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Towards an appropriate institution for water resources management

Towards an appropriate institution for water resources management. Vupenyu Dzingirai, CASS. Institutions and objective. Team’s interest in the model is not merely academic .

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Towards an appropriate institution for water resources management

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  1. Towards an appropriate institution for water resources management • Vupenyu Dzingirai, CASS.

  2. Institutions and objective • Team’s interest in the model is not merely academic. • Interest derives from a conviction that institutions are charters for accessing water resources with a bearing on livelihoods. • This is the reason we were interested in • Identifying , developing and propagating the institutional model

  3. Structure of presentation.... • The institutional component is made up of 3 related fragments • background and context. • The processual component • The institutional model proper. I deal with (ii). Rationale: methodology =model

  4. The experience in developing the model • CASS and MCC failed to deliver on the model . • With less than 8 months to go, there was no model.. • An embarrassing matter

  5. Consequences: introspection • Failure led to a search for reasons. • Introspection • Called for the Beitbridge Workshop.

  6. Resolution of the B.B.Workshop Many things resolved but 2 critical. (i) Need to immediately create and intensify partnerships. Anti -Bond (ii) Need to develop a resource based plan and budget No time to work on the details

  7. Operationalising the Recommendations St Lucial Park Workshop • The workshop = plan and budget of activities. • Consultative Workshops were key components • The plan was modified to suit available had failed to deliver.

  8. Byo Workshop • Deliberately sited in Byo. • This was held to finalise field plans • Decision on Wards ,etc Venues, Logistics. • ZINWA was tasked to handle the field activities, based on their resources .

  9. The UZ Workshop This was a technical event. The aim was to reflect on workshops’philosophy • Researcher centric? • Practitioner tilted ? • Or populism and idyllic The Workshop agreed on the principles and strategy to follow in the Workshops • Ours would be co-learning workshops characterised by 3 things.

  10. Characteristic 1- Guided facilitation • Rather there would be guided facilitations. • The facilitators would literally not stand up, but sit among people... Very close to people.

  11. Characteristic 2: Structured learning • n • The learning workshops would be structured, breaking people into thematic working groups. • 1Maping group, 2.users gp ; 3.Institutions gp 4.Gender grp

  12. Characteristic 3- Feedback and Iterations • The learning workshops would involve reporting at all level . • Reason : accountability and feedback

  13. Operational problems..... Food security... ..and unmanageable crowds

  14. But, ...Results and Experience • Fulfiling experience • Fun! Meat • Building of Relationships intra-&inter • Relationship responsible for data build up • significance

  15. Twalumba vapati

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