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GEF IW:Science Project GEF IW:Science Project Enhancing the use of Science in International Waters projects to
improve project results
25th – 28th January 2010Macao Polytechnic Institute
Rua de Luis Gonzaga Gomes, Macao
The IW:Science first technical working meeting is kindly co-hosted with the support of;
FIRST TECHNICAL WORKING MEETING
Opening Remarks
Welcome and Introduction
Meeting Co-hosts; MPI & UNU-IIST
Meeting Objectives &
Agenda Overview
Project ComponentsThe project consists of three component
objectives, namely:
1. Documenting and understanding IW scientific experience and best practices
2. Integrated synthesis of IW science challenges, gaps and emerging issues across ecosystem classes
3. Establish the “Science Learning Network” for knowledge sharing, mutual learning and global influence
Meeting Objectives Meeting Goal: to discuss the goals, expectations and
plan of work for the project and convey understanding of project tasks and responsibilities to Working Group members.
Meeting Objectives:To provide meeting attendees with a sound
understanding of project rationale, activities and their contributions.
To facilitate face-to-face interaction in each of the working groups to assist with development of remote working relationships.
To make significant inroads into the analysis of the IW portfolio.
Corporate Needs for the ProjectExperiential learning from IW projects needs to be
converted to a “transferable” synthesis, benefiting ongoing and new projects
GEF needs to ensure that IW projects are based on contemporary science (not 15-20 year old science)
GEF needs to identify the gaps in existing water science pertinent to IW projects, and help address them
Results based management for the IW portfolio needs to be based on contemporary/cutting edge science
Strategic prioritizing for GEF-5 needs to be based on a scientific assessment
User Needs for the ProjectIW Projects need to be better informed about
contemporary science, as well as identify project-relevant research needs
Synthesis through a broader scientific community needs to drive solutions for IW projects, help identify appropriate technologies and practices and facilitate adaptive management
Developing countries need to ensure their capacity to develop and sustain their scientific know-how related to IW projects
Based on a scientific gap assessment of the IW projects, the portfolio needs to identify ideas for targeted research
Science-policy links and bridges need to be enabled – particularly based on a broader scientific synthesis
Agenda OverviewDay 1 – Now until lunch
Project overview and timeline STAP presentation Inventory process, database and SLN tools for
WG members
Day 1 – pm Session IW System Working GroupsCo-chair presentations
Day 2 - Core Questions and the Break-Out Sessions
Working Group tasks
Agenda OverviewDay 3 – Working Group Break-Out Sessions
Applying the Core Questions WG updates to group WG strategic plan development
Day 4 – Working Group Break-Out Sessions Finalize WG next steps Wrap-up plenary
Project overview
and timeline
IW Science Broad Project Objective
To enhance - through knowledge integration and information-sharing tools - the use of science in the GEF IW focal area to strengthen:
priority setting knowledge sharing results-based, adaptive management.
Specific ObjectivesThree component objectives:
1.Inventorying and understanding IW scientific experience and best practices
2.Synthesizing IW science challenges, gaps and emerging issues across ecosystem classes (rivers basins, groundwater, large marine ecosystems and the open ocean)
3.Establishing the “Science Learning Network” for knowledge sharing, mutual learning and global influence
Component 1 Outputs:
Collated database of science usage in the GEF IW portfolio, organized by the 5 IW System Type classes
State-of-art synthesis reports, for the 5 IW System Type classes, concerning the scientific experiences and best practices from the IW project portfolio
Component 2 Outputs: Report on emerging science issues and
research needs for action by the IW focal area
Report on use of science and the engagement of scientists for results-based, adaptive management in the IW focal area
Report on proxy indicators to support IW results-based management
An executive policy-guidance overview, highlighting key project conclusions
Component 3 Outputs: The Science Learning Network (SLN)
designed and inaugurated
Project results (SLN, database, syntheses) promoted to the IW focal area and the global water community
Project Impacts Improved utilization of science-based
outputs of GEF IW projects to: Identify program gaps and prioritize future
GEF interventions Strengthen the scientific underpinning for IW
Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) Catalyze the building of research capacity
within the GEF IW family Strengthen results-based, adaptive
management Improve science-to-management linkages
Partners UNU-INWEH (Executing Agency) UNEP-DEWA UNESCO Water Division Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS) Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
Program (LOICZ) UNW-DPC (UN-Water Decade Programme on
Capacity Development Canadian Water Network (CWN) European Lifestyles and Marine Ecosystems
Program (ELME) UNU-EHS (UNU Institute for Environment and
Human Security)
GEF IW Science Project
WG 1
River Basins
WG 2
Lake Systems
WG 3
Groundwater
WG 4
Coastal Zone & NZE
WG 5
LME & Open Ocean
Scientific Synthesis Group
