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Mid-Term Plan for Conservation of the Anzali Wetland for 2020 – 2030 6. MID-TERM ACTION PLAN 6.1 Overall Plan on Operation of the Anzali Wetland Management Committee In this chapter, concrete plan for implementing necessary actions and activities by various stakeholders for different aspects and subjects of the Anzali Wetland are described based on the current status and mid-term goals and objectives for ten years between 2020 and 2030 after finishing the plan period of the master plan and completing the Anzali Wetland Ecological Management Project - Phase II (Phase II Project), mentioned in the previous chapters. In the first section, operation of the AWMC is mentioned, which is indispensable intuitional system to realize the necessary actions and activities through the integrated management with coordination among various stakeholders. After the first section, the mid-term action plans for different aspects and subjects are explained. 6.1.1 Current Status on AWMC After establishment of the AWMC in 2011 based on the provincial decree which was prepared and legalized with support under the Phase I Project, the AWMC was not operated well though the framework of the AWMC is considered necessary to realize the integrated management and conservation of the Anzali Wetland with adequate coordination among various stakeholders related to the Anzali Wetland. To improve such situation, Phase II Project has been implemented to enhance capacity of the AWMC operation as one of the project outcome. Structure of the AWMC is shown in Figure 6.1-1. In the 1st year of the project, the activities started out smoothly during May to June 2014 by establishing the Technical Sib-committees (SCs) and assigning personnel from the counterpart organizations. This is mainly because the Provincial Governor’s office put the project a high priority and instructed relevant governmental organizations to engage in the project. Six technical sub-committee under the AWMC (SCs) were established to discuss technical issues and measures on six main subject areas on conservation of the Anzali Wetland; 1) Wetland ecosystem conservation, 2) Watershed management, 3) Sewage management, 4) Waste management, 5) Ecotourism, and 6) Environmental education. SC member organizations were officially designated by the Gilan Provincial Governor’s Office as shown in Table 6.1-1. One or two personnel was/were appointed from the SC member organizations. Under the Wetland Ecosystem Conservation SC, three working groups (WGs) were established since different organizations are involved in three major subjects in the SC; 1) Wetland Conservation and Restoration WG, 2) Monitoring WG, and 3) Environmental Zoning and Land Use Management WG as shown in Table 6.1-2. 6-1 Mid-Term Plan for Conservation of the Anzali Wetland for 2020 – 2030 Gilan Provincial Governor’s Office Planning and Development Council Anzali Wetland Management Committee (AWMC) Coordination, consensus building, and decision making on the wetland conservation activities at Provincial level Sharing information of Approval/ Recommendation the contents in AWMC Chairperson of AWMC Report/ Provision of coordination information Members of AWMC (22 organizations with vote right and 13 Relevant Organizations Secretariat of AWMC organizations without vote right) DOE, MOJA,NRWGO, Secretary of AWMC GRWO, RWWC, GWWC, WMO, EO, GCHHTO, Local Proposal/report Approval/recommendation Government, Local NGOs, Submission of etc. documents required and data/ Coordination request for Technical Sub-Committees(SC) management 1.Wetland Ecological Conservation SC Provision of information and human resource 2.Watershed Management SC 3.Sewage Management SC 4.Waste Management SC Sharing information of 5.Environmental Education SC the contents in SC 6.Ecotourism SC Source: JICA Expert Team Figure 6.1-1 Structure of the AWMC Table 6.1-1 Member Organizations of the Technical Sub-committees Name of SC Member Organization (1) Wetland Ecosystem Conservation SC 1) DOE Gilan, 2) MOJA Gilan, 3) Shilat (Fishery Organization), 4) National Inland Water and Aquaculture Institute (NIWAI), 5) Port and Maritime Organizations (PMO), 6) Gilan Regional Water Corporation (GRWC), 7) Gilan Water and Wastewater Corporation (GWWC), 8) Rural Water and Wastewater Corporation (RWWC), 9) Natural Resources and Watershed Management Office (NRWGO), 10) Housing Foundation, 11) Documents and Property Registry Office, 12) Road and Urban Planning Organization, 13) Gilan Cultural Heritage, Handicraft, and Tourism Organization (GCHHTO), 14) Municipalities, 15) Ab-bandan Owners Union, 16) Scientist related to wetland ecosystem, 17) NGOs (2) Watershed Management SC 1) DOE Gilan, 2) NRWGO, 3) GRWC, 4) MOJA Gilan, 5) Metrological Organization (MO) (3) Sewage