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Sustainable, Just and Productive Water Resources Development in Western Nepal (Digo Jal Bikas) PROGRAM NAME: SUSTAINABLE, JUST AND PRODUCTIVE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN NEPAL (DIGO JAL BIKAS) Annual Report : ANNEXES Reporting Period – 1 April, 2016 to 31 March, 2017 Submission Date: 30 April, 2017 [Contract/Agreement] Number: AID -367-IO-16-00002 Activity Start Date and End Date: 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2019 Submitted by: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Nepal office Lalitpur -3, Durbar Tole, Pulchowk Kathamandu, Nepal Postal:GPO Box 8975; EPC 416 Tel: +977-1 5542306 or 5543141 Email: [email protected] 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ANNEX A: LOGICAL FRAMEWORK WITH UPDATED RESULTS ........................................................ 29 ANNEX B: BIOPHYSICAL CONTEXT OF THE KARNALI-MOHANA AND MAHAKALI RIVER BASINS IN WESTERN NEPAL .................................................................................................................. 42 ANNEX C: THE POLITICS OF RIVER BASIN PLANNING AND STATE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS IN NEPAL .................................................................................................................................. 92 ANNEX D: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS: FROM THEORY TO IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................ 93 ANNEX E: INCORPORATING ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS IN E-FLOW ASSESSMENT ............................ 122 ANNEX F: LITERATURE REVIEW TO INFORM THINKING ABOUT BASIN DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO ........................................................................................................................................... 139 ANNEX G: SITUATION ANALYSIS OF THE PILOT INTERVENTION VILLAGES (DRAFT REPORT) ..... 166 ANNEX H: WATER AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS MAPPING FOR IRRIGATION IN THE PROPOSED LOCAL INTERVENTION SITES (DRAFT REPORT) .................................................................. 192 ANNEX I: GENDER IN WATER POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS IN NEPAL ....................................... 210 ANNEX J: KAP SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE .................................................................................... 246 Annual Report | DIgo Jal Bikas (DJB) | i ANNEX A: LOGICAL FRAMEWORK WITH UPDATED RESULTS Hereafter, Annex-A will provide summative (quantitative) progress again indicators. Narrative Summary Indicators Means of Verification Progress as of March 2017 (yr1) Goal (source cited where external) Improved water resources development in A1. Change in A1. UN-SC SEEA A1. Liaison with Nepal Central Western Nepal through balancing economic Ecosystems health Experimental Environmental- Bureau of Statistics to ascertain growth, social justice and healthy, resilient Economic Accounting progress on the use of the ecosystems drawing on experimental environmental National statistics (Nepal accounting method for assessing Central Bureau of Statistics) changes in ecosystems health. baseline from Compendium Data will be provided once of Environmental Statistics obtained. (2015). Positive change in ecosystems health the measure of effective IWR development A2. Basin Plans developed A2. Review of Basin A2. The consultants hired by ADB by the Government of Development Plans and WECS have requested to use Annual Report | DIgo Jal Bikas (DJB) | 29 Narrative Summary Indicators Means of Verification Progress as of March 2017 (yr1) Nepal address the the models that are developed in balance of growth, social the project to use in the national justice and healthy, basin development plans. Once resilient ecosystems the plans are complete, DJB will review them for their content to populate this indicator. Purpose Strengthen basin- and local-level B. Status of Integrated Bi-Annual questionnaires Assumption: GoN adopts SDGs (watershed) integrated planning of water Water Resource measuring quantitative and and reports annually as obligated resource management in Western Nepal Management (IWRM) qualitative dimensions. under UN convention / Implementation agreements. DJB is liaising with (Source: SDG Indicator Improvements in the status the Nepal Central Bureau of 6.5) of IWRM implementation Statistics to determine when SDG measure expected. 