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<strong>INTEGRATED</strong> <strong>WATER</strong><br />
<strong>RESOURCE</strong> <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong> <strong>II</strong><br />
QUARTERLY REPORT<br />
YEAR 3, 3 RD QUARTER<br />
(JULY – SEPTEMBER 2011)<br />
REPORT NO. 25<br />
October 2011<br />
This report is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for<br />
International Development (USAID). It was prepared by International Resources Group (IRG).<br />
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<strong>INTEGRATED</strong> <strong>WATER</strong><br />
<strong>RESOURCE</strong> <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong> <strong>II</strong><br />
QUARTERLY REPORT<br />
YEAR 3, 3 RD QUARTER<br />
(JULY– SEPTEMBER 2011)<br />
REPORT NO. 25<br />
Contract No. EPP-I-00-04-00024-00 Task Order No. 06<br />
October 2011<br />
DISCLAIMER<br />
The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United<br />
States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
i<br />
ACRONYMS<br />
ii<br />
1. SUMMARY 1<br />
2. ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE REPORT PERIOD 6<br />
3. ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR NEXT QUARTER 14<br />
4. PROBLEMS AND ISSUES 18<br />
5. STAFF LEVEL OF EFFORT 21<br />
6. STATUS OF FINANCES AND EXPENDITURES 22<br />
7. LIST OF REPORTS 24<br />
Quarterly Report Year 3: 3 rd Quarter (July - September 2011)<br />
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ACRONYMS<br />
AUC American University Cairo<br />
APRP Agricultural Policy Reform Program<br />
ARC Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Agriculture Research Center<br />
BCWUA Branch Canal Water User Association<br />
CTO Cognizant Technical Officer<br />
DWAT District Water Advisory Team<br />
EEAA Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency<br />
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment<br />
EPADP Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects<br />
EPIQ Environmental Policy and Institutional Governance (Indefinite Quantity Contract)<br />
GDA Global Development Alliance<br />
GIS Geographic Information System<br />
GOE Government of Egypt<br />
GPS Global Positioning System<br />
GTZ Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (the German International Development<br />
Agency)<br />
HCWW The Holding Company for Water and Wastewater<br />
IAS Irrigation Advisory Service<br />
<strong>II</strong>IMP Integrated Irrigation Improvement and Management Project<br />
<strong>II</strong>P Irrigation Improvement Project<br />
IQC Indefinite Quantity Contract<br />
IRG International Resource Group<br />
IRU Institutional Reform Unit of MWRI<br />
IWMD Integrated Water Management District<br />
IWMU Integrated Water Management Unit<br />
IWRM I USAID/Egypt funded <strong>LIFE</strong> Integrated Water Resource Management Project (2004-<br />
2008)<br />
IWRM <strong>II</strong> USAID/Egypt funded Integrated Water Resources Management <strong>II</strong> (2009-2012)<br />
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency<br />
<strong>LIFE</strong> Livelihoods and Income from the Environment<br />
LOE Level of Effort<br />
LOP Life of Project<br />
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation<br />
MALR Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation<br />
MISD Matching Irrigation Supply and Demand Program<br />
MOH Ministry of Housing<br />
MSEA Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs<br />
MWRI Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation<br />
O&M Operation And Maintenance<br />
OJT On-the-job training<br />
PMP Performance Monitoring Plan<br />
PPP Private–public partnership<br />
PSD Office of Productive Sector Development<br />
RFTOP Request for Task Order Proposal<br />
RWMO Regional Water Management Organization<br />
SWERI Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute<br />
TA Technical Assistance<br />
TNA Training Needs Assessment<br />
US United States<br />
USAID United States Agency for International Development<br />
WADA Water & Development Alliance<br />
WCU Water Communication Unit<br />
WQU Water Quality Unit<br />
WUA Water User Associations<br />
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1. SUMMARY<br />
Under the USAID/Egypt Integrated Water Resources Management <strong>II</strong> Project (IWRM <strong>II</strong>), Contract<br />
No.: EPP-I-00-04-00024-00, Task Order No. 06, International Resource Group (IRG) is responsible<br />
for assisting the Government of Egypt (GOE) to promote integrated water resources management.<br />
The period of performance of the project is from January 25, 2009 to September 30, 2012.<br />
The purpose of this report is to present the status and performance of IWRM <strong>II</strong> for the 3 rd quarter<br />
of Year 3, covering the period from July to September 2011. It has the following content: summary<br />
of project activities, accomplishments for this quarter, planned activities for the following quarter,<br />
problems and issues, staff level of effort, status of finance and expenditures, and list of reports.<br />
A summary of the activities for the quarter follows:<br />
H.E. Dr. Hussein El-Atfy, MWRI Minister, resigned. Dr. Hesham Kandil, MWRI Head of the Nile<br />
Sector, was appointed as the new Minister on 18 July.<br />
A ministerial decree was issued on 9 August to include Dr. Khaled Toubar on the IWRM <strong>II</strong> Steering<br />
Committee. Another decree was issued on 16 August to assign Dr. Toubar as the Project<br />
Coordinator in addition to his position as General Director for Design and Barrage Safety under the<br />
Reservoir and Grand Barrage Sector.<br />
Dr. Tom Sheng completed his STTA assignment (21 July to 5 August).<br />
Dr. Mark Svendsen completed his STTA assignment (13-29 July).<br />
A monthly project coordination meeting was held on 5 July with Eng. Wafaa (USAID COTR), Dr.<br />
Mohamed Motaleb (Project Coordinator) and Andrew Tczap (IRG COP) and Eng. Mohamed El<br />
Fetyani in attendance. Main topics discussed included: potential FARA for canal maintenance,<br />
disposition of MALR staff on LWOP, possible use of the MWRI training center, upcoming study<br />
tours, and the July training schedule.<br />
USAID and IRG met on 5 July to discuss the results of the coordination meeting. Eng. Wafaa<br />
(USAID), Eng. Tczap (IRG), Eng. Nabil Fawzi (IRG), and Dr. Wadie (IRG) attended this meeting.<br />
MWRI and IRG met on 28 July to be briefed on Dr. Svendsen’s activities during his mission,<br />
including his conclusions and future plans. Also discussed were Dr. Sheng’s preliminary conclusions<br />
based on review of the project’s MIS activities and his visits to Mansoura RO and to the West<br />
Belbeis and Eltollombat IWMDs (as well as to Abo Kebeer, an IWMD supported in IWRM I). Dr.<br />
Sheng’s planned activities during the remainder of his assignment were discussed as well. Dr.<br />
Motaleb, Eng. Tczap, Eng. El Fetyani, Eng. Nabil, Dr. Wadie, and Dr. Moamen, attended the<br />
meeting, together with Drs. Svendsen and Sheng.<br />
Staff coordination meetings were held on 31 July, 9 and 18 August. The RO staff attended the 31<br />
July and 18 August meetings.<br />
Dr. Moamen El Sharkawy and Eng. Amira Abdel Hady, local Institutional/ Organizational<br />
Development Specialists on LWOP from MWRI, completed their assignments in support of Task<br />
1.1, Formation and Development of BCWUAs and related cross-cutting components on 14 July.<br />
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They started new assignment also on LWOP from MWRI, beginning 14 August in support of Task<br />
1.1 and related cross-cutting components.<br />
Eng. Ayman Shedid, Water Management Specialist, and Eng. Soha Mostafa, Water Information<br />
Specialist, both on LWOP from MWRI, completed their assignments in support of the Zagazig<br />
Regional Office on 14 July. Eng. Shedid started a new assignment for the same purpose, again on<br />
LWOP from MWRI, status on 14 August. The duration of this assignment is 3 months.<br />
Eng. Elbayoumi Ali Ez Eldeen, Water Management Specialist, and Eng. Akmal Badie Henein, Water<br />
