Session 3.2 Water Governance E&E CoP-Meeting 2008 Tue 14 Oct 2008

1. Session 3.2 Water GovernanceE&E CoP-Meeting 2008Tue 14 Oct 2008 Juerg Staudenmann Water Governance Advisor

2. Water Governance Session – Overview 14 Oct 2009 (14:00-16:45) • WaterWiki: Now or never ! (JS – 30 min) • Roundtable: Updates on activities in the region: • IWRM programming in CA – new 5.4m USD project (JS – 10 min) • UNDP-Coke partnership (Bogachan / …?) • Other activities (open floor – 20 min) • IYS 2008: key messages / kits / video (JS/WECF – 15 min) • A brand-new programme: Applying HRBA to Water Governance (Louise Nylin – 15 min/ JS – 15 min) • Open floor discussion / Outlook (30 min) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

3. WaterWiki Now or never!

4. What is - or was to date - WaterWiki ? • UNDP’s Knowledge exchange and on-line collaboration platformfor water practitioners • Alternative to official UNDP / project sites • A continuously growing knowledge base that • improves with each individual user-contribution • allows sharing and discussing of “true knowledge” (success, failures, lessons, • is owned by the community • What it is not ? • A “normal website” • Under responsibility or control of UNDP • A pure database or “Content Management System” Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

5. Background: The Pre-History of WaterWiki • WaterWiki emerged from the real NEED • to systematically map & document projects, reports & key documents, organizations, “who-is-who and does what”, • to codify UNDP-relevant “knowledge on water” • for an on-line collaboration workspace • APPROACH chosen • Web-based (instead of “storing it on C:-drive”) • Interactive (instead of “central delivery”) • Real-time (instead of “thanks, please wait for publication”) • Possibility for joint collaboration on knowledge products • “Something like Wikipedia, decentralized, that that works like a “Potluck-cooking party” rather than a restaurant visit” Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

6. The global “Wiki-experiment” • Wikipedia • started “small and simple”; • grew in short time to one of the most important on-line resources. (The humble vision: “capturing the worlds knowledge”…) • Practice proofs: Approach and tool conducive to • encourage hundred-thousands to share their individual knowledge • Despite skepticism from many deliver exponentially increasing knowledge resources of use to hundreds of millions of users Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

7. The “Wiki-idea” – Underlying principles • Decentralized contributions & content responsibility (democratic + self-responsibility + peer control) • Limited format or structure prescribed (let it grow !) • “Tags” and hyperlinks as backbone (instead of folders & hierarchy) • Allow/promote ANY knowledge in ANY format, files, pics, etc. • But restrain opinions / viewpoints (use other fora for that) • Coaching & support, rather than supervision and control Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

8. So, how does WaterWiki work ? • Like Wikipedia … • On-line collection of info, knowledge, files, links … • Entire content is free for use, editing, complementation, linking • Every change is tracked to revert previous versions if needed • … * BUT: While entire content is visible to anyone, only registered & logged-in users can create new or edit existing pages/articles, upload files, insert links, pics, videos (YouTube), rate or discuss contributions ... • What about quality control? • Self-responsibility: Each contributor is attributed to his/her contributions • Peer-control: users mutually monitor, comment and directly edit each others contributions • Facilitation: “Knowledge farmers” assist users, guide or selectively complement contributions, to maximize usability/benefit • Red-button: If necessary, users can be blocked and every change undone Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

9. Demo (http://WaterWiki.net) • Welcome • navigation, Help, recent changes, search … • How to edit (tag-cloud, links) • Reports • HDR 2006 (Overview, Chapters, Link to MDGs) • Experience / Case Studies • Uzbekistan - “Celebrating Communities for WSS” • Category “Experience” (Comparative Experience Water Councils) • FAQs / Toolkits: • New HRBA programme • FAQs on IW management • Country, River Basin, and other “Portal-pages” • Countries (Uzbekistan/Central Asia) • Amu Darya Basin (with “transclusion” from CAREWIB) • Projects (“transcluded” list from UNDP homepage) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

