3rd Asian Water Cycle Symposium
2-4 December 2007
Oita, Japan

Integrated Capacity Building
Programme

Pich Sambo
Regional Flood Management and Mitigation CenterMekong River Commission

Vision and Mission
VISION for the Mekong River Basin•

An economically prosperous, socially just andenvironmentally sound Mekong River BasinVISION for the Mekong River Commission••

A world class, financially secure, International River Basin
Organisation
Serving the Mekong countries to achieve the basin Vision

MISSION of the Mekong River Commission•To promote and coordinate sustainable management anddevelopment of water and related resources for thecountries’ mutual benefit and the people’s well-being.

MRC Division/Programme
Mekong River Commission
Secretariat(Technical and Administrative Support)

The Context
All Programmes

All Sections

All Divisions

Human Capacity Development••Capacity building is a continuous process
All level of staff

Introduction'Capacity Building' is widely regarded as the key strategy inensuring sustainable water sector development. The conceptof Capacity Building was defined in the Delft Declaration during
the 1991 UNDP symposium on "Water Sector Capacity
Building" by its three elements:
The creation of an enabling environment with appropriate
policy and legal frameworks;• Institutional development, including community participation;and• Human resources development and the strengthening ofmanagerial systems.
These three elements are equally important.
•Integrated Capacity Building
Programme - ICBP
Why an MRC Integrated Capacity Building Programme
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MRC is developing very rapidly + ambitions are high
Need for training is large and diverse.
Many different training activities are going on and being planned,
but there is overlap and inefficiency.
People suffer ‘workshop tiredness’.
Training of people is not yet in context of human resources
development plan.
There is lack of quality assurance.

Integrated Capacity Building
Programme
Objective and scope•

The objective of this preparation is to develop a long-term
Integrated MRC Training Programme based upon a MRC
Integrated Training Strategy in order to develop a critical massof human resources at the MRCS, NMCs and national line
agencies that ensures effective and sustainable developmentof the water and environmental resources in the Lower
Mekong region according to the shared concepts of Integrated
Water Resources Management.

ICBP Objective
Overall objective•

To improve the capacity of the MRC to implement its Mission
and play a leading role in water resource development andmanagement•To increase the professional capacity and expertise for staffof MRCS, NMCs and LAs

Immediate objective•To strengthen the capacity of MRCS, NMCs, LA in all fields
leading to effective IWRM and IRBM.

MRC Strategic Goals 2006-2010
Contributing to the Millennium Development Goals

To support Member States for more effective use of the Mekong’s water and relatedresources to alleviate poverty while protecting the environment

GOAL 1:

GOAL 2:

GOAL 3:

To promote andTo enhance effectiveTo strengthen basinsupport coordinated,regional cooperation
wide environmental
sustainable, and promonitoring and impact
poor investment andassessment
4.4 pro-poor
To maintainpartnership with leading organizations,development

universities and civil society stakeholders for programmefocused collaboration of common interest

GOAL 4:To strengthen theIntegrated Water
Resources
Management capacityand knowledge baseof the MRC bodies,
NMCs and Line
Agencies and otherstakeholders

4.5 To strengthen the human resources capacities of theMRC, NMCs and the Line Agencies
ICBP is fit in Goal 4

Target Group•The target group focuses at is staff of the MRCS, NMCs andstaff at national line agencies insofar involved in MRC activities.

ICBP Structure

O-i-C
SecretaryP.OP.OPMPAICBP Stakeholders
ICBP Stakeholders include:• MRC Secretariat,• 4 National Mekong Committees,• National Line Agencies• Universities, training institutes within riparian countries,

regional and International

Training Needs Assessment-TNA••••

Required human capacity within MRCS, NMCs and National
Line Agencies to fulfill MRC's mission
Available human capacity
Capacity gaps and training needs
Focus on core competency required for Integrated Water
Resource Management (IWRM) / Integrated River BasinManagement (IRBM)

Five-step Approach

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Which training needs?
Which training methods?
How to organize?
Which priorities?
How to fund?

•Who to attend? Executive / Director,Programme managers, Programme staff,
Supporting staff?

