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DGIS - IHE Delft Programmatic Cooperation Phase 2016 - 2023 (DUPC2)

DUPC2ANNUAL REPORT | 2019

DUPC2 Annual Report 2019

Photos cover page; clockwise, starting on the upper left:

1. The picture shows a meeting with local farmers and authorities on making added-value products from

floating rice in the Vinh Chau commune, Tri Ton District, An Giang province, Vietnam (Flood-based

farming systems for enhancing livelihood resilience in the floodplain of upper Mekong delta project,

project no. 108474, credit: Mr. Le Ngoc Hiep / WACC Vietnam National University).

2. The implemented mechanized micro water harvesting structures (through 'Vallerani' tractor plow) and

the out-planted native shrub seedlings, which were out-planted by young men from the local

community (Majidyya). At the picture you see Mira Haddad (ICARDA) in the background next to a young

man from Majidyya (Issa Masardeh) (TRACE Rehab project, project no. 108484, credit: Stefan

Strohmeier / ICARDA, Jordan).

3. A screenshot of the webinar ‘Open Education for Water Professionals’ organised by The Water Channel

and IHE Delft. The webinar looked into how IHE Delft’s tradition of sharing knowledge for water

professionals can be combined with responding to the changing needs of our learners and the increasing

availability of internet-based tools (The webinar can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWqxLtfG0WA).

4. MSc sociology students from the University Hassan II in Casablanca presenting their findings and

struggles encountered during fieldwork in the Oases of Mezguita, Draa river basin. Students used

various forms of theatre to present their findings, e.g. in the form of role-playing, which allowed them

to illustrate the complexity around resource allocations and management in land and water. The role-

playing technique turned out to be a useful tool both to transmit information, but also allowing students

to interact with their peers as they try to put a story together (Water-intensive agricultural growth in

North Africa project, project no. 108488, credit: Lisa Bossenbroek / TARGA-AIDE, Morocco).

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DGIS – IHE DELFT PROGRAMMATIC COOPERATION Phase 2016 – 2023 (DUPC2)

Annual Report 2019 DGIS Activity no. 28325 / DME0121369 9 June 2020 IHE Delft Institute for Water Education Dr. Wim Douven, DUPC Coordinator P.O. Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft The Netherlands tel. +31-15-2151712 [email protected] https://www.un-ihe.org/dupc

mailto:[email protected]

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Table of Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................... viii

1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Programme context ....................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 DUPC2 in brief ............................................................................................................................... 1

1.3 Structure of the Annual Report 2019 ............................................................................................ 3

2 Overview Programme Activities ........................................................................................................... 5

3 The DUPC2 partnership ........................................................................................................................ 9

3.1 Partners: types and region ............................................................................................................ 9

3.2 Results partnership survey .......................................................................................................... 10

4 Programme Activities by Theme ........................................................................................................ 11

4.1 Water and Food ........................................................................................................................... 11

4.2 Rivers and Deltas ......................................................................................................................... 14

4.3 Water and Sanitation .................................................................................................................. 15

4.4 Water Diplomacy ......................................................................................................................... 18

5. Programme Activities in Focus Regions ............................................................................................ 23

5.1 Middle East .................................................................................................................................. 23

5.2 Mozambique................................................................................................................................ 26

5.3 The Nile ........................................................................................................................................ 29

5.4 Asian deltas ................................................................................................................................. 30

5.5 Colombia...................................................................................................................................... 33

5.6 Small Island Development States (SIDS)...................................................................................... 35

6. Online education ............................................................................................................................... 37

7 Programme Budget and Expenditure ................................................................................................. 41

8 Progress in 2019 and Self-reflection .................................................................................................. 43

8.1 Context: progress 2016-2018 and Mid-term Review .................................................................. 43

8.2 Progress 2019 .............................................................................................................................. 43

8.3 Progress on indicators Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...................................................................... 46

References ............................................................................................................................................. 49

Appendix 1 Overview of all DUPC2 Activities: Technical Data .............................................................. 51

Appendix 2 Overview of all DUPC2 Activities: Financial Data ............................................................... 67

Appendix 3 Overview of DUPC2 Partners ............................................................................................. 73

Appendix 4 Progress on Programme Results – Indicators .................................................................... 79

Appendix 5 Progress on Programme Results – Expenditure ................................................................. 89

Appendix 6 Recommendations of the mid-term review and response DUPC2 .................................... 93


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Acronyms AfWA African Water Association ARA-Sul Administração Regional de Águas do Sul BEWOP Boosting the Effectiveness of Water Operator’s Partnership CkNet Collaborative Knowledge Network Indonesia DGIS Directorate-General for International Cooperation DUPC2 DGIS IHE Delft Programmatic Cooperation Phase 2 EKN Embassy of Kingdom of the Netherlands EU European Union GWOPA Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance IATI International Aid Transparency Initiative IWA International Water Association MENA Middle East and North Africa MER Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting NBCBN Nile Basin Capacity Building Network NGO Non-Governmental Organization NL Netherlands NWO Nederlands Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek OCW Open Course Water OECD-DAC Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Development Assistance Committee SDI Spatial Data Infrastructure SIWI Stockholm International Water Institute UDW Urbanising Delta’s of the World UN United Nations VEI Vitens Evides International WA Water Accounting WA Water Accounting WaPOR Water Productivity through Open-access of Remotely sensed derived data WASH Water, Sanitation and Health WOP Water Operator’s Partnership WP Water Productivity WWF World Wildlife Fund WWX WaterWorX


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Table of Boxes Box 1. Water Accounting and productivity in 2019: WA+ (project no. 106348) and WaterPIP (project no. 107708). .......................................................................................................................................... 12 Box 2. Improving transboundary water management in the Tekezze-Atbara sub-basin (project no. 106961). ................................................................................................................................................ 13 Box 3. SALINPROVE (project no. 106476).............................................................................................. 15 Box 4. Enabling the assessment of alternative water supply systems to promote urban water security in the Global South (AltWater) (project no. 106363). ........................................................................... 16 Box 5. BEWOP (project no. 106344 & 107702). .................................................................................... 17 Box 6. Water Diplomacy activities (project no. 106289 and 106997). .................................................. 19 Box 7. The Water, Peace and Security Partnership (project no. 107636). ............................................ 20 Box 8. 13 online courses in development. ............................................................................................ 38 Box 9. Progress online professional training programme Water and Food (project no. 106793). ....... 38 Box 10. Programme Communication in 2019. ...................................................................................... 45


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Executive Summary

Programme context Working in partnership is a key principle of IHE Delft and the programmatic cooperation with the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also called the DGIS - IHE Delft Programmatic Cooperation (DUPC2), is an important programme for IHE to operationalise this principle. The programme entered its second phase in 2016 and the initial agreement period of the cooperation was 2016-2020 with a budget of 24.154M Euro. In the past two years two programme addenda were approved, bringing the total budget to 40.1M Euro. The 2019 addendum included an extension of the programme until December 2023. In the first half of 2018 an external mid-term review of DUPC2 was carried out, resulting in valuable recommendations for the remainder of the programme. DUPC2 in brief DUPC2 responds to the urgent needs in many low and middle income countries to strengthen their water and development sectors and being able to better tackle urgent water problems. These needs in particularly manifest in the DUPC2 focus countries, which are also countries of focus of the Ministry. Addressing these needs asks for improved knowledge, skills and tools to better inform decisions and practice, but also strengthened capacities of people, communities and organisations e.g. to develop, use and reflect upon knowledge, skills and tools, and their use in supporting sustainable and inclusive development. The goal of DUPC2 is to provide tangible contributions to solving water and development challenges in the DUPC focus countries, by jointly equipping people, communities and organisations with the requested knowledge, skills and tools, in partnership with partners from these countries (www.un-ihe.org/dupc). The programme supports key aspects of IHE’s 2018-2023 strategy (e.g. strengthening partnerships, educational innovation, developing societal relevant new themes and approaches, and diversification of funds) and as well addresses priority areas of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (e.g. water productivity, water and conflict, Middle East and Northern Africa, women and youth, emergency aid, and digitalisation). The goal of DUPC2 is supported by five inter-related programme components: Education and Training, Research and Innovation, Knowledge sharing and Networks, Capacity strengthening and Community of Practice and Management and Learning. Activities under these components each contribute to one or more of the DUPC2 focus themes which are closely linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Efficient water management, particularly in the agricultural sector (Water and food),

Improved catchment area management and safe deltas (Rivers and deltas),

Access to clean drinking water and basic sanitation (Water and sanitation), and

Water diplomacy. Cross-cutting agenda items are water governance, inclusiveness, and climate change.

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Overview programme activities (www.un-ihe.org/dupc) At the end of 2019 DUPC2 supported 114 activities, of which 23 activities started up in 2019, which include the 2019 addendum, and 11 ended as planned. These activities help address water and development challenges in various low and middle income countries around the world. The focus, however, is on a number of countries and regions, in particular the Middle East and Northern Africa:

The Middle East (Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine, and Westbank Aquifer and Jordan River Basin), and wider North-African region,

The Nile river basin, including the Eastern Nile,

Mozambique, and the Zambezi River Basin,

The Asian deltas, including the Mekong delta, Ganges-Bramaputra delta, Irawaddy delta and Ciliwung delta, and

Colombia, and the Magdelena River Basin.

Since its start in 2016, the programme activities have created and published a considerably amount of outputs. Most outputs created so far, fall under the communication and dissemination category (377) and the research category (335). The DUPC2 activities are jointly developed and implemented with 188 partners of which 135 are local partners. The majority are knowledge institutions, but there is also substantial involvement of civil society, government and private sector partners. With around 60 partners IHE Delft collaborates already over a longer time period.

Figure. Printscreen showing the location of the DUPC2 projects. This interactive map with project information is accessible via the DUPC webpage: www.un-ihe.org/dupc.




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Progress on programme implementation and results The programme presented six accents in its Annual Plan 2019, which are considered important in achieving the overall programme’s goals and objectives. These accents are presented below, together with a brief assessment of the progress made. Accent 1. Support the IHE Delft eLearning partnership agenda The eLearning activities at IHE received a boost in 2019 with 13 online courses being developed, following a 2018 Call, with guidance from IHE’s Educational Bureau. To obtain a better understanding of the capacities and needs at partner institutes and address their eLearning aspirations DUPC supported the online training on ‘online course development and planning’ early 2019. Discussions with WaterNet Southern Africa and CKNet Indonesia on how to support their eLearning aspirations started. DUPC will co-fund an online MSc on Water Resources Engineering with Middle Eastern Universities. Accent 2. More research for development projects led by partners from DUPC focus countries To further strengthen the impact and sustainability of the programme, DUPC aimed to have more research projects initiated and led by southern partners. This was achieved with 8 new southern led projects in 2019. In the starting-up of some of the projects contracting and the transfer of money was challenging, especially between southern partners. This slow-downed implementation in some cases, and is addressed by the programme and the supporting departments of IHE and partners. Accent 3. Further strengthen current activities in the Middle East and the wider region DUPC’s partnership activities in the Middle East and wider region were further strengthened by several new activities. The second phase of the Lebanon WIN project was initiated in 2019 (Integrated and sustainable development in the Litani, Lebanon, project no. 108714) and also a new project in Jordan building upon earlier projects (Improving water productivity and livelihoods in Jordan Valley, project no. 109127). In Iraq activities started to support its water sector strategy development (project no. 107693). As part of the 2019 DUPC2 addendum, a larger capacity strengthening project for and with Iraq was awarded (project no. 109070), as well as a similar project in Sudan (project no. 109148), and a grant for a MENA fellowship programme (project no. 109069, webpage) was issued. Four of the eight earlier mentioned new southern research projects are in the MENA region (project no’s. 108472, 108484, 108485 and 108487). Moreover, the Water Accounting+ project (project no. 106348), WaterPip project (project no. 107708) and ‘Water-Energy-Nexus Tools’ research project (project no. 109067), the latter two are part of the 2019 addendum, have case studies in the Middle East. Accent 4. Give more structured attention to gender and inclusiveness This accent was added in response to the recommendation of the mid-term review, as an important aspect in reaching societal impact. A Call for ‘South-South collaboration research’ projects (September 2018), resulted in 2 southern led research activities specifically addressing gender and inclusiveness (project no. 108488 and 108487). In addition, DUPC initiated and supported the establishment of an inclusiveness team and an impact team (project no. 108704) to further experiment and advice on these aspects. Accent 5. Strengthen knowledge sharing and learning activities in partnership DUPC regards knowledge sharing and learning as an important approach to stimulate the co-creation and use of new knowledge and insights and have sustainable impact on the ground. In various ways

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the programme has supported this approach. For instance, by organizing a number of regional knowledge sharing and learning events over the years (ViaWater Learning Event, Mozambique - May 2018, Agua, Cali Colombia - Nov 2018, Amman Jordan- Oct 2018, Waternet - Nov 2018, Arab Water Week Dead Sea Jordan‘Working in Partnerships, Inclusiveness and Creating Impact’– March 2019). But also through a webinar series for partners and alumni, and the website and other communication as ways to reach out to and connect people (see next accent). Knowledge sharing and learning is encouraged at project level (self-assessment and learning e.g. in annual reporting), between projects (the mentioned learning events) and also at programme level. The latter was done by an internal reflection on the functioning of the programme, based on feed-back from projects, also in view of the anticipated next phase of the programme. Accent 6. Continue making the DUPC2 webpage more informative and interactive This accent was also added in response to the recommendation of the mid-term review to make the programme and its results more visible. The webpage (www.un-ihe.org/dupc) became richer in information, and we tried to engage southern partners in providing input for the website. We did not fully achieve the latter, which is something still high on our agenda (Annual Plan 2020). A story development workshop was planned, but not conducted as a stand-alone workshop, but southern partners participated in a summer course on ‘Visual methods for water communication’ in July in Delft. Programme budget and expenditures The total DUPC2 budget grant is 40.1M Euro (see Table below). The grants issued to awarded activities at the end of 2019 amounted to 35.9M Euro (most multi-year commitments), which is 90% of the total DUPC2 budget. Around 4.2M Euro was not yet committed by grants issued, and part of this amount is already reserved for identified activities (Annual Plan 2020). The total budget of activities DUPC2 financially contributed to until 31 December 2019 amounted to a value of 46.2M Euro, which shows a co-funding of 10.3M Euro. The expenditure for 2019 was almost 4.9M, bringing the total expenditure of the 2016 – 2019 period to 15.1M Euro and the balance of the DGIS approved DUPC2 budget to 24.9M Euro. The latter amount includes the 11.16M Euro addendum approved in November 2019. Table. Financial overview situation 31 December 2019 (in Euros).

DUPC2 components, results and activities

DGIS approved DUPC2 budget (2016 - 2023)

DUPC2 budget commitments (grants, incl. final grants) 31/12/19

Total DUPC2 expenditure until 31/12/2019 in IHE admin

Balance in DGIS approved DUPC2 budget

(1) (2) (3) = (1)-(2)

Education and Training €5,250,000 €4,203,614 €1,575,126 €3,674,874

Research and Innovation €11,576,141 €10,597,603 €6,128,975 €5,447,166

Knowledge sharing and Networks €14,920,027 €13,259,852 €6,307,274 €8,612,753

Capacity strengthening and Community of practice €6,232,695 €6,232,695 €16,112 €6,216,582

Programme management and Learning €1,850,000 €1,600,000 €1,171,206 €678,794

Budget reservation (see Annual Plan 2017) €275,000 €0 €0 €275,000

Total €40,103,863 €35,893,764 €15,198,694 €24,905,169



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1 Introduction

1.1 Programme context

Working in partnership is a key principle of IHE Delft and the programmatic cooperation with the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also called the DGIS - IHE Delft Programmatic Cooperation (DUPC2), is an important programme for IHE to operationalise this principle. The programme entered its second phase in 2016 and the initial agreement period of the cooperation was 2016-2020 with a budget of 24.154M1 Euro. The basis for the allocation is a Grant Application by IHE Delft, dated 20 November 2015, which is the main reference for identifying activities2. In March 2018 an addendum of the initial programme was approved raising the total budget with 4.8M Euro to 28.945M Euro3. In November 2019 a second addendum of eight activities was approved with a budget of 11.16M Euro, bringing the total budget to 40.1M4 Euro. This approval included an extension of the programme until December 2023. In the first half of 2018 an external mid-term review of DUPC2 was carried out, resulting in valuable recommendations for the remainder of the programme (Section 8.1).