10. Evolution of WaterWiki • Started “bottom-up” in Aug 2005: • zero budget (but 100% commitment + 2 interns) • Aug 05 – Mar 06 (1/2 year): • From 0 to600 visitor/day • Some 200 pages (incl. 32 “country-pages”, 25 projects, 50 reports, 40 practitioners, …) • Mid 2008: • Almost 2,000 pages + 850 uploaded files(incl. 101 projects, 287 reports, 192 practitioners & 58 contacts, 97 thematic articles, 39 experience write-ups / case-studies, 127 organizations & networks, 213 definitions/concepts, …) • Current average: 700-900 genuine visitors/day (approx. 15,000 page-views/day) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

11. Client surveys 2007 • User feedback: • WaterWiki has greatly improved access to information and knowledge on water in the region (“Our own little Britannica“) • Used by practitioners & experts as (a) info-base, (b) learning resource (!), and (c) “to stay connected to other practitioners” • People like the “look and feel” of WaterWiki (recognition effect due to Wikipedia) • High flexibility in terms of content, structure, presentation, continued change & development • An easy-to-use platform, broad enough to cover all relevant information sources, yet focused & specific enough to remain relevant, selective, “to-the-point” and of real practical use Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

12. WaterWiki in 2008:At the turning point! 3 years piloting experience, success, recognition: • We’re on the right track. That’s how knowledge management & experience exchange can work • There’s a confirmed need for “a WaterWiki” (user reviews; peer-discussions; consultations) • It’s time to “spread the wings and fly”: • (i) scale-up: globalize within UNDP – and beyond • (ii) open up: broaden institutionally • (ii) professionalize: define (& occupy) niche, review structure, upgrade functionalities, enrich basic content • (iii) possibly “re-/de-brand”: (no visible (UN-) brand also legally a “slim solution”) BUT KEEP THE THEMATIC FOCUS: Water (& Sanitation) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

13. Moving ahead (1): Scale-up & Upgrading • Globalize: • All countries & all 236+ Transboundary River Basins • Entire UNDP Water Practice (WaterWiki as THE workspace for all!) • Upgrade with useful (and attractive!) functionalities: • Google Maps | YouTube | WYSIWYG | “Rate this page” | “e-mail / bookmark / print this page” | RSS-feeds • ”Mesh-up” solutions (link with e-mail groups, blogs, social networks (facebook / LinkedIn/…?), SKYPE, news or meta-services, etc.) • Improve structure, navigation, search • Additional “exploring mechanisms” (e.g. portals, virtual toolboxes) • Folksonomy (tag-clouds), keyword-automated listings, etc. • “Top content” (What’s new? | popular? | top-rated | Who’s active …) • Monitoring & alert functions Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

14. Moving ahead (2): Improved user-support, feel & look, guidance … • Incentives for active participation: • Wizards for user-contributions (“Add new page”, “upload video”, “Related wanted pages”…) • Contributor recognition & visibility (e.g. “last 3 authors” | “this month’s top contributors” | etc. • Indicators about other users using your shared knowledge (like “# of times video watched” on YouTube) • Promote & supporting community-tools • for on-line collaboration (e.g. for joint drafting of case studies, essays, etc.) • Social networking … Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

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16. Moving ahead (3): Opening up • WaterWiki @ UN-Water Meeting, Stockholm 17 Aug 08 • Broad recognition and decision to form a UN-Water TF on WaterWiki • Spontaneous allies: UNESCO, WHO, IAEA, UNU, UNECE • Previous interest already by UNEP, UN-Habitat, UNICEF • WaterWiki as tool for all UN-Water members? • To map what UN-Water partners do, know, are working on • As joint knowledge base complementing(!) official UN-Water & agency websites • As “One-Stop-Shop” linking to existing data- and knowledge bases (of UN-Water and/or beyond) • For development of “joint UN knowledge on water” like glossary & definitions, indicators, case studies, joint reports and/or spin-offs, common facts & info on water basins, etc. • As workspace for UN-Water working groups (e.g. for development & discussion of position papers or guidelines) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

