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The Development of a Catchment Management Strategy
Stakeholder Engagement SessionsJanuary- February 2010
Background
• The Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency was established by the Minister of Water Affairs in July 2005.
• The Governing Board was appointed in October 2007 and the CMA became operational with the appointment of the CEO in 2008.
• In 2008 the CMA submitted their first Business plan to DWA which was approved by the Minister.
Background
• In terms if the National Water Act (36 of 1998) the CMA has a number of initial functions by virtue of their establishment. These functions are provided in Section 80 as:
a) to investigate and advise interested persons on the protection, use, development, conservation, management and control of the water resources in its water management
area; (b) to develop a catchment management strategy; (c) to co‑ordinate the related activities of water users and of the water management institutions within its water management area; (d) to promote the co‑ordination of its implementation with the implementation of any applicable development plan established in terms of the Water Services Act, 1997 (Act
No. 108 of 1997); and (e) to promote community participation in the protection, use, development, conservation,
management and control of the water resources in its water management area.
What is a Catchment Management Strategy?
• A CMS is developed by a CMA and is a statutory document which provides the vision and the strategic actions to address integrated water resources management within a water management area.
• Part 2 of the NWA requires every CMA to progressively develop a CMS for the water resources within its water management area.
• A framework for the CMS is given by the National Water Resource Strategy (2004) (NWRS) and the DWA have provided some guidelines as to the broad range of concepts and issues that need to be considered.
• In the process of developing this strategy, a CMA must seek co-operation and agreement on water related matters from the various stakeholders and interested persons.
This provides the opportunity to advise upon and inform the strategy development process and product
What is a Catchment Management Strategy?
The CMS must:
• not be in conflict with the NWRS;
• be reviewed from time to time;
•take into account any national or regional plans prepared in terms of any other law, including any development plan adopted in terms of the Water Services Act, 1997 (Act No. 108 of 1997); and
• include a water allocation plan and set the principles for allocating water to existing and prospective users, taking into account all matters relevant to the protection, use, development, conservation, management, and control of water resources.
This provides the opportunity to advise upon the balance between water resource protection and water use, and how we use the resource sustainably
Project Goal and Philosophy
To develop a CMS for the Breede-Overberg WMA that supports local, provincial and national development objectives and has the broad support of all stakeholders in making the Breede-Overberg Vision of “Quality Water for All Forever” a reality.
Water for Growth and Development Setting the benchmark for future CMSs Influence broader institutional review process Opportunity for establishing BOCMA within the WMA
Recognizing differences between the Breede and Overberg Catchments Partnering between the project and client Leveling the playing field CMS as a living process Basin Footprint
Full stakeholder participationTransparency Joint fact finding Integrated managementAdaptive managementCausal understandingSubsidiarity Inter-sectoral (and intra-sectoral) focusStep-wise consensus building Clear accountability Joint commitment Institutionalise the process
Principles for CMS Development (global practice)
Inception Management options
Strategic assessment
CMS development
Future scenarios
Catchment vision
Status QuoAssessment
Figure 3.1. Key outcomes across the CMS development phases
Situational assessment
Phase 1:Inception
Phase 2:Assessment & Visioning
Phase 3:Strategy Development
Situation Inception Report
Assessment of current situation, projected trends and potential future scenarios
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Water resource protection
Regulating water use (source directed controls)
Stakeholder engagement
Cooperative relationship
Financial
Monitoring & information management
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CMS Development Process
4.5 Monitoring & info
4.2 Manage objectives
SituationAssessment
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CMAbusiness
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3.1 Institutional review•development•socio-economic•institutions•stakeholders•capacity
Phase 1:Phase 1:InceptionInception
Phase 2:Phase 2:Assessment & VisioningAssessment & Visioning
Phase 3:Phase 3:Strategy DevelopmentStrategy Development
1.1 Stakeholder engagement•participation•empowerment•development•communication
1.3 Inception report•programme•interfaces•information•stakeholders
1.2 Information scoping•catchment•projects•institutional
3.2 WR assessment•hydro/geohyd•water quality•environ•water use•balance
3.4 Scenarios•issues•trends•causal links•futures•priorities
2.1 Stakeholder participation, consultation & communication
2.2 Partner cooperation and involvement
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3.3 Monitoring & info review•monitoring•info systems•projects
4.1 Options•water management•institutional implications•information
4.4 Enabling strategies•Stakeholder•Cooperative•Financing
4.3 WRM strategies•Reconciliation•WR protection•Water use
CMS approval•DWAF•Minister•comment•establish
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Phase 4:Phase 4:ApprovalApproval
Programme Year and Quarter
2009 2010 2011
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Task 0: Project managementO O O O O O ? ?
