A Proposed IPSI Collaborative Activity:	  	  IWRM	  for	  Sustainable	  	  Communities	  	  Piloting the use of use of IWRM tools to help sustain
resilient socio-ecological production landscapes

Clusters:

1,2,4 & 5

Timeframe:

2011

Contact:

Declan Hearne

Email:

helpdavao@gmail.com

IPSI Members:

HELP Davao Network with open
invitation for collaboration withother IPSI member

Introduction
The HELP Davao Network is a network of individuals and organizationscommitted to work collectively for management of water for all. Since 2004,
the Network has focused on assisting stakeholders to have access to soundscience that can be used for guiding complex decisions and hard choices
related to the wise management of water. These efforts have been recognised byinternational bodies including UNESCO, ADB and the IUCN.
In order to progress the management of water resources a Davao Water
Partnership (DWP) was forged in late 2010 through the signing of MOU. ThisMOU severs a framework for collaborative action for better and land and water
management. The HELP Davao Network now proposes a IPSI Collaboration
Activity (CA) as based on the Paris Declaration on the Satoyama Initiative. The
aim of this CA is to: pilot the use of use of IWRM tools to help sustain resilientsocio-ecological production landscapes in the upper watersheds of the DavaoRegion. The CA will be entitled “IWRM for Sustainable Communities.”
This CA will be achieved through collaboration with existing members of theDWP who have established relationship and ongoing programs with indigenous
communities in the upper watersheds of the Davao Region. This CA will be
implemented as a component under the existing HELP Davao Network program
focused on the customisation of IWRM at the River Basin level. The “IWRM for
Sustainable Communities” CA will focus on delivering the following objectives:
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To assess how IWRM policy’s has effected two key socio-ecologicalproduction systems in Davao;
To document how indigenous traditions and customs effect use of land
and water resources
To uses IWRM tools to present appropriate land use planning tools at
the sub basin level;

This project will build upon existing resources, such as the UNESCO IWRM
Guidelines, to develop locally appropriate tools and approaches that provoke
and stimulate local actors to help existing systems work more effectively andidentify components of the system where change, or harmonization, is required.
This will be achieved through the development of local guidelines in a multi
disciplinary approach, and will include documentation of social learning’s,
development of locally specific modules for IWRM, and the delivery of trainings
to a range of local actors including local government agencies, civil societies,
academe, businesses, farmers and schools. The integration of online social
learning will also be piloted for selected case studies.

Project implementation
The Collaboration Activity is envisaged to be a cross cutting activity with four ofthe five clusters as based on the Paris Declaration on the Satoyama Initiative.
The identified clusters are: Cluster 1. Knowledge Facilitation; Cluster 2. Policy
Research: Cluster 4: Capacity Building and Cluster 5. On-the-ground Activities.

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An Implementation Plan highlighting the key process step required to develop
the local training Manual and delivery the associated workshop trainings has
been developed. The plan also highlights management concerns and the steps
that will be taken to ensure the outputs true reflect local context, experiences
and needs.

Documenting	  local	  case	  studies	  Developing	  localized	  training	  moduels	  for	  IWRM	  Publish	  of	  training	  Manual	  and	  host	  a	  Intenational	  training	  workshop	  Figure 1: Key Milestone for project delivery.

The project will build upon existing resources (Davao based plans, frameworks,projects etc) with the aim of developing locally appropriate tools andapproaches that provoke and stimulate local actors to help the existing systems
work more effectively and identify components of the system where change, orharmonization, is required.

Linkage and institutional collaboration
Project activities will target local government at the City and Regional levels inan effort to build their capacities to support the efforts by communities,academe, civil society and business towards developing and delivering IWRM
that enhances or support the development of socio ecological production
landscapes. A proactive strategy of collaboration and engagement of end users
beyond the current ‘reactive issues based engagements’ will be used for deliveryof the project.
This project is considered to be a capacity building exercise that is enhancedwith innovative approaches from social learning theory. The project will be
realized by developing and delivering the training tools through a sociallearning process, where the outputs are not seen as an ends, but milestonealong the Davao Water Journey. The posting of the case studies online is a
critical step to encourage continued learning and open access to the knowledge
generate in the project.

Funding
The project is funded in accordance with the UNESCO major programme II,
Main line of Action II.2.1. “Promoting the Sustainable Management andConservation of Freshwater, Terrestrial Resources and Biodiversity.” The project
shall take specific reference to the IHP VII (2008-2013) focus area on “Capacity
Development for Improved Governance: enhanced legislation for wise
stewardship of water resources.”	  3Appendix 1: Project Goal, Outcome and Output
Goal: To pilot the use of use of IWRM tools to help sustain resilient socio-ecologicalproduction landscapes in the upper watersheds of the Davao Region.
Outcome: Knowledge and awareness of socio-ecological production landscapes - theory,
tools, and Practices are enhanced in the Davao River Basins
Output 1: To assess how IWRM policy’s have effected two key socio-ecologicalproduction systems in Davao;
 DWP Meeting are used a key venue for steering project activities andtracking progress of project delivery
 Review of policies in the Philippines that guide water management
 Review of existing land & water related programs in Davao River Basins Identify priority issues to be included in the case study Interviews are conducted to gain first insights in to effects of current IPcustoms and policies
 2 local Case Studies are drafted
Output 2:Output 3:basin level;

To document how indigenous traditions and customs affect use of land andwater resourcesWith partners identify and develop local case studies and modules

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Draft Training modules and case studies are made available online in local
media print

A suitable platform is identified for hosting the modules

A suitable host is identified to manage the online modules

To uses IWRM tools to present appropriate land use planning tools at the sub	  DWP Meetings are used a key venue for steering project activities andtracking progress of project delivery
Appropriate local tools are identified to be adapted for IWRM as training
tools
Local and international HELP actors are tapped as resources persons for thedelivery of a training in Davao
The Training Manual is formal launched at a international training