Information Specialist, both on LWOP from MWRI completed their assignments in support of the<br />
Mansura Regional Office on 14 July. Eng. Henein started a new 3 month assignment on 14 August<br />
for the same purpose, again on LWOP from MWRI<br />
MWRI/CDIAS and IRG personnel met on 3 and 7 July to continue investigating the potential for<br />
cooperation between the <strong>LIFE</strong> IWRM <strong>II</strong> project and MWRI Central Directorate of Irrigation<br />
Advisory Service (CDIAS). Eng. Tczap (IRG), Eng. Nabil (IRG), Eng. Mohamed Elfetyani (Planning<br />
Sector), Dr. Moamen (IRG) and Eng. Atef Elkashef (CDIAS) attended these meetings.<br />
MWRI(CDIAS) commenced visiting a sample of IWRM districts to conduct a training needs<br />
assessment (TNA). Project staff from the regional offices attended most of these sessions. The<br />
CDIAS visits were completed on 4 August.<br />
MWRI(CDIAS) and IRG met on 10 and 17 August to discuss the findings of their trips concerning<br />
the TNA for the IWRM <strong>II</strong> WA Teams and the potential for cooperation between the <strong>LIFE</strong> IWRM <strong>II</strong><br />
project and MWRI’s Central Directorate of Irrigation Advisory Service (CDIAS). Eng. Tczap (IRG),<br />
Eng. Nabil (IRG), Eng. Mohamed Elfetyani (Planning Sector), Dr. Moamen (IRG), Eng. Nagwa<br />
(who replaced Eng. Atef Elkashef), Eng. Ahmed and Eng. Ezzat (CDIAS) attended both meetings.<br />
Eng. Wafaa (USAID) attended the August 17 th meeting.<br />
MWRI and IRG staff met on 4 August to discuss the status of the IWMD digital maps (11 layers)<br />
and the possibility of developing a course to demonstrate how GIS technology can integrate<br />
information from different sources and perform geospatial analysis to support water management<br />
decision making at the district and directorate levels. Engs. Tczap, Nabil, Hesham (Irrigation<br />
Department), Tarek (Planning Sector), and Dr. Sheng attended the meeting.<br />
Mr. Tczap and Eng. Nabil made an inspection visit to Shoubra IWMD on 15 August.<br />
MWRI and IRG staff met on 21 August to discuss project status. Dr. Khaled Toubar (MWRI<br />
Coordinator), Mr. Tczap, and Eng. Nabil attended this meeting.<br />
The IWRM <strong>II</strong> COP, Mr. Tczap, departed on leave on 22 August and returned to the office on 4<br />
September.<br />
An IRG staff coordination meeting was held on 4 September to begin preparing for the Year 4 work<br />
plan workshop.<br />
A meeting was held on 6 September to brief Dr. Khaled Tobar (the new IWRM <strong>II</strong> Project<br />
Coordinator), on the project’s various activities. Eng. Tczap, Eng. Nabil, Dr. Wadie and Dr. Moamen<br />
attended the meeting.<br />
A USAID/MWRI/IRG coordination meeting was held on 11 September. Eng. Wafaa Faltaous,<br />
USAID (COTR), Dr. Khaled Toubar (Project Coordinator), Mr. Andrew Tczap (COP), Eng. Nabila<br />
Bahaa (ID), Eng. Tarek Awwad (IS), Eng. Nabil and Dr. Wadie attended the meeting.<br />
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MWRI (Groundwater Sector) and IRG staff met on 15 September to discuss conducting a<br />
groundwater (GW) database training course (Directorate Vision). Dr. Madeha (Head of GW), Eng.<br />
Ahmed Abd Elmaksoud (GW), Dr. Hanan (GW), Eng. Tczap and Eng. Nabil attended the meeting.<br />
An MWRI (Planning Sector) project coordination meeting was held on 18 September. Dr. Mohamed<br />
Motaleb (Head of Planning Sector), Dr. Khaled Toubar (Project Coordinator), Mr. Tczap, Eng.<br />
Nabil, Dr. Wadie and Eng. Elfetyani (PS) attended the meeting.<br />
A coordination meeting for USAID and IRG staff was held on 22 September. Eng. Wafaa Faltaous,<br />
USAID (COTR), Mr. Andrew Tczap (COP) and Eng. Nabil attended the meeting.<br />
The project initiated negotiations with El Zanaty & Associates on 18 September to conduct a<br />
farmers’ survey in the project area. Negotiations were completed and a fixed price purchase order<br />
was issued on 29 September.<br />
Eng. Wafaa Faltaous, USAID (COTR), and Mr. Foaad Ellathy (USAID planning section) visited<br />
Elmataria IWMD on 29 September. They attended a meeting with the district staff and with the<br />
BCWUAs in the Elmataria BCWUA No. (1) office. They also visited a bridge located at Km 1.50 on<br />
branch canal No. 1 and a feeder to that canal from the Elganabia Elkhamsa canal, constructed by<br />
the BCWUA with IWMD supervision. Eng. Zenab Elraies, the head of the Central Directorate for<br />
Water Resources & Irrigation, Eng. Saad Elsaied Elsalam, General Director, Eng. Nabil, Eng.<br />
Elsaied Nagy and Eng. Akmal joined the trip.<br />
MWRI agreed to give both Eng. Tamer Gomaa and Eng. Mohamed Bakry LWOP to work on the<br />
IWRM <strong>II</strong> project. A request was sent to USAID to hire them.<br />
Under Task 1.1: Formation and Development of BCWUAs, 622 BCWUAs have been established<br />
covering all of the branch canals in the 45 districts in the East Nile Delta. The BCWUA activation<br />
process is ongoing in all of the associations. Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) and internal<br />
regulations (IR) have been signed by the BCWUA chairpersons and board members. IWMD and<br />
BCWUA participatory maintenance needs assessments have been completed for all of the BCWUAs<br />
and maintenance priorities have been established for each of them. BCWUA Chairpersons’ IDs have<br />
been completed for 613 of the 622 associations, and action plans have been completed for 618 of<br />
them. BCWUAs women board members were trained by IWMD water advisory women staff on<br />
their roles and responsibilities, with a focus on water quality related awareness activities. Participatory<br />
water management Phase I training to introduce and initiate participatory water management<br />
activities at the district level was conducted during the quarter.<br />
For Task 1.2: Sustainable Local Financing for Canal and Drain Maintenance, In response to a<br />
recommendation of the USAID mid-term evaluation and concurrence of MWRI, the project has<br />
ceased further activity under this Task.<br />
Under Task 1.3: Improvements in Water Productivity and Efficiency, the activities in the two<br />
pilot demo sites – a BCWUA in Abu Kebeer IWMD (West Sharkia Directorate); and another in W.<br />
Belbeis IWMD (Qualubia Directorate) -- for introducing high-value, low-water consuming crops<br />
continued during the summer season. Training of WAT and agricultural extension (MALR) staff in<br />
capacity building for high value crops (HVC) and water conservation practices and technologies<br />
(WCT) continued. Outreach to disseminate information to BCWUAs on HVCs and WCTs started.<br />
Mini libraries on good agricultural practices for HVCs were distributed to the BCWUAs. A<br />
newsletter on HVCs and marketing materials were developed and distributed. Possible future<br />
cooperation between IWRM <strong>II</strong> and MUCIA was discussed.<br />
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For Task 1.4: Wastewater Reuse, In response to a recommendation of the USAID mid-term<br />
evaluation and concurrence of MWRI, the project has ceased further activity under this Task.<br />
Under Task 2.1: Regional Water Management Organizations, In response to a recommendation<br />
of the USAID mid-term evaluation and concurrence of MWRI, the project has ceased further activity<br />
under this Task.<br />
Under Task 2.2: Formation and Development of Integrated Water Management Districts,<br />
monthly coordination meetings were held with the eight Integrated Water Management Directorates<br />
and 45 IWM Districts. Preparation of IWMD business plan data sheets and integrated maintenance<br />
plans for 2011/2012 were completed by each district. ADSL lines for internet access have been<br />
installed in all eight directorate offices and 26 of the 45 IWMDs. Obtaining ADSL service in the<br />
directorates and districts requires payment of outstanding telephone invoices and many of the 19<br />
districts without service to date do not have budget to do so. Directorate IT teams continued to<br />