1.2 DUPC2 in brief

DUPC2 responds to the needs in many low and middle income countries to strengthen their water and development sectors and being able to better tackle urgent water problems. These needs in particularly manifest in the DUPC2 focus countries, which are low and middle income countries (OECD DAC list) and countries of focus of the Ministry with a specific focus on the Middle East and North Africa. Addressing these needs asks for improved knowledge, skills and tools to better inform decisions and practice, but also strengthened capacities of people, communities and organisations e.g. to develop, use and reflect upon knowledge, skills and tools, and their use in supporting sustainable and inclusive development.

The goal of DUPC2 is to provide tangible contributions to solving water and development challenges in the DUPC focus countries, by jointly equipping people, communities and organisations with the requested knowledge, skills and tools, in partnership with partners from these countries (www.un-ihe.org/dupc). The programme supports key aspects of IHE’s 2018-2023 strategy (e.g. strengthening partnerships, educational innovation, developing societal relevant new themes and approaches, and diversification of funds) as well as addresses priority areas of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (e.g. water productivity, water and conflict, Middle East and Northern Africa, women and youth, emergency aid, and digitalisation).

The goal of DUPC2 is supported by five inter-related programme components, each having their own expected outcomes (Figure 1):

Education and Training, with a focus on eLearning,

Research and Innovation,

Knowledge sharing and Networks,

Capacity strengthening and Community of Practice5, and

Management and Learning.

1 The activity is registered at the Ministry under Activity Number no. 28325 / DME0121369. 2 Proposal DGIS UNESCO-IHE Programmatic Cooperation 2016-2020 - DUPC2 2, Solving water and development challenges worldwide by equipping people and organisations and strengthening partnerships, UNESCO-IHE, 20 November 2015. 3 Addendum February 2018. Activities: Water, Peace and Security Partnership (project no. 107636), WaterPiP (project no. 107708), BEWOP3 (project no. 107702), and SIDS2 (project no. 107695). 4 Addendum November 2019. Activities: Online education (project no. 109066), WEF-tools (project no. 109067), WaterPip top-up phase 1 (project no. 109065), BEWOP4 (project no. 109145), SIDS3 (no. 108944), MENA (no. 109069), Iraq (no. 109070) and Sudan (no. 109148). 5 Former SIDS component. As part of the 2019 addendum, several activities have been added under this component.




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Activities under these components each contribute to one or more of the DUPC2 focus themes which are closely linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Efficient water management, particularly in the agricultural sector (Water and food),

Improved catchment area management and safe deltas (Rivers and deltas),

Access to clean drinking water and basic sanitation (Water and sanitation), and

Water diplomacy.

Figure 1. Goal of the DUPC2 programme, its objectives and results per component.


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Cross-cutting agenda items are water governance, inclusiveness, and climate change. DUPC2 activities help address water and development challenges in various low and middle income countries around the world. The focus, however, is on a number of countries and regions, in particular the Middle East and Northern Africa, which reflect the DUPC2 focus countries:

The Middle East (Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine, and Westbank Aquifer and Jordan River Basin), and wider North-African region,

The Nile river basin, including the Eastern Nile,

Mozambique, and the Zambezi River Basin,

The Asian deltas, including the Mekong delta, Ganges-Bramaputra delta, Irawaddy delta and Ciliwung delta, and

Colombia, and the Magdelena River Basin. The activities are jointly developed and implemented with local partners, but also many international partners. The majority are knowledge institutions, but there is also substantial involvement of civil society, government and private sector partners. Around half of the partners are partners with whom IHE Delft collaborates already over a longer time. The programme aims to achieve its goal by pursuing a number of strategies. These strategies are expected to help strengthen local ownership and sustainability and increase the probability of achieving positive societal impact in the respective countries. They include:

Widening partnerships, also including civil society, NGOs, private sector and government

Co-creation and implementation of activities, with focus on local initiative and ownership

Active engagement with local beneficiaries

Focus on inclusiveness (e.g. gender, youth, local livelihoods)

Encouraging synergies between research, education and outreach

Stimulating cohesion and synergy between activities at regional and thematic levels

Facilitating knowledge sharing and learning

DUPC2 is implemented by a small programme support team. A committee consisting of five IHE Delft staff members and four regional committee members representing Africa, Middle East and Northern Africa, Asia and Latin America, provides strategic advice and acts as a sounding board. A monitoring, evaluation and reporting (MER) protocol is applied, based on the programme’s Logical Framework. This supports the implementation of the programme, and stimulates reflection and learning, based on experiences gained, and inputs from various stakeholders received. The programme is IATI registered6.

1.3 Structure of the Annual Report 2019

The structure of the Annual Report is as follows. Chapter 1 provides background information about DUPC2 and the structure of the report. Chapter 2 presents an overview of the programme activities. Chapter 3 presents key characteristics of the DUPC partnerships, also based on a recent partnership survey. Then, Chapter 4 outlines the activities per DUPC theme, and highlights selected activities. An overview of the activities per region is given in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 presents the online learning activities supported by DUPC. The financial overview of the programme is presented in Chapter 7. Finally, progress on programme implementation is presented in Chapter 8.

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2 Overview Programme Activities

DUPC2 supports (and has supported) 114 activities which assist low and middle income countries in addressing their water and development challenges (Table 1). 23 new activities started up in 2019, which includes those part of the 2019 addendum, and 11 activities ended as planned. The total amount of DUPC2 grants issued to support the activities was 35.9M Euro, and the actual expenditure was 15.2M Euro. Before presenting more details about the activities in chapter 3, this chapter first gives an overview of the programme. It presents the budget commitments and expenditures over the themes addressed, countries and regions targeted, as well as the outputs realised. Table 1. Status of DUPC2 activities per component on 31 December 2019 7,8.

Components RUN 2016 RUN 2017 RUN 2018 RUN 2019 REJ END Grand Total

Education & Training 9 12 10 12 6 18

Research and Innovation 20 26 24 36 2 10 48

Knowledge sharing & Networks 10 16 24 29 11 40

Capacity strengthening and Community of practice

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Management & Learning 3 3 3 3 3

Grand Total 39 57 62 85 2 27 114

Themes DUPC2 addresses 4 main themes, and the distribution of budget commitments and expenditure over these themes is shown in Figure 2. Most activities are addressing multiple themes and for the purpose of this report it is assumed that in those cases, the different themes are addressed equally. The figure shows that the commitments and expenditure over the themes is divided quite equally, with ‘Water and sanitation’ and ‘Water and food’ having a slightly higher share. All activities also address one or more of the DUPC2 cross-cutting themes: water governance, gender and inclusiveness and climate change. A listing of all activities, and the themes they address, is presented in Appendix 1.

Countries and regions The DUPC2 activities help address water and development challenges in around 35 low and middle income countries, most also being DUPC focus countries, including those in the Middle East and Africa (see Figure 4).

7 The total number of projects (having an IHE administration number, called project no. in this report) is smaller (88 projects), as some projects have multiple activities, e.g. Water Diplomacy, project no. 106289. 8 RUN: running projects, END: ended projects, and REJ: rejected projects.

Figure 2. Grants issued and expenditure over themes.

€0 €2,000,000 €4,000,000 €6,000,000 €8,000,000 €10,000,000 €12,000,000

Water and food

Rivers and deltas

Water and sanitation

Water diplomacy

DUPC commitment and expenditure over themes, 31 Dec 2019

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The distribution of the budget commitment and expenditure over the different regions is shown in Figure 4. Activities targeting ‘multiple regions’ show highest budget commitment and expenditure. These are activities like Water Diplomacy (project no. 106289), Water Peace Security (project no. 107636) and Online Education Hub (project no. 109066) which cannot be directly linked to a specific region. Activities targeting the MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa show second and third highest budget commitments and expenditure, which reflects the DUPC2 focus on these regions.

Figure 3. Grants issued and expenditure over regions.

€0 €4,000,000 €8,000,000 €12,000,000 €16,000,000

East Asia & Pacific

Latin America & Caribbean

Middle East & North Africa

Multiple Regions

South Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

DUPC commitment and expenditure over regions, 31 Dec 2019

DUPC2 budget commitments (grants, incl END grants) DUPC2 expenditure

Figure 4. Printscreen showing the location of the DUPC2 projects. This interactive map with project information is accessible via the DUPC webpage: www.un-ihe.org/dupc.


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Type of projects DUPC2 supports different types of activities as shown in Figure 5. The activities part of the ‘Knowledge sharing and Networks’ and ‘Research and Innovation’ components are the largest in terms of budget. The education and training component is lacking behind slightly, due to the later implementation of those activities. The expenditure of the new capacity strengthening component is still small, as most activities are part of the November 2019 addendum.

Outputs Since its start in 2016, the programme activities have created and published a considerably amount of outputs. So far most outputs created fall under the communication and dissemination category (377) and the research category (335). Compared to the latter two categories, education outputs (55) make up least of the total amount (see Figure 6). DUPC2 has created an output database which provides access to all outputs created from 2016 onwards. The output database can be found on the DUPC2 webpage: https://www.un-ihe.org/dupc-projects-output.

Figure 5. Grants issued and expenditure over programme components.

€0 €4,000,000 €8,000,000 €12,000,000

Education and Training

Knowledge sharing and Networks

Research and Innovation

Capacity strenghtening & Community of Practice

Management and Learning

DUPC2 commitment and expenditure over components, 31 Dec 2019

Figure 6. Cumulative number of outputs per category and year.

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3 The DUPC2 partnership

Working with partners is a key approach for IHE Delft to help solve water and development challenges. This approach is strongly supported by DUPC. The programme considers partnerships as long term engagements in which different kinds of organizations collaborate on addressing relevant water challenges on a basis of complementary, mutual respect, equality and inclusion of diverse actors. Partnerships develop around activities, themes and regions. The DUPC2 activities so far, are jointly developed and implemented with 188 partners of which 135 are partners from the 35 countries where the DUPC supported activities take place (see Appendix 3 for an overview of all DUPC2 partners per country). This chapter presents some characteristics of the DUPC partnerships, as well as their diversity and values perceived based on a recent partnership survey9.

3.1 Partners: types and region

As mentioned in Section 1.2, broadening project partnerships to also include other partners than academic partners is something DUPC explicitly encourages to increase impact on the ground. As a result of this, there is now a substantial involvement of civil society (50), government (38) and private sector partners (16), next to the 84 knowledge institutions. Of the total 188 partners, 59 are partners with whom IHE Delft collaborated in the past years, for instance through a joint educational programme or research activities or with whom we have a Memorandum of Understanding. An overview of the variety of partners in projects per region is provided in Figure 7, which reflects the focus on the DUPC countries. The MENA is a region with many partners (39) who are involved in the 31 projects the programme supports, most research and innovation projects. The majority of partners are knowledge institutes (20). Government (9), civil society (8), and the private sector (2) are represented to a lesser extent. In the Sub-Saharan region there is relatively higher involvement of private sector parties (6). Most partners involved in projects in the Sub-Saharan region are civil society organizations (11), followed by knowledge institutes (13) and government (7). These partners are working together in 32 projects. Western Europe is the region with most partners (43), including 28 Dutch partners with 12 civil society and 3 private sector organisations.

9 Report DUPC2 partnership Survey February 2020 ‘Working in partnership – practices and experiences from your DUPC2-supported project’. 43 partners participated in the survey (out of the total 188 partners).

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Australia

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

USA and Canada

Western Europe

East Asia & Pacific

Latin America & Caribbean

Middle East & North Africa

South Asia

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Partners per region and type, 31 December 2019

P - Private K - Knowledge Institution G - Government C - Civil Society

Figure 7. Partners per region and type.


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Diverse partnerships are not only reflected in the types of partners the programme categorizes partners in, but also in the expertise of partners. Taking the MENA region as an example, of the 20 knowledge institute partners the majority are experts in water resources, agriculture, or environmental studies. However, to an increasing extend also knowledge institutes with expertise in social sciences (sociology and public policy) are involved. The majority of the governmental partners are ministries, e.g. the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources. Partners from the civil society sector include partners focused on capacity building, youth, and environmental development. The two partners from the private sector are a financial institute and a water supplier.

3.2 Results partnership survey

In the recent partnership survey we asked partners which forms of diversities were represented in their partnership. The responses showed that diversity in types of organisation are most common (25%). Partners with different disciplinary backgrounds are also well represented (22%) in project teams. Diversity in nationalities/geographical locations (19%) and diversity in gender and/or ethnicity (19%) rank equally high and diversity in hierarchal position in an organization (14%) is second lowest. In the survey partners expressed the importance of diversity in project partnerships. As one partner puts it “societal issues require interventions that involve several actors, the more you involve all parties the better you run a change to solve the problem even beyond the life time of the DUPC project”. The main added value of a diverse partnership indicated was the opportunity and ability to learn from each other when working with diverse partners (84%). Diverse partnerships also helped in achieving project objectives (67%) and impact on the ground (67%).

However, diversity in project partnerships brings also challenges. Communication challenges between partners (51%) was the most common challenge mentioned in the survey. Respondents indicated that working with diverse partners can lead to more difficulty in achieving project objectives (24%) and to some extent, achieving impact on the ground (7%). Many partners also cite other challenges (18%) e.g. more time and effort for coordination is needed, slower pace of project implementation when working with many partners. Partners were also asked about the value partnerships. The survey showed that partners consider partnerships valuable as it improves access to international knowledge and networks (63%), they valued working with new partners (63%), knowledge and innovations get disseminated (26), increased opportunities for influencing policy at local levels (56%) and helps in enriching their education and training offerings (56%). Below some quotes are presented, in response to the request to give examples of what works (worked) very well in the project partnerships. “In our DUPC project somehow an atmosphere of a converging sense of purpose and a shared fascination of what we were up to emerged, which went along with a lot of humor and camaraderie. This was, in my view, for many a stimulating environment to pursue our objectives, even if they proved challenging to achieve.” “We managed to develop a good working relation between different professional groups that were not used to work together before the project. We also foster collaboration between people with different national and disciplinary background in a context were national and disciplinary boundaries are still highly influential and strong.” “The diversity of nationalities has really helped us understand one another better and align our objectives.”


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4 Programme Activities by Theme

To help achieve impact on the ground DUPC2 focuses on 4 themes, as presented in chapter 1. In this Chapter we present how the programme and its 114 education, research, and knowledge sharing activities contribute to these themes10. In each theme section of this chapter a map is presented showing the projects addressing the specific theme. This map can also be found on the DUPC website (www.un-ihe.org/dupc), which gives access to more detailed information per activity. In the theme sections selected activities are highlighted in boxes. Most activities address multiple themes therefore the activities in the boxes are not always limited to the theme they are presented under.

4.1 Water and Food

The main goal of the Water and food theme is to reduce the knowledge gap concerning management of land and water resources for food and energy security in a sustainable and equitable way. Challenges relate to improving water productivity taking into account values beyond crop production, best ways revitalizing large-scale irrigation systems as well as to provide support to small-scale farmer-led irrigation development, and introducing water storage systems that are at the same time affordable, accessible and environmentally friendly. Information related to the dynamics of water through the integration of information and communication technologies are key in supporting an improved management of land and water resources.

