Key Messages Day 1
• Objectives
• Themes
• Identifying main trends and challenges
• Session discussions and outcomes
• Bridging the gap
OBJECTIVES
• Develop a partnership(s) in capacity development on the use of new
technologies for improved water productivity and management
• Aim is not to change Cap-Net’s core business of capacity development by
developing new technologies – rather respond to demands on the ground
especially from developing countries. Bridge the gap.
• Identify supply and demand sides of new technologies
• Translate these demands into what Cap-Net can do in terms of capacity
development – Develop a plan.
• Design and eventual implementation of a 4 year global level capacity
development programme.
THEMES
Technological Innovation
Demands on the ground
• Which technologies are being
developed and used in water
resources management and
productivity?
• Who is developing these
technologies?
• Which are best practices and
lessons learnt.
• What do countries mostly
need to respond to their
needs in terms of strategic
country goals, local
governments, and society?
• How are water management
institutions coping with these
requirements?
• What are the needs that
various water users have
which could be answered
throuh new technologies?
Farmers, private sector, river
basin organisations, etc.
Capacity development
needs
• What are capacaity
development needs for
improved water management
and productivity?
• What are the specific
capacity needs of various
target groups?
• Which are knowledge gaps in
this field?
• How are knowledge centres
incorporating this topic in
their learning programmes?
MAIN TRENDS AND CHALLENGES
New technologies and SDGs
Moving from MDGs to
SDGs - monitoring,
reporting, indicators and
benchmarks
Increased
complexity in
operating systems –
developers vs users
Lack basic data to
monitor and decide
on the usage and
management of
water resources
What to do with
this information?
Strategic and
practical use of data
Lack of institutional capacity:
user engagement and
partnerships overlooked
SESSION 1: MAPPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR
WATER PRODUCTIVITY AND WRM
NEEDS
Define target
group / end
user
Define needs
and
challenges
Define new
technologies
• Enabling environment: ownership & stakeholder participation
• Adaptability
SESSION 1: MAPPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR
WATER PRODUCTIVITY AND WRM
CHALLENGES
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Lack of processing power – accessibility, affordability and usability
Dissemination data not understandable or relevant
Lack of Trust
Satellite data not integrated/adapted to local ground measurement
Controlled ownership of technological process
SESSION 2: WHO IS DEVELOPING THESE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES?
• Electronic and Mobile Water Governance
• Tool for governments and utilities: monitoring, data collection, billing
• Resource for end users (information, convenient billing options, engagement,
conservation, reporting issues)
Examples from Kenya, UAE and Oman
• AKVO
• Bridging the gap between the available data and what to do with that data
• Creating and managing surveys, devices, data collection, report generating,
maps, user management
• World Bank
Weather Partnership Programme – demand driven approach:
• Remote sensing
• Disaster risk management
• Climate risks in water-related infrastructures
SESSION 3: DEMANDS FOR INCREASED USE OF
TECHNOLOGIES
NEEDS
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Capacity development to operate and maintain technologies
Monitoring and tracking water flows
Quantity and quality assurance
Combining conventional and new ways of sensing
Involving stakeholders (2-way information flows)
Contribute to strengthening water governance
Database: Universal data sharing and transparency
Disaster risk management and response
SESSION 3: DEMANDS FOR INCREASED USE OF
TECHNOLOGIES
CHALLENGES within water management institutions
• Reactive - lack of future planning
• Driven by politics: fish cannot vote!
• Sector specific
SOLUTIONS: Technologies addressing needs by providing:
• Accuracy, predictability & reliability
• Availability
• Affordability
• Real time information and continuous access (now and in future)
• Ability to bridge gap between sectors
• Impact on individual lives
• Location-specific data/ tailored information
Cap-Tec: Bridging the gap
Affordability
Accessibility
Ownership
Participation