living labs for iwrm rev2
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EnvirInfor2009 Presentation on Living-Labs for IWRMTRANSCRIPT
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Francisco Pérez-Trejo Senior Adviser, FAO
A Living Labs-based Methodological Framework for Sustainable Water Resources Management
Berlin, 9 September 2009
Outline
● The challenges facing Integrated Sustainable Water Resources Management
● Strategic and operational implications
● Living Labs● The methodological
framework● The policy challenges
IWRM is a process, which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems.*
The IWRM process
*Technical Advisory Committee of Global Water Partnership (GWP-TEC, 2000)
Strategic and operational implications for effective IWRM:
Driving Forces of Development - Structural Change
Regional Disparities Urban vs. Rural
Socio-economic disparities between rich and poor
Sustainability of Natural Resources Use in Agriculture
Impacts of land-use changes
Impacts of land-use changes
Decline of rural communities
The Challenges facing successful Integrated Sustainable Water Resources Management
• The complex nature of the development process,
the role of innovation
• The complex policy landscape
• Uncertainty associated with changing water consumption patterns in all sectors (e.g. diets and agricultural practices)
• Increased uncertainty associated with the effects of climate change on water supply and expected outcomes of IWRM
Social Spaces for Research and Innovation (SSRI)
The Policy Challenges
Scale considerations• Macro (global)• Meso (regional)• Micro (community, household)
Iner-sectorial linkages
Time-lag and cultural complexity
Spatial disparities
Methodological challenge:Integrated assessment
The Policy Challenges (2)
• Diagnosing the scope and issues in order to define options,
alternatives, political decisions, possible impacts, responses
• Mapping the policy process
These challenges can be addressed by:
• A complexity-based methodological framework
• A Living Labs innovationapproach to sustainable
development
• Effective Research-Policy dialogue
• A strategic approach for impact assessment
Impact Assessment Methodological Framework
The objective of the impact assessment methodological framework is to integrate the dynamics of social agents with future development scenarios in order to identify mechanisms for scaling-up results and formulate policy recommendations.
3. Evaluating impact by means of the Livelihoods Approach to assess the different needs regarding the assets of wellbeing of communities (human, natural, physical, economic and financial, social)
5. Social Networks Mapping
• Future development scenarios for scaling-up the results of Living Labs
Future scenarios development
Scenarios for exploring
possible futures of
complex systems, and
systematically
assessing the possible
impacts of key driving
forces on water
development policies
and programmes.
Expected contribution of our research group
• Strengthening Living Labs networks for collaboration
• Impact evaluation guidelines and methods• Indicators of impact (livelihoods, wellbeing)• Scaling up Living-labs results at regional level• Policy assessment methodologies• Partnerships in other regions of the world• Communication and dissemination strategy