TDA/SAP Methodology

There is no ‘standard’ approach to the TDA/SAP process: each water system and each IW Project is unique and the resultant TDA and SAP will also be unique. However, this manual provides a 'non-prescriptive', simple and stepwise approach for the TDA/SAP process that many projects have followed over the last 26 years. It includes references and links to best practices and experiences from a wealth of completed and on-going projects.
TDA/SAP Methodology
- Welcome to the TDA/SAP Manual
- Introduction to the TDA/SAP Process
- Summary
- GEF International Waters
- TDA/SAP - A planning tool for IW
- Examples of the TDA/SAP process in action
- Key Principles of the TDA/SAP Approach
- Key Principles of the TDA/SAP Process
- Adaptive management
- ecosystem approach
- Sustainable Development
- Poverty Reduction
- Gender Mainstreaming
- Climate variability and change
- Collaboration and Integration with Other Approaches
- Stakeholder Consultation and Participation
- Stepwise Consensus Building
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Inter-sectoral policy building
- Donor partnerships
- Government commitment
- How to Develop a TDA
- Summary
- Introduction
- Development of the TDA
- Ecosystem Specific Guidance for TDAs and SAPs
- System Boundaries
- Data and Information
- Transboundary Problems
- Identification & prioritisation of the transboundary problems
- What is a transboundary problem?
- What are shared environmental problems?
- Transboundary and shared environmental problems
- Climate change - Is it an International Waters transboundary problem?
- Identifying and prioritising transboundary problems
- Eutrophication in the Dnipro River Basin
- Loss of coastal habitats in the Mediterranean
- Environmental and Socio-economic Impacts
- Causal Chain Analysis
- Analysis of the immediate, underlying, and root causes
- What is causal chain analysis?
- Cause and effect
- Components
- Climate change - Is it a root cause?
- Approaches to causal chain development
- Advantages and disadvantages of flow diagrams and matrices
- Examples of Causal Chains
- Process for developing a causal chain
- Thematic Reports
- Development of thematic reports
- What are thematic or synthesis reports?
- Examples of projects that developed thematic reports
- Process for developing thematic or synthesis reports
- Key Thematic Reports
- Thematic Report: Governance Analysis
- Thematic Report: Stakeholder Analysis
- Thematic Report: Socio-Economic Analysis
- Thematic Report: Economic Valuation of Goods and Services
- TDA to SAP Linkage
- Leverage Points
- Drafting
- How to Develop a SAP
- Summary
- Development of the SAP
- Strategic Thinking
- The Vision
- Setting Goals
- Ideas and Opportunities
- Prioritising Alternatives
- Strategic Planning
- Consultation
- Implementation Strategies
- Action Planning
- Action planning - Setting actions, timescales, priorities and indicators
- What is an Action Plan?
- What does Action Planning mean in terms of the SAP?
- Key Action Planning Steps
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Examples of process indicators
- Examples of stress reduction indicators
- Examples of environmental status indicators
- Drafting
- Planning the TDA/SAP Process
- Summary
- Planning the TDA/SAP process
- Create workplan and budget
- Form TDA development team and hire consultants
- Training workshop on the TDA/SAP process
- TDA launch meeting
- Causal chain analysis workshop
- Thematic report meeting
- Final TDA review meeting
- Next Steps in the TDA process
- TDA Workshop examples
- Develop SAP workplan and budget
- Form SAP development team and hire consultants
- Training workshop on the SAP process
- Strategic Thinking Workshop Examples
- National and regional consultation process
- SAP Action Planning meeting
- Final SAP review meeting
- SAP endorsement
TDA/SAP Online Course- New!
The overall goal of the TDA/SAP online course is to provide a very brief summary of the key steps recommended in the Manual to enable all those involved in the development of the TDA/SAP (project staff, consultants, national experts, civil society, private sector, government representatives, etc.) to have an awareness of the process.
TDA/SAP Face to Face Training Course
Supporting the TDA/SAP Manual is an instructor-led TDA/SAP training course. It has been designed to be delivered at GEF IW project sites and can be customised according to how advanced a GEF project is on the TDA/SAP process and the water system type (e.g. LME, River basin, Lake, Aquifer).
The course consists of 4 modules that cover the entire TDA/SAP process. These are:
Module 1: Introduction to the TDA/SAP ProcessModule 2: Developing the TDA
Module 3: Formulating the SAP
Module 4: Managing the TDA/SAP process