make visits to the districts as part of the computer maintenance follow-up program. IRG regional<br />
office staff also visited each of the 45 IWMDs to evaluate their performance and provide technical<br />
support and advice. IRG staff stopped making quarterly follow-up visits to the four IWRM I<br />
supported directorates as directed by MWRI.<br />
Under Task 2.3: Establishment of Information Management Systems for Sustainable Water<br />
Resource Management, the Matching Irrigation Supply and Demand (MISD) activity of collecting<br />
bi-weekly crop data for each branch canal is being carried out by MALR and transferred to the<br />
relevant IWMD office. The accuracy of the data is questionable in many cases. Water flow<br />
measurements continued at 105 inflow/outflow sites; 95 of which have been calibrated and are under<br />
review. Water quality monitoring is ongoing at 300 sites, and data are being entered into a water<br />
quality (WL) database. Water level data are being entered in the WL database in 42 of the 45<br />
IWMDs; and complaints are being entered in the complaints database in all of the 45 IWMDs.<br />
Review and consolidation of the canal and drain network digital maps is ongoing but is behind<br />
schedule. Thirty-one IWMDs have completed their maps consisting of 11 layers. Installation of 19<br />
additional data loggers procured in 2009 and 2010 was completed. Procurement of eight more was<br />
completed, all of which have been delivered and inspected. Surveys for installation of the 8 new data<br />
loggers were conducted and one of them has been installed. A total of 27 data loggers have now been<br />
procured for MWRI by the project, 20 of which have been installed.<br />
Under Task 2.4: Capacity Building of MWRI Personnel, seven persons are enrolled in the<br />
American University in Cairo Master of Science (MS) degree program and 12 persons are working<br />
towards the M.S. degree at other local universities. Two persons have already completed MS degree<br />
programs, both at local universities.<br />
USAID has agree to fund three Study Tours and has requested candidates for the tours. No<br />
candidates were provided at the close of the quarter.<br />
Under Monitoring and Evaluation, crop water requirement data from the MISD database for<br />
winter 2009/10 and summer 2010 for all IWMDs were compiled. Calibration equations for 95<br />
inflow/outflow locations to quantify water supply for the IWMDs have been developed.<br />
Organizational indicators to measure the growing capacity and performance of the IWMDs and<br />
BCWUAs, i.e. the organizations that are the key actors in the desired change process, have been<br />
developed. The second round of the field survey of farmers in the project area and the Delta Phase I<br />
directorates has been initiated.<br />
For Strategic Communication a 14-minute video on high-value, low-water consuming crops was<br />
finalized. An informational publication (English/Arabic) for farmers to support Task 1.3 work on<br />
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introducing improved irrigation systems was initiated. The IWRM <strong>II</strong> website (http://iwrm2eg.org)<br />
was updated.<br />
Procurement during the reporting period was limited to a fixed price purchase order for performing<br />
a farmers survey and focus group discussions (El Zanaty & Associates) and supporting IWMDs with<br />
supplies and repair of project provided equipment.<br />
Training courses implemented during this quarter included: Participatory Water Management Phase<br />
I Workshops (7 events), Building Staff Capacity for HVCs (2 events), and Dissemination of<br />
Information on HVCs (4 events). During the reporting period 562 trainees, 21 percent of whom<br />
were women, participated in project training activities.<br />
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2. ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING<br />
THE REPORTING PERIOD<br />
GENERAL<br />
• H.E. MWRI Dr. Hussein El-Atfy resigned. Dr. Hesham Kandil, MWRI Head of The Nile<br />
Sector, was appointed as the new Minister of MWRI on 18 July.<br />
• A ministerial decree was issued on 9 August adding Dr. Khaled Toubar to the IWRM <strong>II</strong><br />
Steering Committee.<br />
• A ministerial decree was issued on 16 August naming Dr. Toubar as the Project Coordinator<br />
in addition to his position as General Director for Design and Barrage Safety under the<br />
Reservoir and Grand Barrage Sector.<br />
TASK 1.1: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF BRANCH<br />
CANAL <strong>WATER</strong> USERS’ ASSOCIATIONS<br />
Eng. Nabil Fawzi (LTTA, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist) is the IRG coordinator<br />
for this task. Dr. Moamen El Sharkawy and Eng. Amira Abdel Hady, both Local<br />
Institutional/Organizational Development Specialists, are providing support on a short-term,<br />
consultant basis. Activities carried out during the reporting period include:<br />
• The BCWUAs activation process is ongoing.<br />
• BCWUA Chairpersons IDs have been completed for 613 of the 622 chairpersons and is<br />
ongoing. The remaining 9 IDs are lacking signatures by the Undersecretary.<br />
• IWMD and BCWUA participatory maintenance needs assessments and maintenance<br />
priorities have been updated for 2011/2012 by all of the 622 BCWUAs.<br />
• Action plans have been completed for all of the BCWUAs that require them.<br />
• BCWUA women board members attended meetings with IWMD water advisory women<br />
staff and received training in their roles and responsibilities and water quality related<br />
awareness activities. Within the 45 IWMDs and 622 BCWUAs, 199 meetings were held with<br />
BCWUA women board members. These were attended by 309 of 449 women board<br />
members. An additional 222 women attended those meetings from the BCWUAs residential<br />
areas. Most importantly, many BCWUAs conducted new elections for their Boards of<br />
Directors resulting in 78 women being elected to boards in 42 BCWUAs that did not have<br />
women board members previously.<br />
• Participatory Water Management Phase I training workshops were completed (seven events).<br />
• MWRI (CDIAS) conducted a training needs assessment (TNA) for the IWRM <strong>II</strong> Water<br />
Advisory Teams in the East Delta region.<br />
• Water Advisory Team coordination meetings were held (4 events).<br />
The status of the BCWUAs as of the end of the reporting period is provided below.<br />
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Status of BCWUAs Yr 3, Qtr 3<br />
Directorate IWMDs<br />
MWRI<br />
Area (d) BCs<br />
BCWUA<br />
Users<br />
BCWU<br />
As<br />
Formed<br />
Board<br />
Members<br />
& Decrees MOU<br />
Internal<br />
Reg.<br />
Needs<br />
Assessment<br />
Maint.<br />
Priorities<br />
ID<br />
Cards<br />
Action<br />
Plan<br />
Damietta 2 59,243 61 24,567 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27<br />
Elsalam 4 221,130, 97 17,598 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56<br />
E. Dakahlia 8 355,124 329 137,328 141 141 141 141 141 141 138 139<br />
S. Dakahlia 5 198,795 127 299,302 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88<br />
Ismailia 6 302,500 61 20,864 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 49<br />
Salhia 7 457,558 99 201,951 82 82 82 82 82 82 76 82<br />
E. Sharkia 5 211,233 187 72,542 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83<br />
Qualubia 8 357,748 259 530,200 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94<br />
Total 45 2,163,331 1220 1,304,352 622 622 622 622 622 622 613 620<br />
Elected<br />
The following table presents the status of the Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) indicators.<br />
Task 1.1 PMP Indicators and Targets<br />
Task Indicator Units Baseline<br />
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3<br />
Target Actual Target Actual<br />
Yr 3<br />
Target<br />
Actual<br />
Qtr 3<br />
1.1 Formation and Development of Branch Canal Water Users’ Associations (BCWUAs)<br />
1.1.a<br />
1.1.b<br />
1.1.c<br />
1.1.d<br />
1.1.e<br />
Number of IWMDs with staffed Water<br />
Advisory Teams<br />
Number of GDs with staffed Water<br />
