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Danida support to IWRM– South Africa. From policy to Implementation. water & forestry. provincial & local government. IWRM I. Guidelines and policy Water Conservation, CMAs and Groundwater Limited capacity building Limited developmental projects.
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Danida support to IWRM– South Africa From policy to Implementation water & forestry provincial & local government
IWRM I • Guidelines and policy • Water Conservation, CMAs and Groundwater • Limited capacity building • Limited developmental projects
Difference between participation and empowerment • Empowerment is the expansion of assets and capabilities of poor people to participate in, negotiate with, influence, control, and hold accountable institutions that affect their lives (Narayan, Deepa (Ed,) Empowerment and Poverty Reduction A Sourcebook The World Bank, Washington, 2002, p.xviii).
Difference between participation and empowerment • If we are to capacitate people to be able to claim their rights, we have to ensure that approaches adopted to achieve these outcomes are effective, appropriate for their situation and allow sufficient time for the capacity development of marginalized groups and their representatives to be able to articulate their needs
The Rights-Based Approach (RBA) to Development • The rights-based approach to development sets the achievement of human rights as the objective of development. It uses thinking about human rights as the scaffolding of development policy. It invokes the international apparatus of human rights accountability in support of development action. In all of these, it is concerned not just with civil and political rights, but also with economic, social and cultural rights (Overseas Development Institute (ODI) 1998),
The Rights-Based Approach (RBA) - Empowerment • Human rights is empowering. It has the potential to empower people at the grass roots level into believing that they have a right to education, to health care or any of the other rights proclaimed in international instruments (Human Rights Council of Australia- 1998)
The Rights-Based Approach (RBA) -Accountability • Accountability is firmly anchored in the human rights based approach to development. All partners in the development process: local, national, regional and international must accept higher levels of accountability. • Not only does it establish claims but also establishes obligations to meet these claims and identifies the corresponding duty-bearers. (UN Commission of Human Rights – Poverty Reduction Guidelines)
The Rights-Based Approach (RBA) - Participation • Popular participation must extend to all parts of community life, including the definition and formulation of development policies and programmes, as well as their international implementation, monitoring and supervision (Declaration by UN Working Group on the Right to Development – UN Commission of Human Rights - 1996)
Key Components of Support • Building Stakeholder Commitment • Institutionalising CMAs • Integrating IWRM into service delivery • Link to each outcome mapped out in Masibambane III
Provincial Boundaries Water Management Area Boundaries CMAs and IWRM WMA ZIMBABWE MOZAMBIQUE 2. BOTSWANA 1. 4. 3. 5. Pretoria WATER MANAGEMENT AREA Johannesburg 10. NAMIBIA 1. LIMPOPO 2. LUVUVHU AND LETABA 8. 9. 6. 3. CROCODILE (WEST) AND MARICO 4. OLIFANTS 7. 5. INKOMATI 6. USUTHU TO MHLATUZE Bloemfontein 7. THUKELA 13. 14. Durban 11. 8. UPPER VAAL 9. MIDDLE VAAL 10. LOWER VAAL 11. MVOTI TO UMZIMKULU 12. MZIMVUBU TO KEISKAMMA 17. 12. 13. UPPER ORANGE 14. LOWER ORANGE 15. 15. FISH TO TSITSIKAMMA 16. East London GOURITZ 19. 16. 17. OLIFANTS/DOORN 18. BREEDE Cape Port Elizabeth 18. 19. BERG Town
Key issues Sector Wide Approach • Need to move to SWAP • Integration within DWAF • Whilst DWAF is sector leader needs strong linkages with other government departments • Vehicles such as Masibambane critical
CMAs • Need to ensure that basin organisations (CMAs) do not maintain the status quo but are vehicles for IWRM and sustainable development in the holistic sense • Moreover CMAs are a vehicle for redressing the past and those previously marginalised can benefit to the maximum and actively participate in local WRM issues.