10 The total number of projects (with an IHE administration no., called project no. in this report) is smaller (88 projects), as some projects have multiple activities, e.g. Water Diplomacy, project no. 106289.

Figure 8. Project map showing the projects addressing the theme ‘Water and food’. Visit www.un-ihe.org/dupc for the interactive map.


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In total, 63 activities (54 projects) addressed the ‘Water and food’ theme in 2019 (see Figure 8). Selected descriptions and stories of activities are presented in the boxes below. Details can be found in the appendices; technical information in Appendix 1, which shows that most activities also address other themes, and financial information in Appendix 2. Box 1. Water Accounting and productivity in 2019: WA+ (project no. 106348) and WaterPIP (project no. 107708).

The Water Accounting team at IHE

Delft, set up in 2015, currently consist

of 7 staff members implementing

various DGIS funded projects on using

remote sensing for water resources

and agricultural water management

through FAO and ADB. The core of all

these projects is the DUPC fund, which

has created the platform for

developing the Water Accounting plus

(WA+) framework and its associated

tools (see the water accounting github

page). The WA+ framework uses open

access remote sensing data and global

databases to compile information on

water flows and stocks in a river basin

and attribute them to the different

users. WA+ targets river basins

including all sectors, providing

information on trade-offs and

synergies between water users.

Water accounting+ (project no. 106348)

By the end of the first phase of the DUPC2 funded project on Water Accounting (December 2019), WA+ has

been applied in over 40 river basins in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. More than 20 events (trainings,

workshops and courses) have been held over the last 3-years to train local water managers on WA+. In India

and Egypt, a strong teams of technical experts have been trained to apply the WA+ framework and tools in

their respective basins with support from the IHE Delft WA+ team. In Egypt, a Water Accounting unit has

established within the Ministry of Water and Irrigation for operationalising water accounting within Egypt.

Through the EU funded WaterSTARS project, IHE Delft is continuing to provide support to the ministry for the

implementation. In the second phase of the project (2020-2022) more emphasis will be put on the uptake of

WA+ results in decision making for improved river basin management and linking WA+ results to the global

agenda (e.g. for monitoring SDGs). Read more on their website: https://www.wateraccounting.org/.

WaterPIP (project no. 107708)

As the main water consumer globally, efficient use of water within the agricultural sector is of utmost

importance. In absence of sufficient observed data, remote sensing information is ideal to estimate the

spatially distributed water consumption patterns of the agricultural sector, to identify areas where

improvements can be made. IHE Delft’s Water Accounting team is therefore working closely with FAO,

Wageningen University, MetaMeta and Eleaf in developing protocols for monitoring the 25% improvement

in water productivity target set by the Dutch Government. The consortium aims to using the FAO WaPOR

portal, which contains relevant remote sensing based data sets. A quality assessment study implemented by

IHE Delft showed the value of the near real time WaPOR database for monitoring water consumption and

biomass production for Africa and the MENA region (FAO and IHE Delft, 2019). It showed that WaPOR ranks

Figure. Example of closing the land and water productivity gaps and its

impact on ETa in the Xinavane sugar estate, Mozambique (star is an

example target of Land and Water productivity set at 95 percentile)

(credit: IHE Delft Water Accounting and Productivity team).

https://github.com/wateraccounting

https://github.com/wateraccounting

https://www.wateraccounting.org/

http://www.fao.org/3/ca4895en/ca4895en.pdf


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among the best products for evapotranspiration with the highest spatial and temporal resolution. Using local

data on cropping type, season and using literature for crop parameters, WaPOR data can be used to

accurately estimate yields. This allows for spatial analysis of water productivity in large irrigation schemes

across countries and for multiple years (the WaPOR database is available since 2009).

Box 2. Improving transboundary water management in the Tekezze-Atbara sub-basin (project no. 106961).

The Tekezze-Atbara tributary of the Nile is perhaps lesser known than the more famous Blue Nile and White

Nile. Yet, millions of people call the Tekezze-Atbara basin their home and depend on its waters. Unfortunately,

the way the waters are managed now is not sustainable. With millions of people depending on the Tekezze-

Atbara tributary, it is therefore crucial to manage this essential and scarce resource in a sustainable manner.

The project ‘improving transboundary water management in the Tekezee-Atbara sub-basin’, also known as

Tekezze-Atbara, is led by the Hydraulic Research Center Sudan (HRC). The Tekezze-Atbara sub-basin is shared

by three countries: Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan. Within the sub-basin, three dams, the Girba and Atbara Dams

Complex in Sudan, and the Tekezze Five in Ethiopia operate independently from each other. The Tekezze

Atbara project aims to have these dams collaborate with each other in order to have the reservoir systems

utilise the limited water resources in the most optimal manner.

The first phase of the project (2017/2019)

attempted to quantify cost and benefit of

(cooperative vs. non cooperative) operation of

the reservoir system in the sub-basin. One of the

major outputs of this project was the river basin

model which was developed jointly by

researchers from the two countries. Through the

model development, a shared understanding of

the system, as well as of the interests and values

of the different stakeholders has been

developed. The model is also a cornerstone for

further research, e.g., to test different

institutional structures for coordinated reservoir

operation, among many other research ideas.

The final project workshop of phase 1, held in

Khartoum from 24-26 March 2019, was a regional

conference, and marked the successful end of

phase-I and provided a platform where project outputs were presented and interactively discussed with

participants and relevant stakeholders.

The results of phase-1 inspired the same organizations to continue working on the second phase, officially

launched in April 2019. The research aims to identify and recommend designs of institutional set-ups for

regional cooperation for the operation of the T-A reservoir system, given the information on different

operation scenarios prepared by the model of phase-1. The ultimate goal is to maximize benefit from water

resources of the T-A sub-basin, both at national level (Ethiopia, and Sudan), as well as at the sub-basin level.

Close consultation with the stakeholders, in particular, policymakers from the two countries is key to

incorporate the needs and restrictions to be raised by the riparian states. The approach of (informed)

transboundary water management at the smaller scale of sub-basins, will fill a clear gap in the Nile literature

and also of other large river basins. If successful, this approach can be assimilated into other sub-basins in the

region. The sub-basin institutions could initiate an institutional body for cooperation in the whole Nile basin.

Figure. The joint research team and site visit to the Upper Atbara Dam Complex site (credits: Ahmed Nourani / Dam Implementation Unit (DIU) of the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources (MoIWR), Sudan).


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In 2018 a short documentary was produced to give more insight on the Tekezze-Atbara sub-basin. The

documentary focusses on the basin’s history, the people who are attached to the surrounding land, natural

resources and highlights opportunities of cooperation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHETSD4mdLk.

The project is a “south-south” research collaboration projects with the Hydraulics Research Center, Sudan in

the lead, partnering with the Ethiopian Institute for Water Resources – Addis Ababa University and IHE Delft.

Learn more about the Tekezze-Atbara project on the project website: http://t-abasin.hrc-sudan.sd.

4.2 Rivers and Deltas

Basin and delta systems often have a long history of civilization and socio-economic development and are currently under increasing pressure. Water availability and equitable allocation between users is one of the challenges, and the promotion of cooperation to prevent conflict over shared waters. Environmental concerns are another challenge including their interaction with the social and economic systems. Water-related hazards like floods, droughts, pollution and related issues, are expected to increase in frequency and intensity. A good understanding of these challenges, including the governance dimensions, and role of information and communication technologies are key for improved catchment area and delta management. In total, 57 activities (46 projects) addressed the ‘Rivers and deltas’ theme in 2019 (see Figure 9) Selected descriptions and stories of activities are presented in the boxes below. Details can be found in the appendices; technical information in Appendix 1, which shows that most activities also address other themes, and financial information in Appendix 2.

Figure 9. Project map showing the projects addressing the theme ‘River and Deltas'. Visit www.un-ihe.org/dupc for the interactive map.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHETSD4mdLk

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Box 3. SALINPROVE (project no. 106476).

Around 40% of the world’s population lives

within 100 km of the coastline. With the

numbers increasing rapidly, the pressure on

coastal freshwater resources, especially

groundwater, is huge. The out-of-sight nature

of this resource makes it, paradoxically,

susceptible to both over- and under-utilization.

Underground reservoirs or aquifers are the

largest available reservoirs of liquid freshwater,

holding close to 90% of the world’s stock. This

makes them a valuable, and often under-

appreciated, resource in water-scarce regions.

On the other hand, populous regions often

make indiscriminate unplanned use of the

resource, making it, among others, prone to escalations in salinity levels.

The project SALINPROVE aims to address this problem in coastal areas of three different settings: Peri-urban

Great Maputo (Mozambique), the Tra Vinh province in the Mekong Delta (Vietnam), and Laizhou Bay (China).

The aim is to work together with the main users and stakeholders towards defining the different dimensions

and impacts of the groundwater salinization problems, and develop feasible solutions, both for the present as

well as under future climate and socio-economic changes.

In 2019 the project continued performing data analysis and numerical modelling of the groundwater salinity

distribution in the study areas and the changes over time, building on the implemented groundwater salinity

monitoring networks. Over 200 wells were visited in each study area to get more representative data on

groundwater salinity in space and depth, which previously did not exist. Periodically consistent collection and

sharing of data on groundwater levels and salinity in the study regions is now taking place, as illustrated by

the yearly monitoring bulletins. Future groundwater pumping and climate change scenarios were assessed

with the numerical models. Scientific papers on the research were prepared and published in two journals. In

addition, the project organized stakeholder workshops in both Vietnam and Mozambique on the joint

development, discussion and feasibility analysis of mitigation/adaptation measures regarding groundwater

salinity. Such measures are currently being further assessed, with special focus on the joint

development/improvement of guidelines for groundwater exploitation, a pre-feasibility study on managed

aquifer recharge (MAR) and a salt-tolerant crop feasibility study being carried out in Vietnam.

For more information visit the project website: https://salinprove.un-ihe.org/.

4.3 Water and Sanitation

Increasing access to safe, sufficient and affordable water for people to meet needs for drinking, sanitation and hygiene is the aim of this theme. It addresses the entire water supply and sanitation chain, mainly within an urban and peri-urban context, including centralized and decentralized approaches, advanced and low-cost technologies, and engineered and natural systems. It focuses on knowledge and innovation to both help meet basic needs and support the development of water supply, wastewater treatment, and resource recovery systems that enable economic development. The theme also addresses societal, economic and institutional aspects recognizing that technical solutions alone do not guarantee sustainable provision of water and sanitation. In total, 63 activities (52 projects) addressed the ‘Water and sanitation’ theme in 2019 (see Figure 10). Selected descriptions and stories of activities are presented in the boxes below. Details can be found

Figure. Visit to groundwater monitoring well in Great Maputo

Aquifer for recording of groundwater level and salinity (credit:

Tibor Stigter / IHE Delft).

https://salinprove.un-ihe.org/


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in the appendices; technical information in Appendix 1, which shows that most activities also address other themes, and financial information in Appendix 2.

Box 4. Enabling the assessment of alternative water supply systems to promote urban water security in the Global South (AltWater) (project no. 106363).

In many water-stressed cities in the Global South, the

poorest do not have access to a reliable and safe water

source. With the populations of these cities rapidly

increasing, traditional water sources are running low.

How can these cities relieve the pressure from their

traditional water supply sources and quench the thirst of

its population?

IHE Delft and partners initiated a four-year project called

“enabling the assessment of alternative water supply

systems to promote urban water security in the Global

South”, otherwise known as AltWater. The project

investigates ways to increase the self-reliance and

sustainability of cities in the Global South, by relieving

pressure from traditional water supply sources through

implementing alternative water systems. In collaboration

with local partners, the project is executed in four cities: Maputo and Beira in Mozambique, and Surabaya and

Gresik in Indonesia. These partners are local water or knowledge organizations. They participate in research

on alternative water supply assessment and planning and collaborate to exchange knowledge between

Figure 10. Project map showing the projects addressing the theme ‘Water and sanitation’. Visit www.un-ihe.org/dupc for the interactive map.

Figure. Cityscape of Surabaya, lead partner city in

Indonesia in the AltWater project (credit: Janez

Susnik / IHE Delft).



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partners to increase capacity, as well as creating useful networks. The project takes a “leader-follower”

approach, with the two bigger cities, Maputo and Surabaya, serving as leaders, who are responsible for

developing and training capacity in Beira and Gresik.

In 2019 an update workshop was held in Surabaya with all local partners. Photos and outputs of these

workshop can be downloaded from https://altwater.un-ihe.org/. In addition, AltWater related research was

presented at the IWA Congress on Water and Development in Colombo, Sri-Lanka, December 2019. A poster

and a platform presentation were given. Both can be downloaded from the website. Two papers stemming

from AltWater research are submitted to international journals (Urban Water Journal and Sustainable Cities

and Society), and are currently under peer-review.

The AltWater project is linked to the larger City-2-City Learning initiative at IHE Delft. Learn more about the

AltWater project and its activities on DUPC2’s website: https://www.un-ihe.org/stories/under-pressure-

relieving-pressure-traditional-water-supply-sources?back=747644

Box 5. BEWOP (project no. 106344 & 107702).

BEWOP Phase II is targeted towards the development of guidelines, trainings and tools that allow water

operators to develop more effective partnerships. In doing so, the BEWOP activity provides a significant

contribution to the DGIS WASH Strategy 2016-2030. In the water supply sector, water operator partnerships

represent an important instrument in implementing this strategy. By developing more effective Water

Operator's Partnerships (WOPs), the activity supports the development of this strategy.

In 2019 BEWOP2 continued the development of a series of case studies, face-to-face meetings and guidelines

in order to facilitate the effectiveness of WOPs. In this process staff of the water operators are directly

involved in the design, development and implementation. Moreover, BEWOP2 continued to support the

facilitation of 8 Communities of Practice. One of the activities undertaken concerned a case study of the use

of pre-paid meters in low-income areas jointly with VEI Dutch Water Operators in three Kenyan cities. The

research project identified challenges facing the implementation of pre-paid dispensers, which have resulted

in a large number of these dispensers breaking down. The a joint session by VEI Dutch Water Operators and

IHE Delft on pre-paid dispenser at the African Water Association International in Kampala in February, 2020.

In addition to face-to-face meetings increasingly webinars are organized to discuss experiences in different

WaterWorX projects relating to pro-poor services. On average these webinars attract approximately 15

participants from Asia and Africa. In addition to the

webinars the pro-poor coordinators communicate

through a whatsapp group, where also experiences,

events, and questions are exchanged.

In November 2019, GWOPA and AfWA co-convened a

training workshop at Uganda’s National Water and

Sewerage International Resource Center, following the

83rd African Water Association (AfWA) Scientific

Technical Committee (STC) Meeting. Eighteen

participants from 13 water and sanitation utilities

around Sub-Saharan Africa participated in the one-day

event to learn how to plan for, monitor and communicate about Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOPs) results

by using various tools and guidance materials developed under the Boosting Effectiveness of Water Operators’

Partnerships (BEWOP) initiative.

Figure. One of the webinars held under BEWOP 2 to

discuss experiences in WaterWorx projects.

https://altwater.un-ihe.org/

https://www.un-ihe.org/city-2-city-learning

https://www.un-ihe.org/stories/under-pressure-relieving-pressure-traditional-water-supply-sources?back=747644

https://www.un-ihe.org/stories/under-pressure-relieving-pressure-traditional-water-supply-sources?back=747644

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In addition, The GWOPA team completed the first version of

the WOPs guidance piece, WOPs: A practical guide to their

implementation. This living document features step-by-step

guidance to encourage a more effective and structured

approach to the WOPs practice. The guide is meant for anyone

thinking about participating in or facilitating a Water

Operators’ Partnership, including Water and Sanitation

Operators, WOP donors, associations, governments and NGOs. The BEWOP 2 project has developed a series of tools that are

open access and can be freely downloaded from the BEWOP

website (https://bewop.un-ihe.org) and the GWOPA website

(gwopa.org/resources/library/).