Advisory Teams<br />
Percent of planned BCWUAs<br />
established by ministerial decree<br />
Percent of BCWUAs with maintenance<br />
priorities and action plans<br />
Percent of BCWUAs monitoring and<br />
reporting on branch canal water<br />
supply<br />
Number 0 45 45 45 45 45 45<br />
Number 0 8 8 8 8 8 8<br />
Percent 0 50 0 100 100 100 100<br />
Percent 0 0 0 50 0 100 100<br />
Percent 0 0 0 50 0 100 0<br />
New indicators were suggested by USAID to qualitatively measure performance of BCWUAs. It was<br />
agreed by USAID and IRG to monitor this through the use of farmer surveys and focus group<br />
discussions after which IRG issued an addendum to the PMP. For BCWUAs, the indicators to be<br />
evaluated are: 1) Governance processes; 2) Accountability and participation; and 3) Operational<br />
performance. These will be reported on starting with the next quarterly progress report.<br />
TASK 1.2: SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FINANCING FOR CANAL AND<br />
DRAIN MAINTENANCE<br />
In compliance with a USAID mid-term evaluation recommendation and MWRI concurrence, the<br />
project has ceased further activity under this Task.<br />
TASK 1.3: IMPROVEMENTS IN <strong>WATER</strong> PRODUCTIVITY AND<br />
EFFICIENCY<br />
Dr. Wadie Fahim Mankarious (LTTA Senior Organization/Institutional Development Specialist) is<br />
the IRG coordinator for this task. He is supported by several local consultants including: Dr. Ahmed<br />
Behery, On Farm Irrigation Specialist; Dr. Walid Sallam, Agricultural Economist; and Dr. Abd El<br />
Wahab, Crops Agricultural Specialist. Activities carried out during the report period include:<br />
• Continued monitoring of the activities in the two pilot areas.<br />
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• Continued distribution of MALR publications on High Value Crops (HVCs) and water<br />
conservation practices (WCT). The regional offices distributed the publications to the<br />
BCWUAs that attended the dissemination of information and orientation workshops.<br />
• Receipt and review of detailed summer cropping pattern information submitted by Abu<br />
Kebeer and West Belbeis IWMDs for the districts as a whole, and for the pilot branch canals.<br />
• Distribution of a newsletter on HVCs to the two Regional Offices for further distribution to<br />
the directorates and the districts.<br />
• Received an unsolicited request for a seminar on HVCs from El Maksar BCWUA. The<br />
seminar is scheduled to be conducted in October.<br />
• Continued training workshops for MWRI and MALR staffs in capacity building for high<br />
value crops (HVC) and water conservation practices and technologies.. Staff of MWRI and<br />
MALR in Damietta Directorate IWMDs (2 districts) and El Salam Directorate (4 districts)<br />
received training. The total number of trainees was 47 from the six IWMDs. Training was<br />
conducted also for the staff of the eight IWMDs of East Dakahlia, with, 47 trainees from all<br />
eight districts attending. Eng. Ibrahim El Gamasy, Undersecretary (US) Dakahlia, attended<br />
and discussed his experience and benefits of using the improved (drip) irrigation system He<br />
stated that productivity increased by 40 percent and saving on fertilizer use was more than 35<br />
percent.<br />
• At the workshops for BCWUAs, dissemination of information on HVCs and WCTs<br />
continued. During this quarter, 102 BCWUAs from eight IWMDs of Damietta, El Salam<br />
and East Dakahlia received this training. The table below shows the districts, the number of<br />
BCWUAs, number of farmers and MWRI/MALR staff who received this training.<br />
• Conduct of a one day training event for BCWUAs, MWRI/WATs and MALR/Ag<br />
Extension staffs of Port Saied and Materia IWMDs, El Salam Directorate on 28 September.<br />
Eng. Zienab El Raies, US Damietta and Eng. Saad Mousa, GD El Salam Directorate<br />
attended and answered farmers’ questions. Ms. Naglaa M. Hassan, Director of Technical<br />
Support of the MUCIA Project attended as an observer. Eng. Wafaa, COTR and Eng. Fouad<br />
Elleithy, Program Office, USAID, also attended.<br />
• Attended a USAID hosted meeting involving IWRM <strong>II</strong>/IRG and MUCIA to discuss the<br />
possibility of collaboration and reduction of duplication. Eng. Wafaa and Dr. Abu El Wafa<br />
from USAID, Mr. Andy Tczap and Dr. Wadie from IRG and Dr. Mohamed Samy, COP<br />
MUCIA, participated.<br />
Number of BCWUAs and Farmers attending the HVCs/WCTs Training this Quarter<br />
No. of<br />
Directorate District<br />
Total No. of No. of farmers<br />
MWRI/MALR staff<br />
BCWUAs in BCWUAs persons<br />
attending this Qtr.<br />
the District attending attending<br />
this Qtr.<br />
MWRI MALR<br />
Damietta Damietta 13 11 14 3 3<br />
Faraskour 14 11 19 4 3<br />
ElSalam Port Saied 15 15 30 6 1<br />
El Matariea 11 11 22 3 2<br />
San El Hagar 20 20 28 3 3<br />
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W. El Kantara 10 10 14 5 3<br />
E. Dakahlia E. Manzala 23 13 19 3 3<br />
N. Mansoura 12 11 21 3 3<br />
Total in this Quarter 118 102 167 30 21<br />
Total to date 383 278 485<br />
1.3<br />
1.3.a<br />
TASK 1.4: WASTE<strong>WATER</strong> REUSE<br />
PMP Indicators and Targets<br />
Year 1<br />
Task Indicator Units Baseline<br />
In compliance with a USAID mid-term evaluation recommendation and concurrence of MWRI,<br />
the project has ceased further activity under this task.<br />
TASK 2.1: REGIONAL <strong>WATER</strong> <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong><br />
ORGANIZATIONS (RWMO)<br />
Year 2<br />
Target Actual Target Actual<br />
Yr 3<br />
Target<br />
Year 3<br />
In compliance with a USAID mid-term evaluation recommendation and concurrence of MWRI,<br />
the project has ceased further activity under this task.<br />
TASK 2.2: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF <strong>INTEGRATED</strong><br />
<strong>WATER</strong> <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong> DISTRICTS<br />
Actual<br />
Qtr 3<br />
Improvements in Water Productivity and Efficiency<br />
Number of farmers receiving<br />
training on High-Value Crops and Number 0 100 0 300 502 500 987<br />
water saving technology<br />
Eng. Nabil Fawzi and Eng. Maher Khodary, both LTTA Senior Water Resource Management<br />
Specialists, are the IRG coordinators for this Task. Eng. Ayman Shedid is providing technical<br />
support to the Zagazig Regional Office. Eng. Akmal Badie is doing the same for the Mansoura<br />
Regional Office. These two engineers are on LWOP from MWRI and two additional engineers<br />
MWRI engineers were identified by MWRI to be added to IRGs field staff to fully staff the two field<br />
offices. The two new engineers will start work with the project in October.<br />
Activities carried out during the report period include:<br />
• MWRI continued installing ADSL lines for internet access in IWMDs. A list of the 19<br />
IWMDs lacking ADSL service was sent to the Project Coordinator for information and<br />
action. The continuation of this service requires payment of overdue telephone invoices and<br />
some of the districts do not have budget for this.<br />
• Directorate IT teams continued to make regular visits to their respective IWMDs to provide<br />
computer maintenance support.<br />
• Directorate Under Secretary monthly meetings were held (15 events) attended by MWRI and<br />
MALR staffs. Dr. Khaled Toubar (MWRI Project Coordinator) and Eng. Nabil Fawzi<br />
attended the East Sharkia, Salhia and Ismailia monthly meetings on 26 and 27 September.<br />
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• IRG Regional Office (RO) staff made quarterly visits to 9 of the 45 IWMDs. This was less<br />
than programmed due to the lack of staff in the ROs.<br />
Task 2.2 PMP Indicators and Targets<br />
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3<br />
Task Indicator Units<br />
Base<br />
line Target Actual Target Actual<br />
Yr 3<br />
Target<br />
Actual<br />
Qtr 3<br />
2.2 Formation and Development of Integrated Water Management Districts (IWMDs)<br />
2.2.a Number of IWMDs established with<br />
fully staffed senior positions<br />
