Use of Information Management and Public Participation by GEF IW Projects

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Use of Information Management and Public
Participation by GEF IW Projects

• Dann Sklarew, Ph.D.
• Director/Chief Technical Advisor
• GEF IWLEARN

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Global Environment Facility

• Global funding support for worldwide
  environmental issues since 1992 Earth Summit
• Implemented by UNDP, UNEP World Bank, with
  many partners
• International Waters (IW) focal area supports
  shared aquifers, river basins, lakes, and marine
  ecosystems

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IW Focal Area Approach

• Goal Assist countries in making changes so the
  waterbody and its multi-country basin can
  sustainably support human activities.
• Focus Seriously threatened waterbodies and
  most imminent transboundary threats to
  ecosystems
• Priority Changes in sectoral policies and
  activities
• Financing Countries collaboration to identify
  priority concerns, baseline and additional
  actions needed then (potentially) their
  commitment to realize additional actions

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GEF IW Projects Methods

• Conduct Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)
• Transboundary strategic environmental assessment
  of priority concerns and underlying human factors
• Develop and Pursue Strategic Action Program (SAP)
• Legal framework, adaptive management regime and
  actions for each country to address priority
  concerns
• Invest in sound science and adaptive management
• Via technical assistance, capacity building,
  demonstrations

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Key Steps in TDA-SAP Process

• Development of the project idea
• Joint fact-finding
• Preparing the SAP
• Implementing the SAP

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Information Management

• TDA is founded upon solid technical information
  about water, sociological and ecological
  processes, status and trends
• SAP monitoring and evaluation, indicators of
  success measured via (info) indicators
• A process of successive approximation

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Public Participation

• Identify and consult with stakeholder groups
• Conduct stakeholder analysis and develop
  Stakeholder Involvement Plan (SIP)
• Hold stakeholder meeting to review TDA
• Involve stakeholders (as appropriate and
  feasible) in preparing SAP

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Principles of Stakeholder Involvement

• Earth Summit
• Information access
• Inclusion in decision-making
• Course of redress
• GEF
• Stakeholder identification
• Info. dissemination
• Consultation
• and ideally participation in implementation,
  monitoring and evaluation (e.g., advisory
  committees, grants)

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Who are stakeholders?

• In theory Anyone who impacted by decision or
  able to prevent decisive action from occurring.
• In practice Those with vested interest in
  either the issue /or their relationship with
  those making the decision(s).

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Where to go for help?
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GEF IWLEARN Project

• Goal Strengthen Transboundary Waters Management
  (TWM) via structured learning and information
  sharing among stakeholders
• Focus GEF IW projects
• Priorities Peer-to-peer learning of lessons,
  innovation transfer, stakeholder involvement,
  positive impacts and post-project sustainability

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IWLEARN Activities
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For more information

• Please visit
• GEF IWLEARN Web Site www.iwlearn.org
• GEF International Waters www.iwlearn.net
• Or contact IWLEARN info_at_iwlearn.org
• Tel [phone]
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