Training Approach
Modalities of training
Class room training• formal education (use of existing university programmes)• informal education (not-degree related)On-the-job training• instruction (specific job-related)• individual coachingE-learning• individual use of electronic tools (through pc, www)
Internship: Junior Riparian Professional Project, other interns
Others: exposure tours, study visit

Training ApproachModulesModules• unit of training• flexibly applicable• modules can be used as ‘building blocks’
Length of module• A-modules: 2 to 3-days for upgrading• B-modules: 2 to 3-weeks for in-depth education, Bmodules can build up to a Masters degree

Training Institutions••••

MRC Secretariat
National Universities
Regional Universities
International Specialized Universities

Example of B-Module
Integrated river basin planning and management• Watershed planning and management• Natural resources planning• Socio-economic aspects of planning• Strategic planning process• Consultation and advisory processes
Integrated water resources management• Hydrology (incl. in floodplains)• Water quality management• Water sector assessment• Water allocation• Trans-boundary water management• Water law and institutions

Example of B-Module
Management support tools•••••

Environmental monitoring
Database management / GIS
River basin modelling (DSF)
Policy analytical techniques
Management Information Systems

Environmental management••••

Aquatic eco-systems
Water-land-ecosystem processes
Integrated resource and environmental planning and management
Environmental Impact Assessment and review

Flood management and mitigation•••

Climatology / meteorology
Flood forecasting
Early warning system and preparedness

Implementation Arrangement

Implementation phase•
Year 1 Programme definition:- Who, what, when?
- Choice of the national nodes•
Year 2 Phased implementation + Building capacity at the nationalnodesFunding
Rough cost estimate for implementation phase (year 1-6)•••

Programme definition
Capacity building program
Phased implementation•

Total: 29 million USD.

0.2 – 0.4 million USD
0.5 – 1.0 million USD/yr
towards 8 million USD/yr
at full implementation

Rough cost estimate after year 6• 8 million USD/yr

Funding
Funding of implementation phase: year 1-6•••

Programme definition
Capacity building program
Phased implementation

100% by external donor
100% by external donor
50% by external donor
30% by MRC programmes
20% by national governments

Funding after year 6••

50% by MRC programs
50% by national governments:

Quite a challenge!

Project title

Start dateEnd date

BudgetBalance(US$ 1,000)(US$ 1,000)

Donor(s)Projects signedUNDP contribution to Capacity
Building on Water Utilization

20/04/01

31/12/05

1000UNDP

Sweden contribution to Junior
Riparian Professional
Project

01/01/04

31/12/06

2170

Sweden01/12/04

30/11/07

280

180

New Zealand

01/01/07

31/12/10

1,793

N/A

N/A

New Zealand contribution toGender Mainstreaming
ProjectProjects in preparation
New Junior Riparian Professional
Scheme (JRP Project
phase 2)

Projects of the BDP project database
To be identified

ICBP Progress
Work Programme 2006-07• Component 1: Integrated Training Component• Component 2: Junior Riparian Professional Project• Component 3: Gender Mainstreaming in Water andRelated Resources Development in the Lower
Mekong BasinICBP Activities in 2007
• Training of MRC staff on MRC’s budget• Gender Mainstreaming Project• Fund Raising for JRP project and ICBPFuture Direction
ICBP Activities in 2008•

Training of MRC, NMCs & LA staff on MRC’s budget•

Junior Riparian Professional Project•

Gender Mainstreaming Project•

ICBP Programme Formulation and PIP•

Internships programme•

Orientation for new staff

More Than ICBP•••

Training activities in other on-going programmes: Water
Utilisation, Environment, Flood Management and Mitigation,
Operating Expense Budge (OEB) training
Other training opportunities: national/regional/international
institutions

Keep staff informed of training
http://intra.mrcmekong.org

Conclusion•••

The ICBP is comprehensive and covers and coordinates
all of training activities in MRC
Wide range of topics related to IWRM/IRBM are includedin the programme for its staff
However, the ICBP is separated from other development
programmes; difficult to get funding from donors.
Component approach is preferred for specific project.

Thank you very much foryour kind attention