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Knowledge and
Communications Activities
in GWP SAS
Success and/or failures – and lessons learnt
(since June 2014)
By Diluka Piyasena, Communication Coordinator, GWP SAS
26 November 2015
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The Global Water Partnership South Asia
(GWP SAS)
• GWP SAS is an
independent constituent
of the Global Water
Partnership (GWP) family
• GWP SAS currently
represents Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Pakistan,
Nepal and Sri Lanka
linked to the network
through the respective
Country Water
Partnerships (CWPs)
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Negotiations at country levels for
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
•
National Consultations on ‘Water in
the Post-2015 Development Agenda’ – Phase I
and II were held in early 2014
•
Followed up with;
Briefings to the relevant government
authorities together with letters and
discussions in public events
- Used the letter format which was shared by
the GWPO with appropriate amendments to
deliver the message
- Involvement of Senior Officials of the
Government in Regional Council and at
Country Water Partnership level is an
advantage
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Development of South Asia Drought
Monitoring System (SADMS)
“Development of South Asia Drought Monitoring System” was initiated as a joint undertaking of IWMI, GWP SAS, the
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)/GWP Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) and CGIAR
Research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
•
Different communication tools;
- Questionnaires for reconnaissance survey in selected drought affected districts of Sri Lanka/India and conducting
observation field visits
- Interactive Workshop on the SADMS in Dhakar
- Webinar
- Facilitated field condition observations, gathered information from the farmer community
- The Interactive Workshop was held consecutively with South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF-6) and the Climate
Service User Forum (CSUF-2) for the water community around the world - given a good platform to get the engagement
of user community for the product development and validation.
- Conducting the webinar using Skype for Business was a cost effective method
- But the expected audience was the National level Government stakeholders – with less internet facilities and having
low bandwidth
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Compilation of WACREP Phase I report
Water and Climate Resilient Programme
(WACREP) is an initiative of GWP SAS formulated
to improve the climate resilience of South Asian
countries. With the completion of WACREP Phase
I in March 2015, the achievements were
documented in one report.
- Single document containing activities conducted
under Phase I
- Assisted in developing Newslines (two page
summary documents targeted towards the
readers who are interested in issues related to
water and development)
- Having a considerable length as this includes the
details of activities conducted
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World Environment Day and World Water
Day celebrations
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World Environment Day:
- Boat rally in Khulna to raise awareness among stakeholders on water security and climate resilient
development in Bangladesh and tree planting in Sri Lanka.
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World Water Day:
Students engaged in cleaning one of the major tributaries of Thimphu river, exhibitions and speech
competitions for students in Bhutan and Sri Lanka
‘Walk for Water’ in India and Sri Lanka
Panel discussion on ’Water-A Key to Sustainable Development’ and conductied workshops in India
and Bangladesh
Conference on ‘Water and Sustainable Development - Role of Youth for Sustainable Water Resource
Management’ in Pakistan
Publishing articles around WWD in English and National Newspapers – Sri Lanka
CWPs are utilising the global events very effectively to;
share knowledge and information
Campaigning for specific goals
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Knowledge Products
•
Video:
Traditional coping systems for climate resilience; examples
from North East India
• Reports/training manuals:
- Adaptation Planning Guide (Climate Adaptive Planning and
Capacity Building of Farming Community in Semi-arid Areas
of Bundelkh and Region, Madhya Pradesh)
- Climate Change Adaptation Projects and Major Activities on
Climate Financing in Nepal
- An Introductory Guide to Proposal Development for small
NGO/Organizations seeking funding for Institutional
Development - SLWP
- Uploaded to the GWP SAS website facilitating knowledge
sharing and dissemination
- Enabling replication of good practices
- Level of uptake needs to be monitored
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Monthly Activity Report and Monitoring
Sheet
GWP SAS compiles the Monthly Activity Report for the region and submits to GWPO and publishes in GWP
SAS Website
Gathering information from counterparts/partners and finalising at the country level +
compilation and finalisation at the regional level needs substantial time
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Thank you!
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