Supporting Report H INSTITUTION AND ORGANIZATION THE STUDY ON INTEGRATED BASIN MANAGEMENT FOCUSED ON FLOOD CONTROL IN MEJERDA RIVER IN THE REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA FINAL REPORT Supporting Report H: Institution and Organization Table of Contents Page Chapter H1 PRESENT INSTITUTION AND ORGANIZATION FOR INTEGRATED FLOOD MANAGEMENT ....................................................H1-1 H1.1 General........................................................................................................................H1-1 H1.2 Organizational Structure and Competence of MARH ................................................H1-1 H1.2.1 Central Directions of MARH.......................................................................H1-1 H1.2.2 Regional Directions of MARH ....................................................................H1-4 H1.2.3 Institutions Supervised by MARH...............................................................H1-4 H1.3 Legislation for Water Resources and Natural Disaster ...............................................H1-5 H1.3.1 Water Code and IWRM ...............................................................................H1-5 H1.3.2 National Water Council................................................................................H1-6 H1.3.3 National and Regional Disaster Commissions.............................................H1-6 H1.4 Water Resources Management Policy and IWRM......................................................H1-7 H1.4.1 IWRM and Water Master Plans ...................................................................H1-7 H1.4.2 Integration of Water Resources Management Unit......................................H1-8 H1.5 Drought Management .................................................................................................H1-8 H1.5.1 Framework of Drought Management...........................................................H1-8 H1.5.2 Drought Committees....................................................................................H1-9 H1.6 National Policy for Decentralization and Agrarian Reform......................................H1-10 H1.6.1 Regional Administrative Structure.............................................................H1-10 H1.6.2 Administrative Power of CRDA under Decentralization........................... H1-11 Chapter H2 PROBLEMS, NEEDS AND CONSTRAINTS IN INSTITUTION AND ORGANIZATION .............................................................................................H2-1 H2.1 Competence of IWRM in Tunisia ...............................................................................H2-1 H2.2 Problems and Needs in Water Supply Management ...................................................H2-1 H-i H2.2.1 Practice in Integrated Water Management ...................................................H2-1 H2.2.2 Planning Guidelines and Standards for Water Supply Master Plan .............H2-1 H2.2.3 Target Security Level of Water Supply........................................................H2-2 H2.3 Problems and Needs in Flood Control and Management............................................H2-2 H2.3.1 Characteristics of Floods in the Mejerda River ...........................................H2-2 H2.3.2 Flood Mitigation Activities by MARH........................................................H2-3 H2.3.3 Reinforcement of Public Hydraulic Domain ...............................................H2-4 H2.3.4 Reinforcement of Planning and Design Standards and Reservoir Operation Rules ...........................................................................................H2-4 H2.3.5 Flood Forecasting, Warning and Evacuation Activities...............................H2-5 H2.4 Problems and Needs in Watershed Management and Trans Boundary Cooperation.................................................................................................................H2-5 H2.4.1 Watershed Management...............................................................................H2-5 H2.4.2 Trans-boundary Cooperation for River Basin Management........................H2-5 H2.5 Summary of Problems, Needs and Constrains............................................................H2-5 Chapter H3 ALTERNATIVES AND EXAMPLES FOR RATIONAL FLOOD MANAGEMENT...............................................................................................H3-1 H3.1 General........................................................................................................................H3-1 H3.2 Permanent Organization for Flood Control and Management ....................................H3-1 H3.3 Technical Planning and Design Guidelines and Standards .........................................H3-1 H3.3.1 Unified and Documented Guidelines and Standards ...................................H3-1 H3.3.2 Key Planning and Design Criteria ...............................................................H3-1 H3.3.3 Linkage between Water Master Plan and Water Use Right .........................H3-2 H3.4 Rational Methods for Flood Control Planning............................................................H3-3 H3.4.1 Rational Method of Flood Control...............................................................H3-3 H3.4.2 Impact of Drought Damage and Flood Damage ..........................................H3-3 H3.4.3 Adoptive Flood Control Plan.......................................................................H3-3 H3.5 Examples of Flood Control Management ...................................................................H3-4 H3.5.1 Example of Administrative Organization for Flood Control .......................H3-4 H3.5.2 Example of Laws/ Regulation for Flood Control.........................................H3-5 H3.5.3 Example of Land Use Control in Flood Prone Areas...................................H3-5 H3.5.4 Example of Flood Insurance ........................................................................H3-5 H3.5.5 Example of Trans-boundary Treaty/Agreement for Flood Control..............H3-6 H3.5.6 Example of Target Flood Control Level ......................................................H3-6 H3.5.7 Example of Design Flood Standard for Safety of Dam Body......................H3-6 Chapter H4 INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN..................................................................................H4-1 H4.1 Organizational Framework of Integrated Flood Management....................................H4-1 H4.1.1 General.........................................................................................................H4-1 H4.1.2 National Policy for Institutional and Organizational Framework................H4-1 H4.1.3 Framework of Integrated Flood Management .............................................H4-1 H-ii H4.2 Requirement of Organizational Empowerment for Integrated Flood Management....H4-4 H4.2.1 Empowerment of River Administration under MARH................................H4-4 H4.2.2 Empowerment for Integrated Planning and Implementation.......................H4-6 H4.2.3 Empowerment for Sustainable Operation and Maintenance of Mejerda River Basin ....................................................................................H4-7 H4.2.4 Others...........................................................................................................H4-8 H4.3 New Organization for Integrated Operation and Maintenance of Mejerda River Basin .......................................................................................................................H4-10 H4.3.1 Operation and Maintenance of River Course and Flood Control Facilities.....................................................................................................H4-10 H4.3.2 Operation and Maintenance of Information Management System ............ H4-11 H4.4 Flood Insurance Program.......................................................................................... H4-11 H4.4.1 General....................................................................................................... H4-11 H4.4.2 Examples of Flood Insurance Programs ....................................................H4-12 H4.4.3 Alternative Type of Flood Insurance .........................................................H4-13 H4.4.4 National Flood Insurance Program ............................................................H4-14 H4.5 Draft Plan on Organizational Capacity Development for Mejerda River Basin .....H4-16 H4.5.1 Draft Plan on Organizational Capacity Development................................H4-16 H4.5.2 Stage-wise Implementation of Organizational Capacity Development ............................................................................................H4-16 References .............................................................................................................................. HR-1 List of Figures Page Figure H1.1 Schematic Locations of Major Stream Gauging Stations, Tributaries, Dams and Cities/Towns .................................................................................................HF-1 Figure H1.2 Schematic Diagram of Dams and Water Transfer Schemes of the Mejerda River Basin..........................................................................................................HF-2 Figure H1.3 Schematic Diagram of Dams and Water Transfer Schemes of the Extreme North....................................................................................................................HF-3 Figure H1.4 Organizational Structure of Ministry