Transcript The GEWAMED Project

The GEWAMED Project
“Mainstreaming Gender Dimensions
into Water Resources Development
and Management in the Mediterranean
Region”
By
Juan Antonio Sagardoy Alonso
GEWAMED Project Manager
CIHEAM-MAI-Bari, Italy
Email : [email protected]
WASAMED Conference,MAI-Bari, 14-17 February
The mission of GEWAMED
To build and disseminate an extensive
knowledge base for mainstreaming
gender dimensions into IWRM in the
Mediterranean Region.
How the GEWAMED project
works?
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It is a Coordinated Action (CA)
 Financed by the INCO Programme of the EC
 Within the 6th Framework Research Programme
 Addressed to the Mediterranean Region
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Coordinated Actions promote :
 New knowledge through networking,
 Exchange of information and sinthesize
knowledge
 Act as a forum for discussion
 Disseminate knowledge.
The GEWAMED project has started on 15 February
2006 with a duration of 4 years.
Why a project like GEWAMED ?
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The GEWAMED is to some extend the
response to a SSA Project called INGEDI
(108 000 €) undertaken in 2004.
 The INGEDI project identified the following
major gender issues :
 lack of coordination mechanisms among relevant
institutions and related bodies
 lack of institutional support for information
dissemination.
 lack of coordination among women programmes.
 insufficient knowledge among men and women
about their own rights.
Why a project like GEWAMED ?
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Scarce access to information and technology
(particularly in the sanitation area).
 limited political commitment in integrating
gender dimensions in water-related policies,
legislations and programmes.
 few initiatives undertaken to ensure women’s
participation in water-related decisionmaking.
 lack of skills and knowledge in promoting
gender mainstreaming in integrated water
resources management.
INGEDI Recommendations
Establishment of a Mediterranean network
to be interlinked with national ones.
2. develop information and communication
strategies.
3. develop a national agenda for
mainstreaming of gender issues in water
resources.
4. undertake national seminars and workshops
with women associations and government
agencies.
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INGEDI Recommendations
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6.
7.
provide information at all levels addressing issues
on water and sanitation, and risk assessment.
capacity building on gender analysis and
participatory tools in water resources management.
sensitise policy-makers on the importance of
integrating a gender perspective in integrated water
resources management.
The GEWAMED Project is a partial response to these
recommendations
GEWAMED objectives
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2.
3.
Building a national and regional shared knowledge
base on gender issues, policies, actions and
measures to support gender mainstreaming in all
processes related to IWRM.
Enhance the cooperation and dialogue among
Mediterranean countries but also within each
country.
Contribute to the adoption of national policies and
other related instruments for mainstreaming gender
dimensions in IWRM.
Main activities undertaken
Related to Strategic Objective 1: Building a national and
regional shared knowledge base
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Establishment of a Regional Internet web site
containing a structured Data Base with
gender-water related information.
www. Gewamed. net
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Establishment of national web sites in at least
6 South-East Mediterranean Region (SEMR)
countries
SEMR countries are:
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan,
Lebanon,
Morocco,
Palestine,
Syria,
 The following national websites are being
established: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan,
Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Tunisia.
 Sections dedicated to GEWAMED activities
are established in the partners of France,
Greece, Italy, Cyprus
Tunisia and Turkey.
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Proposal for gender indicators for monitoring
gender mainstreaming into water resources
management.
Main activities undertaken
Related to Strategic Objective 2: Enhance the cooperation and
dialogue at regional and national level
1.
2.
3.
Organization of Regional Workshops:
1.
Regional kick off workshop (February
2006),
2.
Mainstreaming a gender dimension in
water management for food security and
food safety (March 2007),
3.
Mainstreaming a Gender Dimension
in Water Management for Rural
Development (February 2008 ).
and one International Conference that will
be held at the end of project life (2009)
Main activities undertaken
Related to Strategic Objective 2: Enhance the cooperation and
dialogue at regional and national level
Role of Women in Water Resources
Management, with Focus on Irrigated
Agriculture in the Middle East and
North Africa Countries, organised by
l’Institut Agronomique de Tunisie (INAT)
and FAO, 18 to 20 April 2006.
Women, Environment and Sustainable Development,
organised by the Andalusia Women Institute (AWI) 8 and 9
June 2006, in Islatilla Huelva, Spain.
IWRM Science Communication for Impact Workshop-cumTraining, 20 to 22 June 2006.
Planning Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in IWRM in
the Arab Region, 4-6 July 2006 in the UN-House of Beirut,
Lebanon.
Main activities undertaken
Related to Strategic Objective 2: Enhance the cooperation and
dialogue at regional and national level
 Euro-Mediterranean Non-Governmental Platform, from 12
to 14 July 2006 in Paris, France.
Training Programme on Gender Role in Extension and Water
Awareness 7 – 21 September 2006 in Amman, Jordan.
 Water Cooperation Session in Mediterranean River Basins,
5th of November 2006 in Athens, Greece.
