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