Management SC 1) DOE Gilan, 2) GWWC, 3) RWWC (4) Solid Waste Management SC 1) DOE Gilan, 2) Gilan WMO, 3) Rural Affairs Office (5) Ecotourism SC 1) DOE Gilan, 2) GCHHTO (6) Environmental Education SC 1) DOE Gilan, 2) Gilan Educational Organization (EO Gilan) Note: Underlined organizations are responsible organizations for each SC. Source: JICA Expert Team 6-2 Mid-Term Plan for Conservation of the Anzali Wetland for 2020 – 2030 Table 6.1-2 Working Group under the Wetland Ecosystem Conservation SC 1) Wetland 2) Monitoring WG 3) Environmental Working Groups Conservation and (Water and Ecological Zoning and Land Use Restoration WG Management) Management WG (1) DOE Gilan ✔ ✔ ✔ (2) MOJA Gilan ✔ - ✔ (3) Shilat (Fishery Organization) ✔ - ✔ ✔ (4) NIWAI - - (5) PMO - ✔ (6) GRWC - ✔ ✔ (7) GWWC - ✔ - (8) RWWC - ✔ - (9) NRWGO - - ✔ (10) Housing foundation - - ✔ (11) Documents and Property - - ✔ Registry Office (12) Road and Urban Planning - - ✔ Organization (13) GCHHTO - - ✔ (14) Municipalities - - ✔ (15) Ab-bandan Owners Union - - ✔ (16) Scientist related to wetland ✔ ✔ ✔ ecosystem (17) NGOs ✔ - - Source: JICA Expert Team During the Phase II Project, thanks to understanding and efforts of the former Deputy Provincial Governor as acting chairperson of the AWMC, the AWMC meetings have been held more often from the 1st year of the project to 4th year of the project. In addition, it was reminded by the former Deputy Provincial Governor to the AWMC member organizations that all the issued, subjects, and activities related to the Anzali Wetland should be examined well under the respective technical sub-committees of the AWMC. Though it seems that the AWMC meeting has been improved for it operation with member organizations, AWMC meeting has not organized after the former Deputy Provincial Governor retired. In addition, SCs actively worked during the Phase II Project, especially in implementing the Joint Pilot Activities, it seems no arrangement be made to hold the SC meeting anymore after finishing the Phase II Project, though necessary conservation actions and activities need to continuously be examined and implemented. 6.1.2 Long Term Target Long term target for the integrated management of the Anzali Wetland is that all the decision making be made only under the Anzali Wetland Management Committee on conservation and wise-use subjects of the Anzali Wetland after examining such subjects by the respective Technical Sub-committees with attendance of relevant stakeholders from governmental organizations and residents and users of the Anzali Wetland. 6-3 Mid-Term Plan for Conservation of the Anzali Wetland for 2020 – 2030 6.1.3 Mid-term target As a mid-term target, the AWMC meeting should be held at least once three months which are stipulated in the Provincial Decree on the AWMC. In the AWMC meeting, implementation status of the Mid-term Plan is required to be reported from all the SCs as well as any issues on the Anzali Wetland, which are found after the previous AWMC meeting. 6.1.4 Issues and Requirements Establishment of New Section or Appointment of Staff in charge of the Wetland Conservation under the DOE Gilan Currently, there is no specific section and/or personnel in charge of the wetland conservation, including that for the Anzali Wetland, under DOE Gilan office, though it was continuously suggested by the JICA Expert Team during the project. Therefore, each issue on the wetland has individually been tackled on a day-to-day basis ununiformly without coordination and accumulation of the knowledge and experience. Under such situation, the AWMC meeting is usually arranged several days before, even one day of the meeting by DOE Gilan as secretariat of the AWMC, without any systematic way. Thus, there is no institutional structure to implement the comprehensive wetland conservation. Under such situation, Establishment of a specific section for the wetland conservation in DOE Gilan should be discussed between DOE HQ and DOE Gilan office, including preparation of legal document which appoint and define mandate of such wetland conservation section and/or personnel in charge of the wetland conservation with securing necessary budget for operation. Technical support and instruction from the Wetland Ecosystem Office of DOE HQ to DOE Gilan is required. Systematic Arrangement of the AWMC Meeting by Secretariat of AWMC In addition to the institutional issue above on the DOE Gilan as AWMC Secretariat, there is no systematic procedure to hold the AWMC meeting. It is recommended to introduce some templates which can be utilised not only the secretariat of the AWMC, but also member organizations of the AWMC. Some example of the templates to be utilised are shown below. 6-4 Mid-Term Plan for Conservation of the Anzali Wetland for 2020 – 2030 Table 6.1-3 Suggested