17. WaterWiki as Multi-agency platform • The “glue” between existing sites, not replacing any of them • An opportunity for active and continuous inter-agency collaboration on developing and refining a wide range of knowledge products • Can build on: • Existing Wiki-platform (and momentum), established structure, info & knowledge base • 3 years of practical experience in developing, testing, maintaining of a Wiki platform • UNDP’s offer to support (& co-fund) development of a joint scale-up • … and of coursethe enormous breadth of knowledge & experience within the collective UN-Water agency W&S staff Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

18. The way ahead (2008/09) • Finalize upgrade & scale-up (end 2009) • Selected bi-lateral web-projects (early 2009) • UNESCO: Life-Supporrt System Encyclopedia; Water & Conflict; “236+ river basins”; • WHO: multi-lingual glossary (bi-directional!) • WWAP: publish excerpts & some of the side-materials of WWDR 4 – (co-launch @ Istanbul WWF) • UNECE: Transboundary Water Basin Inventory  Wiki!! • UN-Water Task Force on WaterWiki (parallel) • comprehensive mapping of existing sites, tools, trends • consultations with UN-Water & all member agencies • development & implementation of UN-WaterWiki concept Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

19. Thank you ! http://WaterWiki.net

20. ROUNDTABLE : Updates from the region • IWRM programming in CA – new 5.4m USD project (JS) • UNDP-Coke partnership (Bogachan?) • Other activities (open floor) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

21. IWRM in Central Asia • Objectives: • … to foster transboundary dialogue, in Central Asia, through interventions at national level (mainly involving Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan), and at transboundary level (mainly involving Kazakhstan and China). • Strategic approach: • From national and non-divisive to transboundary and mutual beneficial perspectives • Combination of policy/strategy development at national/regional level & concrete demo/application at local level • Partners / timeline: • EC (Almaty): ~ USD 2m (EUR 1.5m) • Norway: USD 800k • Countries (in-kind): USD 1.2m • UNDP (COs & BRC): USD 350k • TBC: 900k USD (Germany? Swiss? …) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

22. IWRM in Central Asia (cont.) • Activities: 4 pillars • IWRM governance & capacity building, • Rural WSS, • Irrigation efficiency, • small-scale hydropower  SEA mainstreamed into all relevant activities • 4 Atlas-projects (Taj, Kyr, Kaz, BRC) • split $$ and decentralized implementation … • … while keeping the programmatic approach & “weight as regional player” Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

23. IWRM in Central Asia (cont.) • Links to other initiatives: • EUWI NPDs (Kyr, Turk) – EC, UNECE, OECD • “Common Framework for Addressing Water Issues in Central Asia” – think piece  Almaty Nov 2008 • Central Asian regional risk assessment – UNDP, WB, UNECE, DFID, … • BCI (Taj) – EBRD, IKEA / H&M / Adidas / … • “A Common Framework on Addressing Water Issues in CA” • Coordination & collaboration across institutional boundaries • On board: EU Water Initiative / UNECE / OECD / Norway • Interested: World Bank, Italy, Germany, Swiss, … • Presentation @ Almaty 17/18 Nov 08 “Berlin II” Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

24. International Year of Sanitation 2008 Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

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28. International Year of Sanitation 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcjFryjDTd8 Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

29. HRBA to Water Governance Scope / outline: • Why applying a HRBA to Water Governance ? • WSS matters (for Human Development) … • … but Water Governance is the key ! • What means taking a Human Rights-based Approach (HRBA) – Louise Nylin • How: A new programme for Europe & CIS • Objective & approach • The 4 thematic “areas of concern” • Link to (HQ-supported) WSS assessment • Summary & conclusions Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

