Communication in PPP ISWMWhy, what, how and for whom?

Verele de VreedeInformation Officer

WASTE

Come to an effective and feasible plan for information sharing

Presentation– Look at project cycle– Look at ‘new’ communication tools

Discussion:– Decide upon goals for information sharing in PPP-

ISWM– Decide upon groups to be reached / involved

Working group– Fine tune goals for information sharing– Make calculated choice for tools and desired output

PPP-ISWM project cycle• Cal for proposals via UNDP Cos• Training in own region of candidates• On demand assistance• Reporting of candidates to UNDP-DS and WASTE• Technical backstopping

Trajectory from Call for concept notes to7 partnerships, asks for a great variety in communication and information management tools.

Groups involved• UNDP-SD and WASTE• UNDP COs and Surco partners• Technical Advice Committee• Candidate partnerships (Municipalities ~

Private organisations (various sizes and competencies)

• Interested parties (GLN?, AIT?, PPP groups outside programme/)

Groups involved

• Each interrelate one way or another and ask for different approach and input.

• Who to reach how? • How to hear all groups?

Groups involved

3 levels of support distinguished• Support for project team to implement the

project• Support for the 15 – 17 PPP project

implementers • Support to interested parties

Questions on the above

• How does the project chose to service the various groups?

• Can we link up with existing networks?• How can we reach and learn from the

beneficiaries?

Proposal to be discussed

• Make it as open as you can and dare• Ask for active input from all groups

concerned• Use the ‘new’ tools of web2.0

• To make this work, commitment and consent has to be reached

What is Web 2.0Web 1.0 Web 2.0

Few people write everybody can contributeUpload information changes directly online

Knowledge on offer Knowledge sharingSoftware needed Software onlineComputer skills Anyone can do it

Needed internet & email

Web 2.0 some examples

• Blog • Wiki• RSS feeds• Social bookmarking• Skype – telephone, chat, document

exchange, screensharing

Web 2.0: Blog• An online journal on

every subject imaginable that allows an individual or group of individuals to share a running log of events and personal insights with online audiences.

– Open / closed for public– Upload direct or via email – Update alerts via email or

rss– Example

Web 2.0: wiki• A collection of web

pages that can be edited by a group. This can result in a document, a set of definitions.

– Open / closed for public– Upload direct or with

email – Update alerts

WIKI example

RSS feeds the funny orange square on websites

Web 2.0: Social bookmarking• A way to store,

organise, share and search bookmarks of web pages on the internet instead of saving them on your computer.

• Open/closed• Input by whole group• Let others do part of the

work• Bookmarks available where

there is internet• Can be linked to website

Tagging: PPP ISWM South PPP-SD partnership

Skype• Phone from computer to

computer• Phone from computer to

telephone• Teleconferencing• Chat, conference chat• Send files• Share desktop via

internet

Other web2.0 tools• Youtube – sharing videos• Flickr account – sharing pictures• Shareslide – sharing ppt presentations• Google document – document sharing• Google groups, yahoogroups - discussion fora • Facebook, linkedin – networking on the net

Not an extensive list, many more exist

Web 2.0 website / portal Content• rss feeds offer latest

news on chosen items• Social bookmarks give

interesting links• An ongoing discussion is

shown• Film and slideshow are

illustrative• All combinations

possible

Visitor of site• Always up to date

information on front page

• Archive of older info• Give it a social

bookmark• Starting point to other

sites• Can give input

Some examples• www.akvo.org: Under construction, mixture,

special built• www.kiva.org: Input from stakeholders

themselves: special built site• www.web4dev.org Input from members give

lively discussion, my emailalerts vary from 2 to 12 a day

• www.riddac.org Collection of web2.0 tools offers dynamic view with simple means

Web 2.0 and PPP-ISWM

• Can be effective way to communicate with all groups involved.

• How and what has to be decided• Aim at becoming a portal offering

‘everything you want to know about PPP and ISWM’?

• Who to host this site? ISWA? CWG?

Finally

• With Working Group I would like to: – Give web2.0 examples– Discuss on direct use and relevance for PPP-

ISWM – At plenary present 1st draft for

communication and Information sharing and use of the web

Thank you

Questions

Thank you

Subjects not touched upon

• Clear goals for development of site(s)• Accessibility for all stakeholders• If it becomes a portal, how to make it sustainable? (find

a suitable hosting organisation)• Copyrights when working via the net (Creative

Commons• Project assisting software: Teamspace

A quick scan on the Net• http://www.undp.org/pppue: (UNDP-SD) On PPP for

urban poor • http://rru.worldbank.org: best practices public policy

advice for private sector led growth and financial market development in developing countries

• http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk: Public-private partnerships and the poor in water and sanitation

• http://www.ppiaf.org: technical assistance for developing countries to improve the quality of infrastructure through private sector involvement

• http://www.uli.org: responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide

A quick scan on the net

• No site specifically on waste management and pppNeeds further search

But in principle room for Portal

From communication to portalFirst set up project-site then further towards a

portal open to public2. Support communication between project

partners to improve the project’s effectiveness

3. Stimulate from each others experiences between the PPPs applicants and recipients to avoid reinventing the wheel

4. To stimulate learning and innovation in the field of public-private partnerships on a continuous basis by making information, successes and failures available