Phase 3 of the BEWOP project started in March 2018. BEWOP3

aims at supporting the WOPs developed under the WaterWorX

programme through knowledge management, increasing global visibility of the WOP concept, and promotion

of the 1% arrangement.

A major highlight has been the strong support by the European Commission to develop a new 7M Euro Europe-

wide WOP programme for the 2020-2023 period with

an eye to include WOP partnerships within a future

European development framework. The September

12th meeting in Brussels which convened a wide set of

European stakeholders revealed broad support for

the programme by utilities, member states and

financiers. Commitments to move ahead with this

wider programme for WOPs can be attributed in large

part to the advocacy activities of the BEWOP3 project.

The call for projects will be launched during the

second quarter of the year 2020. The knowledge

management component for the EU-WOP

Programme will be funded via BEWOP4.

In addition, Germany and Finland have both announced the establishment of new national WOP programmes,

which would avail funds to support their countries’ engagement in these international partnerships. These

evolutions are likely to have been inspired also by the momentum created around WOPs in Europe generated

by WWX activities.

4.4 Water Diplomacy

Water diplomacy goes beyond cooperation over water, as it is more broadly concerned with improved regional security and stability, improved trade relations and regional integration. Water diplomacy thus has the potential to promote geopolitical relations between countries sharing a water resource. Water diplomacy can be successful in situations where it is recognized that non-collaboration results in a worse outcome for all. Water diplomacy is associated with water governance that seeks to analyse and improve institutional arrangements and decision making processes related to water. For water diplomacy and water governance spatially explicit information about current and future availability and use of water resources can be important, as well as the linkages with related sectors, such as food, energy, transport and trade. In total, 48 activities (31 projects) addressed the ‘Water diplomacy’ theme in 2019 (see Figure 11). Selected descriptions and stories of activities are presented in the boxes below. Details can be found

Figure. Participants of the training workshop

(credit: Maria Pascual / GWOPA).

Figure. EU meeting in Brussels to discuss the EU-Water

Operator Partnership Programme (credit: Maria

Pascual / GWOPA).

https://bewop.un-ihe.org/

https://gwopa.org/resources/library/


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in the appendices; technical information in Appendix 1, which shows that most activities also address other themes, and financial information in Appendix 2. Box 6. Water Diplomacy activities (project no. 106289 and 106997).

Water diplomacy is key in addressing and resolving transboundary water challenges worldwide. The

Netherlands is profiling itself as a key player in this field. IHE Delft, with its broad and rich in-house expertise

of water diplomacy and related subjects, and its partners and networks, is contributing to this area through

education, research, and the activities under DUPC2.

The water diplomacy activities under DUPC2 are focussed on knowledge exchange, capacity development and

institutional strengthening, but also include, to a lesser extent, education and research activities.

Institutionalized partners for joint activities are SIWI and WWF, as well as, increasingly, the Universities’

Partnership for Water Cooperation and Diplomacy (UPWCD) which was formally established in March 2019

with IHE as a founding member. Together with the eight core partners of the UPWCD, a joint article that

outlines the vision and mission of the UPWCD has been published and a joint website launched in December.

Several events for knowledge exchange

and science-policy dialogue were

organized in 2019. The annual water and

peace seminar in February brought

together about 50 participants from

around the world to discuss the topic of

“no significant harm”, a key topic of

international water conflict and

cooperation. IHE also co-organized the

10th international conference on Hydro-

Hegemony on 4-5 October in The Hague

with more than 125 participants. The

conference discussed 'The Power of

Representation & the Representation of

Power in Water Conflict and

Cooperation'.

In the field of institutional strengthening

and capacity development, the University of Khartoum organized the second workshop on Water Cooperation

and Diplomacy during the period from 13 to 17th January 2019 focussed on “Water Cooperation and

Diplomacy: Towards Cooperative Water Management; Legal and Developmental Approaches”. The workshop

was attended by 40 participants from different academic and professional backgrounds, representing most of

the Nile Basin Countries. Several other planned capacity development activities had to be postponed due to

political circumstances in the partner countries.

A central component of the education activities is the Water Cooperation and Diplomacy MSc programme

offered jointly with the University for Peace in Costa Rica and OSU in the US. The visibility of the programme

has been improved, among others through a renewed website. There were 11 students in the 2018-2019

cohort, of which six graduated in 2018 and 5 planned for 2020. In August 2019 six new students started.

Joint activities were carried out with SIWI throughout the year included mutual inputs to workshops, and joint

research on gender and water diplomacy.

WWF activities (project no. 106997) in relation to the promotion of universal international water law

instruments were conducted throughout the year. Some countries are closer to joining one or the other

instrument but these are subject to internal developments. This is work that continues to take time to convert

into concrete results.

Figure. IHE co-organized the 10th Hydro-Hegemony Conference (The

Hague 4-5 October 2019). Thanks to DUPC2 support, scientists,

policymakers, practitioners and young scholars from more than 25

countries were brought together to exchange ideas and experiences

on the topic “The Power of Representation & the Representation of

Power in Water Conflict and Cooperation” (copyright IHE Delft).


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Synergies evolve through close collaboration with a number of other projects (most DUPC supported) that

also address - not exclusively - the water diplomacy theme, including:

Water, Peace and Security (project no. 107636)

Open Water Diplomacy Lab (project no. 106474)

The Tekeze-Atbara sub-basin: From river basin simulations towards cooperative approaches for

transboundary water management (project no. 106961)

Consultancy Services to Develop a Position Paper on Trans-Boundary Wastewater Management/

Transboundary Wastewater Pollution Control (project no. 108898)

KidronNar (project no. 106477)

Litani River Basin (WIN Phase 2) (project no. 108714)

Environmental Peacebuilding for Afghanistan (project no. 108462)

Visit the Water Diplomacy webpage https://www.un-ihe.org/water-cooperation-and-diplomacy.

Box 7. The Water, Peace and Security Partnership (project no. 107636).

Water insecurity is increasing worldwide. This affects communities, societies, countries and entire regions in

their livelihoods and their socioeconomic development opportunities and makes them vulnerable to

instability, insecurity and conflict. In order to respond to these challenges, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

has established the Water, Peace and Security Partnership. Under the lead of IHE Delft, the partners (Deltares,

IHE Delft, International Alert, The Hague Centre of Strategic Studies, Wetlands International and World

Resources Institute) design innovative tools for identifying water-related security risks and comprehensive

technical as well as policy responses for addressing them in order to prevent or mitigate security risks. This

Figure 11. Project map showing the project addressing the theme ‘Water diplomacy’. Visit www.un-ihe.org/dupc the interactive map.

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includes a global machine learning

based forecasting tool for water-

related insecurity risks, which was

formally launched in December 2019

by Minister Kaag in Geneva at the

World Meteorological Organisation

(WMO). It also includes methods,

tools and analytical approaches for

the in-depth analyses of water-

related conflicts from both

hydrological/environmental and

social/political perspectives,

awareness raising and capacity

building 1activities, as well as

actionable and context-specific

approaches for preventing,

mitigating and resolving conflicts in

communities, countries or regions

that have been identified as

particularly vulnerable to water-related insecurity and conflict.

In 2019, activities were undertaken in the different WPSP Pillars, including:

UNDERSTAND

Finalization of version 1 of the global hotspot identification tool, launch of the tool (12/2019) and first

forecast published

Further development of model on human responses to drought and water shortages and application in

Mali and Iraq (in Iraq together with International Organization for Migration (IOM))

Presentation at Stockholm World Water Week (08/2019) and the Paris Peace Forum (11/2019)

MOBILIZE

Sharing of project information and awareness on water and security through different outlets

Presentations at: events in The Netherlands, Germany, the US and Brussels and at the Stockholm World

Water Week (08/2019) and Planetary Security Conference (02/2019)

LEARN

Conducted training for representatives of the global 4D community (09/2019)

Implemented 2 Mali-specific trainings

DIALOGUE

Dialogue events and workshops in Mali (02/2019 and 07/2019) for the gathering of input to the model

development and decision-support tool

Prepared input for dialogue processes in Iraq around water quality issues, health and internal

displacement

Read more about the Water Peace Security Partnership on their website, https://waterpeacesecurity.org/.

Figure. Map of baseline water stress showing that 17 countries face

extremely high water stress. Source: wri.org/aqueduct.

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5. Programme Activities in Focus Regions

Apart from creating focus and synergy at thematic levels to help achieve impact on the ground, as presented in the previous chapter, DUPC2 also stimulates focus and synergy at the regional level. Most of the current activities supported by DUPC2 focus on a selected number of regions which shows the DUPC2 country focus. This focus is aligned with the country list of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the stronger attention for the Middle East reflects the Ministries new policies. In this Chapter we present the main regions were DUPC2 supports activities.

5.1 Middle East

In 2019 a large number of activities were carried out in the Middle East region, including training workshops, applied research projects, water diplomacy meetings and academic meetings. In all these activities local water sector organizations participated. The objective of these activities was to support local universities and water sector organizations in tackling the current water issues, also in relation to the refugee crisis. Linkages were established between researchers and professionals between different countries in the region as well as between national sector organisations. Jordan Desalination, Diplomacy and Water reuse in the Middle East (SCARCE) (project no. 106537) The main objective of the SCARCE project is to raise the capacity of the participants in selected areas related to desalination and wastewater re-use, and for them to contribute to water scarcity alleviation at institutional and community levels. The project has facilitated the continuation of water quality monitoring in the Gulf of Aqaba, which is highly relevant for the planned expansion of Jordan’s facilities for seawater desalination. The current performance of the Feifa plant for desalination of brackish groundwater, which was refurbished as part of the project in 2018, was monitored by the Water Authority of Jordan. The plant operates successfully and produces strongly increased quantities of drinking water for the Feifa municipality. SCARCE also continued to work with the operators of the Fuheis wastewater treatment plant. Small repairs were carried out and oxygen monitoring equipment was installed. The operators have already reported better treatment efficiencies and reduction in electricity consumption. Mobile Microwave based reactor unit for on-site faecal sludge treatment for the humanitarian and development WASH sector (project no. 106538) The objective of this project is to pilot a faecal sludge microwave based treatment technology in Jordan. The system can be rapidly deployed upon the event of an emergency and are effective under challenging physical conditions. The pilot plant has been successfully tested and arrived to Jordan in December, where it will be installed at a test site, in collaboration with the Water Authority of Jordan, the German Jordan University and Tehnobiro (Slovenia). Good results have been achieved with disinfection of the sludge, to prevent spread of diseases in emergency situations. Read more about the project on their website: https://microwave-based-faecal-sludge-treatment.un-ihe.org/. ValleyWater - Improving water productivity and livelihoods in the Jordan Valley by using recycled wastewater and brackish groundwater in agriculture (project no. 109127) This project in Jordan got underway with the inception workshop in October 2019, co-hosted by the Jordan Valley Authority. This integrated project builds on the SCARCE project (brackish groundwater and wastewater reuse) as well as on the WIN project in Lebanon (water productivity). The Theory of Change for the Jordan project has been developed in cooperation with Oxfam NL and Oxfam Jordan.

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Lebanon Integrated and sustainable development in the Litani, Lebanon (WIN Phase 2) (project no. 108714) This project in Lebanon builds on the WIN project (project no. 106536), and focuses on the implementation of the technical tools for water accounting by the stakeholders and sector organizations. Planning and scenario development for integrated and sustainable development of water resources in the Litani River Basin, will be carried out with stakeholders, making use of the WAPOR database. Due to unrest in Lebanon the scheduled kick-off workshop for November 2019 had to be changed into a partner meeting in Delft (February 2020). Palestinian Areas, Jordan, Israel Water and Sanitation Solution to the refugees the Middle East (WASAR) (project no. 106960) The WASAR research project with the objective to improve the living conditions of the Palestinian refugees in Jalazoun camp, through better water supply and sanitation services on sanitation and rainwater harvesting in Palestinian refugee camps in both Jordan and Palestine is ongoing. The highly dense urban environment presented an engineering challenge to build new structures, therefore the project now focusses on hygiene awareness campaigns in the camp on the West Bank and a wastewater treatment pilot is planned for next year. KIDRONNAR decentralised local solutions Middle East (project no. 106477)

This project focusses on sustainable development by decentralised local solutions for wastewater treatment and reuse in the Kidron/Al-Nar basin. The KidronNar project made progress in terms of a change in attitude of policy makers, the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), concerning decentralized wastewater management. This concept is implemented in practice in Ubiedyeh, where the second small treatment plant is expected to be taken into operation early 2020. Broader introduction of decentralized approaches in the West Bank is furthered by applying a newly developed planning tool on a PWA case, and through training of young entrepreneurs at Al-Quds University. Iraq First collaborative activities to help strengthen the Iraqi water sector supported by DUPC started in 2017. Preparations, given the safety situation in Iraq, took longer than expected. A number of important activities took place in 2019:

A preliminary capacity needs assessment was carried out for the Ministry of Water Resources and the broader water sector in Iraq. The draft report was finalized by the end of 2019 and approval of the assessment by the Ministry of Water Resources is forthcoming.

A training on strategic planning was held in October 2019 and this will be supplemented by specific training on the use of modelling in strategic planning (project no. 108281).

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Regional and DUPC spinoffs In the context of the CONNECT project a session was organized at the Fifth Arab Water Week in Jordan, entitled “Sharing ideas and research findings for solving water scarcity”. The purpose of the session was the participation of partners that are expert on water scarcity to help establishing a platform for experts and policy makers from the MENA region and the international community. The project is planning to follow up by establishing an electronic platform to exchange ideas and share views on measures to manage water scarcity. Another regional event was the workshop for the winners of the Middle East (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine) student competition on ‘Climate Change and Water Scarcity’ that took place in September 2019 at the American University of Beirut’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs. The competition was supported by the Banque Libano-Française in partnership with IHE Delft and Wageningen University. The six winners presented their progress and received feedback from AUB and IHE staff, and were trained on communication of scientific research results. A spinoff of DUPC2 projects is that the Water Accounting tools developed with DUPC (and FAO) support led to the establishment in 2019 of a water accounting unit in the Egyptian Ministry of Water. South-south collaboration projects A call for South-South projects at the end of 2018 resulted in the start of four new projects in the MENA region. In March 2019 DUPC2 staff organized a Learning Workshop as a side event to the Arab Water Week in Jordan for these project leaders on Working in Partnerships, Inclusiveness and Creating Impact. New South-South project that started in 2019 are:

MENARA: Assessment of wastewater treatment technologies and promotion of smart

irrigation systems in the MENA Region using an eco-friendly gum (Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia) (project no. 108472), led by Birzeit University Palestine.

TRACE Rehab: Tracing soil amendment impacts of processed wastewater sludge on the rehabilitation of Jordan’s agro-pastoral areas (Jordan) (project no. 108484), led by Center for Agriculture Research Lebanon (ICARDA), website: https://mel.cgiar.org/projects/trace-rehab#about.

Integrating ET mapping time series into operational irrigation management (Lebanon) (project no. 108485), led by the American University Beirut, website: https://sites.aub.edu.lb/etmap/.

Water intensive agricultural growth in North-Africa: changing gendered farm identities and practices (Morocco, Algeria, India) (project no. 108488), led by TARGA AIDE Morocco, website: https://www.facebook.com/DUPC2/.

Figure 12. Students and mentors participating in a session on ‘Telling stories with Data’ by Ahmad Barclay as part of the workshop of the student competition project (project no. 106067, copyright: Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy, American University of Beirut.

