Capacity Development
Capacity development focuses on developing relevant and appropriate understanding, skills and competencies associated with catchment water security and integrated catchment management. Prioritised groups are provided support and information to increase their understanding and to promote skills development.
Featured Project: Water Allocation Simulation (WAS)
Whilst multiple stakeholder platforms have the potential to be highly troubled environments, dialogue and collective planning are important and constructive points of departure in deriving strategic plans for managing water resources. This short term project tested collective exploration of the uses, practices and management options in water allocation planning in a controlled and simplified environment for the Sand River catchment. Such approach is has also been referred to as participatory simulation when using a computer based model, role playing games or companion modelling. The approach was linked to the Water Allocation Plans that are obligatory parts of Catchment Management Strategies in South Africa
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Featured Project: FET Water Training on Guidelines for the development of Catchment Management Strategies
As indicated by the National Water Act (No 36 of 1998), the Catchment Management Agencies, or CMAs, are responsible the development of Catchment Management Strategy (CMS) as one of their initial functions. AWARD is the key facilitator of a four day training program aimed at assisting CMS in the development of their CMSs. The training course is presented as part of the FETwater (Framework for Education and Training in Water) programme. FETwater is jointly funded by the Flemish Government and the Department of Water Affairs. The Flemish Government has appointed UNESCO as implementing agent and in South Africa, DWA has appointed the WRC as implementing agent. The CMS course is designed by the WRC & The Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD) and implemented by a group of water resource management specialists.
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"The Workbook. Catchment Management Strategies: The Basics" Du Toit D. et al. 2009 [File Size: 1.47 MB] |
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"Catchment Management Strategies: The Basics" 2009 [File Size: 837.71 KB] |
Featured Project: Public Awareness Campaign (PACAM)
AWARD has developed an awareness raising and support programme that prepares different user groups for participating in catchment management processes by taking greater charge of plans and actions at the local level. The approach encourages groups of individuals to identify problems, and propose solutions in response to local realities and work together with stakeholders on different levels towards more sustainable and integrated water resource management practices.
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Presentation: "Capacity Develpment Sand River Catchment" 2007 Du Toit D. [File Size: 1.65 MB] |
Featured Project: Public participation through Catchment Management Forums/Committees
A project aimed at identifying tasks, roles and functions for Catchment Management Forums and Catchment Management Committees in order to sustain active public engagement in IWRM through the development and implementation of catchment management strategies
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Featured Project: Farmer Support Project (FSP) (Craigieburn Village)
The main objectives of this project are to: (1) assimilate the findings of the research phase into sustainable wetland management practices (2) to promote awareness of the value of wetland goods and services in providing livelihood security to poor rural communities in the Sand River Catchment, (3) document the process associated with the development and implementation of community-driven wetland-action projects, (4) establish a set of indicators in collaboration with the farmers in order for them to assess whether their actions are having an impact on their agricultural production and the state of the wetlands, (5) involve other stakeholders and interested parties in the processes listed above (e.g. Working for Wetlands)
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