Aaron Bundi ADUNA - WRC

V4: Sub-basin management and governance of rainwater and small reservoirs

CPWF Volta Science WeekOuagadougou3-5 July 2012

COMPANION MODELING IN GHANA: Objectives, Processes and first Results

The Volta Basin Challenge (VBDC)

Adapt and further develop an integrated approach towards the management of

rainwater and small reservoirs for multiple uses

As a way to

• Contribute to poverty reduction

• Improve livelihoods

• Enhance resilience (adaptability)

• Ensure sustainability

Components of the VBDC Study

• V1 Targeting and Scaling Out

• V2 Integrated Management of Rainwater for Crop-Livestock Agro-ecosystems

• V3 Integrated Management of Small Reservoirs for Multiple Uses

• V4 Sub-basin Management and Governance of Rainwater and Small Reservoirs

• V5 Coordination and Learning for Adaptive Management and Change

V4 Study Area

INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESSOURCESPoverty alleviationEnhance livelihoodsEnvironmental sustainabilityLimited conflicts

Bawku West District

Bawku Municipality V4 project team

ZongoyiriWidnabaBinaba

NafkolgaBinduriBansi

Water Resources Management IssuesWRM issues are very diversified and complex in nature.

They may be but not limited to the ff:

• Thematic in nature: Biodiversity, Water, Forest, Agriculture, Livestock, Peri-urban area, etc.

• Social Dynamics: Market, Credit, Migration, institution building, learning, Dialogue, Conflict.

• Geographical

Companion Modeling• An interactive process facilitated by models used as

mediating tools to support dialogue, shared learning & collective decision-making.

• The modeling and simulation activities are driven by end users interest

• Uses conceptual models, role-playing games, and agent-based simulators in an iterative way to represent how competing natural resource uses/users could be coordinated and to search for acceptable collective solutions through scenario assessment.

Objectives

• Stakeholders learn together by creating, modifying, observing and assessing simulations.

• Identify evolving knowledge, perceptions, behavior, and practices along the process

• How it translates to the development of collective action plans and better mobilization to implement them.

Objectives Cont’d

• To address governance “questions” along the main White Volta River and find locally relevant answers to:

Uncoordinated management Competing use of land and water resources Potential conflicts among users Environmental threats (floods, droughts, pollution, etc.)

• To establish necessary linkages between

Science (Knowledge base) and policy (Institutional) Theory (Management principles & national policies) and

Practice (local priorities, stakeholder consultation)

Engagement of Visionary Team of Experts (VToE)

• VToE: (Local Government, Environment, Agriculture, Academia/Research and NGO.)

• Guide the V4 team in its study(Rainbow Framework).

• Identify ’tricky’ areas in the participatory approach

• Knowledge gathering on institutional and legal arrangements in Water and Natural Resource Management.

Rainbow Framework

Developed from engagement with VToE to guide in the ff:

• Identification of Actors/Stakeholders

• Stakeholder roles/interventions

• Required Capacity of Stakeholder

• Capacity needs ( who provides?)

• Methods/Tools needed for effective engagement of relevant stakeholders

Community and District level Engagement

• Field visit and Interaction with Community elders and Waterusers.

• Interaction with political and administrative heads of decentralised organisations

• Presentation of Project to General Assembly meetings (Bawku Municipal and Bawku-West District )

Engagement Levels/Process

Research(V4)

Basin Management (WVBB)

Technical Services

NGOs and Civil Society

Chiefs & Land Owners

Women’s Groups

Farmers and herdsmen

Traditional Authorities

Municipal/District Assembly Water User

association

Other Nat. res. User group

Regional Level Institutions

Second Engagement

Three day workshop Organised

• Day1: Engaging Community Level participnats: Assembly members, Crop and livestock farmers,Traditional Authorities, Women representatives, Local level Tech. Service

• Day 2: District Level Participants : Public Sector, Farmers, Traditional Rulers, NGO.

• Day 3: Regional Level Participants: Public Sector, Farmers, Traditional Rulers, NGO.

Results from Second Engagement

Each group produced its version of:• Natural resource map

• Identified and mapped critical Issues relating to water and other natural resources

• Identified potential Interventions and/or Regulations to deal with the undesirable.

• Identified erosion and flooding as key issues

Third Engagement

Another Three day workshop Organised

• Day1: Engaging Community Level participnats: Assembly members, Crop and livestock farmers,Traditional Authorities, Women representatives, Local level Tech. Service

• Day 2: District Level Participants : Public Sector, Farmers, Traditional Rulers, NGO.

• Day 3: Regional Level Participants: Public Sector, Farmers, Traditional Rulers, NGO.

Results from Third Engagement

Each group :• Refined its Natural resource map• Refined its map on natural resource Issue maps• Refined potential Interventions and/or Regulations to deal

with the undesirable.• Proposed Institutional Arrangements for interventions and

regulations• Identified Farming/other water use practices and their

impact on water resources and the environment

Next Step

• All levels of Participants (Community, District and Regional) to discuss their results and proposed interventions.

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION