Local Water Security Action Planning

The regional project Sustainable Use of Transboundary Water Resources and Water Security Management (WATER SUM) addresses water-related challenges and promotes regional cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) through two project components: Water Resources Management Good Practices and Knowledge Transfer (WATER POrT); and Water Security in Local Communities (WaSe).

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

The component contributes to the sustainable development of eight 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 focuses on building partnerships for water security as effective means to achieve the development and conservation targets of the selected local communities. The work is being carried out with the support of national, regional and local water stakeholders, including national administrators, local leaders, selected experts and expert organisations.

CONTACTS Radoje Lausevic

SIDI ALI BEN AOUN ●

Project Director

Ana Popovic ● Project Manager Danko Aleksic

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RLausevic@rec.org

APopovic@rec.org

Deputy Project Manager

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DAleksic@rec.org

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

NEFZA BIR MCHERGA MATMATA

Tel: +36 26 504 000 ● Fax: +36 26 311 294 http://watersum.rec.org/ https://www.facebook.com/watersum ● https://twitter.com/WATERSUMproject https://www.linkedin.com/company/water-sum-project

AL KARAK JERASH AL-SALT

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-governmental organisations, businesses and other environmental stakeholders, and by supporting the free exchange of information and public participation in environmental decision making.

The WATER SUM project is financed by the Government of Sweden and implemented by the Regional Environmental Center (REC). The REC is implementing the project with the support of the Regional Office for West Asia of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ROWA).

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Local Water Security Action Planning

SCOPING AND SCALING

Initial planning team, in consultation with local coordinator and stakeholders, determines scope and scale of the LWSAP exercise and proposes goals and objectives. This should include a preliminary campaign to generate public interest and support.

Initial planning team, coached by local coordinator, performs the initial assessment in order to collect and systemise the data necessary to define the spatial scale, the topics of substantive focus and the principles to be operationalised during the planning process.

Deliverables: Initial assessment report

FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLANNING TEAM

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Local self-government decisionmaking authority formally appoints the planning team by a written decision (order), and through this establishes the terms of reference for the planning team.

Initial planning team, in consultation with local coordinator, performs the stakeholder analysis.

Deliverables: REC’s “green sheet” table on stakeholder analysis

PUBLIC OPINION ASSESSMENT

Assessing current status of water security

Analysing and prioritising problems

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Planning team discusses and decides on definition of LWS vision at planning team meeting or workshop facilitated by local coordinator.

Deliverables: Developed vision

DEFINITION OF PROBLEM STATEMENTS

Assessing current status of water security

Analysing and prioritising problems

Designing an action plan

PRIORITISATION OF PROBLEMS

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DEFINING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Deliverables: List of priority problems

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Planning team discusses and decides on goals and objectives at planning team meeting or workshop facilitated by local co-ordinator.

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

IDENTIFYING ACTIONS

Monitoring and evaluation

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SPECIFYING ACTIONS

Working groups identify and formulate appropriate actions for the respective topics of substantive focus. These should be further discussed and decided on by planning team at planning team meeting or workshop facilitated by local coordinator.

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

6 Implementing the action plan

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Planning team, facilitated by local coordinator, discusses the lists of problems defined by working groups and defines list of priority problems.

Deliverables: Developed problem statements

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Setting up local planning team

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Working groups define a list of problem statements.

ACTIVITIES AND STEPS

Defining scale and scope

WORKING GROUPS

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

Working groups analyse manifestations of the problems listed in the assessment report and "deconstruct" them in order to define root causes.

DEVELOPING A VISION

PLANNING TEAM

Planning team and working groups perform the indicator-based assessment of the current status of water security and deliver the local water security (LWS) assessment report.

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Deliverables: Draft problem statements

Designing an action plan

LOCAL WATER SECURITY ASSESSMENT

Planning team, supported by external experts, carries out the public opinion assessment, including identification of key issues, sample design and framing, data acquisition and analysis, and interpretation of results.

CONSTRUCTION OF PROBLEM STATEMENTS

INITIAL PLANNING TEAM

Deliverables: Order on the establishment of the planning team

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Deliverables: Report on public opinion assessment

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LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS

Setting up local planning team

LWSAP ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Deliverables: Scope and scale of LWSAP

LOCAL COORDINATOR

STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS

THE LOCAL WATER SECURITY ACTION PLANNING PROCESS

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Planning team determines the responsibilities, timeframe, technical and legal issues, resources, possible negative effects and communication issues for each specificed action. These should be discussed and decided on by planning team at planning team meeting or workshop facilitated by local coordinator.

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

DEFINING THE IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE(S)

Implementing the action plan

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Planning team, facilitated by local coordinator, develops a framework for the implementation of the action plan, including the assignment of potential existing structures and/or recommendations for establishing new ones. This step must be carefully coordinated with all stakeholders and discussed with local administration and decision makers.

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

Deliverables: Structure of the implementation plan

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ACTIVITY

Defining scale and scope

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ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY

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INITIAL ASSESSMENT

PRIORITISING ACTIONS

Planning team selects prioritisation criteria and uses them to prioritise actions. Planning team performs ranking exercise and prioritisation at planning team meeting or workshop facilitated by local coordinator.

Deliverables: Prioritised actions

DEVELOPING AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

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Planning team develops an implementation plan.

Deliverables: Implementation plan

PERFORMANCE MONITORING

Monitoring and evaluation

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Planning team develops a monitoring plan.

Deliverables: Monitoring plan

FORMULATING FRAMEWORK ACTION PLAN

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Planning team, facilitated by local coordinator, develops a framework action plan.

Deliverables: Draft action plan

DOCUMENTING IMPLEMENTATION

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Planning team develops procedures for documenting implementation.

Deliverables: Documentation

EVALUATION AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT

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Planning team develops an evaluation plan.

Deliverables: Evaluation plan

The regional project Sustainable Use of Transboundary Water Resources and Water Security Management (WATER SUM) addresses water-related challenges and promotes regional cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) through two project components: Water Resources Management Good Practices and Knowledge Transfer (WATER POrT); and Water Security in Local Communities (WaSe).

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

The component contributes to the sustainable development of eight 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 focuses on building partnerships for water security as effective means to achieve the development and conservation targets of the selected local communities. The work is being carried out with the support of national, regional and local water stakeholders, including national administrators, local leaders, selected experts and expert organisations.

CONTACTS Radoje Lausevic

SIDI ALI BEN AOUN ●

Project Director

Ana Popovic ● Project Manager Danko Aleksic

●

●

●

RLausevic@rec.org

APopovic@rec.org

Deputy Project Manager

●

DAleksic@rec.org

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

NEFZA BIR MCHERGA MATMATA

Tel: +36 26 504 000 ● Fax: +36 26 311 294 http://watersum.rec.org/ https://www.facebook.com/watersum ● https://twitter.com/WATERSUMproject https://www.linkedin.com/company/water-sum-project

AL KARAK JERASH AL-SALT

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-governmental organisations, businesses and other environmental stakeholders, and by supporting the free exchange of information and public participation in environmental decision making.

The WATER SUM project is financed by the Government of Sweden and implemented by the Regional Environmental Center (REC). The REC is implementing the project with the support of the Regional Office for West Asia of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ROWA).

AJLOUN

Local Water Security Action Planning