Number 0 45 45 45 45 45 45<br />
2.1.b Number of IWMDs with completed<br />
integrated maintenance plans<br />
Number 0 0 0 45 45 45 45<br />
2.2.c Number of IWMDs with a training<br />
room established and equipped<br />
Number 0 20 0 45 45 45 45<br />
2.2.d Number of general directorates with a<br />
computer training center established Number 0 8 8 8 8 8 8<br />
and equipped<br />
2.2.e Number of IWRM I IWMDs<br />
participating in coordination meetings<br />
Number 27 27 27 27 27 27 27<br />
New indicators were suggested by USAID to qualitatively measure performance of IWMDs. It was<br />
agreed by USAID and IRG to monitor this through the use of farmer surveys and focus group<br />
discussions after which IRG issued an addendum to the PMP. For IWMDs, the indicators are: 1)<br />
General management; 2) Communications; 3) Water Distribution; and 4) System maintenance.<br />
These will be reported on starting with the next quarterly progress report.<br />
TASK 2.3: ESTABLISHMENT OF INFORMATION <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong><br />
SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE <strong>WATER</strong><br />
Eng. Nabil Fawzi (LTTA, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist) is the IRG coordinator<br />
for this Task. Dr. Tom S. Sheng (CADI), Water Resources Information Specialist, is providing<br />
expatriate STTA support. Eng. Ayman Shedid is providing technical support in the Zagazig Regional<br />
Office, while Eng. Akmal Badie does the same in the Mansoura RO. These two engineers are on<br />
LWOP from MWRI. Activities carried out during the reporting period include:<br />
• Maintenance support for the data loggers installed at 11 telemetry sites. Installation of eight<br />
additional data loggers procured in 2010 was finished, and eight more were purchased. All<br />
were inspected, and inspection surveys for their installation were conducted. One has now<br />
been installed. A total of 27 data loggers have now been procured for MWRI.<br />
• Under the MISD activity, bi-weekly crop data for each branch canal were (and continue to<br />
be) collected by MALR and transferred to MWRI at all 45 IWMDs. Rice areas and BCs net<br />
areas are uncertain.<br />
• Water flow measurements continued at all 105 inflow/outflow sites; 95 of them have been<br />
calibrated, and the calibrations are being reviewed.<br />
• Water quality monitoring is ongoing at 300 sites. All IWMDs are collecting data.<br />
• Water levels are being entered in the water level database in all 45 IWMDs. The eight<br />
directorates are consolidating data. Only 21 of 45 IWMDs calculated water volume from the<br />
water level data base for summer 2009 and summer and winter 2010. Calibration equations<br />
are being entered into 42 IWMD sites and calculation of the IWMDs’ water volume is<br />
ongoing for 2011. Calibrating the I/O sites for the other 3 IWMDs is ongoing.<br />
• Complaints are being entered in the complaints databases in all 45 IWMDs. The directorates<br />
are consolidating the data.<br />
• Eng. Osama Mahmoud and Eng Mohamed Hassan from MWRI’s Information Center (MIC),<br />
visited the directorates and IWMDs to follow up on resolving software problems with the<br />
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WL and Complaints databases, and to provide refresher training on the data bases during the<br />
8 – 22 August period.<br />
• Continued supporting the IWMDs to review and consolidate the canal and drain network<br />
digital maps. This is on-going. To date, 35 IWMDs have completed their maps consisting of<br />
11 layers. These are under review. The remaining 10 IWMDs are all working on their maps<br />
but progress is slow.<br />
• Project staff attended monthly Water Distribution Team coordination meetings (5 events).<br />
Dr. Khaled Toubar (project coordinator) and Eng. Nabil Fawzi attended the September<br />
meetings.<br />
Task 2.3 PMP Indicators and Targets<br />
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3<br />
Task Indicator Units<br />
Base<br />
line Target Actual Target Actual<br />
Yr 3<br />
Target<br />
Actual<br />
Qtr 3<br />
2.3 Establishment of information Management Systems for Sustainable Water Resources Management<br />
2.3.a Number of IWMDs with<br />
calibrations for all<br />
authorized inflow and<br />
Number 0 0 0 45 0 45 42<br />
outflow structures<br />
2.3.b Number of IWMDs with<br />
MISD installed and<br />
Number 0 0 0 45 0 45<br />
42<br />
operational<br />
2.3.c Number of IWMDs with<br />
completed and approved<br />
water resource<br />
Number 0 0 0 0 0 45 0<br />
management plan<br />
2.3.d Number of IWMDs with<br />
water resource information<br />
systems installed and<br />
Number 0 0 0 45 0 45 45 1<br />
operational<br />
2.3.e Number of branch canals<br />
with flows monitored by<br />
IWMD<br />
Number 0 0 0 0 1 2 1<br />
1. All systems the project is responsible for have been installed. The ADSL service that<br />
MWRI is responsible for is lacking at 19 of the 45 districts.<br />
TASK 2.4: CAPACITY BUILDING<br />
OF MWRI PERSONNEL<br />
Dahlia Hamdy (LTTA, Training Specialist) is coordinator for this task. The major activity carried out<br />
during the report period was continuing providing financial and logistical support to all M.S. degree<br />
program participants.<br />
• In the American University of Cairo M.S. degree program, seven persons are currently<br />
enrolled and being supported by the project: two in environmental engineering, four in the<br />
Master of Engineering program; and one in intensive English.<br />
• In other local universities, 2 out of 14 persons have completed their master degree program,<br />
the project continued supporting the remaining 12 persons.<br />
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Task 2.4 PMP Indicators and Targets<br />
MONITORING AND EVALUATION<br />
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3<br />
Yr 3<br />
Target<br />
Task Indicator Units Baseline Target Actual Target Actual<br />
2.4 Capacity Building of MWRI Personnel<br />
2.4.a Candidates selected Number 0 20 20 50 36 350 36<br />
2.4.b Candidates accepted by<br />
American University Cairo and Number 0 20 15 50 20 50 20<br />
local universities<br />
2.4.c Candidates graduated with M.S.<br />
degrees<br />
Number 0 0 0 0 0 20 2<br />
Actual<br />
Qtr 3<br />
Dr. Wadie Fahim Mankarious (LTTA, Senior Organization/Institutional Development Specialist) is<br />
the coordinator for this Task. STTA is provided by Dr. Mark Svendsen, an expatriate. Activities<br />
carried out during the report period include:<br />
• Drs.Svendsen and Wadie and Andrew Tczap met twice with the USAID COTR and Ms.<br />
Amani Selim, USAID Senior M&E Specialist, to discuss the PMP indicators based on the<br />
comments of the mid- term evaluation team.<br />
• Dr. Abd El Motaleb, MWRI Coordinator, attended a debriefing by Dr. Svendsen. He<br />
supported the M&E activities, and requested that IWRM <strong>II</strong> draft a letter to be addressed to<br />
all IWMDs asking for support in obtaining requested data. Dr. Motaleb encouraged the<br />
project to continue introducing the concept of managing water resources based on volume<br />
instead of water level.<br />
• The M&E team discussed possible collaboration between IWRM <strong>II</strong> and CDIAS on M&E<br />
activities related to BCWUAs with Eng. Nagwa El Khashab, Chairperson of CDIAS.<br />
• IWRM <strong>II</strong> started to collect information on crop area, productivity and farm gate prices in<br />
each district from the MALR Information Center for the summer 2009 and winter<br />
2009/2010 seasons.Work on utilization of the checklist for evaluating IWMD performance<br />
continued.<br />
• An addendum to the project PMP setting out a set of indicators to measure the growing<br />
capacity and performance of BCWUAs and IWMDs was prepared by Dr. Svendsen and<br />
submitted to USAID. These two new indicators are discussed under Tasks 1.1 and 2.2 above.<br />
• A purchase order with EL Zanaty Associates was signed for conducting a field survey of<br />
farmers and for focus group meetings with BCWUA boards. These will cover the IWRM <strong>II</strong><br />
