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the SWITCH programme. Anyway it is questionable whether the low interest of migrants in water management issues, which is related to their other, more pressing priorities, would warrant such heavy investments in their participation. Even if initiatives, like the former DUDC, invest in participatory and integrative work with migrants, the results till now have not been very promising. SWITCH has therefore agreed with the migrant associations contacted to limit their interaction to keeping each other informed about activities and progress. Conclusion In north-western Europe, experiences like ―MITwirken‖ (collaboration) – the German experience - or ―Inspraak‖ (a right to have a say) – the Dutch experience of citizen‘s participation - have been initiated since the early seventies. They are positive developments that allow citizens to gain insight, make inputs and have influence in decision-making and implementation processes that influences their livelihood. However these forms of citizen‘s participation do not warrant per sé that those with ―less or no voice‖ in society get a real chance to be involved in processes affecting their lives. On the basis of the definition provided on ‗social inclusion‘, this case study shows relatively little experience with social inclusion or addressing it in an explicit way. Also in terms of gender, the programme followed a very gender-neutral or even gender-blind approach, or at least did not explicitly address gender issues. This conclusion is further compounded by the lack of ‗hard – gender disaggregated – data‘ on participation of socially excluded groups. The MITwirken approach while very positive in terms of attempting participation of all citizens on the island, achieved little – in its own words – in terms of integration of migrants or even the poorer strata and the jobless people on the island. This is particularly true in terms of actively involving these groups in formal platforms such as the District Urban Development Committee. However at very concrete small community implementation projects level, it seems that those projects that focused on their needs or on problems between groups did contribute to social inclusion and social interaction among otherwise dissociated groups. This mobilisation and organization around common interests and concerns may form the seeds for future further integration. As indicated by stakeholders themselves, further experimentation and professional support are needed, along with the use of other methods and approaches that may be more effective in promoting integration and social inclusion. The overall lesson learned is the realisation that different cultures require different approaches and processes to social inclusion. More specific lessons are that: different disadvantaged groups in terms of ethnicity, employment, age and gender need to be approached on their specific interests and concerns and with practical actions related to them; linkages between these interests and concerns and integrated urban water management must be clearly apparent or otherwise clarified if interest in IUWM is to emerge; 35
social inclusion requires the formulation clear objectives, strategies and activities on social inclusion, which recognise differences of young, adult and older women and men with different ethnicity and life situations (e.g. employed/jobless) and in different geographic locations; organisation within geographic areas and around specific interests of the different groups with specific actions are a stepping stone towards representation of the interests of the different groups at the group, neighbourhood and district levels; disaggregated quantitative and qualitative monitoring of participation in meetings, organizations, projects and decision-making (e.g., by sex, class, ethnicity and age) is needed to get a clearer overview of situations and developments, analyse trends and learn what works best when, where and why. SWITCH Wilhelmsburg primary focuses is on developing the IUWM plan 2030 for the island. An IUWM planning process should indeed enable social inclusion of those who risk to be marginalised in the upgrading of Wilhelmsburg and when the island gets more developed and becomes more fashionable even risk to be pushed out, because of ‗where they live‘, ‗what they have (not)‘, and ‗who they are‘. SWITCH will certainly benefit from the MITwirken experience, but should be more explicit on social inclusion when fostering stakeholders participation. It will be interesting to monitor this process and to document the experience to see what progress on social inclusion will have been made till the end of SWITCH early 2011. The lessons learned from the above case study make clear that it will be a big challenge for the five-year SWITCH programme, with limited dedicated resources, to make the first steps towards clearer and disaggregated objectives, more effective approaches and monitored progress and results on social inclusion in integrated urban water management. 36
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