INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT II - LIFE-IWRMII ...
INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT II - LIFE-IWRMII ...
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2. ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING<br />
THE REPORTING PERIOD<br />
TASK 1.1: FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF BRANCH<br />
CANAL <strong>WATER</strong> USER 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 provided technical support and<br />
Dr. Stan Peabody (IRG), Sociologist, provided expatriate STTA support. Activities carried out during<br />
Year 3 include:<br />
• BCWUA activation Process was ongoing throughout the year. Memorandum of<br />
Understandings (MOU) and Internal Regulations (IR) were completed by BCWUA’s<br />
chairpersons and board members in all 622 associations. The MOUs’ and IRs’ signature and<br />
endorsement by Irrigation Undersecretaries were finalized for 45/45 IWMDs.<br />
• The BCWUAs Activation Follow-up & Development of Integrated Maintenance Plan<br />
Workshop was completed (7/7 events).<br />
• BCWUA Chairpersons IDs were completed and issued to all 622 chairpersons.<br />
• IWMDs and BCWUAs participatory maintenance needs assessments and maintenance<br />
priorities completed for all 622 BCWUAs.<br />
• BCWUA Chairperson Activation Workshops were completed, 9/9 events.<br />
• Action plans were completed for all 622 BCWUAs.<br />
• BCWUAs Women Board Members Orientation was completed 7/7 events.<br />
• BCWUA summer seasonal meeting in Naga Hammadi IWMD (W. Qena general directorate)<br />
was conducted on May 3, attended by Eng. Nabil Fawzi (IRG).<br />
• IRG staff attended the BCWUA’s women board member monthly meetings in East Faquos<br />
and North Aga IWMDs on June 28 & 29 respectively.<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, ١٩٩ meetings were held with<br />
BCWUA women board members. These were attended by 309 of 449 women board<br />
members. An additional (non-board members) 222 women attended those meetings from<br />
the BCWUAs residential areas. Most importantly, many BCWUAs conducted new elections<br />
for their Boards of Directors resulting in 78 women being elected to boards in 42 BCWUAs<br />
that did not have women board members previously.<br />
• Participatory Water Management Phase I training workshops were completed (seven events).<br />
• MWRI (CDIAS) conducted a TNA for the IWRM <strong>II</strong> Water Advisory Teams in the East<br />
Delta region.<br />
8 ANNUAL REPORT YEAR 3 (JANUARY – DECEMBER 2011)