INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT II - LIFE-IWRMII ...

not be considered final. The project cannot utilize resources from the private sector to perform
quality assurance on the maps due to restrictions on sharing data with IRG. Therefore, we have been
discussing the possibility of using the Ministry Information Center for this. Workload and other
considerations have made MICs response inadequate. The project will continue to search for a way
to perform the needed quality assurance effort but no solution exists as of the writing of this report.
TASK 2.4: CAPACITY BUILDING OF MWRI PERSONNEL
The project will not meet the objectives of this Task due to issues that arose in the early stages of the
project that were never overcome. Out of 50 MWRI personnel programmed for enrollment in the
M.S. Program, only 36 were identified by MWRI to participate. Only 20 of the 36 were accepted by
universities and have been enrolled in M.S. programs. Two of the 20 participants have graduated to
date and the project will continue to support the remaining 18 that are still pursuing their degrees.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Data collection has been slower than expected due to delays in installing the relevant data bases. In
some cases the accuracy of data in-hand is suspect (MISD, cropped area) and in other cases the data
must be back-calculated. The project is focusing on improving the quantity and quality of the M&E
data and reasonable results are expected when the final M&E report is issued.
EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION
No problems or issues to report.
TRAINING
Because of summer water shortages and the need to have district staff in the field full time, MWRI
requested all June, July and August 2011 training be postponed until September. In previous years,
training was suspended for one month in summer and proceeded at a reduced pace in the other
summer months. This postponement this year delayed implementation of certain components of the
training program. IWRM II and MWRI are aware of this situation and accelerated the training
program starting in September and the original program is close to being back on schedule. New
training courses have been identified and will be conducted in Year 4 without detriment to the
project schedule and outputs.
PROCUREMENT
Practically all the required commodities were procured in Years 1 & 2. Cost containment principles
were put in place and the total cost to date has been significantly less than budgeted. It has been
agreed to procure additional equipment for IWRM II directorates/districts with the remaining
budget and also to procure replacement equipment for the IWRM I districts and directorates. This
will required accelerated procurement to have everything purchased, delivered and installed prior
to contract completion but no problem is foreseen in that regard.
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