Scoping Advice for the Dutch IWRM Support Programme Rwanda

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interventions, for example) would allow for this alignment with the Master Plan withoutnecessarily compromising the timing of the formulation of the EKN support programme;- Master Plan quality assurance: Start, in close collaboration with RWRD and earliest as possible,an SEA for the Master Plan to inform decision makers during the validation process of thepotential consequences of choices made by the master plan (see 5.2: ToR SEA for MasterPlan).- SEA for catchment planning: depending on the choices made during programme formulation,start an SEA process at catchment level (see also 5.3: ToR SEA for Catchment planning.While they interact, these SEAs are distinguished as separate as the plan decisions differ for each.During the process the role of EKN changes from initiator and owner of both planning and SEAprocess when its own support programme is concerned; via initiator, facilitator and fundingagency of the SEA process of the Master Plan, the SEA and plan being owned by the waterdepartment; to co-initiator and funding agency for SEA at catchment level, while the plan and SEAprocess are probably owned by a newly installed catchment planning agency/committee. See alsostep 6 (assessment, decision-making and management) in the ToR below.ToR for an SEA for EKN’s IWRM support programme 36Screening1. Reach consensus on the need for SEA and its link to planning.The RWRD will become co-owner of the support programme as it is aimed at the implementationof its IWRM policy. EKN and RWWD have to agree on the approach described in this document.2. Find stakeholders and announce start of the plan processA first step in the process of stakeholder identification and announcement of the process hasbeen made by the Kigali workshop, part of this scoping mission. This workshop brought togethera good number of stakeholders. As not all relevant stakeholders were present at the workshop,EKN has to find ways to inform and involve all remaining relevant stakeholders. As a starting pointthe appendix to this report contains two lists of relevant stakeholders: (i) the attendingorganisations of the Kigali workshop 37 and (ii) a progress report by SHER consultants providing anoverview of institutions involved in data collection for the Master Plan 38 .Scoping3. Develop a shared vision on problems/objectives/alternativesThe Kigali workshop showed broad acceptance of the Rwanda policy objectives on IWRM. Also onthe issues that presently need to be addressed with priority, the participants rather unanimouslyrequest the RWRD to:- Define institutional arrangements for water management and develop the necessary capacity;36 For the list of 10 SEA steps used here, also see Appendix 937 See Appendix 538Consultancy services for development of Rwanda national water resources master plan (Progress report -1), SHER Ingénieurs-Conseils s.a., October 201228
- Provide information on present and future water availability for sectors, logically organisedper catchment, which allows for sector planning.The master plan is expected to provide the institutional arrangements; the EKN is planning toprovide support in institutional development and capacity building and is in this respect in linewith the outcomes of the Kigali workshop. Also the need for catchment-level planning isacknowledged by EKN as a second component in its proposed support programme. With respectto the availability of data and the management information system (MIS) to inform catchmentplanning and management the outcome of the master plan process is fundamentally important.An approximate set of data on water demand and availability will be included in the MIS, but itsquality remains to be assessed .As a next step, based on the outcome of the SEA of the Master Plan, assess the validity of the MISunder the Master Plan, and advice on either reducing the EKN support programme to 2components (1 institutional and capacity development for IWRM, and 2 catchment-levelassessment and planning), or maintaining the original WRAM component.4. Do a consistency analysis: new versus existing objectivesThe Master Plan is presently analysing the consistency and consequences of national sectorpolicies for each catchment. An SEA for the Master Plan has to verify the quality and completenessof the information (see the ToR for this SEA in the next section).Additionally, a consistency check should be carried out for:- Linkages with the EDPRS II, once known in its final form (early 2013);- Other programmes implemented by EKN; both the energy and the food programmes areexpected to have relevant linkages to the water sector support programme;- Other donor programmes; at the moment of writing the USAID water sector programme is themost prominent;- Other government initiatives affecting water resources;- Other government policies/programmes with stated environmental objectives, such asNational Environmental Action Plan, National Sustainable Development strategy, etc.The consistency check should investigate ways to:- look for the potential of the programmes to reinforce each other;- ensure mainstreaming of existing environmental objectives into new plans;- avoid duplication of efforts;- avoid contradictory activities;- allow for catchment specific approaches/solutions.5. Set ToR for the technical assessment, based on scoping resultsAs proposed earlier, the EKN water sector support programme is likely to have two maincomponents. A number of choices need to be made for final programme formulation, for whichthe SEA has to provide information:Institutional development and capacity building for IWRM in Rwanda29
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