GEF IW Project Portfolio
Common Core Questions 1. Critical emerging science issues:
Science challenges “on the horizon” for each ecosystem type
Significance of regional and global-scale drivers, in particular climate change, in the genesis of transboundary problems
Understanding and managing multiple causality
Accounting for variable spatial and temporal scales
Analyzing the complex coupling of social and ecological systems
Common Core Questions 2. Application of science for adaptive
management:
Optimal engagement of local and global science communities in IW projects
Accessing science expertise on methodologies, science breakthroughs and emerging issues
Best practices for linking science and management Understanding and communicating the scientific
dimensions of adaptive management Communication of newly-synthesized science
knowledge to stakeholders
Common Core Questions 3. Development and use of proxy
indicators to support IW results-based management
Monitoring strategies and indicator criteria for future results-based management
Effective “proxy indicators” for use in developing countries
Use of appropriate science and best practices for transboundary diagnostic analysis
Project Timeline
BiodiversityClimate changeInternational watersLand degradationOzone depletionPersistent organic pollutantsCapacity building
BiodiversityClimate changeInternational WatersLand DegradationOzone depletionPersistent organic pollutantsCapacity building
Cooperation with KM:Land
STAP presentation – Science, Technology and the IW Portfolio
Group Photo
Tea/Coffee break
&
Inventory process,
Database,
SLN tools for WG members.
Inventory Process
IW:Science - Largest ever compilation of IW documents
4,000+ documents from:IW:LEARNGEF online document centreExternal project websites
Inventory Process
IW:Science - Largest ever compilation of IW documents
Science ?
Inventory ProcessSynopsis Report
Projects that have demonstrated significant and successful scientific components,
significant natural and social science findings,unique research, monitoring and assessment issues,the role of science within projects,the design and use of (local) science networks and
scientific advisory bodies,scientific best practices,intended target users, andscience/management implications.
Inventory ProcessSynopsis Report
Projects that have demonstrated significant and successful scientific components,
significant natural and social science findings,unique research, monitoring and assessment issues,the role of science within projects,the design and use of (local) science networks and
scientific advisory bodies,scientific best practices,intended target users, andscience/management implications.
Particular attention given to the scientific basis for TDA in IW projects
and to the use and quality of indicators for IW M&E purposes
Outputs from Day 2; Listing of projects that have high/low scientific
content/importance & what types of science;listing of known missing documents or projects
where no/minimal documentation exists; recommendations of people to contact to fill
missing document/knowledge gaps; listing of next steps.
Both the GEF non-GEF realms are to be taken into consideration.
How does the Synopsis feed into the IW:Science project process
and overall Knowledge Management ?
Knowledge Management
Knowledge Management
Body of information in varying formats and analysis
Knowledge Management
Body of information in varying formats and analysis
Removal of ‘variables’
Knowledge Management
Body of information in varying formats and analysis
Removal of ‘variables’
Inventory of information and division
into n categories
Knowledge Management
Body of information in varying formats and analysis
Removal of ‘variables’
Inventory of information and division
into n categories
In depth, structured
internal analysis of each category
Knowledge Management
Body of information in varying formats and analysis
Removal of ‘variables’
Inventory of information and division
into n categories
In depth, structured
internal analysis of each category
Inter-category
Synthesis
Knowledge Management
Body of information in varying formats and analysis
Removal of ‘variables’
Inventory of information and division
into n categories
In depth, structured
internal analysis of each category
Inter-category
Synthesis
Output/s
Knowledge Management
Body of information in varying formats and analysis
Removal of ‘variables’
Inventory of information and division
into n categories
In depth, structured
internal analysis of each category
Inter-category
Synthesis
Output/s
Knowledge Management
Body of information in varying formats and analysis
Removal of ‘variables’
Inventory of information and division
into n categories
In depth, structured
internal analysis of each category
Inter-category
Synthesis
Output/s
Knowledge Management
Body of information in varying formats and analysis
Removal of ‘variables’
Inventory of information and division
into n categories
In depth, structured
internal analysis of each category
Inter-category
Synthesis
Output/s
Knowledge Management
Body of information in varying formats and analysis
Removal of ‘variables’
Inventory of information and division
into n categories
In depth, structured
internal analysis of each category
Inter-category
Synthesis
Output/s
IW:Science Database
A tool for you to use
Search FieldSearch Field
Search Search ResultResult
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Search Search Result, Result, when when combined with combined with
LN toolsLN tools
Couple of points .....