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Other projects in the region not mentioned above are Water Intelligence (WIN): water accounting and water productivity data and training (Lebanon) (project no. 106536) and Enhancing the Water and Environment Masters’ Programs at Birzeit University (project no. 106791), both completed. GWDEMO: Practical experiences with treatment of arsenic and iron contaminated groundwater (Jordan) (project no. 106808) continues into 2020. Read more about the projects on: https://www.un-ihe.org/water-scarcity-middle-east. Dr. Naser Almanaseer, Department of Civil Engineering – Water Resouces, Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan, is the regional DUPC committee member for Middle East North Africa.

5.2 Mozambique

IHE Delft has a long standing history of collaboration with Mozambican partners dating back to the ‘80s, including knowledge institutions, private sector parties, government organisation and NGO’s. IHE Delft is involved in 15 activities in Mozambique, out of which seven are co-funded by DUPC2. Five are highlighted here below: Arid African Alluvial Aquifers Labs securing water for development (A4Labs) (project no. 106470) During 2019 in total 28 farmers (19 male, 9 female) have been equipped with well points in the sand river or next to the sand river and with solar pumps in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. In the Limpopo lab in Mozambique the farmers each operate individually, each having their own well point and solar pump. Most farmers express their satisfaction with the new opportunity this has created. In all three labs the project partners are having conversations with local practitioners, both in local and national government departments, NGOs, and potential funders and development banks, on how to promote farmer-led irrigation development, away from conventional approaches. An exchange visit between the Mozambique and Zimbabwe technical teams resulted in merging the best elements of their respective manual drilling techniques. In Mozambique and Zimbabwe A4 Labs are in discussion with the irrigation departments (INIR and DID respectively), to develop new windows for support for farmer-led irrigation development along sand rivers. IHE Delft has signed a MoU with DID on Smallholder Irrigation Development along Sand Rivers. Read more on the website https://a4labs.un-ihe.org/. Enabling the assessment of alternative water supply systems to promote urban water security in the Global South (alternative WSS) (project no. 106363) The AltWater project investigates ways to increase the self-reliance and sustainability of cities in the global South with regard to water supply by relieving pressure on traditional sources through the implementation of alternative water systems (for example rainwater harvesting, wastewater reuse, desalination) together with partner cities in Mozambique and Indonesia. Although Mozambique has suffered drought and flooding, the project has advanced well in 2019 and entering its final stages. Partners are increasingly aware of the need for alternative water systems to improve resilience in the water network. New networks have been formed locally through the city-to-city learning environment in the workshops held in 2018 and 2019. An update workshop was held in Surabaya with all local

Figure 13. Dona Anita, harvesting and selling her vegetables during the dry season, grown using irrigation water (project no. 106470, credit: A4Labs project).

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partners. In addition, AltWater related research was presented at the IWA Congress on Water and Development in Colombo, Sri-Lanka in December 2019. Read more about the project in Box 4. Water Supply and Sanitation in Small Towns: the urban rural intersection (SMALL) (project no. 106475) The goal of this interdisciplinary research is to develop and facilitate the adoption of sustainable, efficient and equitable models for water supply and sanitation (WSS) service provision that suits the particular needs, capacities and dynamics of small towns of Uganda and Mozambique. In 2019 the project received a top-up to expand research to two smaller towns in the Inhambane Provine, based on interesting results obtained from the ongoing water quality sampling campaign in Moamba, Mozambique. These two systems are smaller than Moamba in terms of the amount of water treated and population supplied; the Inharrime Water Systems is supplied by groundwater, and the other one, located in Homoime, is supplied by surface water from the Matangela River. Overall, the study of such different systems will allow a better understanding of the frequency and magnitude of bacterial peak concentration along the distribution chain, improving the capacity to implement risk assessment and risk management strategies by local government and private operators. Visit the project website to find out more: https://small.un-ihe.org/home. Mitigating groundwater salinity impacts for improved water security in coastal areas under socio-economic and climate change (SALINPROVE) (project no. 106476) In Mozambique SALINPROVE is contributing to a positive change in groundwater management. Within ARA-Sul new recruits are being introduced to the groundwater monitoring network and two of the six field visits to the monitoring network for data collection have been carried out by ARA-Sul staff with only limited support from University Eduardo Mondlane staff. Meanwhile the project team has also had meetings with colleagues from Dutch water boards (Vechtstromen, Vallei and Veluwe) to find synergies and pursue collaborative efforts towards further implementation of the activities related to groundwater monitoring, modelling and management. A stakeholder workshop on joint development, discussion and feasibility analysis of mitigation/adaptation measures regarding groundwater salinity was held in Mozambique in April 2019. Following the scientific publishing of the study on the origin of groundwater salinity in the Great Maputo aquifer in the journal of Science of the Total Environment, the research on groundwater flow and salt transport using models to technically assess the impact of groundwater pumping was published in the Hydrogeology Journal. Read more about in Box 3. Dengue, water, and households: informing suppliers and government officials in small towns (project no. 106962) This project has given the project team the opportunity to put Dengue on the Mozambican agenda as it has been perceived for too long as inexistent in Mozambique due to its status as a neglected disease. Research and data provision are key to influencing policies to fight dengue in the periphery of great urban centers. Thus, the team has developed research in Maputo and Pemba in the form of Masters and Bachelor thesis. In 2019, three students finalized their research and defended their thesis under the topic. The results demonstrate the weight of social relations in mediating water and mosquito-borne diseases in the researched areas. Also, gendered roles in the

Figure 14. Fieldwork in Pemba done by Eduardo Mangueze, Eugénia Nguluve and Sandra Manuel (project no. 106962, credit: Sandra Manuel / Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique).

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periphery of Pemba request the expansion of water and mosquito-borne diseases awareness to the large male population of domestic workers. One of the students, Quieseria Toalha, has been recognized and awarded the prize for the 2019 Best Bachelor Student at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. UNHIDE Outreach – Public engagement through live stories documentaries (project no. 106799) The UNHIDE Outreach project produced a 30 minute documentary film on water supply services provided in informal settlements focussing on one African-based (Maputo, Mozambique) case study of the UNHIDE project. The objective of the UNHIDE project was to improve equitable access to water supply in informal settlements by increasing understandings of small-scale water service provisioning 2013 – 2016. The film has been screened at universities, research institutes, film festivals, and public seminars in the Netherlands and the U.K., and has been launched Mozambique in October 2019. The film is publically available online at: https://vimeo.com/337977573. Community empowerment through sustainable resource use and agricultural value-chain development in the Limpopo Basin (CES-Rural) (project no. 108487) This project started in 2019 and is led by Instituto Superior Politecnico De Gaza (ISPG). The project researches irrigation management and agro-economic practices to contribute to the empowerment of women and youth to participate in local socio-economic development and enhance food security. Main activities consist of research and co-development with farming communities, with special focus on women and youth, in matters of land and water management, food production and accessing markets. In September, the project was presented to provincial and local authorities (local government Services for Economic Activities (SDAEs) and the Gaza Province Direction of Agriculture and Food Security, DPASA), also to identify potential sites and farmers to work with. Additionally, a data collection instrument was developed in the form of a questionnaire which will be used by students, as well as teachers/researchers to collect data. This instrument will then be uploaded in a mobile user-friendly app (Epicollect) to make the data immediately available to project partners and to facilitate analysis and report writing. Two other activities that are also working with partners in Mozambique are Sustainable freshwater supply in urbanizing Maputo (project no. 104303) and Sustainable Hydropower and Multipurpose Storage to meet Water, Food and Energy SDG's: a Program for Collaborative Research and Innovation (S-MultiStor) (project no. 106472). Some of the activities focus on Mozambique only, other activities, like A4Labs and SALINPROVE also work in other DUPC focus countries, further strengthening “south-south” collaboration. In 2019, a special session to disseminate DUPC work in Mozambique was convened during the 20th WaterNet Symposium in Fourways, Johannesburg- South Africa. The session was “The present and future of sand river aquifers as nature-based solutions for enhancing rural livelihoods in (semi-)arid Africa”. Similar sessions were held during the previous two WaterNet Symposia in 2018 and 2017 respectively in Livingstone, Zambia and Swakopmund, Namibia. Such regional outreach tradition support the dissemination and upscaling of work conducted in Mozambique and beyond.

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Dr. Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, Executive Manager of WaterNet, Southern Africa, is the regional DUPC committee member for Sub-Saharan Africa.

5.3 The Nile

In 2019 three projects have been ongoing in the Nile basin focussing on inter-basin applied research and communication amongst water professionals, media, and policy makers. NBCBN Support (project no. 106257) The NBCBN Support project concerns the Nile Basin Capacity Building Network (www.nbcbn.net), a strategic partner of IHE Delft. In 2019 the NBCBN achieved its main objective for the DUPC2 phase by successfully registering as a Regional Foundation in Egypt (November 2019). This is considered a significant achievement through basin-wide cooperation, ownership and support for the network and extensive efforts of network country coordinators and the network manager and her support team. A total of 17 NBCBN partner organisations from 10 Nile countries are involved in three Water Scarcity research case studies:

Case study ‘Evaluation of Climate Variability and Change Impacts on Water Scarcity for Rain-fed Agriculture in the Lake Victoria Basin, The Case of Kagera River Sub-basin’, which is led by University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, expected end date June 2021.

Case study ‘Integrating GIS, Remote Sensing, and modeling for Overcoming Water Shortage In Irrigation Networks: Fayoum, Egypt, and Rahad, Sudan’, led by Hydraulic Research Institute, Egypt, expected end date October 2020.

A third case study, led by the UNESCO Chair in Water Resources, Khartoum, Sudan, aimed at addressing management of water resources under climate change/variability for the Tekezze-Atbara River, is on hold due to bank transfers to Sudan not being possible. Expected end date December 2021.

Other highlight activities of this network of water professionals in the Nile Basin, have been:

NBCBN liaised with the Water Youth Network through hosting the WYN's workshop in Cairo, June 2019.

NBCBN and the above-mentioned Water Scarcity case studies were presented at the Cairo Water Week, October 2019, by organising a session on ‘Networking in the Nile Basin’ (including contributions from Kenya, Sudan, the Water Youth Network and DUPC2 sister project Water Diplomacy Lab project, also presented below).

River Basin Simulation for improved water management in the Tekeze-Atbara Sub-basin (project no. 106961) The last project to be highlighted for the Nile regions concerns the trans-boundary Tekeze-Atbara tributary of the Nile: “River Basin Simulation for improved water management in the Tekeze – Atbara Sub-basin”. The main goal of this research project is to support improved management of the Tekeze-Atbara water resources system, through informed decision making according to the evaluation of costs and benefits of different scenarios for coordinated versus non-coordinated operation of the reservoirs system. The research mainly aims to identify and recommend designs of institutional set-ups for regional cooperation for the operation of the T-A reservoir system, given the information on different operation scenarios. The ultimate goal is to maximize benefit from water resources of the T-A sub-basin, both at national level (Ethiopia, and Sudan), as well as at the sub-basin level related to efficient

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water management, particularly in the agricultural sector and improved catchment area management and safe deltas. Read more about this project in Box 2. Open Water Diplomacy Lab (project no. 106474) The Open Water Diplomacy Lab project focusses on media, science and transboundary cooperation in the Nile. The project aims at studying the role of the media and science in transboundary waters negotiations, as well as at building journalists and researchers’ capacities on water science communication. The project developed an online course on “Science communication for water cooperation and diplomacy” which has been offered from November 2018 to February 2019 (40 researchers trained). The launch of the photo exhibition and online campaign #EverydayNile took place in March 2019, with exhibitions in Delft, Leiden, Den Haag and Amsterdam. A special episode of the podcast “The sources of the Nile” has been produced to join the celebrations for the 20 anniversary of the Nile Basin Initiative https://soundcloud.com/user-548968254. Furthermore, nine reports by journalists incorporating scientific research and insights have been identified for funding and two top-up activities (to scale up project results in the Lake Chad and Brahmaputra basins and developing a handbook on media and water diplomacy) have been approved in July 2019. Dr. Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, Network Manager of Waternet, Southern Africa, is the regional DUPC committee member for Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Naser Almanaseer, Department of Civil Engineering – Water Resources, Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan, is the regional DUPC committee member for Middle East and North Africa.

5.4 Asian deltas

Delta’s worldwide face numerous challenges and enhanced capacities as well as improved approaches and solutions are much needed, especially in Asia which is known for having vast river deltas, e.g. Ganges–Meghna–Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh and India; Yangtze and Pearl deltas in China; Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar; Indus delta in Pakistan; Chao Phraya delta in Thailand; Mekong delta in Vietnam. Many of these deltas are downstream parts of transboundary basins and are densely populated compared to other regions worldwide. They are also a source for wealthy biodiversity and play a critical role in economic development, food security, poverty alleviation, gender equality and sustainable development of the particular regions as a whole. However, most of these deltas are suffering from sinking and shrinking due to human activities such as upstream hydropower development, uncontrolled sand mining, groundwater overexploitation, dike and channelization, etc. These problems have resulted in increasing erosion and loss of agricultural land and properties, lower water tables, increased salt intrusion, loss of biodiversity and increased exposure to natural disasters (typhoon, floods, and droughts). Due to these critical issues of concern, the deltas in Asia are projected to be most affected by climate change and sea level rise, damaging the rice and fish bowls of regional countries. Therefore, DUPC2 supports various activities in Asia addressing these challenges. Lessons learned and material developed will be useful for other deltas as well.

Figure 16. Photo from the #Everyday Nile campaign, people sitting in front of the Nile River in Sudan (project no. 106474, credit: Ahmed Saeed / Freelance photographer, Sudan).

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Groundwater rejuvenation as climate change resilience for marginalized and gender sensitive Ganges (GRACERS) (project no. 108483) The groundwater levels in the Ganges basin are falling down sharply because of climate change and mismanagement of water, and is affecting rural communities. Village wells are running dry, and women are forced to go far distances to fetch water, leading to social and economic stress and loss of school time for girls. By constructing groundwater recharge structures in a decentralized approach, the villages can easily store the rainwater and allow it to recharge the groundwater. The GRACERS project, a south-south research collaboration project, awarded in 2019, aims to produce feasibility maps for decentralized groundwater recharge in the Ganges basin in India and Bangladesh that will enable storing of monsoon rainfall for dry season water access. These maps strongly benefit projects currently undertaken by the Governments of India and Bangladesh. The project is led by the Indian Institute of Technology with the Institute of Water Modelling (Bangladesh), and IHE. SALINPROVE (project no. 106476) With large population increases, the pressure on delta and coastal freshwater resources, especially groundwater, is huge. The project SALINPROVE aims to address this problem in coastal areas of three different settings: Peri-urban Great Maputo (Mozambique), the Tra Vinh province in the Mekong Delta (Vietnam), and Laizhou Bay (China). The project works together with the main stakeholders towards defining the different dimensions and impacts of the groundwater salinization problems, and develop feasible solutions. In 2019 the project organized stakeholder workshops in Vietnam and Mozambique. See Box 3 for more information and visit their project website https://salinprove.un-ihe.org/. S-Multistor (project no. 106472) and Delta Flows (project no. 106959) Basin developments, like hydropower, largely affect deltas, in positive ways, but often also with considerable side effects. How can sustainable hydropower and multipurpose storage be organised to meet development needs whilst reducing impact on local livelihoods and environment? The S-MultiStor project (project no. 106472) addresses these questions. Apart from various other basins and deltas, it focusses on the Irrawaddy river in Myanmar, namely on the establishment of environmental flows from both hydropower and multipurpose irrigation dams, which involves the Yangon Technical University, Myanmar Maritime University, WWF, and International Finance Corporation (WB). Topics include: policy and legislation, research and data, institutional roles and capacity; improvement of fish migration across multipurpose dams. A related project is the Delta Flows project (project no. 106959), a “south-south” research collaboration project, led by the National University of Laos. S-Multistor is also active in other regions, see Chapter 5.5 to read about their activities in Colombia. For more information on the project read their project website: www.smultistor.nl.