Task 1.1 Stakeholder engage. plan
X
Task 1.2: Information scopingX
Task 1.3: Inception report O
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Task 2.1: Stakeholder Engagement
O O O O O O O O
ASSESSMENT & VISIONING
Task 3.1: Information reviewX
Task 3.2: WR assessment X
Task 3.3: Institutional reviewX
Task 3.4: Future scenarios O
Task 3.5: Catchment visioningO
STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
Task 4.1: Management optionsX
Task 4.2: Management objectives
Task 4.3: Water resources strategies
X
Task 4.4: Enabling strategiesX
Task 4.5: Information strategiesX
Task 4.6: CMS developmentO O
The Development Team
• The development of the CMS is very much a Breede Overberg CMA process and have full ownership of this process. They are being supported by DWA, both Regionally and from Pretoria.
• As such Mr Jannie van Staden is the manager responsible for the project, but the CEO, Mr Phakamani Buthelezi and the Governing Board are also fully in support of this process.
• Consortium lead by Pegasys is supporting BOCMA and includes Informage and Milkwood Communications in terms of stakeholder engagement, Aurecon in terms of water resources technical issues, and Pegasys in terms of the institutional and strategic issues.
Project Management Structure
Project Leader(Pegram)
BOCMAProject Manager
(van Staden)
Monitoring &
Information(Pegasys: Weston)
Institutional
(Pegasys: vd Heyden)
Stakeholder engagement(Informage &
Milkwood: Wullshleger)
Project Support(Daries/Gouws)
Strategy
(Pegasys: Pegram)
Water resources(Aurecon:
Killick)
ProjectSteering Committee
Strategic reference
group
Project managemen
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Next Steps
• The first collective stakeholder meetings are taking place during the first week of February. Capacitation sessions will be planned as we move through the process.
• We need representation at future meetings, bearing in mind that as we progress we will refine representation where necessary so that we have focused teams
• We would appreciate your support in this process.
Enriched strategy Improved ownership Improved and integrated water resource management Sustainable water use and resource development
Stakeholder Engagement Sub Strategy Development
Goals:Stakeholder Database (Role-players, Stakeholders, I&APs)BOCMA CMS Theme Meetings (Collaboration with Stakeholders)SurveysCommunications
Stakeholder Engagement for the CMS
Increasing level of public engagement-INFORM CONSULT INVOLVE COLLABORATEPublic participation goalTo provide the public with balanced information to assist them in understanding the problem, opportunities, solutions and alternatives
To obtain public feedback on analysis, alternatives and decisions
To work directly with the public throughout the process to ensure that public concerns are consistently understood and considered
To partner with the public in each aspect of the decision-making process including the development of alternatives and the identification of preferred solutions
Principally, we cannot involve all stakeholders and therefore, we need to structure the process to have appropriate levels of engagement at appropriate intervals....to support and enrich the final strategies.
Stakeholder Engagement for the CMSKey Elements
1
0 months 12 months6 months
2 84 5 63Conso
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Disadvantaged group empowerment
Reference Group consultation
Partner cooperation
CM
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Marketing & communication
Sector involvement
18 months
Stakeholder Engagement for the CMSCMS Theme Meeting Topics
1. Mobilisation and Communication (month 3)
2. Current Situation Review and Issues identification (month 5)
3. Development scenarios with Catchment Visioning (month 8)
4. Management Options Identification (month 11)
5. Objectives & Strategy Development; CMS & Implementation Plan
(month 15)
6. Formal CMS review (month 18+)
Stakeholder Engagement Key deliverables
Stakeholder database
Communications & Materials
Stakeholder engagement
process
CMS
CMS and ongoing CMA
Processes
CMA legitimacy
Institutional Coordinatio
n
Implementation & Operations
Develop CMA staff capacity
Stakeholder Engagement for the CMS
Building the Stakeholder Database Be sure to fill in the registration form List your issues – any concerns you have about the
“big picture” in terms of water / catchment management in the Breede Overberg area, including detail about specific rivers, dams, farms, townships, polluters, industries, etc...
