Strategy

Next steps

After Steenwijk

Strategic Intent – by end April

• Finalise excel strategy contributions table

• Check/ adjust numbers in the CTs

• Agree how to SMARTEN some regional and national projects

• Define the gaps between ambitions and resources – per region? per CT?

• Draft section on regional challenges and opportunities and incorporate HoO comments

• Other minor amendments as proposed by members

• Send to BoA for approval

Regional Strategies

• All in draft form• Suggest finalise by end May (don’t go for perfect

document)• Format suggested – key sections • All have regional targets, some have other text

on context, partners, risks etc• Responsibilities for drafting

– Europe – Natacha – Africa – Assitou – Asia - ?– LAC – Daniel and Julio drafting

Livelihoods CT1

• Develop mechanisms to pool and share experiences across office network to get added value

• Look for opportunities for involving WI staff in own capacity building activities

• Check texts in global and regional strategies to include:– Avoided costs are as

important as increased income for livelihoods

– (bio)diversity is an adaptive strategy

Biodiversity CT2,3,4

• Develop mechanisms for getting some connectivity and synergy between different flyway initiatives

• Identify a set of 10 globallysignificant wetlands for CT3

• Develop mechanism for enabling learning between migratory fish and migratory waterbird initiatives

• Define WI niche in freshwater fish (globally)

• Create stronger synergy on global efforts in IWC waterbird monitoring

Water CT 5,6• Work on CT 5 and 6 is closely

related in certain RBs and so should be linked (water allocation and mgt is key to both) – group in CTLs?

• ? China should work on these targets – the experience in Africa and Asia is very relevant

• Food security is an underlying issue affecting our work on water – need to build our position and knowledge on this – FAO partnership is opportunity

• Need to define/ set out the WI approach to water management – in relation to different target groups

• Need to define WI niche in “climate-proofing” , as this is a major influence on water management decisions

• Should use our WASH experiences (LAC, Africa, Asia) to influence donors and aid organisations

• International platforms/ fora should be used to support the transboundary work with RBO’s

Climate mitigation CT 7,8

• Ecosystem restoration concessions are a key strategy for CT7

• Need to identify opportunities to broaden carbon project areas beyond Indonesia e.g. Brunei, Russia

• True benefits include for livelihoods and biodiversity – need to combine in our evaluations

• Global and regional policy advocacy in different international for a must be linked with site work (e.g. UNFCCC, EU, RSPO etc)

• CT8 opportunities in developed and developing countries – but success depends on lobby at national levels – action needed by WI network of offices – guidance from hq needed

Climate and DRR CT 9,10• Clarify WI strategy to address

CCA and DRR operates at 3 levels (community, RB plans, national policy)

• Use our inter-sectoral examples and ecosystem approaches to help redefine “ risk” and therefore approaches to resilience

• Need to develop WI approach to address Basin level preparedness (policy interventions) – this is not in the planned actions so far

• Use strategic partnerships as a key way to take these targets forward

• Identify what data WI could contribute towards EM-DAT

• Develop niche on climate-proofing (links between CT 5,9,10)

• Mali & Fiji should liaise on work that is connecting diseases and flood/drought risk scenarios

• Need to raise awareness that wetlands are key in influencing dynamics of human migration in disaster response

Greening the Economy CT 11,12

• Need to check if the strategy excel table is complete for CT 11, 12

• CT9 5 cases are not all planned – need to be reactive to major development threats

• Offices need to work together along trade chains for CT 12

• Need to clarify that CT11 is geographically defined and CT 12 is about production systems/ trade chains – check Strategic Intent and regional strategy explanations

• Need to analyse what relevant impacts will come with changes to European trade system

• Need to organise ourselves to work and have impact at different scales (global, regional, national, site)

• Will need to build in some flexible and rapid response approaches