Capacity Geo-spatial data systems (GIS, remote sensing) Development Management information system and data portals Media outreach and public communication Institutional coordination framework based on the BWSI Recognizing that the boundaries of water resource management has greatly expanded to incorporate a variety of concerns ranging from hydrology to ecology, and more recently to include climate change, no agency can be expected to effectively manage water resources single-handedly. The management imperative has shifted more toward better coordination rather than direct control by any one entity. Coordination entails managing water resources across disciplines and sectors, ensuring stakeholder participation in decision-making, and strengthening institutional coordination. The imperative is to ensure that water policies and programs—involving multiple actors and stakeholders--are characterized by minimal redundancy, incoherence, conflict and gaps. The basis for designing a coordination mechanism between the water-related agencies is provided by the concept of water security, which is explained in detail in chapter 5. It captures the status of water resources and their related services in 5 key dimensions comprised of 57 parameters in total. The water security is expressed in one index figure ranging between 1 and 5. Some 22 different agencies have been identified for collection and submission of values for the parameters identified against each of them on an annual basis. It follows that the agencies are together’ in this concept, although they remain sovereign within their own domain. NECS is ‘bound custodian of the water security system, and hence the coordinator for inputs by the respective agencies. In essence, the water security dimensions and indicators provide the platform for assessing the contribution of the agencies towards each of the dimensions as well as the overall national water security. The computed scores presented in the graphical spider web diagram allow planners and decision makers to visualize sectors contributions to the water security index thereby providing them with the basis for prioritization. The IWRM planning and coordination framework is given in full in appendix 2.
Capacity Development Geo-spatial data systems (GIS, remote sensing) Management information system and data portals Media outreach and public communication Institutional coordination framework based on the BWSI Recognizing that the boundaries of water resource management has greatly expanded to incorporate a variety of concerns ranging from hydrology to ecology, and more recently to include climate change, no agency can be expected to effectively manage water resources single-handedly. The management imperative has shifted more toward better coordination rather than direct control by any one entity. Coordination entails managing water resources across disciplines and sectors, ensuring stakeholder participation in decision-making, and strengthening institutional coordination. The imperative is to ensure that water policies and programs—involving multiple actors and stakeholders--are characterized by minimal redundancy, incoherence, conflict and gaps. The basis for designing a coordination mechanism between the water-related agencies is provided by the concept of water security, which is explained in detail in chapter 5. It captures the status of water resources and their related services in 5 key dimensions comprised of 57 parameters in total. The water security is expressed in one index figure ranging between 1 and 5. Some 22 different agencies have been identified for collection and submission of values for the parameters identified against each of them on an annual basis. It follows that the agencies are ‘bound together’ in this concept, although they remain sovereign within their own domain. NECS is custodian of the water security system, and hence the coordinator for inputs by the respective agencies. In essence, the water security dimensions and indicators provide the platform for assessing the contribution of the agencies towards each of the dimensions as well as the overall national water security. The computed scores presented in the graphical spider web diagram allow planners and decision makers to visualize sectors contributions to the water security index thereby providing them with the basis for prioritization. The IWRM planning and coordination framework is given in full in appendix 2.
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