6th Convention of the Women of the Earth, 14th of November
2006, in Rome, Italy.
Gender special session on“Mainstreaming Gender in IWRM:
Monitoring and Evaluation” was organised by GEWAMED
and Gender and Water Alliance in the occasion of the 3rd
Arab Water Regional Conference: “Research
Advancement in Managing Limited Water Resources”, in
Cairo, Egypt, from 9 to 11 December 2006.
Main activities undertaken
Related to Strategic Objective 2: Enhance the cooperation and
dialogue at regional and national level
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GEWAMED project is interacting with other EU Research projects
dealing with water resources that also focus on information, knowledge
management to promote coordination and exchange of experiences
INECO
WADI
MELIA
AQUASTRESS
NOSTRUM
and International Org.s like
FAO,
IFAD
GWA
Main activities
Related to Strategic Objective 3: Contribute
to the adoption of gender national policies
and other related instruments.
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Undertake and organize national seminars in
the SEMR countries to sensitise politicians
and decision-makers on gender issues.
Preparation of plans for using and
disseminating the knowledge generated by
the project.
Project Management
Project participants
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A total of 18 institutions from 14
Mediterranean Countries of which:
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9 Governmental institutions
2 International organizations
7 NGOs
9 Countries of the SEMR and 5 EU
countries
 Some institutions have good experience in
water and others in gender but few in both.
List of participating institutions
Partic. Participant name
No.
Participant short
name
Country
1
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute- Bari
CIHEAM- MAIB
Italy
2
Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée pour le
Développent
CREAD
Algeria
3
National Water Research Center- Strategic Research
Unit
NWRCMWRI/SRU
Egypt
4
Faculty of Agriculture University of Jordan-
UJ-FA
Jordan
5
Association Marocaine de Solidarité et de
Dèveloppement
AMSED
Morocco
6
Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee
PARC
Palestine
7
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
EEAA
Egypt
8
The Center of Arab Women for Training and Research
CAWTAR
Tunisia
9
Cukurova University- Faculty of Agriculture
CUKUR
Turkey
List of participating institutions
10
Agriculture Research Institute
ARI
Cyprus
11
Mediterranean Office for Environment, Cultural and
Sustainable Development
MIO-ECSDE
Greece
12
Osservatorio Nazionale per l’Imprenditoria ed il Lavoro
Femminile in Agricoltura
General Commission for Scientific Agricultural
Research Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform
ONILFA
Italy
GCSAR
Syria
14
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.
Italian Committee
ITAL-ICID
Italy
15
Instituto Andaluz de la Mujer- Junta de Andalucía
IAM -JA
Spain
16
African Training and Research Centre in Administration
for Development
CAFRAD
Morocco
17
René Moawad Foundation
RMF
Lebanon
18
Programme Solidarité Eau
pS- Eau
France
13
Geographical location of
participating institutions
pS-Eau
ONILFA
IAM-B
ITAL-ICID
IAM-JA
CAWTAR
ÇUKUR
MIO-ECSDE
ARI
CREAD
CAFRAD
RMF
GCSAR
AMSED
PARC
EEAA
SRU-NWRC
Project Coordinator
Partners Leaders
Partners
UJ-FA
Project management
Consultation and Advisory
Gender Committee (GC)
EC-INCO Scientific Officer
Project Coordinator
Project Manager
Organization and
Technical Team
Administration
Team
National Coordinators
Gender-Water Team
The National Central Focal Point for Gender
and Water
Communication
and Information
Team
National Gender/Water Communication
Network made of collaborating institutions
The first Meeting of the GC took place in September 2006
Project management at national level
National Coordinator
Gender-Water
Team
National Web sìte
The National Central Focal Point and
National Communication network
Focal point for
Governmental institutions
Focal point for Private
Sector:
Focal point for the political
sector
Focal point for Non Governmental
Organizations
Focal point for International
Organizations and Donors
Focal point for communication
Communication Media
The process of information
collection and dissemination
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The process of information collection is
basically made of a mechanism of collecting
information at field level and at regional level
where information is collected analysed and
integrated.
 The process of dissemination is in essence
the reverse of that of information collection.
 The next diagram synthesize the processes
ON-GOING/PLANNED
GENDER-WATER
ACTIVITIES
COMPILATION OF
INFORMATION
Undertaken of field
surveys,
compilation of basic
information, etc.
NATIONAL
LEVEL
(SEMR)
Identification of interactions,
identify possibilities of
intervention,
lessons learn, etc
National
Central Focal
Point
Gender-Water
Teams
National Coordinator
National
Network
Communication
Integrated
Knowledge
GEWAMED Regional
Network
REGIONAL
LEVEL
EU AND
INT.ORGANIZATIONS
PARTNERS
INTER-REGIONAL
LEVEL
REGIONAL
WORKSHOPS
INTER-REGIONAL
CONFERENCE
OTHER INT. AND
REGIONAL
NETWORKS
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