The overall objective of the Project as per the Logical Framework of the EAR approved Inception Report is as follows: “To contribute to improved environmental conditions of KOSOVË/KOSOVO and water resources managed in a sustainable manner, meeting EU standards.” The Project’s objectives, contribution and comments, related to the Project environment, are shown in Table 1. Table 1: Contribution to general objectives and risks Purposes Project contribution Comments The technical, institutional and administrative capacity of the Water Department of the MESP in KOSOVO / KOSOVË are consolidated, and their water resource management functions including planning, and regulation are strengthened. All Project activities were designed to contribute to this purpose. The WD and HMIK staff has had many opportunities to increase their capacity. However, several tasks, that are entrusted to these institutions, cannot yet be fulfilled without external support The head of the WD as well as the MESP changed several times, which hampered the project management, policy-making and sector regulations River Basin District Authorities are established and further developed in way that they have adopted a participative approach in their policing activities in accordance with “environmental justice”, minorities’ inclusion and gender mainstreaming principles. A proposal for a subsidiary act was delivered and discussed. The Permanent Secretary of the MESP indicated in October 2009 that the implementation of the proposal will take time. He stated that for the time being governmental authorities are not willing to increase human and financial resources to create new institutions such as River Basin District Authorities. It was expected that the position of the WD the River Basin District Authorities would be clarified and the means of verification was the writing of a subsidiary act of MESP. Figure 1: Project support of data flow from the field to the public domain During the Inception Report a Logical Framework was produced. Several changes were proposed and approved by EAR. Project activities were broken down into six results as follows:
resource planning and administration in KOSOVË / KOSOVO, and the use of participative facilitation, analysis and communication tools. standard forms, capturing them in computers. Staff’s skills on these aspects have improved. training need of administrative staff in outsourcing work and monitoring technical contracts. The Project strategy, as defined during the inception period, relies on the following key elements: To build on existing tools and experience gained in recent years; To support and clarify institutional responsibilities and set up; To involve and report to stakeholders in each key project component; To test methodologies through pilot projects (learning by doing); To respond to emerging needs expressed by the partners; To put emphasis on on-the-job training for know-how transfer; To prepare the continuation of the Project by providing manuals and training, and preparing computer tools handed over to partner staff. The general idea was to build the confidence of partner staff by proceeding step by step and developing their skills in priority areas. This did not mean that mistakes, errors and observed shortcomings were not pointed out. As presented at the end of the inception period, Pilot Projects were designed to develop know-how in new areas and to prepare replication for routine work. The Pilot Projects on biology and groundwater used methods and procedural steps in line with WFD. These are described in Figure 4.
The ToR mentioned different assumptions regarding Project implementation, see Table 13. Table 13: Comments on Project assumptions Assumptions Comments Continuous support and active involvement of the Project’s Beneficiaries. Support has been active especially for data acquisition in pilot projects. Smooth and effective co-operation and interaction between all parties involved in the project. The consultant has supported the definition of roles and responsibilities for each Sufficient support and commitment from the recipient institutions. Weekly meetings were organised. Absorption capacity and technical capability of the institutions to fulfil their commitments. Absorption and technical capacity limited the transfer of know-how especially as far as data control and processing is concerned. Unrestricted access to all available relevant data including maps, water quality and quantity records, etc. Access in WD and HMIK was provided but data from private sources or other institutions were difficult to access. Unrestricted access to any required information relevant to the subject of the project. Generally speaking, access to information was provided. Timely approval of the submitted reports by the authority and timely approval of necessary actions, licenses etc. from the appropriate authorities. There were a few difficulties regarding the procedures for the approval of JSTE experts. In June 2008, these led to the cancellation of the recruitment of JSTE. Additional Assumption Comment The River Basin Councils are established at the beginning of the project. There has not been a high support for establishment of River Basin institutions. Several risks were identified by Project’s ToR including: The poor quality of data; The unwillingness of data-holders to share data freely; The uncertainty regarding the political support to establish River Basin District Authorities.