Figure 17. Groundwater quality mapping for assessing groundwater sustainability in the Ganges, (project no. 108483, credit: GRACERS project).

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Flood - based farming systems for enhancing livelihood resilience in the floodplain of upper Mekong delta (project no. 108474) This project aims to provide strong scientific evidence for decision makers in adopting suitable flood-based farming system for floodplain preservation and restoration in the Mekong delta (Vietnam and Cambodia). It is expected to benefit not only the local communities but also the promotion of nature-based agriculture production in the Lower Mekong region. The project, a south-south research collaboration project awarded in 2019, is led by Vietnam National University in collaboration with the University of Phnom Penh amongst others. Understanding Flows of Water and People in Bangladesh and the Netherlands (project no. 104476) To improve flood risk management in urbanising deltas one of the activities supported by DUPC looks into the interactions between hydrological (e.g. floods) and social (e.g. migration, urbanisation) processes in Bangladesh (project no. 104476). It has found a precarious balance between adaptation of rural households to flood risk and river bank erosion versus gradual impoverishment. This in turn feeds temporary and permanent migration to supplement incomes (https://hydro-social-deltas.un-ihe.org/). The projects aims to improve policies and strategies for disaster risk reduction and sustainable development of delta areas. This is a co-funded ‘NWO Urbanising Deltas of the World (UDW)’ project. City to City learning (project no. 106794) and Training on sustainable delta planning (project no. 106790) Capacity development is key. DUPC supports various innovative approaches under the delta theme including city to city learning on climate adaptation in Vietnam (project no. 106794; ended). Also the development of an online professional training programme on sustainable delta planning and management is supported (project no. 106790). The latter comprises of an online course developed in collaboration with CkNet/IHE Indonesia, and is part of the training programme which includes other online courses like the Water and Environmental Policy and Strategic planning for river basins and deltas. The programme will be finalized and promoted in 2020.

Figure 18. Dr. Nguyen Hong Quan presenting to local stakeholders at the kick-off meeting in An Giang province on 1st October 2019 (project no. 108474, credit: Flood-based farming project).

Figure 19. Screenshot of online course Delta planning and management offered by CKNet, Indonesia. Source: project annual report (project no. 106790).

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Strategic Delta Planning (project no. 104522) To prepare for the future, deltas increasingly call for strategic delta planning to make strategic and innovative choices across sectors. Do these planning approaches live up to their expectations, what is their role in enabling change and innovation in water, land and environmental management? In this DUPC co-funded NWO UDW project, delta planning approaches and tools are reflected on and tailored, and lessons are drawn from Bangladesh, Vietnam and the Netherlands (project no. 104522; ended). See for insights gained, recommendations and tools: https://strategic-delta-planning.un-ihe.org/. Dr. Pham Hong Nga, Head of International Cooperation Office/Lecturer of Thuyloi University, Vietnam, is the regional DUPC committee member for Asia

5.5 Colombia

IHE Delft has a long standing collaboration with Colombia. Prior to DUPC2, IHE Delft’s activities included collaboration with different universities, including Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ) and our long-standing partner Universidad del Valle, as well as several regional and national water authorities such as Regional Environmental Authorities and the Institute of Meteorological and Environmental Studies (IDEAM). This collaboration has been strengthened and expanded with three DUPC2 funded activities, two were initiated in 2016 and one in 2017. These activities focus on river basin management, sustainable hydropower and water and sanitation. The activities also work with an expanded range of partners, including Universidad Antioquia, Universidad del Norte and Universidad de los Andes, as well as sector specific research institutes such as the Centro de Investigación de la Caña de Azúcar de Colombia (Cenicaña), government organisations including the Colombian National Planning Department and private sector like the Colombian National Business Association. Evidence4Policy (project no. 106471) This project aims to co-develop, with water management agencies, communities, and partner knowledge institutes and universities, the scientific evidence-base that is needed for the implementation of a sustainable water resources planning and policy. The project has continued to develop well in 2019. As the project is reaching its final phase there has been a shift from research work to outreach activities and publications. The majority of the MSc research projects are nearing completion and one of the three PhD students developing their research linked to the project has submitted her thesis in 2019. This large body of, mostly Colombian, early career researchers has been one of the great successes of the project. Additionally, the project has established itself well in the science and policy community of Colombia, particularly with regional management agencies (CVC- Regional Autonomous Corporation of Valle del Cauca, CorpoUraba, CRA –the local Environment Agency Atlántico), but also at national level (Ministry of Environment, Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM), Humboldt Institute). The project also managed to establish active citizen observatories (COs) in Urabá and Atlántico. For the Urabá CO the ‘CObs Macura ‐ Informe de seguimiento’-platform was created and a forum was held

Figure 20. Proud participants from MACURA receiving certificates of attendance to the workshop in Citizen Observatories (project no. 106471, credit: Leonardo Alfonso / IHE Delft).

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in August 2019 during which the data collected was presented to all stakeholders. A spin-off platform was created independently by the staff of Corpouraba, the local agency (that collaborates closely with the project) to track water monitoring around the municipality of Apartadó. As part of the outreach strategy of the project in the Latin American and Caribbean region, a workshop was held in Costa Rica to explore the governance of groundwater resources in the country, and discuss how scientific knowledge was used in that governance, comparing current governance in Colombia and Costa Rica. The workshop was conducted by the Colombian and Dutch partners of Evidence4Policy, in collaboration with the Costa Rica National University and ESPH, a water utility. It was widely attended by the Costa Rican water resources community. The project also continued working closely with the Ministry of Environment on policy development in Colombia. Although there have been delays at the Ministry, the intent is to include “street level guidelines” developed by student research to be incorporated into the national groundwater policy implementation guidance. A workshop on recharge estimation methods, during which results from research in the project was compared to the national policy to the national policy under development, led to recommendations on how that policy could be improved. This workshop was received very well by IDEAM and the Geological Survey of Colombia, as well as by the Ministry. Finally, the project made significant progress in its scientific publications, with 2 peer reviewed papers currently published and some 10 more in development. For more information visit the website: https://sites.google.com/site/evidence4policy/home. Synoptic and participatory assessment of environmental pollution and health effects due to exposure to mercury from artisanal gold mining in the Alto Cauca basin, Colombia (project no. 108473) This project started in late 2019 and is led by Universidad del Valle, and aims to determine the state of contamination and human exposure to mercury from Artisanal Gold Mining in the Alto Cauca basin, a region where there is insufficiently environmental control by government institutions. The aim is to design and implement with the two communities a participatory strategy for the social appropriation of technologies that could inform decision making processes for environmental protection related to gold mining and public health in Colombia. The project portrays four major expected outcomes from the successful achievement of the specific objectives/activities: 1) A synoptic assessment that will reveal the environmental conditions in Alto Cauca as a result of mercury usage in gold mining, this knowledge will serve as an important basis for calling the attention of the environmental protection institutions and for guiding future remediation efforts. 2) A preliminary diagnosis of health effects associated with exposure to mercury by different age and gender groups; this knowledge will most likely affect the attitude of the community towards the usage of mercury, in particular the subset of adult men who are miners and to date have remained sceptical about the dangers associated with this practice, and have chosen to prioritize the economic benefits of using mercury over protecting their community against potential detrimental effects on health and the environment. 3) Increased scientific awareness of this issue amongst the entire community due to the educational campaigns. 4) Strengthened collaboration amongst stakeholders to address mercury pollution in the river basin, with involvement

Figure 21. Social Mapping with community participation (project no. 108473, credit: Prof. Irene Velez / Universidad del Valle).

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of three stakeholder groups that have shown interest in contributing to this problem: community leaders, academics and environmental agencies. The project has produced a video to communicate the research aims and strategies. Watch it here. Dr. Carlos M. Madera, Associate Professor Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Universidad del Valle, Colombia, is the regional DUPC2 coordinator of Latin America.

5.6 Small Island Development States (SIDS)

Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) are a distinct group of countries that share similar sustainable development challenges. SIDS are located among the most vulnerable regions in the world in relation to the intensity and frequency of natural and environmental disasters and their increasing impact, and face disproportionately high economic, social and environmental consequences. After the successful completion of SIDS in the first half of 2018, the project continued its second phase in late 2018. Ten professionals, half of them women, from nine SIDS successfully completed their taught part and continued with their MSc research projects. They are expected to graduate in April 2020. On top of the individual fellowships, SIDS2 shifted towards creating a Community of Practice amongst the SIDS water professionals by organizing additional workshops addressing challenges specific to SIDS. As for many SIDS, tourism is one of the most important economic pillars and considering that tourism often depends on natural resources it is of the utmost relevance to understand its fragile relation with natural capital. Therefore one of the workshops, facilitated by Stijn Schep from Wolfs Company, provided tools to SIDS students to create an understanding and awareness of the links between tourism and natural capital in SIDS, and how to support decision makers in finding the balance between the preservation of the environment and economic growth. A student from Trinidad and Tobago said “I understand the impact of tourists in my country and in on our economy. However, it is the impact on the environment that concerns me the most, especially related to stay-over tourists, as the hotels spend a lot of water on cleaning and they generally leave a trail of pollution behind”. On the other hand, for a student from Mauritius, the problem does not lie with tourists, but with the local population. The student said “the beaches are the ones suffering the most impact of tourists. That is because there was an increase of food truck near the beaches and the owners of the trucks, which are locals, do not take care of the environment. On the top of that, to have the space available to sell their food, many trees had to be cut off and that destroyed much of the coastal area of our country”. Find here the SIDS fellowship page and read more about the SIDS programme, its activities and the students here.

Figure 22. Coastline of Timor-Leste, a country in Southeast Asia, is one of the 34 countries on the ODA SIDS list and is an eligible country under the programme. Source: Unsplash.

https://www.un-ihe.org/stories/dark-side-gold-dangerous-effects-mercury-used-artisanal-gold-mining-2?back=747643

https://www.un-ihe.org/sids-fellowships-1

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6. Online education

IHE Delft intends to offer more flexible education modalities by increasingly incorporating online and lifelong learning in its educational offerings (IHE Delft’s 2018-2023 strategy). IHE also wants to support the creation of a dynamic community of online course developers at IHE and at/with partner institutes. This chapter presents some of the activities supported by DUPC2. Open Course Ware (OCW) (project no. 107601) The IHE Delft OCW allows access to high-quality educational resources open and for free, targeting practitioners and students with the ambition to strengthen their knowledge individually on a part-time basis and at their own pace (self-study). IHE Delft uses its OCW as an instrument to increase inclusion by reducing the gap between the water education demand and the Institute’s capacity to train professionals. The OCW platform has had an upgrade and has significantly improved (see Figure 23). In 2019, four new OCW sets of educational materials have been created and published (three additional OCW sets are almost ready for publication in 2020). Visit the platform here: https://ocw.un-ihe.org/.

Google Analytics statistics of the IHE OCW in 2019 (period January 1st to December 31), show that 28,787 users visited this platform and about 45% of these visitors are from low and middle income countries – indicating the potential of the IHE OCW in including professionals from these countries (see Figure 24). Online courses (project no. 108232) A call for proposals in 2018 resulted in plans for the development of 11 new online courses (see list below). Course developers participated in a development trajectory with various workshops and coaching organised by IHE’s Education Bureau. Part of the courses were launched the end of 2019 and part will be launched June 2020.

Figure 23. Printscreen of the OpenCourseWare platform. Source: https://ocw.un-ihe.org/.

Figure 24. Top 10 countries of visitors of the OCW courses in 2019.

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Box 8. 13 online courses in development.

After a call late 2018 the below list was selected for further development into online course. All courses are

being developed by IHE Delft. In bold the courses that are finished and in italic an indication is given when

courses are expected to be delivered.

OLC - Water Science Communication (already releasing parts of the course, full course end of 2020)

OLC - Ecological quality for the SDGs (end of summer 2020)

OLC - Water and Environmental Policy Analysis (end of summer 2020)

OLC - Finance in the Water Sector (published)

OLC - Urban flood management and disaster risk mitigation (end of 2020)

OLC - Advanced Water Transport and Distribution (end of summer 2020)

OLC - Understanding Climate change and climate action (published)

OLC - Hydropower Water Conduit Design (end of summer 2020)

OLC - Artificial intelligence for water management (end of 2020)

OLC - Gender and Sanitation (end of 2020)

OLC - Water Governance Primer (end of 2020)

OLC - Water Accounting (end of 2020)

OLC - Sanitation Technology and onsite resource recovery (end of summer 2020)

Online professional training programmes (GPDPs) (project no. 106793 and 106790) The professional training programmes (GPDP) aim to provide access to education to professionals without the means, time or interest to pursue an MSc degree (https://www.un-ihe.org/education). A GPDP consists of a sequence of four or five online courses or combined with regular short courses, of a total of 20 ECTS. They can be followed part-time. Under DUPC2 two new GPDP’s are under development with partners from DUPC focus countries: Water and Food (project no. 106793), see Box 9, and Delta planning and management (project no. 106790). Box 9. Progress online professional training programme Water and Food (project no. 106793).

This project will develop a Graduate Professional Diploma Program on Water for Food Security for mid- career

agricultural water professionals and practitioners. The program consists of 5 modules and in total 20 credit

hours (ECTS). Successful graduates will receive a recognized postgraduate diploma. In 2019 three courses were

finalised, advertised and ready to be implemented (October and November 2019):

Water resources for Food Security

Management of irrigation and drainage systems

Remote sensing for agricultural water use

The course, all course materials and instructions for students are fully developed in e-campus. These include

amongst others lecture videos, literature, exercises, other videos, assignments. All courses were approved by

the Water Science and Engineering Programme Committee and registered with the Education Bureau. We

carried out a peer review session and came up with quite a number of recommendations for improving each

of the courses.

Given the relatively short time from advertising to implementation we managed to attract a good number of

interested participants. Unfortunately there were too few financially admitted students which forced us to

cancel the courses as it would not be financially nor didactically wise to proceed. We learned that we need to

make shorter courses (1.5-3 ECTS max.), and search for fellowships or other funding sources for running the

courses. The first shorter module on Irrigation Management and Development (2 ECTS) has been developed

in 2019 and will be run over a six week period starting from 2 June 2020. A free introduction version of the

course is accessible on the Open Courseware Platform https://ocw.un-ihe.org/course/view.php?id=82.

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Supporting partners with their eLearning agenda (project no. 108233) The plan for this activity is to engage in two to three strategic partnerships on eLearning with institutions and/or networks in the DUPC focus regions who have expressed a clear local demand, who have a strategy on lifelong learning and preferably already have some experience. The following progress has been made:

MENA: The Erasmus+ project eMWRE will be co-funded by DUPC2, which aims at developing an eLearning Master in Water Resources Engineering. The Islamic University Gaza, Al-Quds University in Palestine and Mutah University and the University of Jordan in Jordan are involved. The project will start in 2020.

Southern Africa: WaterNet has requested support in developing 3 online courses. A mission to Mozambique with WaterNet and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane to provide advice, training and funding took place. During the WaterNet Symposium a session was organise to start the development of a joint proposal. Support will start in 2020.

Indonesia: CKNet (Collaborative Knowledge Network Indonesia) is developing a proposal for eLearning on Integrated Flood Risk Management. Support will start in 2020.

The online course for partners "Design and Planning Online Courses" was delivered open and free of charge in the first half of 2019. In total 13 partners enrolled to this course, of which 10 were active during the course and 2 submitted the final project plan. Find the course here: https://ocw.un-ihe.org/course/view.php?id=66.