area and the two IWRM I-supported directorates in Lower Egypt.<br />
EDUCATION, COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND<br />
PARTICIPATION<br />
Cheryl Groff, Senior Communication Specialist, was coordinator for this task and was<br />
demobilized on 30 June 2011. The project works in collaboration with the Water<br />
Communication Unit (WCU) of the MWRI, local STTA consultants and private vendors. Mr.<br />
Abdel Bary Bakr, local Senior Communications Consultant, is providing support on a time basis<br />
since the demands are reducing as the project winds down. Activities carried out during the<br />
report period include:<br />
• “Alternative Crops an Alternative Solution,” a 14 minute video highlighting farmers’ success<br />
in cultivating high value, low water consuming crops is being screened during Task 1.3<br />
workshops. Duplication and distribution of the video will take place in October.<br />
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• A publication on improved irrigation technologies is under preparation for distribution<br />
to farmers.<br />
TRAINING<br />
Dahlia Hamdy, LTTA Training Specialist, is IRG coordinator for this component.<br />
Training activities were suspended during July and August at the request of MWRI due to the heavy<br />
workload of staff during the summer irrigation season. Training commenced in September with the<br />
following activities being completed:<br />
• Participating in IWMD monthly meetings as well as water advisory and water distribution<br />
meetings.<br />
• Completion of Participatory Water Management, Phase I workshops.<br />
• Building staff capacity for HVC training (two training events).<br />
• Holding four training sessions for BCWUAs to disseminate information about HVCs.<br />
The following table shows the number of participants trained under the project through the end of<br />
the reporting period, excluding attendees at seasonal and monthly meetings.<br />
,<br />
Total to Date<br />
Current Quarter Total<br />
Total Male Female Total Male Female<br />
8802 6849 1953 562 442 120<br />
A summary of training provided during the reporting period is shown below:<br />
ID Course Title Task Events<br />
1.1.3.6<br />
1.3.3.1<br />
1.3.3.2<br />
Participatory Water<br />
Management Phase I<br />
Total<br />
Participants<br />
Female<br />
Participants<br />
1.1 7 263 94<br />
Building Staff Capacity for<br />
HVCs 1.3 2 94 13<br />
Training to disseminate<br />
Information on HVCs<br />
1.3 4 205 13<br />
Total 13 562 120<br />
Venue<br />
Each<br />
Directorate<br />
Damietta, El<br />
Salam &<br />
E.Dakahlia<br />
Damietta, El<br />
Salam &<br />
E.Dakahlia (2<br />
Districts only)<br />
PROCUREMENT<br />
Eng. Nabil Fawzi (LTTA, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist) and Mrs. Amany<br />
Mahmoud (Office and Personnel Manager) are coordinators for this activity. They are assisted by<br />
Eng. Safaa Khodary (IT Specialist) and the regional offices. FirrasTraish, Procurement/Financial<br />
Specialist, is supporting the project as IRG home office backstop. Activities carried out during the<br />
report period include:<br />
• Continuation of procurement in accordance with the procurement plan.<br />
• Receipt of an additional eight data loggers for general directorates.<br />
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3. ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR<br />
NEXT QUARTER<br />
In this section, activities planned for the 4 th Quarter of Year 3 are summarized by project task.<br />
TASK 1.1: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF BRANCH<br />
CANAL <strong>WATER</strong> USER ASSOCIATIONS<br />
• In response to the USAID mid-term evaluation recommendations, continue to develop<br />
institutional performance criteria and review the planned training program to assess whether<br />
it is adequate to address the need to strengthen BCWUA performance, making adjustments<br />
as needed.<br />
• Conduct participatory Water Management Phase <strong>II</strong> training course.<br />
• Continue meeting with women board members to assist with their activities<br />
• Continue assisting the general directorate and IWMD Water Advisory Teams in<br />
implementing participatory water management activities.<br />
• Support the IWMDs and BCWUAs in completing the Chairpersons Identification Cards<br />
(IDs) and Action Plans.<br />
• Participate in the WAT coordination meetings.<br />
TASK 1.2: SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FINANCING FOR CANAL AND<br />
DRAIN MAINTENANCE<br />
No activities are planned for the next quarter.<br />
TASK 1.3: IMPROVEMENTS IN <strong>WATER</strong> PRODUCTIVITY AND<br />
EFFICIENCY<br />
• Continue monitoring demonstration sites where HVCs crops are being grown.<br />
• Continue providing training to MWRI and MALR staff on HVCs and water conservation<br />
technologies.<br />
• Continue organizing workshops to disseminate information on HVCs to BCWUAs and their<br />
farmer members.<br />
• Prepare awareness materials focusing on technical and market information on water saving<br />
technologies for dissemination to the BCWUAs<br />
• Arrange and conduct a work shop for interested farmers on water conservation technologies.<br />
TASK 1.4: WASTE<strong>WATER</strong> REUSE<br />
No activities are planned for the next quarter.<br />
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TASK 2.1: REGIONAL <strong>WATER</strong> <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong><br />
ORGANIZATIONS<br />
No activities are planned for next quarter.<br />
TASK 2.2: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF <strong>INTEGRATED</strong><br />
<strong>WATER</strong> <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong> DISTRICTS<br />
• Continue to engage the Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects on transferring staff,<br />
equipment, facilities, budget, and responsibilities to the Irrigation Department.<br />
• Continue to work with MWRI to ensure adequate budget and staff resources are provided to<br />
the IWMDs. IWRM <strong>II</strong> will continue to work with MWRI to address issues of staff shortages,<br />
rapid staff turnover, and the practice of engaging engineers on a temporary basis, and at<br />
salaries that are lower than those of permanent staff of comparable capacity and experience.<br />
• In response to the USAID mid-term evaluation recommendations, continue to develop<br />
institutional performance criteria and review the planned training program to assess whether<br />
it is adequate to address the need to strengthen performance.<br />
• Assist the IWMDs to prepare/update maintenance plans for the fiscal year 2012/2013.<br />
• Conduct an advanced computer skills training course.<br />
• Conduct a district performance data analysis training course.<br />
• Participate in monthly directorate meetings.<br />
• Participate in quarterly maintenance meetings.<br />
TASK 2.3: ESTABLISHMENT OF INFORMATION <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong><br />
SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE <strong>WATER</strong> <strong>RESOURCE</strong><br />
<strong>MANAGEMENT</strong><br />
• Study the advisability and means of involving the BCWUAs in supporting the IWMDs in<br />
determining bi-weekly crop water requirements.<br />
• Work with the IWMDs in calculating their net irrigable areas.<br />
• Continue developing water resource databases.<br />
• Continue flow measurement program<br />
• Complete review of flow calibrations for the general directorates and IWMDs I/O sites.<br />
• Continue installation of new data loggers.<br />
• Conduct additional digital mapping training course.<br />
• Conduct ground water data base training course (directorate level).<br />
• Conduct water resources inventory training course.<br />
• Support district work in completing digital maps using AutoCAD Map with 11 layers (for the<br />
10 IWMDs that have not yet completed them).<br />
• Conduct quality checks on the digital maps as they are completed<br />
• Conduct monthly water distribution meetings.<br />
TASK 2.4: CAPACITY BUILDING OF MWRI PERSONNEL<br />
