EUWI Monitoring

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EUWI Monitoring Reporting background,
methodology and indicatorsVoorburg, 24 May 2006
Italian Ministry of Foreign AffairsDG for
Development Co-operation

• Umberto Triulzi
• IPALMO
• triulzi_at_ipalmo.com

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The EUWI in brief

• A Type II partnership launched at the
  Johannesburg Summit in 2002
• Aims at mobilising all stakeholders both in
  European and in partner countries
• Provides a platform for strengthening political
  support, coordination and harmonization of
  water-related interventions
• Undertakes activities at the country level
  designed to streamline the way water planning and
  financing is undertaken
• Provides a framework for coordinating financing
  of the sector in partner countries

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The 5 EUWI objectives

• Reinforce political commitment to action and
  raise the profile of water and sanitation issues
  in the context of poverty reduction efforts
• Promote better water governance arrangements,
  encouraging stakeholders to work together and
  strengthening institutional capacity
• Improve co-ordination and co-operation, promoting
  sector-wide approaches and establishing
  multi-stakeholder processes and south-south
  collaboration and co-operation
• Encourage regional and sub-regional co-operation,
  using IWRM and water efficiency plans by 2005
• Catalyse additional funding, through the
  development of new, flexible and innovative
  funding mechanisms to attract new partners, and
  through supporting the establishment of the
  enabling environment for increased investment.

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The EUWI organizational structure modular
approach
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The EUWI contributions

• Raises public awareness on water issues and
  promotes the multistakeholder dialogue in country
  as a new approach for coordinating existing and
  future activities
• Undertakes complementary actions to support
  national water strategies, by building
  institutional capacity, providing expertise and
  knowledge, promoting stakeholder involvement,
  ensuring strategic consistency
• Identify suitable financing strategies and
  additional financial resources and mechanisms to
  ensure sustainable financing
• Support regional and sub-regional co-operation
  and action programs to stimulate sustainable
  development and conflict prevention

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Monitoring/Reporting of the EUWI in brief

• Mandate MSFs March and June 2004 endorsed the
  creation of a WG
• Leadership the Commission and Italy
• Objectives of the EUWI M/R System
• Ensuring that the EU contribution goes in the
  right direction to attain MDGs and WSSD targets
• Monitoring progress made in implementing the
  EUWIs set of objectives
• To be reached in 4 phases
• 3 phases (preparing, designing, testing) under
  the responsibility of the M/R WG
• 1 phase (implementing) under the responsibility
  of each EUWI WG

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The advantages of monitoring the EUWI

• Keep track and reinforce accountability,
  transparency and visibility
• Strengthen coordination and coherence among
  working groups
• Highlight possible room for improvement of the
  overall strategy
• Give evidence of the contribution of the EUWI
  activities

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September 2004 - May 2006
The achievements of the M/R WGin its first year
and half of activities (phases 1 and 2)

• Identified the information needs and defined the
  criteria for monitoring the EUWI
• Created a model and derived indicators to monitor
  the EUWI
• Established coordination and cooperation with
  other Working Groups
• Integrated views and suggestions from various
  stakeholders
• Promoted a monitoring culture and related
  initiatives in a continuous way
• Participated to related international events and
  promoted synergies and shared methodologies

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Criteria for assessing the EUWI contribution to
MDGs

• The value added of the EUWI, which the M/R WG has
  to assess, is the fulfillment of following three
  criteria derived from the EUWI objectives
• 1. Consistency
• Ability to retain a strong political commitment
  between stated objectives and implemented
  activities at all levels
• 2. Coordination
• Ability to stimulate joint donors actions and
  participated interventions
• 3. Complementarity
• Ability to stimulate financial involvement of
  various stakeholders and to leverage additional
  funds

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The EUWI monitoring model
MDGs IWRM targets
Consistency
Political/strategic link
EUWI 5 overall objectives
EUWI
Functional /administrative link
WGs specific objectives
EUWI WGs
Implementation/operational link
Main activities of the WGs (ex - Country
Dialogues - National IWRM Plans -
Transboundary Water Plans
Basic information unit of reference for EUWI
monitoring
Specific objectives of the activities
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A synthetic view of the monitoring model (1)

