Post on 12-Jan-2016
Research for Change
Kim Geheb, Regional Coordinator
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
Greater Mekong Program
To improve the governance and management of water resources and associated land and ecosystems in the Greater Mekong Region by generating and sharing the knowledge and practice needed to do so.
What we’re aiming for: goal
What we’re aiming for: outcomes
Water Governance: Negotiations and decisions about water-related policies, institutions and practices are more inclusive, informed and accountable.River Health: River management decisions will be informed and strengthened by regionally-appropriate, equitable, river health frameworks, data collection and monitoring systems.
River Food Systems: Decisions on locating, designing and operating water infrastructure are improved with evidence of the impacts and opportunities they create for river food systems, both now and in the future.Healthy Landscapes & Ecosystems: Large-scale land use management decisions and investments will employ landscape planning and management methods that take into account riverine ecosystem services with a focus on river health, water supply, aquatic ecosystems and impacts on local livelihoods and development.
Capacity building & Professional Development: Organizations and individuals have knowledge and skills to more constructively engage in water-related governance, management, monitoring and research.
GenderUnderstanding how infrastructural development is experienced by men and women differently, and to help developers ensure their projects minimise harm, and potentially, how they can play a positive role in addressing gender inequality
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• How is water governed in the four basins (actors, influence, formal and informal institutions, current results, and political-economy perspectives)?
• What does ‘river health’ mean in the Greater Mekong, and what are its indicators?
• In what ways will the development of the Greater Mekong’s water resources affect the ways in which food is produced, distributed and consumed amongst men, women and children?
• How do large-scale landscape interventions impact access to water for women and other indigenous groups?
Sample research questions
Projects
7 Projects
3 Projects
3 Projects
2 Projects
Water Governance: 3
River Health: 4
River Food Systems: 1
Healthy Landscapes & Ecosystems: 3
Capacity building & Professional Development: 4
77 Partners
Capacity Building and Professional Development
I1 I2 I3 I4Baseline + Indicators
Water Gover-nance
Healthy Rivers
River Food
Systems
Healthy land-
scapes & eco-
systems
O1 O2 O3 O4 Outcomes
Cluster 5
Coor
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Networking & Partnerships
Direction Opportunity-seeking/seizing
ForaDeliberation
Reflection
Intelligence gathering
Adaptive management Knowledge brokering
Areas of value (1)
Research for developmentResearch which addresses
discrete developmental challenges, and which are
supported by programmatic strategies to deliver its outputs
into change.
Areas of value (2)
Partnerships & NetworksBy partnering with developing country agencies, we reduce overall research costs, reduce overheads, and increase the
likelihood of impact.
Areas of value(3)
Partnerships & NetworksBy partnering with developing country agencies, we improve our partnership profiles, and
therefore increase the likelihood of future funding.
Funding
Opportunity Challenge
DFAT post 2018 DFAT annoyance at WLE’s truncation and budget cuts.
SIDA Regional strategy keeps changing.
NORAD Unclear and exclusively Myanmar.
SDC Regional water investments MRC-exclusive.
Netherlands Very Myanmar exclusive and biased in favour of Dutch agencies.
DFID Myanmar exclusive.
Programme integration
IntegrationThe degree to which projects contribute to programmatic
outcomes
Working with Flagships
• Transboundary Water Management: Cooperation Triggers and Performance Benchmarks (IWMI).
• Four Basin Gender Profiles (IWMI).• Optimizing water resource development for poverty
alleviation: combining Green (natural) and Grey (built) infrastructure (IWMI).
• Harmonizing the water–energy–environment nexus though trade-off analysis and mitigation strategies for fisheries and aquatic resources (WorldFish).
• Informing the design of fish passes in the Mekong (WorldFish).
• Creating wetlands to improve reservoir fisheries (IWMI).• A generic ABM framework for complex ecosystem service
analyses in WLE focal regions (IFPRI).• The irrigation-hydropower nexus in the Ganges
headwaters.
Working with other initiatives
Mekong Partnership for the Environment (PACT/USAID).
Lower Mekong Public Policy Initiative (Fulbright School/USAID).
Mekong Inclusion Project (Oxfam/DFAT).
Brightspots
Increasing engagement with China. The Forum. Continuous engagement with stakeholders. Funding opportunities. Regional endorsements. Continued promotion of CPWF product.
Hot spots
CGIAR fund reductions. Roll over restrictions. Staggered project timelines.
Thank you for listening
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