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Enhancing Public Participation for Transboundary Water Management

Engaging NGOs and CBOs in addressing transboundary issues, promoting regulatory success, improving network among NGOs active in GEF, maintaining international support continuity in International Waters programs, involving stakeholders in TDA/SAP process, ensuring transparency, building project management capacity, and expediting GEF project cycles. The importance of stakeholder involvement, sustainability, and project development highlighted. Feedback and information sharing are central to decision-making processes. Cultural references and feedback polls from GEF IW Biennial Conference also mentioned.

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Enhancing Public Participation for Transboundary Water Management

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  1. UNDP-GEF: WHAT WE'VE HEARD

  2. Public Participation • ·NGOs and CBOS can be substantively engaged in helping to address transboundary issues • ·Broad public participation can help build regulatory success and legitimacy • ·There is still a need to better network the NGOs involved in and interested in the GEF.

  3. Donors • ·Importance of maintaining continuity of international support to International Waters programmes. • ·Value of country-endorsed SAP to strengthen donor buy-in to supporting programme implementation.

  4. TDA/SAPs • ·Importance of involving stakeholders responsible for water bodies problems in TDA/SAP process. • ·The logical underpinnings of TDA/SAP are basically sound; projects should be allowed the flexibility to test, adapt and improve on the TDA/SAP process, e.g. no ‘template’.

  5. Information • ·Transparency and openness critical in sharing information on transboundary water resources to facilitate feedback of information into decision processes. • Sustainability • ·Need to build project management capacity of local/national constituencies so these can be sustained following end of donor support.

  6. Project Development • ·No specific formula or ‘appropriate’ time frame for project preparation; necessary time and resources should be committed to ensure full participation of all relevant stakeholders in project design. • ·Need to involve GEF OFPs very early in project preparation process so have their buy-in at time of project submission. • ·Progress still to be made in expediting GEF and IA project cycles. • ·A ‘cookbook’ style GEF project preparation manual would be a very useful product for many GEF constituencies.

  7. This Conference • ·Very useful and constructive • ·More break-outs, fewer plenaries • ·More informal interactive and free time • ·Need for GEF and IA follow-up on several areas • ·Note to Climate Change and Biodiversity: Try it---you’ll like it!!

  8. GEF IW Biennial Conference: A Poll • 1 1. How many people learned something new that will help them in their future work in International Waters?

  9. GEF IW Biennial Conference: A Poll • 2. How many people met someone who they expect will be able to help them in their future work in International Waters?

  10. GEF IW Biennial Conference: A Poll • 3. How many people feel they helped someone else with an International Waters issue during the conference?

  11. GEF IW Biennial Conference: A Poll • 4.How many people made one or more new friends?

  12. GEF IW Biennial Conference: A Poll • 5.How many people entered into a new romantic relationship?

  13. GEF IW Biennial Conference: A Poll • 6.How many people will from this point onwards drink Pepsi instead of Coke?

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