Corrupt files / broken links / protected files
ca. 80 million word uses
Database tools to be added …The ability to flag a document as relevant to
another, predefined user groupScience-specific keywords and interelationsIntegration of an electronic Common
Template for each projectThe ability to view/search for
projects/documents on a world mapConnections with other databases
IW:Science Learning Network
Shifted to afternoon session
Questions and Feedback
Lunch, Rio Hotel
Please be back in Main Lecture Hall by 13:45
Introduction of Working Groups
Co-chair presentations
Questions & Discussion
Tea/Coffee break
The Synopsis of each IW System Type, knowledge gaps and the use of the
IW:Science Scientific Learning Network for Working Group activities
GEF IW:Science Document Database
http://projects.csg.uwaterloo.ca/inweh/
IW:Science SLN expansionOnline Discussion ForaDecentralized Workspaces: create and design online spaces,
Online discussions, wiki functions, Linked to Database Wiki-Tools
Add-on Sharing Function (connected to database)Quicklinks: e.g.,send message, upload document, bring to the
attention of, ask a question, make appointment for phone conferences, post an item on the message board for discussion, etc.
Different levels of access
Future Translation Capability
Rio Hotel for International Banquet Dinner at 360˚ Café, Macau Tower 19:00 – coaches depart from Rio Hotel
GEF IW:Science Project GEF IW:Science Project Enhancing the use of Science in International Waters projects to
improve project results
25th – 28th January 2010Macao Polytechnic Institute
Rua de Luis Gonzaga Gomes, Macao
The IW:Science first technical working meeting is kindly co-hosted with the support of;
FIRST TECHNICAL WORKING MEETING
The Core Questions, Working Group member roles,
responsibilities and contributions for the Scientific Synthesis Group
Laurence MeeDirector: Scottish Association for Marine
Science
Critical emerging science issues(5 Questions)
1. What are the critical science challenges “on the horizon” specific to each ecosystem type?
2. What is the significance of regional and global-scale drivers, in particular climate change, in the genesis of transboundary problems.?
3. Describe how understanding and managing multiple causality in a transboundary water context is undertaken?
4. How are variable spatial and temporal scales in IW projects accounted for?
5. What approaches were used to understand/asses the coupling of social and ecological systems?
Critical emerging science issues(5 Questions)
Application of science for adaptive management - (5 Questions)
1. Was engagement of both local and global science communities utilised in IW projects? If not, how can improvements be made?
2. Is scientific expertise well applied within the IW focal area, particularly in accessing new findings on methodologies, science breakthroughs and emerging issues
3. Identify best practices for linking science and management, including policy formulation and broader governance issues
4. How to better understand and effectively communicate the scientific dimensions of adaptive management to different user groups?
5. How to better communicate newly-synthesized science knowledge to stakeholders within and external to GEF
Application of science for adaptive management - (5 Questions)
Development and use of indicators to support results-based IW projects
(3 Questions)1. Building better monitoring strategies and
indicator criteria for future results-based IW project management, including a comparative analysis of current GEF IW indicators and those used by the OECD.
2. Identify effective proxy indicators for use in IW projects in developing countries
3. How to make better use of appropriate science and best practices for Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis
Discussion / consensus with WG members
Tea
& Coffee Break
Chair: Laurence Mee Moderator: Adeel Zafar
Working Group Tasks: synopsis of IW System Type inventory and analysis
using core questions (next 2 days and what to achieve by 2nd WG
meeting)
Chinese Dim Sum Lunch at Gold Moon Garden Chinese Restaurant
After Lunch: Working Groups Break Out Sessions