Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
DG for Development Co-operation
EUWI Monitoring &
Reporting: background,
methodology and indicators
Voorburg, 24 May 2006
Umberto Triulzi
IPALMO
triulzi@ipalmo.com
The EUWI in brief
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A Type II partnership launched at the Johannesburg
Summit in 2002
Aims at mobilising all stakeholders both in European
and in partner countries
Provides a platform for strengthening political
support, coordination and harmonization of waterrelated interventions
Undertakes activities at the country level designed to
streamline the way water planning and financing is
undertaken
Provides a framework for coordinating financing of
the sector in partner countries
The 5 EUWI objectives
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Reinforce political commitment to action and raise the
profile of water and sanitation issues in the context of poverty
reduction efforts;
Promote better water governance arrangements,
encouraging stakeholders to work together and strengthening
institutional capacity;
Improve co-ordination and co-operation, promoting sectorwide approaches and establishing multi-stakeholder processes
and south-south collaboration and co-operation;
Encourage regional and sub-regional co-operation, using
IWRM and water efficiency plans by 2005;
Catalyse additional funding, through the development of
new, flexible and innovative funding mechanisms to attract new
partners, and through supporting the establishment of the
enabling environment for increased investment.
The EUWI organizational
structure: modular approach
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The EUWI contributions
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Raises public awareness on water issues and promotes
the multistakeholder dialogue in country as a new
approach for coordinating existing and future activities
Undertakes complementary actions to support national
water strategies, by building institutional capacity,
providing expertise and knowledge, promoting
stakeholder involvement, ensuring strategic consistency
Identify suitable financing strategies and additional
financial resources and mechanisms to ensure
sustainable financing
Support regional and sub-regional co-operation and
action programs to stimulate sustainable development
and conflict prevention
Monitoring/Reporting of the
EUWI in brief
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Mandate: MSFs March and June 2004
endorsed the creation of a WG
Leadership: the Commission and Italy
Objectives of the EUWI M/R System:
– Ensuring that the EU contribution goes in the
right direction to attain MDGs and WSSD targets
– Monitoring progress made in implementing the
EUWI’s set of objectives
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To be reached in 4 phases:
– 3 phases (preparing, designing, testing) under
the responsibility of the M/R WG
– 1 phase (implementing) under the responsibility
of each EUWI WG
The advantages of
monitoring the EUWI
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Keep track and reinforce accountability,
transparency and visibility
Strengthen coordination and coherence
among working groups
Highlight possible room for improvement of
the overall strategy
Give evidence of the contribution of the EUWI
activities
September 2004 - May 2006
The achievements of the M/R WG
in its first year and half of activities (phases 1 and 2)
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Identified the information needs and defined the criteria
for monitoring the EUWI
Created a model and derived indicators to monitor the
EUWI
Established coordination and cooperation with other
Working Groups
Integrated views and suggestions from various
stakeholders
Promoted a monitoring culture and related initiatives in a
continuous way
Participated to related international events and promoted
synergies and shared methodologies
Criteria for assessing the
EUWI contribution to MDGs
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The value added of the EUWI, which the M/R WG has
to assess, is the fulfillment of following three criteria
derived from the EUWI objectives:
– 1. Consistency
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Ability to retain a strong political commitment between
stated objectives and implemented activities at all levels
– 2. Coordination
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Ability to stimulate joint donors’ actions and participated
interventions
– 3. Complementarity
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Ability to stimulate financial involvement of various
stakeholders and to leverage additional funds
The EUWI monitoring model
MDGs & IWRM targets
Consistency
Political/strategic link
EUWI
EUWI 5 overall
objectives
Functional /administrative link
EUWI WGs
WGs specific
objectives
Implementation/operational link
Basic
information
unit of
reference
for EUWI
monitoring
Main activities of the WGs
(ex: - Country Dialogues
- National IWRM Plans
- Transboundary Water Plans
Specific
objectives of
the activities
A synthetic view of the
monitoring model (1)
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Quantitative component
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Qualitative/participatory
component
Objectively verifiable indicators (OVIs) are
collected in a standardized and systematic
way, to give a quantitative measurement of
EUWI progress
Partners and stakeholders are asked
through a questionnaire to give an opinion
on the progress of the EUWI, to keep them
always involved
Key characteristics of the
monitoring model
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Consistency of indicators
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Aggregability of indicators
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Homogeneity of results
The chosen indicators are strictly related to the 5
EUWI objectives and are specifically designed to
measure the relevant dimensions
The evolution of EUWI implementation is tracked from
lower to higher levels
EUWI WGs are required to use similar data and
indicators, and to present them in a common
template, to allow for comparing policies to each
other
The monitoring indicators
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3 Lines of quantitative indicators:
standardized system of annual data
collection and comparable set of
indicators
1 Line of qualitative indicators:
full involvement of EUWI partners who
compile annually a short questionnaire
Light approach, low workload!