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7 Programme Budget and Expenditure

This chapter presents an overview of the DUPC2 financial situation. The information presented is in line with the information of the IHE Delft Financial Report 2019 and the Report of Factual Findings with respect to DUPC2. Further financial details per activity can be found in Appendix 2. The financial information per result of the programme’s logical framework are presented in Appendix 5. The DUPC2 budget commitments in 2019, amounted to 35.9M Euro, which is 90% of the total DUPC2 budget (40.1M Euro) (see Table 2). Most budget commitments are multi-year commitments. Around 4.2M Euro was not yet committed by grants issued. Part of this amount is already reserved for identified activities in the Annual Plan 2020. Table 2. Overview DUPC2 financial situation on 31 December 2019 (in Euros).

DUPC2 components, results and activities


DUPC2 budget commit-ments (grants) 31/12/1911

DUPC2 budget commit-ments (grants, incl. final grants) 31/12/1912

Balance of DGIS approved DUPC2 budget: not yet committed 31/12/19

DUPC2 expenditure 2016-2018 in IHE admin13

DUPC2 expenditure 2019 in IHE admin

Balance in DGIS approved DUPC2 budget

(1) (2) (3)=(1)-(2) (4) (5) (6)=(1)-(4)-(5)

Education and Training €5,250,000 €4,235,349 €4,203,614 €1,046,386 €1,257,507 €317,619 €3,674,874

Research and Innovation €11,576,141 €10,762,687 €10,597,603 €978,538 €4,519,301 €1,609,674 €5,447,166

Knowledge sharing and Networks

€14,920,027 €13,286,192 €13,259,852 €1,660,175 €3,713,708 €2,593,566 €8,612,753

Capacity strengthening and Community of practice

€6,232,695 €6,232,695 €6,232,695 €0 €1,569 €14,543 €6,216,582

Programme management and Learning

€1,850,000 €1,600,000 €1,600,000 €250,000 €822,742 €348,464 €678,794

Budget reservation (see Annual Plan 2017)

€275,000 €0 €275,000 €275,000

Total €40,103,863 €36,116,923 €35,893,764 €4,210,099 €10,314,827 €4,883,867 €24,905,169

The total budget of running and ended projects that DUPC2 financially contributed to on 31 December 2019 was 46.2M Euro (see Appendix 2). This shows an expected co-funding of 10.3M Euro (46.2M minus 35.9M). Part of this co-funding was administered through the IHE Delft administration (4.5M Euro) and a part is expected to be realised outside the IHE administration, for instance contributions of partners. The committed co-funding comes from a variety of sources: mainly from knowledge institutes (e.g. in-kind or cash contributions of partners) and donors like the EU, but also increasingly from local government, civil society and the private sector (see Table 3).

11 ‘DUPC2 budget commitments (grants) 31/12/2019’ gives the value of initial grants. This is in correspondence with the account report (Independent auditor's report, 27 May 2020). 12 This commitment includes the final grants issued to the project upon closure, correcting for the difference in actual expenditure and initial grant. This is therefore a more accurate overview of what is actually committed. 13 There is a minor difference in the amount compared to previous year reports, because a correction on the 2016 – 2018 expenditure has been made in 2019.


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Table 3. Committed co-funding sources and amounts on 31 December 2019 (in Euros). Co-funding Source Total amount

Knowledge institute €3,528,945

Donor (EU, NWO, ADB, etc.) €5,183,571

Civil society €519,026

Government €820,058

Private sector €287,321

Total €10,338,920

The actual expenditure of the programme in 2019 was 4.88M Euro, which is about 12% of the total DUPC2 budget (40.1M Euro), see Table 2. Accumulated since 2016 this amounts to 15.2M Euro, which is about 38% of the total budget. The balance of the DGIS approved DUPC2 budget was 24.9M Euro. This balance includes the 11.16M Euro addendum approved in November 2019. The actual accumulated expenditure per year over the four DUPC2 components is presented in Figure 26.

The actual expenditure of the co-funding amount through the IHE Delft administration was 1.55M Euro. The co-funding expenditure outside the IHE administration amounted to 1.4M Euro. The latter figure is based on the project’s progress reports. As the expenses related to this co-funding are administered outside the IHE system, they are not reflected in IHE Delft’s Financial Report 2020.

In the Annual Plan 2017 two projects were cancelled and the related budget (1,050k Euro) was re-allocated to a budget reservation for activities to be decided later on jointly with DGIS (Annual Plan 2017). Three projects, both focussing at the Middle East, have been funded from this (two follow-up activities, one in Jordan (project no. 109127) and one in Lebanon (project no. 108714), as well as the first capacity strengthening project for the Iraq water sector (project no. 107693). At the end of December 2019 an amount of 275k Euro was remaining.

Figure 26. Expenditure, commitments (incl. final grant) and balance of commitment per year per components.

€0 €5,000,000 €10,000,000 €15,000,000 €20,000,000 €25,000,000 €30,000,000 €35,000,000 €40,000,000

2016

2017

2018

2019

Cumulative expenditure and commitment per year per component

Total expenditure Total commitment (incl END grants)


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8 Progress in 2019 and Self-reflection

Since its start in 2016 the programme has made substantial progress in implementing the activities as planned, and towards reaching the planned outcomes. In this Chapter we report on this progress and reflect on this (Section 8.2). Before doing that, we briefly present the programme in the first years, including the mid-term review. This chapter concludes with presenting the progress made on the indicators of the results framework “Water” used by the Ministry.

8.1 Context: progress 2016-2018 and Mid-term Review

The first year of DUPC2, 2016, focussed on the organisational start-up of the programme, the identification of first activities through Calls, and the development of themes like water diplomacy and water scarcity in the Middle East. Objectives for the second year, 2017, included the further identification and starting-up of new activities, and creating synergies between these activities at thematic and regional levels (Annual Plan 2017). These objectives have been largely achieved, which was also concluded by the two external monitoring missions of 2016 and 201714, although a delay in implementation was observed. For 2018 the programme identified several accents (Annual Plan 2018). A first accent was to put increased focus on activities to strengthen the quality and impact of the partnership. This was done amongst others by organising a number of regional learning and knowledge sharing events in collaboration with the DUPC2 regional committee members, projects, and partners involved, and resulted in successful events in Mozambique, Colombia and Jordan (Annual Report 2018). Another accent was to focus education and training activities on online learning in strategic partnership with selected partner organisations. Although the Education and Training component of the programme initially lacked behind, the stronger collaboration with IHE’s Educational Bureau resulted in new activities in 2018 that supported the online learning and partnership agenda of IHE Delft. A third accent was to start-up 1-2 activities as a second phase for successful and promising ongoing activities addressing water scarcity in the Middle East and wider region, which were delayed in 2018. A fourth accent aimed to address the programme’s communication and accessibility of its outputs, which resulted in an improved website (www.un-ihe.org/dupc). The set-up of the programme was appreciated in the 2018 Mid-Term Review of DUPC215. The review resulted in a number of recommendations which have been taken up in the past two years. Recommendations included: design a few specific projects addressing gender and inclusivity effectively, strengthen sustainability strategies in collaboration with local beneficiaries, better communicate on results and impacts, and continue organising regional events promoting learning from implementation of projects. The full list of recommendations is presented in Appendix 6, together with the programme’s own assessment of progress made so far.

8.2 Progress 2019

Based on the DUPC2 programme proposal, self-reflection of progress made and the recommendations of the mid-Term Review, the programme identified 6 accents for 2019 (Annual Plan 2019). The accents were considered important in achieving the overall programme’s goal and objectives as presented in the logical framework. This section presents the progress on addressing these 2019 accents.

14 Final report of second external monitoring of DGIS IHE Delft Programmatic Cooperation (DUPC2) Phase 2 – Semester 2 & 3, 2016-2020, DGIS, August 2017. 15 Technopolis Group, Mid Term Evaluation of DGIS – IHE Delft Programmatic Cooperation 2016-2020 (DUPC2) in the field of international cooperation on water: Final evaluation report, 16 July 2018.



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More details on progress are presented in the Appendices. The progress on the implementation of the programme’s logical framework, including the 2019 indicator values, is presented in Appendix 4. And the programme expenditure per result of the logical framework can be found in Appendix 5. Accent 1. Support the IHE Delft eLearning partnership agenda (see Chapter 5). The eLearning activities at IHE received a boost in 2019 with 13 online courses being developed following a 2018 Call, guided by IHE’s Educational Bureau. To obtain a better understanding of the capacities and needs at partner institutes and address their eLearning aspirations DUPC supported the online training on ‘online course development and planning’ early 2019. With WaterNet Southern Africa and CKNet Indonesia discussions started how to support their eLearning aspirations. DUPC will co-fund an online MSc on Water Resources Engineering with Middle Eastern Universities. Accent 2. More research for development projects led by partners from DUPC focus countries To further strengthen the impact and sustainability of the programme, DUPC aimed to have more research projects initiated and led by southern partners. This was achieved with 8 new southern led projects in 2019. In the starting-up of some of the projects contracting and transfer of money was challenging, especially between southern partners. This slowed-down implementation in some cases, and is addressed by the programme and the supporting departments of IHE and partners. Accent 3. Further strengthen current activities in the Middle East and the wider region (see Chapter 5.1). DUPC’s partnership activities in the Middle East and wider region were further strengthened by several new activities. The second phase of the Lebanon WIN project was initiated in 2019 (Integrated and sustainable development in the Litani, Lebanon; project no. 108714) and also a new project in Jordan building upon earlier projects (Improving water productivity and livelihoods in Jordan Valley; project no. 109127). In Iraq activities started to support its water sector strategy development (project no. 107693). As part of the 2019 DUPC2 addendum, a larger capacity strengthening project for and with Iraq was awarded (project no. 109070), as well as a similar project in Sudan (project no. 109148), and a grant for a MENA fellowship programme (project no. 109069, webpage) was issued. Four of the eight earlier mentioned new southern research projects are in the MENA region. Moreover, the Water Accounting+ project (no. 106348), WaterPip project (no. 107708) and ‘Water-Energy-Nexus Tools’ research project (no. 109067), the latter two part of the 2019 addendum, have case studies in the Middle East. Accent 4. Give more structural attention to gender and inclusiveness This accent was added in response to the recommendation of the mid-term review, as an important aspect in reaching societal impact. A Call for ‘South-South collaboration research’ projects (September 2018), resulted in 2 southern led research activities specifically addressing gender and inclusiveness (project no. 108488 and 108487). In addition, DUPC initiated and supported the establishment of an inclusiveness team and an impact team (project no. 108704) to further experiment and advice on these aspects. Accent 5. Strengthen knowledge sharing and learning activities in partnership DUPC regards knowledge sharing and learning as an important approach to stimulate the co-creation and use of new knowledge and insights and to have sustainable impact on the ground. In various ways the programme has supported this approach. For instance, by organizing over the years a number of regional knowledge sharing and learning events (ViaWater Learning Event, Mozambique - May 2018,

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Agua, Cali Colombia - Nov 2018, Amman Jordan- Oct 2018, Waternet - Nov 2018, Arab Water Week Dead Sea Jordan ‘Working in Partnerships, Inclusiveness and Creating Impact’– March 2019). But also through a webinar series for partners and alumni, and the website and other communication as ways to reach out to and connect people (see next accent). Knowledge sharing and learning is encouraged at project level (self-assessment and learning e.g. in annual reporting), between projects (the mentioned learning events) and also at programme level. The latter was done by an internal reflection on the functioning of the programme, based on feed-back from projects, also in view of the anticipated next phase of the programme. Box 10. Programme Communication in 2019.

External communication

Several blog posts relating to DUPC2 funded projects were posted on the IHE Delft Water Governance

blog “FLOWs” (https://flows.hypotheses.org/).

Twitter account (@DUPC_2) and retweeting of DUPC2 news and stories on the IHE Delft twitter stream.

DUPC programme mentioned in the IHE Delft Highlights 2019 http://www.un-ihe.org/news/ihe-delft-

publishes-highlights-2019

Promotion of the DUPC2 programme at Stockholm Water Week 2019 and Arab Water Week 2019.

Research of Guilherme Nogueira, alumnus of the Erasmus MSc programme ‘GroundWatCH’, published

in ‘Science of the Total Environment’ journal. Research is within the scope of the SALINPROVE project:

https://www.un-ihe.org/news/first-paper-groundwatch-alumnus-published-high-impact-

journal?back=747645

#EverydayNile: launch of new online media campaign debate and opening of photo exhibition in February

2019

Water, Peace and Security Partnership and WaPOR database (WaterPiP) in IT4D publication:

https://www.un-ihe.org/news/it4d-publication-inspiration-dutch-development-

cooperation?back=747645

Water Peace Security in the news: https://www.un-ihe.org/news/ihe-news-water-wars-early-warning-

tool-uses-climate-data-predict-conflict-hotspots?back=747645

Video made by the project “Synoptic and participatory assessment of environmental pollution and health

effects due to exposure to mercury from artisanal gold mining”:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HVhRiSaSmIQ

Webinars (with IHE’s Alumni Officer (communication department) and TheWaterChannel)

Towards better cities with water, nature and YOU: my learning moments during ten years of rubbing

shoulders with stakeholders (12 March 2019) – Assela Pathirana (IHE Delft) and Lenneke Knoop

(TheWaterChannel) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2amh8NP3o

Why is fetching water considered a women’s job? (24 May 2019) – Neha Mungekar (IHE Delft) and

Lenneke Knoop (TheWaterChannel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sz-EflE-A0

Coastal evolution and management: a new tool to understand the past and future (4 July 2019) – Dano

Roelvink (IHE Delft) and Abraham Abhishek (TheWaterChannel):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OsPZqz5ljg

Groundwater Making the Invisible Visible (17 December 2019) – Neno Kukuric (IGRAC) and Abraham

Abhishek (TheWaterChannel)

Workshops, seminars, conferences

Workshop on Media, Science and Water organized by Open Water Diplomacy in February 2019:

https://www.un-ihe.org/workshop-media-science-and-water?back=747645

Water and Peace seminar on the topic of “no significant harm” organized by the Water Diplomacy project

early 2019.

10th international conference on Hydro-Hegemony: the conference took place on 4-5 October 2019 in

The Hague with more than 125 participants with participation from Open Water Diplomacy project and

the Water Diplomacy project.

https://flows.hypotheses.org/

https://www.un-ihe.org/news/first-paper-groundwatch-alumnus-published-high-impact-journal?back=747645

https://www.un-ihe.org/news/first-paper-groundwatch-alumnus-published-high-impact-journal?back=747645

https://www.un-ihe.org/news/it4d-publication-inspiration-dutch-development-cooperation?back=747645

https://www.un-ihe.org/news/it4d-publication-inspiration-dutch-development-cooperation?back=747645

https://www.un-ihe.org/news/ihe-news-water-wars-early-warning-tool-uses-climate-data-predict-conflict-hotspots?back=747645

https://www.un-ihe.org/news/ihe-news-water-wars-early-warning-tool-uses-climate-data-predict-conflict-hotspots?back=747645

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HVhRiSaSmIQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2amh8NP3o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sz-EflE-A0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OsPZqz5ljg

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Webpage

The new DUPC webpage was launched January 2018. The webpage is integrated into the IHE website,

and features an interactive project map, stories and news on DUPC and DUPC projects.

The output database was finished in early 2019 and includes all outputs of DUPC projects.

A total of six stories were published on the webpage, including a snapshot of DUPC2 projects in the MENA

region in 2019 https://www.un-ihe.org/stories/snapshots-middle-east?back=747644.

Accent 6. Continue making the DUPC2 webpage more informative and interactive Also this accent was added in response to the recommendation of the mid-term review to make the programme and its results more visible. The webpage (www.un-ihe.org/dupc) became richer in information, and we tried to engage southern partners in providing input for the website. We did not fully achieve the latter, which is something still high on our agenda (Annual Plan 2020). A story development workshop was planned, but not conducted as a stand-alone workshop, but southern partners participated in a summer course on ‘Visual methods for water communication’ in July in Delft.

