CONTACTS

Radoje Lausevic ● Project Director ● RLausevic@rec.org

Ana Popovic ● Project Manager ● APopovic@rec.org

Danko Aleksic ● Deputy Project Manager ● DAleksic@rec.org

Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)Ady Endre ut 9–11 ● 2000 Szentendre ● Hungary

Tel: +36 26 504 000 ● Fax: +36 26 311 294

http://watersum.rec.org/https://www.facebook.com/watersum ● https://twitter.com/WATERSUMprojecthttps://www.linkedin.com/company/water-sum-project

The REC is an international organisation with a mission to assist in addressing environmental issues.The REC fulfils this mission by promoting cooperation among governments, non-governmentalorganisations, businesses and other environmental stakeholders, and by supporting the freeexchange of information and public participation in environmental decision making.

The regional project Sustainable Use of Transboundary WaterResources and Water Security Management (WATER SUM)addresses water-related challenges and promotes regionalcooperation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) throughtwo project components: Water Resources Management GoodPractices and Knowledge Transfer (WATER POrT); and WaterSecurity in Local Communities (WaSe).

The overall goals of the WaSe component are to foster acomprehensive and integrated approach to water management and ecosystem services and to promote local water security actionplans, water-related dialogue and capacity building. Improvedwater security is an important aspect of environmental security,which refers to the ability of an entity, whether a nation or a localcommunity, to withstand environmental asset scarcity,environmental risks or adverse changes, and environment-relatedtensions or conflicts.

The component contributes to the sustainable development ofeight self-governing territories: the municipalities of Al Karak,Jerash, Al-Salt and Ajloun in Jordan, and the delegations of Nefza,Bir Mcherga, Matmata and Sidi Ali Ben Aoun in Tunisia. It focuseson building partnerships for water security as effective means toachieve the development and conservation targets of the selectedlocal communities. The work is being carried out with the supportof national, regional and local water stakeholders, includingnational administrators, local leaders, selected experts and expert organisations.

The WATER SUM project is financed by the Government of Sweden andimplemented by the Regional EnvironmentalCenter (REC). The REC is implementing theproject with the support of the RegionalOffice for West Asia of the International Unionfor Conservation of Nature (IUCN ROWA).

NEFZA

BIR MCHERGA

MATMATA

Local Water SecurityAction Planning

AL KARAK

JERASH

AL-SALT

AJLOUN

SIDI ALI BEN AOUN

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ACTIVITY

Defining scale and

scope

Initial planning team, in consultation withlocal coordinator and stakeholders,determines scope and scale of the

LWSAP exercise and proposes goals andobjectives. This should include a

preliminary campaign to generate publicinterest and support.

Local self-government decision-making authority formally appoints

the planning team by a writtendecision (order), and through this

establishes the terms of reference forthe planning team.

Planning team and working groupsperform the indicator-based

assessment of the current status ofwater security and deliver the local

water security (LWS) assessment report.

Planning team, facilitated bylocal coordinator, discusses

the lists of problems definedby working groups

and defines list of priority problems.

Initial planning team, coached by localcoordinator, performs the initial assessment

in order to collect and systemise the datanecessary to define the spatial scale, the

topics of substantive focus and the principles to be operationalised during

the planning process.

02SCOPING AND SCALINGINITIAL ASSESSMENT

04FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLANNING TEAMSTAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS 03

Initial planning team, inconsultation with local

coordinator, performs thestakeholder analysis.

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Planning team, supported by externalexperts, carries out the public opinionassessment, including identification ofkey issues, sample design and framing,

data acquisition and analysis, andinterpretation of results.

05 LOCAL WATER SECURITY ASSESSMENT

PUBLIC OPINION ASSESSMENT

PRIORITISATION OF PROBLEMS

Working groups define a listof problem statements.

08DEFINITION OFPROBLEM STATEMENTS

Working groups analysemanifestations of the problems listed

in the assessment report and"deconstruct" them in order to

define root causes.

07CONSTRUCTION OFPROBLEM STATEMENTS

ACTIVITY

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ACTIVITY

Settingup local

planningteam

Analysingand

prioritisingproblems4

Planning team, facilitatedby local coordinator,

develops a frameworkaction plan.

FORMULATING FRAME-WORK ACTION PLAN

Planning team selects prioritisationcriteria and uses them to prioritise

actions. Planning team performsranking exercise and prioritisation atplanning team meeting or workshop

facilitated by local coordinator.

14PRIORITISING ACTIONS

ACTIVITY5

Planning team developsprocedures for documenting

implementation.

DOCUMENTINGIMPLEMENTATION

Planning team develops animplementation plan.

17DEVELOPING ANIMPLEMENTATION PLAN

ACTIVITY

Imple-menting theaction plan

Planning teamdevelops an

evaluation plan.

20EVALUATION AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Planning teamdevelops

a monitoring plan.

PERFORMANCEMONITORING

ACTIVITY

Monitoringand

evaluation

Working groups identify and formulateappropriate actions for the respective

topics of substantive focus. Theseshould be further discussed anddecided on by planning team at

planning team meeting or workshopfacilitated by local coordinator.

