1. Community–Driven Water Resource Management (CDWRM) Experiences from the SADC Region Jonathan Chisaka

2. Water Resource Management
Community-Driven
Water Resource Management
(CDWRM)
This approach has been pilot tested in five SADC countries, supported by SADC Regional Water Sector Programme/DANIDA
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Swaziland
Zambia

3. What is CDWRM?
An innovative participatory, demand driven approach to rural water supply and management.
Builds capacities of communities to develop and manage their water resources
Improves access to water for multiple uses

4. What is CDWRM - ctd? Improves the livelihoods of the rural poor
Contributes to all eight millennium development goals directly and indirectly

5. A seven-steps process with all stakeholders
Communities:
high-quality articulation of needs, planning and implementation
Intermediate level, esp. local government:
responding to the needs
National level:
supporting the response

6. Setting up Project Framework
Responsible
Organization
Phases
Project Steps
Support agencies
Condi
tion
Setting up Project Framework
Initial
Step One: Mobilizing support
Continuous ‘Step’ Seven: Participatory monitoring
Step Two: Selecting Communities
Communities &facilitation
Planning
Step Three: Community scoping and capacity building
Step Four: Visioning process
Implementation
Step Five: Detailed action plans
Step Six: Implementing

7. Step One: Mobilizing support
Initial phase by support agencies within a project framework (funding, period, area)
Step One: Mobilizing support

8. Initial phase - ctd by support agencies
Step Two:
Selecting Communities

9. Step Three: Community scoping and capacity building
Planning phase by communities, with facilitation
Step Three: Community scoping and capacity building

10. Planning phase - ctd by communities, with facilitation
Step Four:
Visioning process

11. Planning phase - ctd by communities, with facilitation
Step Five:
Detailed action plans
Matching prioritized activities and budgets
Specifying actions, roles and responsibilities
Technical feasibility studies
Selection service providers and contracts
It is important that communities know the budget!

12. Step Six: Implementing
Implementation phase by communities, with facilitation
Step Six: Implementing

13. Access to water from multiple sources for multiple uses

14. Participatory monitoring and evaluation
Continuous Step Seven: Participatory monitoring
& livelihood impact assessment
This is a continuous process, it presents opportunities to learn from the process
Monitoring infrastructure operation and maintenance
Monitoring livelihoods impacts
Envisioning new improvements in community-driven water resource management

15. Lessons learnt
Communities are always willing to manage their water resources, they only lack capacity.
Involvement of communities in the planning process in important.
Local leadership’s involvement in the process contributes to effective. management of water resources.

16. THANK YOU!