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2. ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD GENERAL • H.E. MWRI Dr. Hussein El-Atfy resigned. Dr. Hesham Kandil, MWRI Head of The Nile Sector, was appointed as the new Minister of MWRI on 18 July. • A ministerial decree was issued on 9 August adding Dr. Khaled Toubar to the IWRM II Steering Committee. • A ministerial decree was issued on 16 August naming Dr. Toubar as the Project Coordinator in addition to his position as General Director for Design and Barrage Safety under the Reservoir and Grand Barrage Sector. TASK 1.1: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF BRANCH CANAL WATER USERS’ ASSOCIATIONS Eng. Nabil Fawzi (LTTA, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist) is the IRG coordinator for this task. Dr. Moamen El Sharkawy and Eng. Amira Abdel Hady, both Local Institutional/Organizational Development Specialists, are providing support on a short-term, consultant basis. Activities carried out during the reporting period include: • The BCWUAs activation process is ongoing. • BCWUA Chairpersons IDs have been completed for 613 of the 622 chairpersons and is ongoing. The remaining 9 IDs are lacking signatures by the Undersecretary. • IWMD and BCWUA participatory maintenance needs assessments and maintenance priorities have been updated for 2011/2012 by all of the 622 BCWUAs. • Action plans have been completed for all of the BCWUAs that require them. • BCWUA women board members attended meetings with IWMD water advisory women staff and received training in their roles and responsibilities and water quality related awareness activities. Within the 45 IWMDs and 622 BCWUAs, 199 meetings were held with BCWUA women board members. These were attended by 309 of 449 women board members. An additional 222 women attended those meetings from the BCWUAs residential areas. Most importantly, many BCWUAs conducted new elections for their Boards of Directors resulting in 78 women being elected to boards in 42 BCWUAs that did not have women board members previously. • Participatory Water Management Phase I training workshops were completed (seven events). • MWRI (CDIAS) conducted a training needs assessment (TNA) for the IWRM II Water Advisory Teams in the East Delta region. • Water Advisory Team coordination meetings were held (4 events). The status of the BCWUAs as of the end of the reporting period is provided below. 6 Quarterly Report Year 3: 3 rd Quarter (July - September 2011)
Status of BCWUAs Yr 3, Qtr 3 Directorate IWMDs MWRI Area (d) BCs BCWUA Users BCWU As Formed Board Members & Decrees MOU Internal Reg. Needs Assessment Maint. Priorities ID Cards Action Plan Damietta 2 59,243 61 24,567 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 Elsalam 4 221,130, 97 17,598 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 E. Dakahlia 8 355,124 329 137,328 141 141 141 141 141 141 138 139 S. Dakahlia 5 198,795 127 299,302 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 Ismailia 6 302,500 61 20,864 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 49 Salhia 7 457,558 99 201,951 82 82 82 82 82 82 76 82 E. Sharkia 5 211,233 187 72,542 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 Qualubia 8 357,748 259 530,200 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 Total 45 2,163,331 1220 1,304,352 622 622 622 622 622 622 613 620 Elected The following table presents the status of the Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) indicators. Task 1.1 PMP Indicators and Targets Task Indicator Units Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Target Actual Target Actual Yr 3 Target Actual Qtr 3 1.1 Formation and Development of Branch Canal Water Users’ Associations (BCWUAs) 1.1.a 1.1.b 1.1.c 1.1.d 1.1.e Number of IWMDs with staffed Water Advisory Teams Number of GDs with staffed Water Advisory Teams Percent of planned BCWUAs established by ministerial decree Percent of BCWUAs with maintenance priorities and action plans Percent of BCWUAs monitoring and reporting on branch canal water supply Number 0 45 45 45 45 45 45 Number 0 8 8 8 8 8 8 Percent 0 50 0 100 100 100 100 Percent 0 0 0 50 0 100 100 Percent 0 0 0 50 0 100 0 New indicators were suggested by USAID to qualitatively measure performance of BCWUAs. It was agreed by USAID and IRG to monitor this through the use of farmer surveys and focus group discussions after which IRG issued an addendum to the PMP. For BCWUAs, the indicators to be evaluated are: 1) Governance processes; 2) Accountability and participation; and 3) Operational performance. These will be reported on starting with the next quarterly progress report. TASK 1.2: SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FINANCING FOR CANAL AND DRAIN MAINTENANCE In compliance with a USAID mid-term evaluation recommendation and MWRI concurrence, the project has ceased further activity under this Task. TASK 1.3: IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY Dr. Wadie Fahim Mankarious (LTTA Senior Organization/Institutional Development Specialist) is the IRG coordinator for this task. He is supported by several local consultants including: Dr. Ahmed Behery, On Farm Irrigation Specialist; Dr. Walid Sallam, Agricultural Economist; and Dr. Abd El Wahab, Crops Agricultural Specialist. Activities carried out during the report period include: • Continued monitoring of the activities in the two pilot areas. Quarterly Report Year 3: 3 rd Quarter (July - September 2011) 7
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