SOCIO-ECONOMIC, INTERFACING & MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: CURRENT ACTIVITIES BB Wolff-Piggott Independent Specialist Department: Water Affairs and Forestry Chief Directorate: Integrated Water Resources Planning Directorate: Water Resources Planning Systems 21 February 2004

STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION n Overview n Activities n Proposed Schedule n Questions

OVERVIEW Themes n Information management systems –Socio-economic –General n Reviews of methodologies and information n Interfacing n Management systems n User support and training

Information Management Systems Motivation n Promote sharing of information n Promote reuse of information n Reduce cost n Promote cooperation between WMIs

Information Management Systems Activities: Socio-economic n Current PT2&3 n Preliminary assessments: Population and Scenarios IMS PT1 n EconView Technical Support n Envisaged PT2 n Detailed business analysis: Population IMS PT10:3&4 n Prototyping: Population and Scenarios IMS

Information Management Systems Activities: General systems n Current PT4 n Maintenance: GIS Viewer PT6 n Stakeholder: Liaison

Reviews of methodologies and information Motivation Reviews of methodologies and information Motivation n Inform planning process of strengths and weaknesses of : –scientific methodologies –information sets n Provide metadata to assist ongoing use/assessment n Promote transparency n Promote efficiency n Provide specialised planning support information

Reviews of methodologies and information Activities Reviews of methodologies and information Activities n Current PT2:2 n Socio-economic data set review PT10:5-6 n Evaluation of IWRP scenarios vs Census 2001 n Envisaged PT10:1-2 n Methodology reviews: Population scenario models and Scenario update methodology PT10:7-9 n Preliminary Scenario Update

Interfacing Motivation n Cost reduction n Cooperation n Efficiency –Update once, share –Reduce duplication and cost

Interfacing Activities n Envisaged PT 7 n Investigation of RDM Interfacing

Management systems Motivation Management systems Motivation n Improve efficiency n Support activity-based performance management n Improve performance reporting

Management systems Activities Management systems Activities n Current PT8 n Roll-out of new versions: BudSys and PresSys n UseSys: Review of user interface

User support and training Motivation User support and training Motivation n Provide specialist support for using systems n Data management n Develop a user base

User support and training Activities User support and training Activities n Current PT9 n Survey available geographic information n Updating of training materials n Training

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