• Provide financial and logistical support for trainees.<br />
• Monitor trainee progress.<br />
• Support Study Tours as requested by USAID and/or MWRI<br />
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MONITORING AND EVALUATION<br />
• Continue collection of MALR secondary agricultural data for East. Nile Delta.<br />
• Complete demand and water supply data for 2009 to 2011.<br />
• Complete the field survey of farmers and issue the report.<br />
• Begin consolidation of the data required for the M&E final report<br />
EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND<br />
PARTICIPATION<br />
• Prepare a communication product brief comprised of all materials required for Task 1-3<br />
• Visit field sites and attend workshops on HVCs and for training BCWUA chairpersons..<br />
• Pre-test, print, and disseminate the farmers’ newspaper on modern irrigation methods<br />
• Prepare additional success stories<br />
• Based upon findings of the Stakeholder Assessment, initiate communication training<br />
program.<br />
TRAINING<br />
• Identify trainers/training providers to conduct various training courses planned for next<br />
quarter.<br />
• Update TraiNet.<br />
• Update the Training Database for the 45 IWMDs.<br />
The following training courses are planned for the 4 th quarter:<br />
ID Course Title Task Events Venue<br />
1.1.3.7 BCWUA’s PWM Implementation 1.1 7 East Delta Region<br />
1.3.3.1 Building Staff Capacity 1.3 2 Ismailia & Salhiya<br />
1.3.3.2 Dissemination of Information on<br />
HVCs<br />
1.3 3 E.Dakahlia Directorate<br />
1.3.3.3 Irrigation Systems Workshop 1.3 1 West Belbis District<br />
2.2.3.5 Advanced Computer Skills 2.2 7 East Delta Region<br />
2.2.3.7 Water Resources Inventory 2.3 7 East Delta Region<br />
2.3.3.9 Ground Water Database<br />
(Directorate Version)<br />
2.3.3.11 Ground Water Monitoring Follow-<br />
Up<br />
2.3 5 East Delta Region<br />
2.3 5 East Delta Region<br />
2.3.3.15 Digital Mapping Refresher 2.3 7 East Delta Region<br />
2.3.3.13 District Performance Data<br />
Analysis<br />
2.3 8 East Delta Region<br />
x.x.3.1 Field Survey Data Collection M&E 2 East Delta Region<br />
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PROCUREMENT<br />
• Continue procurement process. Purchase, deliver, and transfer equipment to IWMDs and<br />
IWM directorates in accordance with the procurement plan.<br />
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4. PROBLEMS AND ISSUES<br />
GENERAL<br />
Several issues require attention by MWRI and the project as follows:<br />
1. It appears that there is some confusion among MWRI field staff regarding whether<br />
implementation of IWRM has the support of MWRI top management. As a result, some (a<br />
small minority) of field staff are not following through on activities that are critical to IWRM<br />
which causes delays and substandard outputs.<br />
2. Full integration is not taking place in some areas. EPADP still retains responsibility for<br />
larger drains and retains some staff and equipment.<br />
3. The newly formed IWMDs do not have adequate human and financial resources to function<br />
properly.<br />
4. Staff reassignments and other factors require refresher training and re-training in some cases.<br />
The project will focus on this issue in the remaining life-of-project.<br />
The major problem facing implementation is the lack of staff the project has been working under.<br />
After the Ministry’s Integrated Water Management Unit was disbanded in 2010 it was agreed that the<br />
project would hire MWRI staff on leave without pay (LWOP) to compensate. When such staff were<br />
available, results were good, however there was a time lapse in getting the staff hired initially (6 in all)<br />
and starting in July 2011 all 6 were lost. Only 4 out of the six had been replaced at the end of the<br />
reporting period. Identification of staff to work on the project team and issuing of LWOP decrees<br />
by MWRI has been slow. Approval of salary rates by USAID has been problematic and slow also.<br />
As a result, the project team has been short of staff for most of the quarter.<br />
TASK 1.1: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF BRANCH<br />
CANAL <strong>WATER</strong> USER ASSOCIATIONS<br />
IWRM <strong>II</strong> has made good progress on this Task in many respects. Water Advisory Teams have been<br />
formed at each IWRM directorate and district and are functioning well. All 622 BCWUAs have been<br />
established and are becoming active. Training of the BCWUAs has been delayed somewhat but will<br />
be fully trained before the 2012 summer irrigation season starts. A farmer survey and focus group<br />
sessions with BCWUA board members will be completed in the next quarter and will provide<br />
information to allow further capacity building to be focused to achieve maximum results.<br />
TASK 1.2: SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FINANCING FOR CANAL AND<br />
DRAIN MAINTENANCE<br />
As previously indicated, the mid-term evaluation team’s recommendation to cease further Task 1.2<br />
activity has been accepted by all parties. Therefore, no further work will be performed on this task.<br />
This applies also to Tasks 1.4 and 2.1 and, in part, to 2.4.<br />
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TASK 1.3: IMPROVEMENTS IN <strong>WATER</strong> PRODUCTIVITY AND<br />
EFFICIENCY<br />
There are no major issues affecting project operations at this time. However, it is important to note<br />
that the projects responsibility under this task was disseminating information on the cultivation of<br />
HVCs and the benefits/use of WCTs. IWRM <strong>II</strong> provided support in these important areas. But if<br />
there is to be success in increasing water efficiency on a national scale, continued efforts are needed<br />
to raise farmers awareness and to support them in transitioning to HVCs and adoption of WCTs.<br />
TASK 1.4: WASTE<strong>WATER</strong> REUSE<br />
See note on Task 1.2 above.<br />
TASK 2.1: REGIONAL <strong>WATER</strong> <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong><br />
ORGANIZATIONS<br />
See note on Task 1.2 above.<br />
TASK 2.2: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF <strong>INTEGRATED</strong><br />
<strong>WATER</strong> <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong> DISTRICTS<br />
All 45 IWMDs have been formed, are operational; all are fully staffed at senior level. That said, there<br />
are issues. Among them, timely and adequate availability of financial resources is of particular<br />
importance. The new IWMDs have greater responsibilities than the irrigation districts they replaced.<br />
Therefore, their needs in terms of budget, facilities, and human resources are greater than before. But,<br />
to date MWRI financial and technical support has not been consistent or adequate to assure that the<br />
newly created integrated directorates and districts can function as intended. Among other things, this<br />
has adversely affected installation of ADSL lines, maintenance of equipment provided by the project<br />
and maintenance/repair of MWRIs equipment needed for canal and drain upkeep.<br />
TASK 2.3: ESTABLISHMENT OF INFORMATION <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong><br />
SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE <strong>WATER</strong> <strong>MANAGEMENT</strong><br />
The MISD is not being transmitted from MALR in some cases and the quality of the data<br />
delivered to the IWMDs on bi-weekly bases is suspect in general. This data is the key element of<br />
water management and a solution is needed. The systems developed under the project at the<br />
district and directorate level are suitable for decision making under the scenario of water<br />
distribution by volume. Although MWRI has water management based on volume as part of<br />
their strategy, they are not ready to implement it yet. It is important that staff be encouraged to<br />
continue using the systems developed so that the skills and procedures developed to date will still<br />
exist when the switch to management by volume takes place in future.<br />
