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The Inkomati-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency Managing strategically and adaptively
Kevin Rogers and Thomas Gyedo-Ababio
1.5 million people2 International borders3 District Municipalities10 Local Municipalities26 Irrigation Boards35% area is nature reserves37% area is agriculture
14% forestry6% irrigation
20% semi-urban to dense rural communitiesHigh poverty and illiteracy levelsETC!!!!
2009
• Small, extremely dedicated staff and Governing Board conflict
• Functions had not been assigned and DWA “apron strings” firmly tied
• No operations budget (and for one year no budget at all)
• 2 years of “building the institution” and establishing forums
• Business and other plans written by outsiders “for” not “with” staff
• Plans based on stepwise achievement of policy directives
• Policy directives are “end” objectives but no “means” objectives
• Stakeholder engagement “there” but not explicitly central
• Inter-Stakeholder and stakeholder-ICMA/DWA conflict
• Stakeholder fatigue setting in because Forums had “nowhere to go”
• Staff morale dropping very fast but dedication remained for most
Commercial farmers
Emerging farmers
Municipalities/Domestic
IndustryWater user associations
Catchment management forums
Water service providers
Traditional leaders
Community based organisations
Mining
Forestry and sugar co-
ops
Non-governmental organisations
Provisional and National conservation
Tourism
Government departments
(including DWA)
International stakeholders
Inkomati CMA
STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN THE INKOMATI WATER MANAGEMENT AREA
Academia
Environmental and hydrological professionals
Current state
Many factors affect the both the trajectory and the desired “system”
S – Social T – Technical E – Economic E – Environmental P – Political
Highly variable and/or
uncertain
Getting to a shared future
Decision outcomes are largely driven by peoples’ value systems.
Achieving a shared understanding of the VSTEEP System is imperative for
decision making.
V – Values
Desired “system”
that “changes”
Reality
Management of Common Pool Resources
“Efficient” but Naïve Approach
S – Social T – Technical E – Economic E – Environment P – Political
Shared future that “changes”
Shared value set.
V – Values
Common Pool Resources
Vital attributes
Determinants
Threats
Context
S T E E P
V-STEEP Analysis
Strategic Adaptive Management
Select
VISION
PREDICT
EVALUATE
SELECT
1
3
2
4
6
LEARN
5
7
Adaptive Decision Making
3
1
Objectives Hierarchy
Obj. 1 Obj. 3
Vision
Obj. 2
2b
2aAdaptive Planning 2
Values Context
Vision
Vital Attributes
Determinants
Threats
Monitoring and Adaptive goal revision
4
Research
Operations
Models
TPC
Monitoring
Decision
Shared Rationality
Adaptive Planning of a Shared Future
VALUES/ PRINCIPLES
List vital attributes
Determinants, threats, constraints
Evaluate attributes
Objectives
Prioritize Objectives
Expected outcomes
DESIRED FUTURE
CONTEXT
Scoping the decision making environment
Understanding the “V-STEEP” system
to be managed
Where we want to go (ends) and how to get
there (means)
Problems of 2009 were mostly in the past by 2011Especially better working relations with Gov. Board, DWA and
all stakeholder bodies
Adaptive Planning with new paradigm thinking re-orientated ICMA to operational and participative IRWM
• Became focussed on a shared (V-STEEP) future
• Became thoroughly stakeholder centred
• Realigned all Plans to meet operational and
stakeholder needs with both ends and means
objectives
• Established an Equity Working Group
• Regular “learning/unlearning” sessions, amongst other
activities, help CMA manage strategically and adaptively
The Inkomati CatchmentManagement Strategy
INKOMATI CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY
A Stakeholder Centred Process for the Inkomati Catchment Management
Strategy
Stakeholders provided guidanceto the technical team that drafted the CMS.
Process engaged by +400 bodies in 5 workshops
A set of medium to long term strategic action programmes to achieve catchment water use that is
equitable, efficient and sustainable
S – Social T – Technical E – Economic E – Environment P – Political
Shared future that “changes”
Shared value set.
V – Values
Common Pool Resources
Vital attributes
Determinants
Threats
Context
S T E E P
V-STEEP Analysis
Strategic Adaptive Management
Select
VISION
PREDICT
EVALUATE
SELECT
1
3
2
4
6
LEARN
5
7
Adaptive Decision Making
3
1
Objectives Hierarchy
Obj. 1 Obj. 3
Vision
Obj. 2
2b
2aAdaptive Planning 2
Values Context
Vision
Vital Attributes
Determinants
Threats
Monitoring and Adaptive goal revision
4
Research
Operations
Models
TPC
Monitoring
Decision
Shared Rationality