30. Access to Water Supply & Sanitation matters ! • Human Development strongly linked to WSS “The successfully tackling of the WSS crises could trigger the next leap forward in human development!“ (UNDP HDR 2006) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

31. Why a HRBA to Water Governance ? • Fact • 1.1 billion people without water, 2.6 billion without sanitation • WSS a key driver to achieve the MDGs (child mortality / maternal health; poverty & food security; healthy work force; education …) • The growing “Water Crisis” is foremost a problem of Water Governance, not of lacking water resources • A crisis of the poor and marginalized (incl. ethnic, gender or rural-urban disparities) • Low political commitment to sanitation and hygiene • Climate Change will add more complexity & additional burden • The way forward • Focus on support to countries to develop national strategies & plans towards integrated water resources management (IWRM) • Promote international aid & financing • But also make water a human right – and mean it ! (UNDP HDR 2006) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

32. What’s HRBA (Human Rights-based Approach)? -Louise- Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

33. Applying a HRBA to “Water Governance”: What it may imply • Prioritizing human and/or household allocation/consumption over all other uses (especially in crisis situations) • Ensuring & guaranteeing allocation of a minimum volume of (affordable) drinking water for everyone • Providing (legal) instruments, e.g. for inhabitants to • Claim their water rights • Get access to info and political decisions • BUT: Choosing an integrated approach to Water Resources management (e.g. IWRM) • not focusing on WSS only (“pipes and pumps”) • To ensure sustainability ! Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

34. Opportunities Promoting (increased) state budget allocations towards WSS Possibility to hold state accountable / responsible for prioritizing & implementing WSS Participatory, non-discriminatory, inclusive approach “Sensible prioritization” while balancing between different water users (incl. the natural environment!) Challenges Other user groups (industry, energy sector, agricultural industry…) often have stronger influence (financially, politically, socially) Finding the right balance between WSS and other “development priorities” like food security (irrigation / agriculture), livelihoods (production / industry), energy (e.g. hydropower for heating), environment Linking HRBA to “Water Governance” Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

35. How: A new UNDP programme The UNECE Protocol on Water and Health:A unique opportunity for Europe & CIS • “Parties shall … take all appropriate measures for … ensuring: (a) adequate supplies of wholesome drinking water…; (b) adequate sanitation...” • “… principles and approaches: … equitable access to water, adequate in terms of both quantity and of quality, should be provided for all members of the population, especially those who suffer a disadvantage or social exclusion.” Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

36. UNDP regional HRBA-to-Water Governance Programme for Europe & CIS • Motivation / objective: • Use momentum to develop concrete new projects (at national and local level) • Mobilize partnerships and funds for projects and (mainstreamed) interventions • Approach: • Phase 1: Analyze specific country situation, gaps and opportunities (BRC) • Phase 2: Verify needs with stakeholders; set priorities; develop concrete projects (CO with BRC support) • Phase 3: Launch and implement national projects or mainstreamed interventions (COs) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

37. 4 Thematic “Areas of Concern” • Accessibility – Infrastructure • Physical accessibility, primary focus on quality of the (WSS) services • Dev. priority: provide access to poor, marginalised and vulnerable groups • Affordability – Water Pricing • Economic accessibility, water tariff system that provides standard volume of water to everyone at affordable prices (or free if necessary) • Special consideration to poor, marginalised and vulnerable groups • Allocation & Quality – Water Resources Management • Supplied water needs to be safe and suitable for all different uses • Balance among competing needs (incl. natural environment) while prioritizing human consumption • Transboundary Cooperation – Joint management of the resource • Adequate cooperation between neighbour countries / communities sharing water resource/body (at national, basin or local level) • HRBA to prioritize human water consumption Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

38. Accessibility – Infrastructure(connectivity and service provision) Potential priority action: • Ensuring accessibility for vulnerable groups, including rural areas • Prioritisation and targeting of vulnerable and marginalised groups in water policy including service provision • Avoiding negative impacts of WSS infrastructure and facilities design on vulnerable and marginalised groups • Ensuring public participation of vulnerable and marginalised groups in decision-making Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

