Goal: Strengthen Transboundary Waters Management (TWM) via structured learning and information sharing among stakeholders.

1. 2004-09-09 TIA Study Group, Hosei U., Tokyo
Use of Information Management and
Public Participation by GEF IW
Projects
Dann Sklarew, Ph.D.
Director/Chief Technical Advisor
GEF IW:LEARN

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Key Steps in TDA-SAP Process
1. Development of the project idea
2. Joint fact-finding
3. Preparing the SAP
4. Implementing the SAP

6. 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

10. 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

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

12. 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).

13. Where to go for help?

14. 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

15. IW:LEARN Activities

16. 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
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