Agenda
Day One – Wednesday 7 May: WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
0830-0900 Workshop Registration
0900-0930 Welcome Addresses/Meeting Plan
0930-0945 Tour le Table/Expectations
0945-1000 GEF IW Update
SESSION I. GOOD PRACTICES WITH REGIONAL/BASIN GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL WATER PROJECTS
Objectives:
- This session will define the specifics of good practice in both governance structures policies and legal frameworks, based on past experience in the GEF IW project portfolio, that generally serve to sustain project outcomes
1000-1030 Update on Current Legal Frameworks applicable to International Waters Management in Africa (and Facilitated Discussion) Simon Thuo, International Union for the Conservation of Nature
1030-1045 Break
1045-1115 Good Practices with Transboundary Commissions: The Case of Lake Tanganyika Gabriel Hakizimana, Lake Tanganyika Authority
1115-1145 Good Practices with Legal Frameworks: Niger River Basin Collins Ihekire, Niger Basin Authority
1145-1230 Facilitated Discussion/Small Working Groups (Breakout Groups)
- Legal Frameworks – Regional, National Levels (Notes)
- Transboundary Management Institutions
1230-1330 Lunch
SESSION I. GOOD PRACTICES WITH NATIONAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL WATER PROJECTS
1130-1400 Good Practices in Intersectoral Collaboration: Lenka Thamae. Orange-Senqu River Commission
1400-1430 National Management Approaches in support of International Waters Management Osman Mustafa Ahmed Mohamed, Sudan Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources (Nubian Aquifer Project)
1430-1500 Facilitated Discussion
1500-1515 Break
SESSION II. MAKING GEF PROJECTS MORE EFFECTIVE IN CHANGING GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES
Objectives:
- Define the role of GEF projects as change agents, or catalyst for changes in policy
- Highlight specific cases where GEF project played a catalytic role in terms of policy change (global examples as well as regional examples), or played a role in consolidating the legal basis or institutions, or even building individual capacity
- Generate list of management actions for making GEF IW project interventions more sustainable after project closure
1515-1545 Keynote Presentation: GEF’s Role as a Catalyst Akiko Yamamoto, United Nations Development Program
1545-1615 Presentation of Global Marine Case: Benguela Current Commission and Convention Hashali Hamukuaya, Benguela Current Commission
1615-1645 Good Practices with Regional Management Bodies: Case of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Rondolph Payet, Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission
1645-1730 Small Group Work on Specific Actions
Using the synthesis information provided at the inception of the workshop and the information and discussions from the first three sessions, Working Groups will provide summarised Guidelines for Specific Actions within IW Projects (especially SAP implementation) to develop Legal Frameworks and Policy Reforms in line with IW Management – A Knowledge & Guidance Product for IW LEARN dissemination
Day Two – Thursday 8 May
0900-0945 Recap of Sessions I and II
Presentation of Small-group work on Specific Actions from Session III
SESSION IV. KNOWLEDGE-TO-GOVERNANCE: THE ONGOING TRANSLATION OF IW MONITORING INTO ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND DECISION-MAKING.
Objectives
- Review the overall concepts and requirements for the interpretation of scientific data as well as social and economic needs in terms of management practices and policy scenarios
- Discuss approaches and methodologies of innovative frameworks and policies that facilitate the integration of the best available science into governance policies.
0945-1030 Opening Presentation: The Science-to-Governance Disconnect and a proposed Dynamic Management Approach. David Vousden, African Center for Ocean Governance
1030-1100 Break
1100-1130 Within and Beyond National Maritime Jurisdictions and the case for a Common Exclusive Maritime Zone of Africa Patrick Vrancken (SARChI Chair in the Law of the Sea and Development in Africa
1145-1215 Joint basin management institutions as articulation of international water law - a selection of African cases Anton Earle, Director, African Regional Centre, Stockholm International Water Institute
1230-1330 Lunch
1330-1400 Who are the Governance stakeholders? Engaging the various players into the Management Process. Richard Meissner, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
1415-1445 Industry and the evolution of Maritime and Freshwater Industry Clusters as Governance Partners Peter Myles. Nelson Mandela Bay Maritime Cluster
1500-1515 Break
1530-1600 Examples of Community Involvement in Artisanal Fisheries Management. What has worked and what is needed? Shankar Aswani, Rhodes University
1600-1700 Open Forum Discussion on Science-to-Governance Constraints and Possible Solutions
Specifically, this part of the session will consider some of the assumptions and disconnects between the TDA-SAP Process and the SAP Implementation process and how to maintain a sustainable delivery of information for effective governance
1900 Workshop Dinner
Day Three – Friday – 9 May
SESSION V: DEFINING BEST PRACTICES FOR BUILDING KNOWLEDGE-BASED GOVERNANCE INTO IW PROJECT DELIVERY
Objective:
- Continue discussions of successful cases of actual science-to-governance mechanisms currently in place
- Identify key barriers of scientific findings informing policy decisions, and how these can be overcome
0900-0930 Recap of Session IV
0930-1330 Facilitated Discussion (Groups)
- Any other project experiences in terms of best (or worst) lessons and examples of good practice.
- Using the synthesis information provided at the inception of the workshop, and from the discussions on day one and two, break-out Groups (e.g. Groundwater, Rivers and Lakes, LMEs) will discuss Guidelines for Project Components and Activities based on Knowledge-Based Governance Mechanisms and Scenarios.
- Feedback from break-out groups to plenary
- Discussion and agreement on summarised Guidelines for Specific Actions within IW Projects for Development and Adoption of KBM Mechanisms in line with IW Management – A Knowledge & Guidance Product for IW LEARN dissemination
1330-1430 Lunch
SESSION VI. GEF PORTFOLIO LEARNING FROM 2014-2018
Objective:
- Introduce participants to plans for a new suite of GEF portfolio learning projects and the services they may offer to partners
1430-1530 IW:LEARN4, Global LME Governance and other Emerging Portfolio Learning GEF Projects Mish Hamid, GEF IW:LEARN Project
15:30-1600 Workshop Conclusions and Wrap-up