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Relationships between Watersheds and Administrative Hierarchies

Relationships between Watersheds and Administrative Hierarchies. Country. Sectors Involved:. Regional River Basin Organisation. Government. Government. Government. Government. Agriculture. Forestry. Water Resources. Private Sector. Private Sector. Private Sector. Private

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Relationships between Watersheds and Administrative Hierarchies

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  1. Relationships between Watersheds and Administrative Hierarchies Country Sectors Involved: Regional River Basin Organisation Government Government Government Government Agriculture Forestry Water Resources Private Sector Private Sector Private Sector Private Sector NGOs NGOs NGOs NGOs Rural Development Energy Interior User Organisations User Organisations User Organisations User Organisations Province National River Basin Organisation Land Management Planning Women's Affairs District Horizontal consistency Vertical consistency Watershed Committee Institutional consistency Commune Catchment Group Reference: Tuyll, C. 2007: MRC GTZ Watershed Management Programme – Consultative Meeting Viet Nam April 2007. Power Point Presentation.

  2. Cabinet NWRC Dept. Disaster Prevention Mitigation Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Ministry of agricultural RBC Meteorology Dept. Royal Irrigation Dept. Dept. Groundwater Resource Dept. Water Resources Dept. Pollution Control Province Working Group Dept. Land Development Regional Office 1-10 Regional Office 1-12 Dept. Industrial Work District Working Group Regional Office 1-16 PWA. / MWA Provincial office 1-75 Sub district Working Group Irrigation Project EGAT Public Work City Planning Sub district tech. transfer centre Village working Group Symbol To control To co-operation Marine Dept. Etc.

  3. Problems encountered in Thailand • Policy and plan: no unity, plan and practical action • Institutional structure: existing institution structure in not different in the past • Related to water laws: variety of water laws, lacking of unity • Database and knowledge base on water resources management: scattered information in various agencies, variety of information, lacking of linkage and skillful personnel

  4. National Policies Cabinet’s Resolution on 31 October 2000 • To push for the enactment of Water Resources Act • To establish national, river basin and local organization for water resources management • To emphasize appropriate and equitable water allocation • To give clear directives for provision of water • To equitably provide and develop water resources for agriculture

  5. Cont. 6) To develop and include water knowledge in the curricula of every educational level 7) To support and promote public participation 8) To accelerate the planning of flood and drought relief and solutions 9) To provide budget for action plan

  6. IWRM Priorities On 21 May 2007, the Royal Thai Government has declared “Water” as the national agenda: • Water shortage • Flood mitigation • Water pollution • Water resources management

  7. Responsibilities for the implementation of IWRM • NWRC is a national level organization, chairperson : Prime Minister • Many agencies involve in water resources management • DWR is the key agency to coordinate and cooperate with relevance agencies • Regional DWR office act as the secretariat office of RBC

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