Guidelines for planning for water for livelihoods: Zimbabwe

1. Guidelines for planning for water for livelihoods: Zimbabwe Mr. F.S Makoni MUS meeting 22-23 November 2010, Hague

2. Outline • Introduction • The guide • Implementation of the guidelines • Experiences • Conclusion MUS meeting 22-23 Nov

3. Introduction • People need water to meet various needs- domestic and productive use • Importance of small scale productive use • In the past water services did not take these in account • Water services planning- need to accommodate these uses. • In Zimbabwe various organisations have taken livelihood approach to water supply services- high water table areas. MUS meeting 22-23 Nov

4. Introduction • Livelihood approaches have often been ad hoc with little clarity on types of use: • The way of targeting, • Sharing of costs which resulted in some inconsistency in addressing livelihoods between organisations. • Thus the need for addressing livelihoods and water for multiple uses in a more structured way in water projects. 11th Waternet/WARFSA/GWP-SA symposium

5. Introduction • The guideline aims to address water for livelihoods in a structured way in different steps of the project cycle. • It is targeted towards DWSSC members, NGOs and it does not replace existing water supply provision • Under the ZimWASH project this guide was developed, piloted and implemented in 6 districts. MUS meeting 22- 23 Nov

6. The Guide • It has three parts: • Conceptual framework which defines key concepts in relation to the provision of water for livelihoods • Part 2: Addresses water and livelihoods in the project cycle: it gives an explanation of how to address livelihoods issues in each step. • Part 3: tools and methods MUS meeting 22- 23 Nov

7. Part 1: conceptual framework • Access to water and livelihoods • Providing access • Water resources • Technology • Community Institutions & regulations • Financing arrangements and cost sharing MUS meeting 22- 23 Nov

8. Part 2: addressing water &livelihoods • This part provides an approach for considering water and livelihoods in different steps of the project cycle. • Awareness • Assessment • Action planning • Implementation • M&E MUS meeting 22-23 Nov

9. Part 3: Tools • Community awareness • FGDs • User categorisation • Community mapping • Village water resource assessment • Transect walk MUS meeting 22-23 Nov

10. Experiences • Piloting of the guideline was carried to pre-test the usefulness of the tools: • Two day training at district level • Two day village assessments MUS meeting 22- 23 Nov

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13. Experiences • All the districts have developed plans for implementing water and livelihoods in structured manner. MUS meeting 22- 23 Nov

14. Experiences Figure 1 MUS meeting 22-23 Nov

15. Video: ZIMWASH Figure 1 MUS meeting 22- 23 Nov

16. Conclusion • action planning helped the DWSSC and the communities identify the livelihoods activities and also what actions they can take on their own and those that need external assistance. • As way forward there is still need to support the DWSSC to roll out the action planning MUS meeting 22- 23 Nov

17. The End Thank You! MUS meeting 22-23 Nov

18. Back MUS meeting 22-23 Nov

19. Water resources and livelihoods matrix Back Figure 1: Water resources and livelihood matrix MUS meeting 22- 23 Nov

20. Water resources and livelihoods matrix Back Figure 2: Village assessments MUS meeting 22- 23 Nov

21. Back Figure 2: Action planning MUS meeting 22- 23 Nov