• Quantitative componentObjectively verifiable
  indicators (OVIs) are collected in a standardized
  and systematic way, to give a quantitative
  measurement of EUWI progress
• Qualitative/participatory componentPartners and
  stakeholders are asked through a questionnaire to
  give an opinion on the progress of the EUWI, to
  keep them always involved

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Key characteristics of the monitoring model

• Consistency of indicatorsThe chosen indicators
  are strictly related to the 5 EUWI objectives and
  are specifically designed to measure the relevant
  dimensions
• Aggregability of indicatorsThe evolution of EUWI
  implementation is tracked from lower to higher
  levels
• Homogeneity of resultsEUWI WGs are required to
  use similar data and indicators, and to present
  them in a common template, to allow for comparing
  policies to each other

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The monitoring indicators

• 3 Lines of quantitative indicatorsstandardized
  system of annual data collection and comparable
  set of indicators
• 1 Line of qualitative indicatorsfull
  involvement of EUWI partners who compile annually
  a short questionnaire

Light approach, low workload!few significant
andcost-effective indicators
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The core of the proposed ongoing monitoring model

• The 4 monitoring lines
• Input indicators measures the contributions to
  the EUWI in terms of financial, physical and
  human resources
• Output indicators measures the direct
  realizations of the EUWI, in financial, physical
  and procedural terms
• Outcome indicators measures the long-term
  results of the EUWI on recipient countries and
  international donors, in terms of commitment,
  increased spending, prioritization
• Qualitative indicators describe the opinions of
  EUWI partners about its success and effectiveness

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General features of the EUWI monitoring model

• The basic units of reference for monitoring
  information are the activities undertaken by the
  WGs and recorded in documents
• Actual data are retrieved through Desk Analysis
  of documents produced by WGs, MSF, SG,
  Secretariat
• Indicators are partly aggregated and partially
  specific to each EUWI Level

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First set of input and output indicators (1)
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First set of input and output indicators (2)
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First set of input and output indicators (3)
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Sources of information

• Quantitative monitoring
• Minutes and notes of EUWI meetings
• TORs of contracted EUWI activities
• Country Dialogues, National IWRM Plans,
  Transboundary Water Plans, and the like
• EUWI Budgets
• Credited international statistics
• Common knowledge of partners
• Qualitative monitoring
• Web-based questionnaires partners and
  stakeholders will be requested to answer on the
  CIS to some key questions on EUWI implementation

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Division of tasks and responsibilities

• The WGs will be responsible for implementing the
  monitoring system
• Expected tasks to be carried out
• Collecting information on a regular basis
• Aggregating indicators according to the
  methodology
• Reporting periodically to Secretary
• The Secretariat will be responsible for
  supervising and coordinating the system
• The M/R WG will be responsible for
• Collecting the forms and undertaking quality
  review
• Supporting data processing, elaboration and
  analysis
• Elaborating the data from international
  statistics
• Building context indicators and coverage ratios
• Finalizing the Semestral Dossier and the Annual
  Report

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Who can ensure the quality of overall results

• The WGs are responsible for implementing the
  monitoring system of the EUWI
• Expected tasks to be carried out
• Collecting information on a regular basis
• Aggregating indicators according to the
  methodology
• Reporting periodically to Secretary
• The Steering Group (through Secretariat) is
  responsible for supervising and coordinating the
  system

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Role of the M/R WG in the EUWI monitoring system

• Collect the forms and undertake quality review
• Support on data processing, elaboration and
  analysis
• Elaborate the data from international statistics
• Build context indicators and coverage ratios
• Finalize the Semestral Dossier and the Annual
  Report

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Next steps test phase(May August 2006)

• Applying the methodology focusing on a first set
  of indicators
• Refine the methodology on the basis of the first
  exercise
• Prepare the First EUWI Monitoring Report, to be
  presented at the next Water Week in Stockholm

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Thank you!

• Umberto Triulzi
• IPALMO
• triulzi_at_ipalmo.com