12IDENTIFYING ACTIONS

Planning team discusses and decides on goals and objectives

at planning team meeting or workshop facilitated by

local co-ordinator.

11DEFINING GOALS ANDOBJECTIVES

Planning team discusses anddecides on definition of

LWS vision at planning teammeeting or workshop

facilitated by local coordinator.

10DEVELOPING AVISION

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THE LOCAL WATER SECURITY ACTIONPLANNING PROCESS

WHAT IS WATER SECURITY?Water security is defined as the capacity of a populationto safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities ofacceptable-quality water for sustaining livelihoods,human well-being and socioeconomic development, forensuring protection against water-borne pollution andwater-related disasters, and for preserving ecosystems ina climate of peace and political stability.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07Defining scale

and scopeSetting up

local planningteam

Assessingcurrent status ofwater security

Analysing andprioritisingproblems

Designing an action plan

Implementingthe action plan

Monitoring andevaluation

ACTIVITIES AND STEPS

Planning team determines the responsibilities,timeframe, technical and legal issues, resources,

possible negative effects and communicationissues for each specificed action. These shouldbe discussed and decided on by planning team

at planning team meeting or workshopfacilitated by local coordinator.

13SPECIFYING ACTIONS

Planning team, facilitated by local coordinator, develops aframework for the implementation of the action plan,

including the assignment of potential existing structuresand/or recommendations for establishing new ones. This

step must be carefully coordinated with all stakeholders anddiscussed with local administration and decision makers.

16DEFINING THE IMPLEMENTATION

STRUCTURE(S)

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Deliverables: Initial assessment report Deliverables: Scope and scale of LWSAP

Deliverables: Order on the establishment of the planning team

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Deliverables: REC’s “green sheet” table onstakeholder analysis

Deliverables: Report on public opinion assessment

Deliverables: REC’s “green sheet” assessment tablefor LWS; narrative LWS assessment report

Deliverables: List of priority problemsDeliverables: Developed problem statementsDeliverables: Draft problem statements

Deliverables: Draft action planDeliverables: Prioritised actionsDeliverables: REC’s “green sheet” table on LWS action specification

Deliverables: REC’s “green sheet” table on LWS action identification

Deliverables: REC’s “green sheet” table onLWS goals and objectives

Deliverables: Developed vision

6Deliverables: Structure of the implementation plan Deliverables: Implementation plan Deliverables: Documentation

Deliverables: Evaluation planDeliverables: Monitoring plan7

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CONTACTS

Radoje Lausevic ● Project Director ● RLausevic@rec.org

Ana Popovic ● Project Manager ● APopovic@rec.org

Danko Aleksic ● Deputy Project Manager ● DAleksic@rec.org

Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)Ady Endre ut 9–11 ● 2000 Szentendre ● Hungary

Tel: +36 26 504 000 ● Fax: +36 26 311 294

http://watersum.rec.org/https://www.facebook.com/watersum ● https://twitter.com/WATERSUMprojecthttps://www.linkedin.com/company/water-sum-project

The REC is an international organisation with a mission to assist in addressing environmental issues.The REC fulfils this mission by promoting cooperation among governments, non-governmentalorganisations, businesses and other environmental stakeholders, and by supporting the freeexchange of information and public participation in environmental decision making.

The regional project Sustainable Use of Transboundary WaterResources and Water Security Management (WATER SUM)addresses water-related challenges and promotes regionalcooperation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) throughtwo project components: Water Resources Management GoodPractices and Knowledge Transfer (WATER POrT); and WaterSecurity in Local Communities (WaSe).

The overall goals of the WaSe component are to foster acomprehensive and integrated approach to water management and ecosystem services and to promote local water security actionplans, water-related dialogue and capacity building. Improvedwater security is an important aspect of environmental security,which refers to the ability of an entity, whether a nation or a localcommunity, to withstand environmental asset scarcity,environmental risks or adverse changes, and environment-relatedtensions or conflicts.

The component contributes to the sustainable development ofeight self-governing territories: the municipalities of Al Karak,Jerash, Al-Salt and Ajloun in Jordan, and the delegations of Nefza,Bir Mcherga, Matmata and Sidi Ali Ben Aoun in Tunisia. It focuseson building partnerships for water security as effective means toachieve the development and conservation targets of the selectedlocal communities. The work is being carried out with the supportof national, regional and local water stakeholders, includingnational administrators, local leaders, selected experts and expert organisations.

The WATER SUM project is financed by the Government of Sweden andimplemented by the Regional EnvironmentalCenter (REC). The REC is implementing theproject with the support of the RegionalOffice for West Asia of the International Unionfor Conservation of Nature (IUCN ROWA).

NEFZA

BIR MCHERGA

MATMATA

Local Water SecurityAction Planning

AL KARAK

JERASH

AL-SALT

AJLOUN

SIDI ALI BEN AOUN