TASK 2.4: CAPACITY BUILDING OF MWRI PERSONNEL<br />
There are no major issues at this time.<br />
MONITORING AND EVALUATION<br />
A number of steps need to be taken to obtain reliable data to evaluate project outcomes. These are<br />
well known and efforts to collect the needed information are on-going. However, and unfortunately,<br />
reliable information on cultivated areas, water flows and cropping patterns is still spotty. MWRI<br />
reports that it cannot rely on agricultural data for planning and managing water deliveries. The<br />
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project is intensifying efforts to get reliable data for some pilot areas in order to compute the value of<br />
PMP outcome indicators.<br />
EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND<br />
PARTICIPATION<br />
There are no major issues at this time.<br />
TRAINING<br />
No formal training has been conducted during the months of July and August in compliance with an<br />
MWRI’s decision to postpone the training during the summer cultivation period. While the reasons<br />
for the postponement are understood, the effect has been to retard progress in implementing the<br />
training plan.<br />
Candidates for participation in the remaining three study tours have not been identified to date.<br />
Although the project is not responsible for implementing the study tours, it is mentioned here<br />
because the project has been tasked with supporting the implementation contractor.<br />
PROCUREMENT<br />
There are no issues at this time.<br />
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5. STAFF LEVEL OF EFFORT<br />
The IWRM <strong>II</strong> Long Term resident staff and Short Term professional, technical, and administrative<br />
support staff for the quarter are shown below:<br />
RESIDENT STAFF - EXPATRIATE<br />
NAME<br />
Mr. Andrew Tczap<br />
POSITION<br />
Chief of Party<br />
LOCAL EGYPTIAN<br />
NAME<br />
Eng. Nabil Fawzi<br />
Dr. Wadie Mankarious<br />
Eng. Maher Khodary<br />
Eng. El-Sayed Nagi<br />
Amany Mahmoud<br />
Dahlia Hamdy<br />
Sherihan Radi<br />
Ramy Ghaly<br />
Waleed El Rifaie<br />
POSITION<br />
Senior Water Resource Management Specialist<br />
Senior Organization/Institutional Development Specialist<br />
Senior Water Resource Management Specialist - Zagazig<br />
Senior Water Resource Management Specialist - Mansoura<br />
Office Manager – Cairo<br />
Training Specialist – Cairo<br />
Accountant – Cairo<br />
Regional Office – Zagazig<br />
Regional Office – Mansoura<br />
SHORT TERM STAFF DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD<br />
EXPATRIATE<br />
NAME<br />
Russell Misheloff (IRG)<br />
Dr. Mark Svendsen (IRG)<br />
Dr. Tom Sheng (CADI)<br />
LOCAL EGYPTIAN<br />
NAME<br />
Dr. Moamen El Sharkawy<br />
Eng. Amira Abdel Hady<br />
Eng. Ayman Shedid<br />
Eng. Soha Mostafa<br />
Eng. Elbayoumi Ali EzEldeen<br />
Eng. Akmal Badie Henein<br />
Dr. Walid Yehia Sallam<br />
Dr. Abd El Wahab<br />
Ahnmed Behery<br />
Abdel Bary Bakr<br />
POSITION<br />
IRG Home Office Project Manager<br />
Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist<br />
Management Information Systems Specialist<br />
POSITION (All part-time during the reporting period)<br />
Institutional/Organizational Development Specialist<br />
Institutional/Organizational Development Specialist<br />
Water Management Specialist (Zagazig RO)<br />
Water Information Specialist (Zagazig RO<br />
Water Management Specialist (Mansoura RO)<br />
Water Information Specialist (Mansoura RO)<br />
Agriculture Economist<br />
Crops Agricultural Specialist<br />
Water Management Specialist<br />
Public Awareness & Communication Specialist<br />
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6. STATUS OF FINANCES AND EXPENDITURES<br />
USD Budget<br />
Budget Line Item Budgeted Obligated Current<br />
Claim<br />
(July-Sept.)<br />
Claims to<br />
Date<br />
Projected<br />
Expenses for<br />
Next Quarter<br />
(Oct.-Dec.)<br />
Remaining<br />
Budget<br />
Balance<br />
% Budget<br />
Claimed<br />
Salaries 1,121,498 60,517 858,943 72,000 262,555 77<br />
Overhead and<br />
Fringes<br />
345,848 18,770 333,831 29,000 12,017 96<br />
Consultant Labor 267,212 8,545 83,670 18,500 183,542 31<br />
Other Direct<br />
Costs<br />
676,501 20,712 422,749 20,500 253,752 62<br />
Procurement 525,000 26 227,536 5,000 297,464 43<br />
G&A 611,710 26,600 472,049 35,500 139,661 77<br />
Subcontractors 188,487 38,508 169,250 33,000 19,237 90<br />
Subcontractor<br />
Handling<br />
7,539 1,733 7,293 1,500 246 97<br />
Subtotal 3,743,795 175,411 2,575,321 215,000 1,168,474 69<br />
Fixed Fee 187,190 8,770 128,766 10,750 58,424 69<br />
Adjustments 0 0 -37,471 0 37,471<br />
Total Cost Plus<br />
Fixed Fee<br />
Remaining<br />
Obligation<br />
Balance<br />
% Obligation<br />
Claimed<br />
3,930,985 3,930,986 184,181 2,666,616 225,750 1,264,369 68 1,264,369 68<br />
Source: IRG Invoices # 506101- 31; estimate of 32<br />
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LE Budget<br />
Budget Line Item Budgeted Obligated Current<br />
Claim<br />
(July-Sept.)<br />
Claims to<br />
Date<br />
Projected<br />
Expenses for<br />
Next Quarter<br />
(Oct.-Dec.)<br />
Remaining<br />
Budget<br />
Balance<br />
% Budget<br />
Claimed<br />
Salaries 1,121,498 60,517 858,943 72,000 262,555 77<br />
Overhead and<br />
Fringes<br />
345,848 18,770 333,831 29,000 12,017 96<br />
Consultant Labor 267,212 8,545 83,670 18,500 183,542 31<br />
Other Direct<br />
Costs<br />
676,501 20,712 422,749 20,500 253,752 62<br />
Procurement 525,000 26 227,536 5,000 297,464 43<br />
G&A 611,710 26,600 472,049 35,500 139,661 77<br />
Subcontractors 188,487 38,508 169,250 33,000 19,237 90<br />
Subcontractor<br />
Handling<br />
7,539 1,733 7,293 1,500 246 97<br />
Subtotal 3,743,795 175,411 2,575,321 215,000 1,168,474 69<br />
Fixed Fee 187,190 8,770 128,766 10,750 58,424 69<br />
Adjustments 0 0 -37,471 0 37,471<br />
Total Cost Plus<br />
Fixed Fee<br />
Remaining<br />
Obligation<br />
Balance<br />
% Obligation<br />
Claimed<br />
3,930,985 3,930,986 184,181 2,666,616 225,750 1,264,369 68 1,264,369 68<br />
Source: IRG Invoices # 506101- 29; estimate of 30<br />
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7. LIST OF REPORTS<br />
No. NAME DATE<br />
1 Annual Work Plan Year 1(January – December 2009) March 2009<br />
2 Quarterly Report Year 1: 1st Quarter (January–March 2009) April 2009<br />
3 Economic Feasibility of Alternative Crops with Potential for May 2009<br />
the Reuse of Treated Wastewater in Egypt<br />
4 Communication Plan May 2009<br />
5 IWRM I BCWUA Assessment July 2009<br />
6 Performance Monitoring Plan July 2009<br />
7 Farmer Baseline Survey July 2009<br />
8 MWRI Training Needs Assessment July 2009<br />
9 Quarterly Report Year 1: 2nd Quarter (April – June 2009) July 2009<br />
10 Quarterly Report Year 1: 3rd Quarter (July – September 2009) October 2009<br />
11 Annual Work Plan Year 2 (January–December 2010) December 2009<br />
12 Annual Report Year 1 (January–December 2009) January 2010<br />
13 Quarterly Report Year 2: 1st Quarter (January–March 2010) April 2010<br />
14 Feasibility of Wastewater Reuse with Annexes June 2010<br />
15 Quarterly Report Year 2: 2nd Quarter (April – June 2010) July 2010<br />
16 Quarterly Report Year 2: 3rd Quarter (July –September 2010) October 2010<br />
17 Annual Work Plan Year 3(January–December 2011) December 2010<br />
18<br />
19<br />
20<br />
21<br />
22<br />
23<br />
24<br />
25<br />
Annual Report Year 2 (January–December 2010)<br />
Quarterly Report Year 3: 1 st Quarter (January-March 2011)<br />
Assessment of Communications Needs<br />
Quarterly Report Year 3: 2 nd Quarter (April-June 2011)<br />
Updated Communication Plan<br />
Introducing High Value/Low Water Consumption Crops<br />
Annual Work Plan Year 4 (October 2011-September 2012)<br />
Quarterly Report Year 3: 3 rd Quarter (July-Sept. 2011<br />
January 2011<br />
April 2011<br />
June 2011<br />
July 2011<br />
July 2011<br />
October 2011<br />
October 2011<br />
October 2011<br />
24 Quarterly Report Year 3: 2 nd Quarter (April – June 2011)
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