Scoping Advice for the Dutch IWRM Support Programme Rwanda

we recommend the EKN to finance this SEA. To facilitate this undertaking, we have included aToR for this SEA in this report.IWRM becomes effective when implemented at the appropriate level, thus allowing for specificcatchment-level management solutions. The current focus in Rwanda seems to be more onnational policy framework development than on catchment management. The NCEArecommends the RWRD to develop management plans for each catchment, and to conduct SEAsfor those plans to allow buy-in of all stakeholders and ensure consideration of social,environmental and economic aspects in catchment level decision making. In this report, weprovide recommendations on how the EKN could support catchment level planning and SEAs.Again, to facilitate this work, a ToR has been provided for such SEAs.With respect to timing, we expect you to be able to start the formulation of the EKN’s IWRMsupport programme as planned, with the arrival of the thematic expert in early 2013. We dorecommend you however, to wait for the above mentioned Master Plan before you finalise yourprogramme formulation, so that you can check consistency of your programme with the MasterPlan. As the Master Plan will guide IWRM implementation in the coming years, it will be useful tocheck consistency of your support programme with its final version in order to achievemaximum alignment.I would appreciate to be kept informed on how you will use this advice in the development ofthe EKN’s IWRM support programme. I would like to end this letter by offering the continuedavailability of the NCEA to the EKN or the RWRD for any further technical advice or assistancerelated to SEA for IWRM in Rwanda.Yours sincerely,Rudy RabbingeChairman of the NCEA Working Group SEA for EKN’s IWRM support programme, RwandaCC:- Rwanda Natural Resources Authority, Mr. E. Nkurunziza, Director General- RNRA/Rwanda Water Resources Department, Mr. V dp Kabalisa, Head- Participants to the Kigali Workshop (via the EKN)