project v5 coordination and change
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Project V5 Coordination and Change
Olufunke Cofie
VBDC Annual Science Reflection Workshop 3-5 July, 2012Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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“Given that four research projects have been designed to respond to the Volta Basin Development Challenge (VBDC) of integrated management of rainwater
and small reservoirs for multiple uses, the Coordination and Change Project V5, is formulated to orient, align and integrate the VBDC to contribute to poverty
reduction and improved livelihood resilience in the Volta Basin. To do this, the project team will apply seven strategies: ensuring and coordinating quality
research, fostering change through multi-stakeholder processes, communications, adaptive management, innovation research, gender mainstreaming and capacity development while working in collaboration with the other four projects (V1 – V4)
to achieve the VBDC”
Lead Institution: VBAPartners: GWP, IWMI and INERA
Project Summary
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Research Coordination
Innovation Research
Fostering Change through MSP
Capacity Developm
ent
Gender M
ainstreaming
Effective Communications
M&E/ Adaptive m
anagement
Strategic Interventions
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1. Research CoordinationHow best can we orient and integrate research conducted by BDC Projects V1, V2, V3 and V4 to achieve expected outcome?
– is the VBDC research implementation relevant to the issue on theground?
– are projects being implemented in perspectives (e.g considering genderaspect etc.) and delivering on agreed outputs and outcomes?
How?‐Engage V1‐V4, Ensure synergies and interactions between BDC projects,‐Customized capacity development to enhance VBDC research ad uptake‐Evaluation of 6‐monthly reports‐Gender audit
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V2 – Integrated Management of rainwater for Crop‐Livestock
Agroecosystems
V1 – Targeting and Scaling Out
V4 – Sub‐basin management and governance of RW and SR
V5 –Coordination &
Change
•Guideline on rainwater management strategies (RMS) that improve s farmers livelihood targeted to different biophysical and socio‐economic domains•Innovation platforms on crop‐livestock value chains•Tools for integrated analysis of RMS
Identification of successful agricultural water management (AWM) interventions in specific locations and under specific conditions
•SR management options that improves the livelihood of reservoir water users•SR management that improves the functioning and the resilience of reservoir
•Information on governance decisions that combine sustainability, planning concerns and livelihood priorities
V3 – Integrated Management of Small Reservoirs (SR)
for Multiple Use
•high quality integrated research results effectively com
municated to next and end users provides enabling
environment for RW
and SR managem
ent
BasinCom
munity
Watershed
VBDC Research
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Project Links• Review on AWM: completed• Joint publication: on‐going• Policy and institutional analysis: ongoing• Volta Storylines and Scenarios (VSS) project: What are the common research
threads, that link the different VBDC projects: ongoing • What are the interventions that enhance ecosystem services and that could put
our target communities in the Volta Basin on a resilient path?: about to start• V2 &V4 : on PhD of Balma?• V4 & V3 on the PhD on health?• Application of V4 participatory tool to validate issues identified by V1, V2 and V3
issues?• Further PGIS on the sites of V2, V3 and V4?
• Cross cutting topics: MSPs, modeling, ….
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2. Fostering Change through multi‐stakeholder processes
• Stakeholder database• Mapping and analysis• Engagement plan with various levels of stakeholders Region, National
Local• Capturing the feedback of end users and other stakeholders• Document and analyse processes for learning
Focus on national regional level stakeholders: GWP/VBA platforms
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3. Communicating VBDC R4D
• Internal & External to VBDC. • Multiple actors and scale• Multiple channels and products focused on use not mere
production• Compliments project level communication activities
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4. M&E and Adaptive Management• Ensure learning oriented monitoring in the VBDC• Clear basin level M&E plan based on the V1‐V5 impact
pathways and harmonised BDC level theory of change• Monitor the Impact Pathway to analyze it for intended
outcomes and provide regular feedback
• Ensure that V1‐V5 is leading to planned outputs and identify triggers that can enhance achievement of VBDC Goal.
• Regular reflection meetings.
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5. Innovation Research• Understanding policy processes in agricultural water
management sector – IWMI (JP)
• Evaluation of the whole spectrum of research and change processes within the BDC for learning and for up/out scaling (Karen)
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V5 Presentations
• Policy and institutional analysis• Communications• Innovation Research• M&E
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Thankswww.volta.waterandfood.org