Module 2: Involving All the Players
SWITCH Training Kit
Module 2: Involving All the Players
Working together for integration in urban
water management
An overview
SWITCH Training Kit: Module 2 – Involving All the Players
Integration needs collaboration
... because it is important to ...
• get a holistic overview of current water
uses in the city
• develop a common vision of water in the
city for the future
• balance interests and needs of users
• create synergies and bundle resources and
capacities
SWITCH Training Kit: Module 2 – Involving All the Players
Ways of working with stakeholders
Different levels of involvement:
• information
• consultation
• decision-making
• implementation
SWITCH Training Kit: Module 2 – Involving All the Players
Stakeholders analysis
Stakeholder analysis:
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brainstorming
more detailed researching
definition of mandates and competencies
determination of key stakeholders
SWITCH Training Kit: Module 2 – Involving All the Players
Institutional mapping
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looking behind the scenes of power
relationships
understanding the reality – rather than
the rules
can lead to politically sensitive results
SWITCH Training Kit: Module 2 – Involving All the Players
Striving for social inclusion
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fair access to water
basic needs of all water users to be met
disadvantaged groups of society must
have their say, too
SWITCH Training Kit: Module 2 – Involving All the Players
Stakeholders
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different spheres of government: regional,
national, sub-national, local
water utilities and companies
farmers
businesses
community-based organisations
universities and research institutions
schools
media ...
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Learning Alliances
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strong focus on joint learning processes:
involvement of researchers in advancing
IUWM essential
bridging scientific innovation, policies
and practices
up-scaling
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Getting stakeholders on board
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understand different interests/
agendas of stakeholders
speak their language
highlight benefits, provide incentives
create space for those less familiar with
participation
aim for ownership through development
of common vision
SWITCH Training Kit: Module 2 – Involving All the Players
Keeping stakeholders on board
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long-term planning, but also short-term
action with visible outcomes
highlighting success stories
regular communication
public recognition of capacities and
resources invested by stakeholder
create opportunities for stakeholders to
raise profile
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Process facilitation
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Who should be in charge of facilitation?
Who has the mandate/the capacity?
Where do the resources come from?
What are the main methods of
coordination and collaboration?
What will be done in cases of conflicts?
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Monitoring and evaluation
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M & E of collaborative process as
important as M & E of technical
implementation
Basis: process documentation
Micro-scenarios for qualitative
assessment
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Acknowledgements
This presentation has been produced as part of the
SWITCH Training Kit by:
Ralph Philip and Barbara Anton
ICLEI – Local Government’s for Sustainability
based on the joint efforts of the following SWITCH partners:
C. Batchelor, J. Butterworth, P. Moriarty, J. Pels, C. da Silva-Wells, T. Schouten, J.
Verhagen (IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre), A. Martin, V. Nelson, A.
Sutherland, (NRI – Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich),
B. Darteh (KNUST - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology),
C. Green (Middlesex University)
The UNESCO-IHE led SWITCH project runs from Feb. 2006 to Jan. 2011 and is partfinanced by Directorate General Research of the European Commission under the Sixth
Framework Programme. For more information see www.switchurbanwater.eu
SWITCH Training Kit: Module 2 – Involving All the Players