Inter-governmental • Considerable effort has been taken to engage other government departments • Creating fora for dialogue • At an operational level • Bring all key actors on board wherever possible with respect to pilot/demonstration projects to ensure integrated approaches and linkages to local and provincial development plans (e.g. KZN) • Use of Metro to capacitate other municipalities
Other donors and NGOs • Task has been to ensure complementarity's and avoid duplication • Involve donors in key milestone activities • Draw on their experiences e.g. FAO and food security ITC/ILO gender • Ensuring real collaboration on the ground e.g. UK/EPA, Netherlands, USAID • Partnering funding
Other donors and NGOs • EXAMPLES 1 • EU Water for Development Programme • Netherlands capacity develop for rural communities • USAID Community involvement in non-revenue management • UK/EPA developing stakeholder partnerships for CMAs
Other donors and NGOs • EXAMPLES 2 • Netherlands: Water Boards • FAO: Food Security • ITC/ILO Flemish Community GPE • WWF Partnership capacity building WUAs • DFID licensing
IWRM II Empowerment Projects Selected Examples
Others being identified with DIR WUE Others being identified with DIR WUE Sandveld Strand 1 LG and/or DWAF Transformation Irrigation Boards Others being identified with DIR WUE Crocodile West-Marico Water Harvesting? Mvoti Umzimkulu Olifants Doorn
Communities & Non-revenue management Food security & HIV/AIDS Strand 2 Metros The “Three Metros” Resource pollution Integrated Agriculture demo Urban agri Impact on resource Mvoti Umzimkulu (Ethekwini) Crocodile West-Marico
Groundwater Protection WC/DM Awareness Organic baby food women’s cooperative Emerging Farmers Wetlands Rehab & Food Food security Strand 3 Communities Food security “mini” CMS Pollution Mvoti Umzimkulu Olifants Doorn
Sustainable Water-wise Food Garden Doringbaai Multipurpose Centre Food Security Capacity Building & Training Semi-commercial scale
Big Roof Project - Bitterfontein Rainwater harvesting Food Security
II Organic Rooibos Tea Nursery & Baby Food Breevlei Landbou Wupperthal Job creation through agriculture (organic rooibos tea & vegetables) Develop additional land Improve food security
II Petersfield Youth Emerging Farmers PetersfieldCitrusdal Job creation through agriculture (organic vegetables) Purchase additional land & water Improve food security
II Swartruggens Ceres Karoo Groundwater Protection & Climate Change Monitoring Groundwater monitoring & spring protection Climate change monitoring Safer drinking water In deep rural areas
IWRM South Africa Challenges
Challenges • Embedding concept of budget support • Synchronising of budgets especially when more than one government department involved • Allowing sufficient time for empowerment • Balance between strategic and on the ground projects
Risks • Human resources • Donor budget support not achieving what intended to • Continued marginalisation of vulnerable groups • WMA dynamics skewed and approaches differ
Delivering Transformation and Sustainable Development through IWRM - (1) Top down & bottom up Making it happen Learning & adaptation Water for all - access to basic water services - multiple use services - meet Millennium Devt goals Resilient catchments - protecting water resources under climate chaos: resilience & whole catchment planning Water for industry - moving towards sustainable production in the energy, forestry & commercial farming sectors Water for emerging black farmers - water is vital to the second economy and empowerment of HDIs Healthy catchments - protecting the source of our water: ecological services & whole catchment planning
Energy security Water security Food security Climate security Second economy - sustainable livelihoods & empowerment Second economy - handouts & dependency Delivering Transformation and Sustainable Development through IWRM - (2) First economy Unsustainable production in the energy, forestry & commercial farming sectors First economy Sustainable (resource efficient) production in the energy, forestry & commercial farming sectors Transform Transform
Way Forward • Share our approach – influence yours ( SWAP) • Learn from Masibambane / Sector • Multiplier effect • More holisitic approach to IWRM and water for growth and development