(€ 150,000) Water Body Delineation Delineate groundwater bodies in other river basins in Kosovo WD to interprete ICMM maps, hydrology and topography. WD Staff for 3 months Check methodology and review the results Hydrogeologist 1 month Activities related to Flood Risk Assessment should be scheduled according to the activity plan given in Figure 6. Following a one-month tendering and evaluation period, a national flood management expert would be charged with initial training on the job, supported by a first mission of the international flood management specialist. Field works would start by the middle of May and continue until the end of September 2010. The analysis of flood risks could start by August once first topographic surveys are completed. All seven assessment studies should be ready for submission by the end of December 2010. Figure 6: Activity schedule for flood risk assessment studies Proving the proposed project activities are being extended to the whole of Kosovo, the overall budget estimate amounts to 3.5 million Euro. Details are given in Table 17 and Appendix 1. Table 17: Budget estimate for the extension of proposed project activities to all Kosovo Budegt GW analysis Well well Flood risk Total Personnel 414,400 € 160,000 € 520,000 € 157,500 € 1,251,900 € International 340,000 € 100,000 € 440,000 € 120,000 € 1,000,000 € National 74,400 € 60,000 € 80,000 € 37,500 € 251,900 € Equipment, services 300,800 € 10,100 € 855,306 € 903,300 € 2,069,506 € Transport, meals 68,448 € 58,800 € 21,520 € 31,950 € 180,718 € Total Budget 783,648 € 228,900 € 1,396,826 € 1,092,750 € 3,502,124 €
need to adopt a participative approach (ensuring minorities’ inclusion and gender mainstreaming) in their policing activities, in accordance with “environmental justice” principles. responsibilities of the River Basin District Authorities are clearly defined, understood and broadly accepted Activity and staffing schedules are prepared, budgets increased and physical assets maintained New permits for water uses within the Drini River basin are issued following broadly accepted water allocation rules and procedures In 2 sub-basins of the Drini River Basin, An inventory of water resources has been completed, mapped Water resource protections zones are identified and delineated River basin management guidelines are adopted by planners administrative instructions in connection with the administration of Kosovo’s water resources Law (Law No. 2004/24). According to paragraph 19.4, the procedures, composition and structure of the River Basin District Authorities shall be determined by the MESP in a Subsidiary Act. However, this still is pending. If the Project wants to achieve its full impact, it will be important to ensure that the issuing of respective administrative instructions will be given high priority on the part of the MESP. Result 1: Information system for integrated water resource management. An integrated water resource data and information management system of the Drini Bardhë/Beli Drim River Basin is established, functional and tested, including the collection, quality control, processing and storage of relevant sets of data and information Information technology at Water Department is functional Relevance, consistency, accuracy and coherence of standardised data stored in a database are assured Meta data and formats are fully compatible Analytical error of data is within the accepted range Sources of analytical errors are detected Information system enables officers of the Water Department to carry out specific queries and Relevance check Consistency checks Data exchange protocols Duplication survey results for water quality parameters All available raw data and information is transparent and willingly shared amongst the project partners. Project partners have access to sufficient resources and capacity to fulfil their tasks with the required accuracy and within set time limitations. In order to test procedures and data quality a successful pilot sub-basin can be completed with the full support of all stakeholders
Staff of the Water Department, River Basin District Authorities and other Project partners are adequately trained and familiar with their specific job requirements. Key training areas include the legal needs (according to international and EU principles and legislation in force in KOSOVË/ KOSOVO), institutional arrangements for water resource planning and administration in KOSOVË/ KOSOVO, and the use of participative facilitation, analysis and tools. authorities and at least 2 municipalities in the Drini i Bardhë/Beli Drim river basin On-the-job training sessions on subjects e.g. Data management Capacity for Data Base and update Capacity to supervise, guide, check data 50% of staff performance scoring equal or better than B. Scoring A: autonomous working level; B: Minimum supervision; C: working under close supervision Project staff allocation schedules On-the-job training proposals On-the-job annual training plans Staff assignment tables Staff (self) appraisal sheets Summary assessment plan they have been trained. Structured on-the-job training is the most suitable approach for effective capacity building
The project organised several study tours to EU Member States including France and Bulgaria, in which best practices in subjects such as hydrology, laboratory analysis and management as well as river basin management were shown to groups of five to ten water professionals from Kosovo. ALL pilot training activities have raised the professional capacity in terms of skills and judgement of individual staff members and partners in terms of judgement capacity and confidence. Considerable progress has been made in the field of stakeholder participation which is an important element of the Water Framework Directive. While staff’s skills on these aspects have improved, further support will be needed to carry out more complex analytical tasks, planning and project management. Some tasks could be outsourced in the coming years.
Annex 8: Detailed list of project output and achievements Requirements Products delivered Availability Comments on achievements Result 1 Output for Water Information System Technical reports Current data status report Annex 19 QR3- Describes existing and missing data. Data requirements and recommendations for each type of data set. Project results – Report Technical Report on The Water Information system Annex 22 Final Report Presentation of the different tools produced and their characteristics, the training delivered and the hand over process. www.kosovo-water.eu Password protected Project results - Report Metadata Data catalogue Characteristics of the data web-based application in three languages hosted in Ministry of Public Service. Geographical information system GIS files and maps CD handed over to MESP, Project computer handed over to Water Depart ArcGIS files. A licence of Arc-GIS software has been purchased under the Incidental Budget (EAR approval). Databases Sql-GIS database on permit issuing Computer of the WD, permit issuing unit The database was designed by the project on SqL. It includes a GIS component to locate the area concerned by the permit. A useful future development would be to link this application to other databases. Databases for WFD Computer of Besim DOBRUNA – WFD unit in Water Depart The database was initially started by the Project then transferred to the WFD unit which is developing the functionalities and filling it with data. The Project assisted and controlled these efforts. GIS data quality control Corrected GIS files Files of the GIS systems handed over Different GIS files did not overlap or correspond. Corrections have been made.
Requirements Products delivered Availability Comments on achievements ToR for surface monitoring Annex 21 - Quarterly Report 5 The financial and human resources, for development WFD compatible monitoring programme for river water bodies and Christian EBEL Annex 13 - Quarterly Report 6 Groundwater bodies have been estimated. ToR for groundwater monitoring Juergen DOMROESE Password protected Project results - Report The bidding document for boreholes drilling for monitoring purpose Annex 10 – Quarterly Report 6 A document including all the specific tables for pricing and the description of the different drilling case has been delivered. Malcolm ASHWORTH Password protected Project results - Report Maps Monitoring sites for hydrology, water quality and macro-invertebrates Water bodies maps Proposals of location of monitoring sites. Land use maps Download - maps Results of the groundwater pilot project presenting the water body main characteristics in the Istok region. Elfete KRASNIQI Malcolm ASHWORTH,