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Monitoring and periodic evaluations organized at the<br />
national and regional revels are among the activities scheduled<br />
for this stage. f;v%ife the overall framework for these is<br />
presented in this report (Section 3.0) , it should be adapted to<br />
fit socioeconomic and institutional contexts in each region.<br />
This requires cooperation between the WDA Planning Unit and<br />
agencies such as the new National Water Data Resource Center,<br />
the Monitoring and EvaluatSon U nit of the Ministry of Natieaal<br />
Pianning (NEIEF), the Bay Regional Agricultural Development<br />
Project (BRADP) and the Central Rangelacds Det-el~pmant Project<br />
(CRDP). Each well site target tone should be nonitored several<br />
times during the f'rst year of operations. At the end af the<br />
first year, management activities and socioeconomic impact<br />
should be evaluated. The program also calls far long tern<br />
evaluation studies which include the intensive analysis of<br />
socioeconomic and ecological impacts on a representative sample<br />
of communities.<br />
2.5.7, Results: Community water Conzittees<br />
Water committees have been established in twelve project<br />
cornunities in the Bay Region. Eight of these were organized in<br />
a fairly consistent series of t wo or three meetings directed by<br />
an LBIf or Somali social scic:+-.ist or BmDP extension agent.<br />
Additional meetings in these and other villages were organized<br />
by Somali and expatriate engineers and technicians who were<br />
trained in the <strong>part</strong>icipatory approach. Comiunity meetings and<br />
data ccllection began in 8-12 other villages, but these<br />
activities were discontinued when tests revealed the quantity of<br />
water was insufficient or excessively saline.<br />
Committee responsibilities are similar to those required to<br />
manage the village reservoirs (wars) but WDA xetains authority<br />
to xiake the key decisions in regard to fees, fuel supply,<br />
naiatenance and repair. The cormittees effectively organized<br />
local contributions during the assessment, drilling and<br />
canstruction stzges. Their <strong>part</strong>icipaiion in the management of<br />
operations, however, has not met their expectations. In spite<br />
of frequent recommendations to increase WDA support to these<br />
comnittees and to strengthen their management role, little<br />
progress has been made during the past eighteen months toward<br />
achieving these objectives.<br />
Some community leaders feel that WDA has not kept<br />
agreene~ts made at the start of the project in regard to their<br />
<strong>part</strong>icipation in decision-making and management. They point<br />
specifically to issues such as the setting of water fees, the<br />
procurement of fuel and other supplies, and maintenance and<br />
repair services all of which remain fully under WDA control.<br />
2,5.8. Results: CunsuniZy Zartici~ation