DEVELOPMENT GOAL

All these issues can no longer be approached by sector or localization, nor approached separately. On the contrary, the solutions must associate the national and local authorities with the users, in a comprehensive and integrated approach, respecting the natural environment, organized on the scale of hydrographic units and aiming at the sustainable utilization of water resources.

Number of governmental administrations in charge of water management in a country willing to apply an integrated water resources management policy .

Land, urban and health masterplan.

IWRM promotion

OBJECTIVES

NB In the following, a River Basin Organization is defined in a broad sense, and includes all kinds of organizations as long as they respect the broad definition retained by INBO and in the 2^nd World Water Forum topic " WATER IN RIVERS ": << Agencies, or coordinating bodies, which are responsible to all stakeholders within the large hydrographic river basin and which are adequately financed so that they can achieve their remit. This remit should include balancing the aspirations of all stakeholders and will include responsibility for flood mitigation, water resources, environmental conservation, public health (water quality), navigation, amenity etc. These agencies, or coordinating bodies, should promote a general understanding of all the issues and should encourage dialogue and participation>>. 

Number of organization systems managing local, national, federal and/or transboundary river basins.

(from INBO charter)

Water allocation and conflict resolution

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

è to build national, regional and international links between existing, incipient or embryo River Basin Organizations or between administrations preparing reforms based on river basin management.

Number of meetings, and Number of CEO meeting, in man-day.

Reports & minutes of meetings.

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è to increase understanding on river basin management.

Management tools and processes.

Reports & minutes of meetings.

IWRM promotion

è to support processes undertaken in basins where there is a felt need for improvement of water resources management.

PAP Priority action plan and/or MASTERPLAN.

Performance of organization, in number of years to hit the targets.

Methods to overcome bureaucratic & administrative inertia.

è to support dialogue and collaboration between river basin organizations and the civil society.

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Existence and composition of a "water committee".

Tools for empowerment and participation.

OUTPUT 1: TWINNING FOR DIRECT COOPERATION BETWEEN EXISTING, FUTURE OR PILOT RIVER BASIN ORGANIZATIONS RBOs

Formalization of relations between two basin organizations under a common charter, or memorandum of understanding, or cooperation agreement.

Chart of cooperation; Appointment by both twining partners of focal points for the implementation of the twining arrangement.

Number of relevant documents exchanged.

Capacity building; Development of legal frameworks and policy, Guidance documents on river basin management

Yearly workshops and/or work-visits in order to improve the exchange of expertise and knowledge between all the twining partners. Proposed subject are the following :

Frequency of exchanges, measured in man-days Number of workshops, measured in man-days;

Relevance of curriculum, Qualification of attendees.

Extension of good IWRM practices.

use of hydrological systems,

users' participation.

Make sure that contacts are open with not only high level executives, but also with technicians and stakeholders, members of basin committees and users' representatives

Number of meetings, and Number of CEO meeting, in man-day

A facilitator/coordinator is appointed and made responsible for.

Maintain the largest network possible of candidate river basin organizations.

OUTPUT 2: MOBILIZATION OR PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE CAPACITIES IN EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP WITH THE SETTING-UP AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BASIN ORGANIZATIONS AND WITH THEIR MANAGEMENT OPTIONS

Identify, within the large network of basin organizations, INBO members or observers either from the North or the South, a roster of recognized experimented professionals, who can help on specific issues, due to their knowledge and practice of river basin management.

Number and physical repartition of experts;

Number of relevant documents exchanged.

Extension of good IWRM practices.

Create, operate and maintain multidisciplinary teams of such skilled professionals from river basin organizations staff, ready to share accurate and real life experience.

Number of relevant documents exchanged.

Yearly reports.

Extension of "solid" science on IWRM.

Validate projects and facilitate the approach of bi and multilateral donors.

Terms of reference for specific assistance programs;

Report from concerned. partners

Securing the financial resources needed

Make transparent offers and demands to help the implementation of assistance programs.

Existence of a PAP, or MASTERPLAN.

Independent reports/sources;

Securing the financial resources needed

design of required planning, funding, monitoring and follow-up systems.

Number of multidisciplinary teams in charge of..

Independent reports/sources;

Possible extension in the country.

Assistance to several countries sharing a transboundary river basin.

Setting-up of international organizations in charge of implementing this agreement.

Independent reports/sources;

Water allocation and conflict resolution

Training of new people in charge and technical staff of the pilot basin organization.

Number of training, measured in man-days;

Organization chart of the BO;

n status of surface and groundwater resources, from both a quantitative and qualitative viewpoint, and their seasonal and yearly variations,

n status of biotopes and the aquatic environment and their degrees of sensitivity,

n water uses (abstractions), drinking water supply to the population in particular, and pollution sources (discharges) whether point or non-point,

Number of project.

Transparency of access.

it is of prime importance for decision-makers (Directors of River Basin Organizations and Administrations, Basin Committee members, representatives of the Local Authorities and associations of users) to have easy access to.

Formation of partnerships and establishment of institutional mechanisms facilitating equitable participation of people in decision-making and in activities of basin organizations.

Means for equal involvement of genders in decision-making.

Fostering the users' willingness and ability to pay.

Water allocation and conflict resolution Involvement of the civil society.

OUTPUT 3: A state of the art synthesis of available knowledge and know-how.

Collect actual practices in order to generate ideas and recommendations, and to promote practical guidelines for putting integrated river basin management into practice.

Number of contribution to the FFA Toolbox;

Number of linkage with the Toolbox.

IWRM improvement

develop land use mapping.

Report, complemented and upgraded year after year;

Existence of a policy framework that can be used by all stakeholders to guide, assess, review and benchmark the full decision-making cycle of a river basin organization

financing..

Set up conflict prevention and resolution methods

Number of training, measured in man-days;

Number of information exchanged.

Conflict resolution.

Develop users' education on water saving and integrated water resources management

Number of training, measured in man-days;

Number of information exchanged.

Conflict resolution Involvement of the civil society.

Foster users willingness and ability to pay

Number of training, measured in man-days;

Local resources mobilized.

Water allocation, Involvement of the civil society.

OUTPUT 4 : THE NETWORKING OF WATER DOCUMENTATION SYSTEMS AQUADOC-INTER

Develop all the means necessary for exchanging information .

Existence of formats, tools, gateways between networks.

Origin of connections (policy makers and local users);

IWRM promotion;

and identify how and by whom these needs can be best addressed, to avoid redundancy.

Report from decision makers and users;

Assess accuracy, credibility, adequacy, and quality of available info;

Water allocation.

multilinguism, electronic formats, international software (ORACLE, UNESCO formats…), information fields, metering and tariffing users, copyright...

Report from decision makers and users;

Reviewing of other networks to avoid redundancy

Methods to overcome bureaucratic & administrative inertia.