Tell us about other people or organisations that would be important contributors to the process of developing the strategy – tell us what they do and give us as much detail as possible where to contact them ...
Stakeholder Engagement for the CMS
Report on Progress in building a Stakeholder Database for the BOCMA CMS Between 600 and 1000 individual contacts have been
made with Water Management Institutions / groups, Conservation bodies, Environmental bodies, Emerging Farmers, Community groups, Organised Agriculture, Business, Industry, Local / Provincial / National Government, and others...
E-mail address, Fax Number and Postal Address are used
The database will continue to be updated and populated with stakeholder details
Stakeholder Engagement for the CMS
Stakeholder Survey Surveys will be done at each meeting to encourage
comment from the audience regarding the meeting’s theme
Please complete the survey and hand it in before leaving the meeting or fax it to 023 347 0336
Today’s survey deals with BOCMA CMS “Mobilisation and Communication” and will try to assess best practice in involving stakeholders to attend meetings, engage in fruitful discussions, and participate in developing the strategy as well as in monitoring progress as BOCMA grows in it’s role as Catchment Management Agency
Stakeholder Engagement for the CMS
Communications Strategy BOCMA’s first newsletter introduced the CMS process After each Stakeholder Meeting, a CMS Theme Newsletter will
be produced and distributed, containing technical information, comments, questions and answers and general notes coming from the CMS Theme meeting (Today’s meeting notes and your comments will be distributed in a newsletter format for easy reading and to peak further interest among other stakeholders)
Advertisements and a press release were placed in Die Burger, Cape Times, The Weekend Argus and the Local Advertisers throughout the Boland Overberg and may be repeated toward the end of the CMS development process to publicise the resulting CMS
www.bocma.co.za is being populated with documentation and notices related to the CMS process
Stakeholder Engagement for the CMS
Stakeholder Meetings Agendas and Invitations will be distributed two weeks
before each meetings Theme 1: Mobilisation and Communication: 9
Meetings Themes 2 – 6: One or Two meetings per theme Municipalities: 9 Meetings Pre-meeting support (understanding the Agenda and
being able to put relevant issues on the table, and participate fruitfully in meeting discussions)
Stakeholder Engagement for the CMS
Stakeholder Gaps of groups represented at meetings Representation of all sectors Representation of all geographic areas Power and Capacity differences:
Overall level of understanding of the legislative context for the CMS and BOCMA
Reporting back to members; Information sharing with the broader community
Strength of links between stakeholder groups - Networking Agricultural Unions – Water User Associations Local – Provincial – National Government Water User Association – CMA – Water Affairs Community – NGOs/CBOs – Local Authorities / WUAs
Stakeholder Engagement Sub Strategy Development- Capacity
BuildingGoals:
Improve understanding of water managementAddress imbalances of the past - Levelling the playing fieldsImprove Participation & Collaboration
Stakeholder EngagementCapacity Building Opportunities
Pre-meeting support to CMS Theme Meetings Measure expectations of the group Review the notes of the previous meeting Re-cap on the CMS and progress to date Review the Agenda for the next meeting,
Identifying issues Testing issues for relevance Help to prepare submissions for the main meeting
Review Evaluation Form (main meeting)
Stakeholder EngagementCapacity Building Opportunities
Additional opportunities for Capacity Building The WWF – South Africa produced capacity building
materials aimed at Water User Associations These materials can be used to build capacity among
stakeholders in the BOCMA CMS process to better understand integrated water resource management
The resulting strategy would then be supported and monitored by an “empowered” community
Please complete the BOCMA CMS Capacity Building Survey and Form - stating your interest in this type of opportunity