39. Affordability – Water Pricing(water tariffs and ability to pay) Potential priority action: • Integrating affordability into planning for financing water services • Ensuring equitable pricing policies (and cross-subsidies as needed) • Ensuring affordability of services in WSS concessions • Public participation, transparency and accountability (redress mechanisms and procurement) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

40. Allocation & Quality – Water Resources Management(production, supply, demand management) Potential priority action: • Prioritising water for domestic uses • Managing natural water resources to ensure water quality and quantity (and sustainability) • Monitoring water quality safefor use • Responding to climate change and natural disasters • Public participation and transparency Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

41. Transboundary Cooperation(equal opportunities and shared benefits) Potential priority action: • Promoting and facilitating transboundary cooperation on water resource management • Enabling dialogue towards conflict resolution • Public participation Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

42. Link to (HQ-supported) WSS assessment • Follow-up on HDR 2006 (Water) • IN-depth assessment in 5x2 countries: • WSS situation – gap analysis / capacity development needs • Status of national programming (UNDAF & Co.) – opportunity analysis • Identification of concrete entry-points for projects • RBEC: • Start early 2009 • Potential target countries: BiH / Moldova / Tajikistan • Full alignment with HRBA-Water Governance programme (joint assessments, joint stakeholder meetings, joint partner & resource mobilization strategy, concerted WSS project portfolio) Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

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44. Budget • Budget 2009 (Phase 1+2): USD 100-160,000 • BRC: 2 x 10,000 • Global Human Rights Programme: 40,000 • Global Water Governance Programme: 40,000 • COs (for Phase 2): 10-20,000 Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

45. Summary • Overall aim to utilize momentum & identify opportunities to design new programmes • To promote the Right to Water • To implement it: Focus / prioritize / mainstream “Access to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water, and basic sanitation” in(to) the national development agenda Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

46. Summary: approach • Support countries • Identifying national needs and opportunities (“entry-points”) for concrete interventions • Advocate for WSS as priority area (towards achieving the MDGs) • Taking a comprehensive approach (IWRM) to ensure long-term sustainability • Mobilize partners and financial resources to prioritize and implement concrete new WSS, RtW and Water Governance activities Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

47. Summary: UNDP’s opportunity • External perspective: Support EECCA-countries • Recipient signatory states: implementing the Protocol on Water & Health provisions (national analysis, gap assessments, target setting, strategy & project development…) • Donor signatory states:identifying needs and priorities, and direct their ODA/investment towards interventions in the sense of the Protocol on Water & Health • UNDP-perspective: Taking a pan-regional, programmatic, “practice” approach • Development of a coherent methodological approach on “HRBA-Water” nexus • Utilizing & building on the regional & legal context • Building “HRBA-Water” capacity for the region, at disposal of COs • Overall: Provide technically support for concrete development and implementof concrete projects and interventions to improve people’s life! Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

48. Next steps • Programme launch: 2009 • Phase 1 – Assessments / selections of target countries (1st tier / 2nd tier) • Phase 2 – In-depth Analysis & stakeholder consultations for 2-3 selected Countries • Oslo Conference on Right to Water • 26-28 Nov • 3rd day hosted by UNDP  UN-guidance note Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC

49. Thank you! For further information visit: http://WaterWiki.net

50. OPEN FLOOR DISCUSSION & OUTLOOK • Achievements & activities 2008: • IWRM in Central Asia • Promoting WSS as programme area in UNDP • HRBA-Water Governance methodology & programme developed, potential target COs identified • Water-CoP meeting Bucharest (EU/UNECE/Romania) • Issues and priorities for 2009? • Re-launch WaterWiki • WSS & HRBA –programme launch • Water-CoP? (rejuvenate the CoP, specific activities, …?) • Water & Climate Change • …? Jürg Staudenmann, UNDP BRC