance

of market value chainsTailoring land and water management practices to biophysical and socioeconomic “niches”Widespread use of principles of conservation agricultureResearch evidence to inform dialogue, negotiation, policy, investmentAdded value from non-traditional partners

Integration into CRP5 - JVA Evolution Governance and management integration behind usJVA Evolution CPWF AC wants to maintain partners’ ownership and CPWF mandate and

vision while integrating into CRP5, and to identify ways of ensuring the impact of research-for-development with partners outside CRP5

JVA kept in force in its current form during transition period As CRP5 starts, AC terminates the JVA and active members sign a CPWF

Partnership Agreement with IWMI CRP5 PIA (Program Implementation Agreement) refers to CPWF program

and activities and to CPWF Partnership Agreement CPWF Partnership Agreement placed under the oversight of the CRP5

Steering Committee

Thank you