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The HELP Davao Network is committed to engaging a full spectrum of water stakeholders to work collectively for management of water for all. Formed in 2004, our efforts have focused on ensuring decision key stakeholders have had access to sound science that can better inform complex decisions and hard choices in relation to the management and wise use of water.
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HELP Davao NetworkHydrology for Life Environment & Policy
A City of (8) Watersheds
Davao River Watershed
Tuganay River
Lasang River
Sibulan River
Bunawan River
Talomo Watershed
Lipadas Watershed
Matina River
Davao
Gulf
Davao del Sur
Bukidnon
Davao
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Cota
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Mt. Apo
Davao River
Lasang Tuganay
Talomo
Lipadas
Sibulan
Bunawan
Matina
City Area: 236,124 Hectares
Evolution of IWRM in Davao
Wide range of initiatives that have piloted IWRM, but…
Largely focused in the Davao, Talomo and Lipadas watersheds.
A range of formal and informal approaches have started
Davao on the IWRM Journey
HELP Davao has helped provide a consolidating framework
What is HELP Davao…
• Formed in 2004 as a ‘Water Partnership' that brought together the various water actors to work collectively under the UNESCO HELP Global Network of River Basins.
• Committed to engaging a full spectrum of water
stakeholders to work collectively for management of water for all.
• Focused on ensuring decision makers and key stakeholders
have access to sound science that can better inform complex decisions and hard choices in relation to the management and wise use of water.
Strategic Direction
Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy
http://www.unesco.org/water/ihp/help
To deliver social, economic and environmental benefit to stakeholders through sustainable and
appropriate use of water by directing hydrological science towards improved integrated catchment
management basins
Real people Real catchments Real answers
“Paradigm Lock”
Biophysical Scientistsand Process hydrology
Core Concern: Managing our Natural Capital
End user perspective
Tentative Program areas1. Water Knowledge & Social Learning: legislation, policy
guidance notes, social learning to track how science is guiding decision making
2. Water Monitoring for Ecosystem Health: research, classification and monitoring of water bodies to better understand pressures, drivers, pathways, trends and impacts.
3. Water for Development: capacity enhancement with water users– Water and Agriculture: the single most intensive water user in the Davao region– Water and Health: ensuring basic human rights and equitable platform of sustainable development –
improving access to water and sanitation through non subsidy driver approaches such as CLTS– Water and Energy: understanding how we supply energy critical for economic development while ensure
ecosystem services continue to secure benefits to local marginalized communities and down stream urban communities.
4. Water adaption and preparedness for global changes: researching and piloting managing water under uncertainty and risk.
Strategic Action Areas
1. Strengthening Community action2. Developing personal Skills3. Creating Supportive Environments 4. Building Healthy Public Water Policy5. Reorienting Water Service Providers6. Developing and access water markets
Adapted from WHO and Ottawa Charter
Tracking progress
HELP Davao would like to think we have gone some way to break
this paradigm
Wouldn’t we?
HELP Davao• To date has large been a platform for discussion.• There has been good healthy discussions.• Discussion that have positively and scientifically
influence public policy.• And these discussion have been recognized at
the highest international levels as process for IWRM and good governance…
• But the benefits are often seen to as ‘intangible’ and difficult to measured
Tracking progress
Starts with a understanding of IWRM…
– An open-ended process that evolves in a spiral manner over time as one moves towards more coordinate water resources management.
Tracking Progress2011 Benchmarking
DCWD Water Operators Twinning 2008
Inclusion in NARBO2010
Drivers for participation
4 Key’s to progress
Integrating the fragmented sectors
– formal organizational initiatives in major river basins
– importance of IWRM, was then brought to public attention.
Integrating the fragmented sub-basins
– framework under the international HELP network & enacted under local ordinance
– Local NGOs took on the coordination role, which resulted in an effective participation of the different stakeholder groups.
Awareness of importance of technology for water management
• local actors realized the importance of understanding hydrological processes through HELP
• collection of reliable and appropriate data and the making of rigorous analysis paved the way toward resolving water and environment issues.
Participation in International learning initiatives
• to maintain awareness of the benefits of good water management and the risks of ignoring the challenges.
• NARBO, the GWP and Satoyama Initiative.
• global initiatives and frameworks are proving to be a powerful tool to motivate and engage local actors.
Identifying current priorities
Finding solutions through interactive approaches that
combine accepted international principles
adapted with the details of specific settings
Common Wealth, Jeffery Sachs (2008)
Finding solutions through interactive approaches that combine accepted international principles
adapted with the details of specific settings
Key Action Areas for 2010
2011
Priority Actions
1. Establish a new 3 year Davao Water Partnership focused on pooling of local resources and strengthen collaboration.
2. Develop a locally adapted training guideline for IWRM theory, tools & practice
3. Development of river basin health scorecards.
4. A review of current decision-making systems and structures
Proposed partnership with ADB:
To raise awareness and facilitating the practical implementation of IWRM in Philippine context.
Looking forwardChallenges
greater levels of sustainability
• working to develop a greater levels of sustainability through: – Deeper collaboration with government service
providers – development of a greater level of self-
awareness among key actors and – self-sufficiency at community level.
Aiming for high impacts
We must be• Focused on a specific measurable issue(s)• Have a solid business plan• A rigorous system to monitor our
performance, track our impacts and to be able to prove it, to anyone.
• We must know our customers• Their views must be represented
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