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This section describes 2 proposed future role Eos the WDA<br />
ever the next ten years, and the gradual restructuring of the<br />
organisation th~t will be necessary to fulfill this role. The<br />
proposal draws upon the lessons leaxned during the<br />
implementation of the CSDP, upon the conclusions and<br />
recommendations of the Study of ?rivate Sectas Participation in<br />
Somalia's Water Resource Development Industry carried out by<br />
LBII (Section 5,0), and upon the many invaluable discussions<br />
held by project staff with WDA, MHWl, and other GDRS employees.<br />
Hany of the difficulties currently faced by the WDA derive<br />
from its confused role within the water resource planning<br />
efforts of the GDRS, a role which has been changing slowly since<br />
the t ime WDA was first established in 1971. These changes are<br />
discussed in the context of the widespread re-evaluation of the<br />
various approaches to development that have taken place in the<br />
last decade. They have occurred largely outside the control of<br />
WDA, yet they have radically altered WDA's ability to fulfill<br />
its original objectives. This also applies, to some extent, to<br />
the roles of the National Water Committee (NWC) and the Ministry<br />
of Minerals and Water Resources (WWR).<br />
Fallowing this necessary reassessment of the current<br />
situation, the praposal argues for the implementation of a move<br />
to greater privatization within the water industry in Somalia<br />
over the next ten years, and discusses the changing role of WDA<br />
which will accordingly be required.<br />
6.1. Changes in the Approach to Development<br />
Concepts of the structure of government, of development<br />
projects, and even ~f the basic approach to science and<br />
technology, have radically changed in recent years. Some of<br />
this rethinking can be traced back to the early <strong>part</strong> of this<br />
century, but much more, <strong>part</strong>icularly that concerned with<br />
developmental changes in society, has only begun to have an<br />
impact over the last ten or twenty years.<br />
The changes in approach can be characterized by a move from<br />
reductionist to systams theory, from the cause-and-effect<br />
approach to the environmental systems approach. As ft affects<br />
the structure of government, the design of development projects,<br />
and the role of WDA in water resource development in Somalia,<br />
the reduetionist cause-and-effect approach can be expressed as<br />
shown in Figure 2.5.1. Within this structure, water development<br />
is an independent sector within the overall government<br />
administration, as are, for example, the health, agriculture,