6.5 will be measured – to the project can draw off this information. Outcomes 1. A sound knowledge base on the current C. Changes in ecosystems Knowledge, Attitude, Baseline to be provided from KAP state and use of ecosystems and their knowledge and practice Practice (KAP surveys) pre- survey in May – June 2017 (once services in West Nepal evidentially used by by key stakeholders post intervention. report written up) relevant parties Annual Report | DIgo Jal Bikas (DJB) | 30 Narrative Summary Indicators Means of Verification Progress as of March 2017 (yr1) 2. Environmental flow allocations are D. EFs integrated into KAP surveys Baseline to be provided from KAP integral part of river management practice water resource planning survey in May – June 2017 (once informing future water resource planning and development report written up) and development [evidence of changes in knowledge, capacity and application around EFs] 3. Increased and improved knowledge of E. Governments and KAP surveys Baseline to be provided from KAP tradeoffs in water resource development other key stakeholders survey in May – June 2017 (once opportunities resulting from the application demonstrate knowledge report written up) of hydro-economic models of model strengths and limitations and capacity to apply and interpret models to assess trade- offs at local and basin levels 4.Local communities in the project study F. Adoption levels of key Rapid impact evaluations to Impact Evaluations be carried out area adopt practical technologies and technologies show effectiveness of the in 2018-19 (confirm this was land/water management approaches that pilots. Follow-up surveys to Fraser). improve water productivity, protect look at adoption (where ecosystems and achieve more equitable pilots successful) water governance, which enable them to Annual Report | DIgo Jal Bikas (DJB) | 31 Narrative Summary Indicators Means of Verification Progress as of March 2017 (yr1) cope with and adapt to future climatic and G. Number of KAP surveys (indicator G) Baseline to be provided from KAP socioeconomic pressures stakeholders with survey in May – June 2017 (once increased capacity to report written up) adapt to the impacts of climate change as a result of USG assistance. (USAID GCC Indicator 4.8.2-26) 5. Greater awareness and capacity of key H. Evidence of gender Gender and equity Baseline to be provided from KAP stakeholders in the water sector to consider and equity targeting in assessment in the KAP survey in May – June 2017 (once and address unequal capabilities to benefit key policies, plans and surveys report written up) from and influence water resources planning implementation strategies and management across gender, caste, class and ethnicity at local and basin levels. 6. Improve the knowledge base to develop I. Number of institutions KAP surveys Baseline to be provided from KAP integrated policy and management guidelines with improved capacity to survey in May – June 2017 (once address climate change report written up) (and more broadly IWRM) issues as a result of USG assistance. Annual Report | DIgo Jal Bikas (DJB) | 32 Narrative Summary Indicators Means of Verification Progress as of March 2017 (yr1) (USAID GCC Indicator 4.8.2-14) Key Outputs WP1. Basin Characterization 1.1. Basin level database on freshwater 1.1.1 Database developed Administrative records 1.1.1 All the bio-physical, hydro- ecosystems in W. Nepal, including and functional meteorological data are collected, climate forecasts and water flows, and pre-processed and shared water availability internally through ShareDrive. Web-based information system will be developed in year-2. 1.1.2 Number and type of Pages per month visited by IP 1.1.2 It will be applicable once users of database addresses within the basin / web-based information system number of different becomes functional documents accessed per month 1.2. Report on Comprehensive assessment 1.2.1 Report comprised Administrative records and 1.2.1 Policies and legal documents of the water governance decision- of systematic policy interview with key are collected, reviewed, clustered, making structure and processes clusters and institutional stakeholders and draft report on systematic analysis policy cluster and institutional analysis is in preparation. Draft Annual Report | DIgo Jal Bikas (DJB) | 33 Narrative Summary Indicators Means of Verification Progress as of March 2017 (yr1) paper for journal is also in preparation. 1.2.2 Identification of Interviews with key 1.2.2 Key government institutions potential entry points for stakeholders and (e.g. WECS, MoI, etc.) and policy and institutional stakeholders consultation ongoing policy processes (national change across scales (national-local) water resources policy formulation) identified; and inputs provided to WECS with regard to the draft national water resources policy 1.3. Report with policy recommendations 1.3.1 Report prepared / Administrative records and 1.3.1 It will be applicable for year- for improved basin governance based on Inclusiveness of policy interview with key 2 after completion activity 1.2 and political economy analysis, governance recommendations stakeholders start of perception study and institutional reviews focusing on the sometime in May 2017 intersection of land-water-energy- environment, and incorporating gender 1.32 Effectiveness of Interviews with key 1.3.2 This will be issues policy
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