few significant and
cost-effective indicators
The core of the proposed
ongoing monitoring model
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The 4 monitoring lines
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Input indicators: measures the contributions to the EUWI
in terms of financial, physical and human resources
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Output indicators: measures the direct realizations of the
EUWI, in financial, physical and procedural terms
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Outcome indicators: measures the long-term results of the
EUWI on recipient countries and international donors, in
terms of commitment, increased spending, prioritization
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Qualitative indicators: describe the opinions of EUWI
partners about its success and effectiveness
General features of the EUWI
monitoring model
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The basic units of reference for monitoring
information are the activities undertaken
by the WGs and recorded in documents
Actual data are retrieved through Desk
Analysis of documents produced by WGs,
MSF, SG, Secretariat
Indicators are partly aggregated and
partially specific to each EUWI Level
First set of input and output
indicators (1)
EUWI objective
The reinforcement of political
commitment towards action and
innovation oriented partnership
The promotion of improved water
governance, capacity building and
awareness
Input indicator
1-a. Number of EU-countries participating in
country dialogues.
CD lead countries
Output indicator
2-a.
Number
of
IWRM
plans
initiated/completed with EUWI support.
WG lead countries
1-b. Number of non-EU donors and IFI’s
participating in country dialogues.
CD lead countries
2-b. Number of conferences/official meetings
convened under the EUWI umbrella.
WG lead countries
1-c. Number of participants from recipient
countries in EUWI WG meetings.
WG lead countries
2-c. Number of formal agreements
proposed/signed between EUWI and
specialised programmes.
CD and WG lead countries
4-a. Number of research reports and
documents on capacity building produced by
EUWI-WGs.
WG lead countries
3-a. Number of conferences/official meetings
with specific EUWI contributions.
WG lead countries
3-b. Operational cost of running the Research
WG.
EU Commission, DG Research
4-b. Number and value of Capacity Buildingoriented Technical Assistance projects
(planned/initiated/completed) coordinated by
the EUWI.
WG lead countries
First set of input and output
indicators (2)
EUWI objective
Improved
efficiency
effectiveness
of
management
through
stakeholder
dialogue
coordination
and
water
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Strengthened cooperation through
promoting river basin approaches
in national and transboundary
waters
Input indicator
5. Operational cost of running WS&S activities
under the WGs
WG lead countries
Output indicator
6-a. Number of country dialogues with EUWI
support (planned/initiated/completed).
WG lead countries
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Operational
cost
of
running
national/transboundary river basin management
activities under the WG’s.
WG lead countries
6-b. Number and value of WS&S projects
(planned/initiated/completed) coordinated by
WG’s as part of country dialogues.
WG lead countries
8-a. Number and value of national RBM
projects
(planned/
initiated/completed)
coordinated by WG’s as part of national plans
WG lead countries
8-b. Number and value of transboundary RBM
projects
(planned/initiated/completed)
coordinated by WG’s as part of transboundary
plans
WG lead countries
First set of input and output
indicators (3)
EUWI objective
Identification of additional financial
resources and mechanisms to
ensure sustainable financing
Input indicator
9-a. Operational costs of running Financing WG
Financing WG lead country
9-b. Number of country dialogues where the
Financing WG has made a specific contribution
to develop national financing strategies.
Financing WG lead country
Output indicator
10-a.
Number
of
guidelines/best
practices/assessment reports etc. produced
by EUWI-WG on financing mechanisms
WG lead countries
10-b. Number and value of
allocated/disbursed through EUWF.
EuropeAid
projects
Sources of information
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Quantitative monitoring
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Minutes and notes of EUWI meetings
TORs of contracted EUWI activities
Country Dialogues, National IWRM Plans, Transboundary
Water Plans, and the like
EUWI Budgets
Credited international statistics
Common knowledge of partners
Qualitative monitoring
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Web-based questionnaires: partners and stakeholders will
be requested to answer on the CIS to some key questions
on EUWI implementation
Division of tasks and
responsibilities
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The WGs will be responsible for
implementing the monitoring system
– Expected tasks to be carried out:
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Collecting information on a regular basis
Aggregating indicators according to the methodology
Reporting periodically to Secretary
The Secretariat will be responsible for
supervising and coordinating the system
The M/R WG will be responsible for:
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Collecting the forms and undertaking quality review
Supporting data processing, elaboration and analysis
Elaborating the data from international statistics
Building context indicators and coverage ratios
Finalizing the Semestral Dossier and the Annual Report
Who can ensure the quality of
overall results
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The WGs are responsible for implementing
the monitoring system of the EUWI
– Expected tasks to be carried out:
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Collecting information on a regular basis
Aggregating indicators according to the methodology
Reporting periodically to Secretary
The Steering Group (through Secretariat) is
responsible for supervising and coordinating
the system
Role of the M/R WG in the
EUWI monitoring system
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Collect the forms and undertake quality review
Support on data processing, elaboration and
analysis
Elaborate the data from international statistics
Build context indicators and coverage ratios
Finalize the Semestral Dossier and the Annual
Report
Next steps: test phase
(May – August 2006)
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Applying the methodology focusing on a first
set of indicators
Refine the methodology on the basis of the
first exercise
Prepare the First EUWI Monitoring Report,
to be presented at the next Water Week in
Stockholm
Thank you!
Umberto Triulzi
IPALMO
triulzi@ipalmo.com