Presentation made by John Metzger, Head of Network Operations at GWP Regional Days Meeting, August 22-24, 2012, Stockholm, Sweden

1. Global Water Partnership
Regional Days - 2012
Results-based planning, monitoring and evaluating
Focus Area 3
Stockholm
22-24 August 2012

2. Objective:
 progress in focus area 3:
• to simplify and integrate the many inputs and
report requests in the GWP work programme
management cycle
• to rationalise the Outcome Mapping aspects so
they are easier to understand and apply
 looking again at the more familiar concepts
and approaches underlying RBM and LFAs
• to enable effective programme implementation
 demonstrate value for money
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3. New documents:
1. Annual Progress Review for 2011 – May 2012
 a new “report”
2. Annual Work Programme Management
Manual – August 2012  a new “manual”
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4. Annual Progress Review 2011
• A succinct yet analytical overview of activities
undertaken and outcomes achieved
• To complement “GWP in Action”
• Based on available M&E data and information:
• GWPO Secretariat
• Technical Committee
• Global thematic priorities
• Regional programmes
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5. Work Programme Management Cycle:
Intentional Design:
Planning
Vision and Mission
Boundary Actors
Desired Outcomes
Progress Markers
Evaluation Implementation
Learning Activities
Reporting Outputs
Monitoring
1) Progress Markers - through
outcome journals
2) Implementation of activities
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6. Overall Progress in
Implementing the Strategy:
1. IWRM Outcomes
2. Influencing change – outcome mapping
progress markers
3. Activities and outputs
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7. IWRM Outcomes:
ref. www.gwptoolbox.org
A. The enabling environment (policies, legal
frameworks and financing and incentives)
B. The institutions and required capacity;
and
C. The management instruments for sharing
data/information, assessing, planning,
negotiating, cooperating, regulating and
financing management and development
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8. IWRM Outcomes:
Outcome level governance tools 2009-2011 Total since
clustered by GWP ToolBox classification Strategy 1998
A Enabling Environment 26 58
Institutional Roles and
B 15 69
Required Capacity
C Management Instruments 48 95
Total: 89 222
• Steady progress during this Strategy and since 1998
• Higher incidences during programme implementation
• Difficult to assess value and links to “benefits”
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9. 2010 2011
Goal 1 Goal 1
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48 43
65
Influencing 36
/
+
39
61
/
+
30
Change:
++ ++
No Info No Info
Goal 2 Goal 2
28
•
34
plausible linkages 40
64
between outputs and 24
/ /
18
outcomes 13
+
++
37 +
++
No Info No Info
• based on monitoring Goal 3 Goal 3
28
and reporting on the 43
35
67
influence on the 40
/ 16 /
boundary actors with 10
+
++
51 +
++
whom GWP is working No Info No Info
Goal 4 Goal 4
to effect behavioural 28 30 30
change 49
25 / 22 /
+ 37 +
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++ ++
No Info No Info
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10. Influencing Change:
• Steady progress in influencing change as
monitored by progress markers – plausible
linkages are there!
• We will not fully address all outcome
challenges during present strategy…
• Focus on outcomes and plausible linkages has
had a positive impact in reporting and mind-set
in the organisation… e.g. “GWP in Action”
• We are not there yet when it comes to clear
links with benefits and value for money
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11. Activities and Outputs:
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12. Activities and Outputs:
• Pattern of activities and the emphasis given to
the strategic areas is similar in 2011 as
compared to the previous years.
• Types of activities under thematic areas vary,
also from region-to-region reflecting regional
priorities and varying levels of maturity and
capacity.
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13. Activities and Outputs:
SE 1.5 Facilitating transboundary cooperation SE 2.1 Climate change
process
process
60
60
50
50
part. others 40 capacity part. others 40 capacity
30 30
20 20
10 10
0 0
meetings awareness meetings awareness
operational products operational products
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14. Network Challenges in 2011:
• Mid-term Strategy Review:
 8 focus areas – to conclude the present strategy
• Making the ”knowledge chain” work:
 Strengthening links between global, regional and
country activities, and with knowledge partners
• The GWP Network – maintaining and
increasing relevance as a global action network
Advocacy and increasingly Implementing IWRM
• Financial Management: 2011 a year of austerity
• Gender and youth strategy – new initiative
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15. Priority thematic highlights:
• Objective for 5 priority thematic areas:
• a coherent “operational strategy”
describing opportunities building on
Network strengths
• Effective links in the “knowledge chain”
from Technical Committee to Regions
and Countries facilitated by GWPO
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16. 1. Financing Water Management:
• Good links to EUWI Finance Working
Group
• Continuing challenge to connect to
national, regional, and global initiatives
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17. 2. Transboundary Cooperation:
• Strengths: TEC and new NO position
• Various initiatives underway globally (e.g.
GWP Dundee scholarship programme)
and regionally
• Coherent “operational strategy” under
development
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18. 3. Adapting to Climate Change:
• Well-developed operational strategy
under implementation through WACDEP
in Africa
 Good e.g. of “implementing IWRM”
• Global influence increasing
• Regional programmes conceptualised –
awaiting funding - DFID
• Challenge: scaling-up in similar
programme in other regions
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19. 4. Food Security:
• Progress: 2 regional/global workshops in
2011
• Challenges:
• still to flesh-out a coherent “operational
strategy”
• provide global leadership
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20. 5. Tackling Urbanisation:
• Progress: Good TEC leadership with
publications on Integrated Urban Water
Management
• Many diverse activities throughout the
network
• Lack of coherent operational strategy –
linked to NO vacancies
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21. Regional highlights:
• In depth reviews for all 13 regions
• Comparing planned vs actual progress
• Analysis of issues: strengths, weaknesses,
challenges, etc.
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22. Response to the May draft:
• Positive response from the SC and FPG
• But we can do better:
• Analysis - enabling discussion of successes,
opportunities, challenges and
recommendations
• What do you think?
• Will this report enable us to improve our
performance?
• Regionally, Globally, Technical Committee
• Is it helpful?
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23. Annual Work Programme
Management Manual – August 2012
• to simplify and integrate the many inputs and
report requests in the GWP work programme
management cycle
• All requests for report by:
• Network operations
• Communications
• Finance
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24. GWPO reports
• 3 annual reports, one annual workplan and
one monthly newsletter:
A. GWP Annual Progress Review
B. Annual Workplan
C. Annual Report – GWP in Action
D. Monthly e-newsletter NewsFlow
E. Annual Financial Report – based on
quarterly reports
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25. Annual Sequence
Workplans and Reports:
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26. Reporting schedule:
Report / Workplan Request date Deadline:
Request A:
Input to Annual Progress Review report 1 October 1 November
see section 2.1
Request B:
Annual Workplan 1 October 1 November
see section 2.2
Request C:
Inputs for Annual Report - “GWP in Action” 15 December 15 January
see section 2.3
Request D:
beginning of each
Monthly Narrative Reports Monthly
month
see section 2.4
Request E: 20th day each of April,
Quarterly Financial Reports Quarterly July, October and
see section 2.5 January
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