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Use of Information Management and Public Participation by GEF IW Projects. Dann Sklarew, Ph.D. Director/Chief Technical Advisor GEF IW:LEARN. Global Environment Facility. Global funding support for worldwide environmental issues since 1992 Earth Summit
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Use of Information Management and Public Participation by GEF IW Projects Dann Sklarew, Ph.D. Director/Chief Technical Advisor GEF IW:LEARN TIA Study Group, Hosei U., Tokyo
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
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
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
Key Steps in TDA-SAP Process • Development of the project idea • Joint fact-finding • Preparing the SAP • Implementing the SAP
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
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
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)
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).
GEF IW:LEARN 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
For more information • Please visit… • GEF IW:LEARN Web Site www.iwlearn.org • GEF International Waters www.iwlearn.net • Or contact IW:LEARN info@iwlearn.org Tel: +1 (202) 518-2054 Ochen cpaceba!