Public Participation in International Waters Workshop
12th - 16th Nov 2007- Maseru, Lesotho
GEF IW:LEARN workshop on "Public Participation in International Waters Management" for Africa. The workshop was delivered in Maseru, Lesotho, on 13-16 November 2007, in partnership with the Environmental Law Institute, Africa Center for Water Research, InWeNT, the Lesotho government, GEF agencies and area projects.
Workshop Objectives
- Articulate the importance of public participation and the benefits it can bring to participants’ work and to stakeholders and the public
- Identify a set of participation tools and techniques, and considerations in using these tools
- Identify ways of strategically integrating these tools and techniques into project decision-making and implementation throughout their project cycle/work
- Identify peers in region (or beyond) who can assist project in further addressing recognized capacity-building needs regarding participation
- Meet and apply participants’ own personal set of learning objectives to their IW management activities
Reader: African Regional Workshop on Public Particpation in International Waters Management (ACWR)
Workshop Reader - ACWR
Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Public and Stakeholder Involvement Case Study: Lake Tanganyika Convention (Bihamariza)
Presentation
Participation of Basin Stakeholders Through Transboundary River Basin Organizations (Monggae)
Monggae Presentation
Public Consultation and Participation Process in the Development of the Metolong Dam Project (Khaktela)
Overview of the Metolong Project - Reverend Khaketla
Public Participation Process: challenges, tools used and lessons learnt (Nontsiki)
Stakeholder Participation Process - Nontsiki
Representivity, Inclusion of Marginalized Stakeholders & Gender Mainstreaming (Mendler de Suarez)
Presentation
Stakeholder Participation in Transboundary Water Management - Selected Case Studies
Stakeholder Participation Case Studies - ACWR