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Table 4. DUPC2 progress on indicators of the results framework water (2016-2019). Performance indicators Indicator value (cumulative 2016-2019) Source (and project no.)

Outcome: Water resources management at country level

- Number of river basin organizations supported on water management

8 16 (Awash River basin authority, Litani River Authority, Jordan Valley Authority, Zambezi Watercourse Commission, Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), Ouéme Benin, WMA Kenya, WRMA Zambia)

Water Accounting (107708), SDI (106743), SCARCE (106537), S-MultiStor (106472), Connect (106539)

- Number of professionals trained in water management

1,040

Water Accounting (107708) (146), SDI (106743) (120), all research projects (731), Iraq (107693) (15), WPS (107636) (28), SIDS (107695) (in progress)

Outcome: Water resources management of transboundary basins

- Number of professionals trained in transboundary water management

175 Water diplomacy (106289)

Outcome: Efficient water use in agriculture

- Number of institutions that use the FAO database to measure water productivity

95 (In 2019 additional 32 institutions in Africa and MENA region have been introduced to water productivity and WaPOR. At least 5 institutions are using WaPOR for WP on a regular basis)

WaterPip (107708)

- Number of projects that use the FAO database to monitor water productivity

21 (WP analyses using WaPOR implemented for 21 projects across 8 countries. Additional 16 projects in 8 countries introduced to water productivity and WaPOR)

WaterPip (107708)

- Number of 'ready-to-use' applications for farmers and policy officers are developed and distributed

1 (Drought mapping for Africa developed and yet to be distributed)

WaterPip (107708)

Outcome: Water, sanitation and hygiene

- Number of WASH organizations strengthened

155 BEWOP (106344 & 107702) (146), SCARCE (106537) (9)

- Number of people trained in WASH institutions

498 BEWOP (106344 & 107702) (442), SCARCE (106537) (56)

16 Apart from some of the above-mentioned RBOs, the WA+ project worked in 30 river basins (not necessarily with RBOs) in Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, India and Sri Lanka.


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References

Proposal and addenda

Proposal DGIS UNESCO-IHE Programmatic Cooperation 2016-2020 - DUPC2 2, Solving water and development challenges worldwide by equipping people and organisations and strengthening partnerships, UNESCO-IHE, 20 November 2015

Addendum to the DGIS - IHE Delft Programmatic Cooperation (DUPC2) (Activity nr. 28325 / DME0121369), IHE Delft, February 2018.

Addendum to the DGIS - IHE Delft Programmatic Cooperation (DUPC2) (Activity nr. 28325 / DME0121369), IHE Delft, November 2019.

External review and MTR

Final report of second external monitoring of DGIS IHE Delft Programmatic Cooperation (DUPC2) Phase 2 – Semester 2 & 3, 2016-2020, DGIS, August 2017.

Technopolis Group, Mid Term Evaluation of DGIS – IHE Delft Programmatic Cooperation 2016-2020 (DUPC2) in the field of international cooperation on water: Final evaluation report, 16 July 2018.

IHE documents

IHE Delft Strategy 2018 – 2023 - Synergies and Partnerships to Address Water Challenges, August 2018.

DUPC2 planning and reporting

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting protocol DUPC2, UNESCO-IHE, August 2016

DUPC2 Annual Report 2018, IHE Delft, June 2019

DUPC2 Annual Plan 2019, IHE Delft, November 2018 Financial reports

Financial Report 2019, Stichting IHE Delft, 6 May 2020

Independent auditor's report – DUPC2, HLB Blomer advise B.V., 27 May 2020

Report of Factual Findings with respect to Programmatic Support DGIS UNESCO-IHE 2016-2020, HLB Blomer advise B.V., 27 May 2020

DUPC2 website

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Appendix 1 Overview of all DUPC2 Activities: Technical Data

This Appendix presents the technical details of all DUPC2 activities on 31 December 2019 (ongoing or ended), as they are administered in the IHE administration. The activities in the table below are ordered by project no.

Project no: the IHE Delft financial system registration number

Activity title: the name of the activity.

Status: RUN: running project, END: ended projects, and REJ: rejected projects.

Partners: partners (including IHE Delft) involved in the activity (see Appendix 3 for details on the partners)

Country: country and / or region the activity focusses at

Themes: the themes the activity addresses, which can be more than 1, and include cross-cutting themes

Website: the link to the projects website

Total project budget: the total budget, which includes co-funding next to the DUPC2 contribution (see Appendix 2 for the financial details including the 2018 expenditure).

Table. List of DUPC2 activities on 31 December 2019 (ongoing or ended), and technical information.

Project no.

Activity title Status Partners (incl. IHE Delft) Country (or / and specific region)

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103881 VIA Water Post-doc END IHE Delft ; AquaForAll Foundation ; Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa (CFIA)

Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 https://www.viawater.nl/ €180,340

103881 VIA Water Post-doc Topup END IHE Delft ; AquaForAll Foundation ; Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa (CFIA)



103881 VIA Water END IHE Delft ; AquaForAll Foundation ; Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa (CFIA)



104303 Co-funding NWO UDW Sustainable Freshwater - Mozambique

RUN TU Delft ; IHE Delft ; Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique) ; FIPAG (Mozambique)

Mozambique 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 https://sustainablewatermz.weblog.tudelft.nl/

€862,196

104454 Co-funding EU (EWPFO Cofund)

END IHE Delft Multiple Regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

https://www.un-ihe.org/news/unesco-ihe-and-ec-launch-water-postdoc-fellowship-cofund-programme

€2,212,045


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104476 Co-funding NWO UDW Hydro-Social Deltas

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IHE Delft ; Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) ; Bangladesh Flood Hazard Research Centre (FHRC) ; Deltares Hogeschool Zeeland, Netherlands ; Institute for Urban Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam (IHS) ; Wageningen University (WUR)

Bangladesh, Netherlands 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 http://hydro-social-deltas.un-ihe.org/ €618,210

104522 Co-funding NWO UDW Strategic Delta Planning

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IHE Delft ; Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) ; Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) ; Bosch and Slabbers Landscape Architects ; Deltares ; PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency ; Technical University Delft (TUD) ; Wageningen University (WUR) ; Centre of Water Management and Climate Change of Vietnam National University (VNU-WACC) ; International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Vietnam Country Office

Vietnam, Bangladesh, Netherlands

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 http://strategic-delta-planning.un-ihe.org/introduction

€952,519

106157 DUPC programme management

RUN Multiple Regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 https://www.un-ihe.org/dupc2-global-partnership-water-and-development

€1,000,000

106157 DUPC programme communication


€400,000

106157 DUPC programme learning and MER


€200,000

106157 Component support END Multiple Regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 https://www.un-ihe.org/dupc2-global-partnership-water-and-development

€85,074

106157 Component support END Multiple Regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 https://www.un-ihe.org/dupc2-global-partnership-water-and-development

€4,237


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106257 Nile Basin Capacity Building network Support

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IHE Delft ; Hydraulic Research Instititute (HRI) ; The Nile Ecosystems Wetlands Valuation and wise-Use (Nile-ECO-VWU) ; UNDP- Capacity development in sustainable water management (CAP-NET) ; UNESCO Chair in Water Resources ; Dar es Salaam University

Nile basin countries 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1

www.nbcbn.net http://www.nile-eco-vwu.net/media-center/videos www.nile/eco/vwu.org

€891,099

106289 Water diplomacy - Education and Training 2018-2020

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IHE Delft ; Clingendael ; SIWI ; Oregon State University (OSU) ; WWF ; University of Peace (UPEACE) ; University of Khartoum ; Addis Ababa University

Middle East countries, Central Asia countries , African countries

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 https://www.un-ihe.org/water-cooperation-and-diplomacy

€469,071

106289 Water Diplomacy Education and Training 2016-17

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IHE Delft ; Clingendael ; SIWI ; Oregon State University (OSU) ; WWF ; University of Peace (UPEACE) ; University of Khartoum ; Addis Ababa University



€235,226

106289 Water diplomacy - seminars 2018-2020

RUN IHE Delft ; Oregon State University (OSU) ; University of Peace (UPEACE) ; University of Khartoum ; Addis Ababa University



€369,589

106289 Water diplomacy seminars (Water Diplomacy) 2016-17

END IHE Delft ; Oregon State University (OSU) ; University of Peace (UPEACE) ; University of Khartoum ; Addis Ababa University



€20,648

106289

IHE Delft - SIWI cooperation on transboundary water cooperation and water diplomacy 2016-2020 (Water Diplomacy) 2016-17

END Stockholms International Water Institute (SIWI) ; IHE Delft

Nile basin countries, Jordan River basin countries, Central Asia, Mekong countries


€149,542

106289 Water diplomacy - IHE Delft SIWI cooperation 2018-2020

RUN Stockholms International Water Institute (SIWI) ; IHE Delft

Nile basin countries, Jordan River basin countries, Central Asia, Mekong countries


€350,458

106289 The Hague 'Water and peace Security' initiative (Water Diplomacy) 2017

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs ; IHE Delft ; The Municipality of The Hague ; World Resource Institute (WRI) ; The Hague Centre of Strategic Studies and Deltares



€29,359

106289 Water diplomacy - The Hague 'Water and peace Security' initiative 2018

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€36,480


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106289 Water diplomacy - Research and Innovation

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€89,627

106300 H2Online - Online course for DGIS

END IHE Delft ; DGIS Multiple Regions 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 https://vimeopro.com/user28384382/h2online

€19,688

106344 Boosting the Effectiveness of Water Operator's Partnerships (BEWOP Phase 2)

RUN IHE Delft ; Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA)

Multiple Regions 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 http://bewop.un-ihe.org/home €1,190,000

106348 Water Accounting for larger river basins

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IHE Delft ; International Water Management Institute (IMWI) ; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ; UNESCO - The World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP); Kasetart University (KU) ; International Centre for Biosaline Research (ICBA) ; Institute of Water Resources Pl (VN) ; Royal Centre for Teledetection (CRTS)

Lebanon, Jordan, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 http://wateraccounting.org/ €980,000

106363 Alternative water supply systems

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IHE Delft ; Gresik District ; Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) ; Beira Water Company (Fundo Investimento e Patrimonio do Abestesimento de Agau (FIPAG)) ; Maputo Water Company ; Vitens Evides International

Mozambique, Indonesia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 http://altwater.un-ihe.org/ €696,015

106369 WaterNet Secretariat support (phase 2)

RUN WaterNet ; IHE Delft Southern African countries 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 http://www.waternetonline.org/ €200,000

106374 Spatial data infrastructure System Water (Phase 2)

RUN IHE Delft ; UPANDE Kenya, Benin, DUPC2 priority countries

0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 http://ocw.un-ihe.org http://benin.snieau.org/

€358,422

106470 Arid African Alluvial Aquifers Labs Africa (A4Labs)

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IHE Delft ; Mekelle University ; Oxfam Mozambique ; Instituto Superior Politecnico de Gaza ; Dabane Trust ; Acacia Water ; Oxfam Novib; Practica

Ethiopia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 http://a4labs.un-ihe.org/ €987,960

106470 Arid African Alluvial Aquifers Labs Africa (A4Labs) - Research Outreach Zimbabwe

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106470 Arid African Alluvial Aquifers Labs Africa (A4Labs) - Research & Implementation

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IHE Delft ; Mekelle University ; Oxfam Mozambique ; Instituto Superior Politecnico de Gaza ; Dabane Trust ; Acacia Water ; Oxfam Novib; Practica



106471 Evidence4Policy Colombia RUN

IHE Delft ; Centro de investigacion de la caña de azucar de Colombia (Cenicaña) ; Universidad Antioquia ; Universidad del Norte ; Universidad del Valle ; Deltares ; Wageningen University (WUR)

Colombia, The Netherlands 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 https://sites.google.com/site/evidence4policy/home

€1,010,642

106471 Evidence4Policy Colombia - Research Outreach

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IHE Delft ; Centro de investigacion de la caña de azucar de Colombia (Cenicaña) ; Universidad Antioquia ; Universidad del Norte ; Universidad del Valle ; Deltares ; Wageningen University (WUR)

Colombia, The Netherlands 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 https://sites.google.com/site/evidence4policy/home

€25,162

106472 Sustainable Hydropower and Multipurpose Storage (S-MultiStor)

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IHE Delft ; Pontifica University Javeriana ; Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería ; University Eduardo Mondlane ; National University of Laos ; Charles Sturt University ; Yangon Technical University ; University of Zimbabwe

The Irrawaddy (Myanmar), Zambezi (Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe), and Magdalena (Colombia) River Basins, with global relevance

1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 https://www.smultistor.nl/ €1,476,779

106474

Open Water Diplomacy Lab in the Nile - Capacity Development Brahmaputra, Lake Chad & Tigris-Euphrates

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IHE Delft ; SciDev.net ; Nile Basin Capacity Building Network (NBCBN) ; African Water Journalists Networks ; University of the Witwatersrand

Nile Basin countries 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0

https://www.un-ihe.org/stories/mapping-nile-controversies-role-media-water-conflicts

€74,908

106474 Open Water Diplomacy Lab in the Nile

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106474 Open Water Diplomacy Lab in the Nile - Research Outreach

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106475 Water Supply and Sanitation in Small Towns (SMALL)

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IHE Delft ; National Water and Sewage Corporation ; Makerere University ; Eduardo Mondlane University ; Collins Ltd. ; Centro de Biologia ; Swiss Federal Research Institute (EAWAG) ; Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) ; Vitens Evides International ; UNICEF Mozambique

Mozambique, Uganda 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 https://small.un-ihe.org/home €1,008,238

106475

Water Supply and Sanitation in Small Towns (SMALL) -Research & Implementation Mozambique

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IHE Delft ; National Water and Sewage Corporation ; Makerere University ; Eduardo Mondlane University ; Collins Ltd. ; Centro de Biologia ; Swiss Federal Research Institute (EAWAG) ; Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) ; Vitens Evides International ; UNICEF Mozambique

Mozambique, Uganda 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 https://small.un-ihe.org/home €49,980

106476 Mitigating groundwater salinity impacts (SALINPROVE) - Education Mozambique

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IHE Delft ; Tianjin Center of China Geological Survey ; Eduardo Mondlane University ; Division for Water Resources Planning and Investigation for the South of Vietnam ; Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT); ARA-Sul ; AFORAMO ; FIPAG ; INAM Institute for Meteorology (Mozambique) ; IIA Water Research Institute (Mozambique) ; CRA Water and Sanitation Regulatory Council (Moz) ; Vitens Evides International ; ODI Overseas Development Institute ; Tra Vinh Provincial Department of Natural Resources (DONRE) and Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) ; Centre for Water supply and rural sanitation (CWSRS) ; Tra Vihn University ; Department of Irrigation and Flood and Storm prevention (DIFSP) ; Huyen Hoi commune ; Water Resources Department of Weifang Municipal Government (WRDWMG)

Mozambique, Vietnam, China 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 http://salinprove.un-ihe.org/ €74,426


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106476 Mitigating groundwater salinity impacts (SALINPROVE)

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106477 KIDRONNAR decentralised local solutions Middle East - Capacity Development

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IHE Delft ; Al Quds University ; Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; EcoPeace Middle East for Environmental Development ; Engineers Without Borders Holland

Palestine, Israel, The Netherlands

0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 €74,129

106477 KIDRONNAR decentralised local solutions Middle East

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0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 €768,739

106477 KIDRONNAR decentralised local solutions Middle East - Research & Implementation

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0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 €31,902

106536 WIN - Water Intelligence for the Middle East

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IHE Delft ; American University of Beirut ; American University of Technology ; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ; Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) ; Litani River Authority ; National Council for Scientific Research (NCRS)

Lebanon 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 https://www.un-ihe.org/projects/water-intelligence-near-east

€344,611


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106537 Desalination, Diplomacy and Water reuse in the Middle East (SCARCE)

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IHE Delft ; Al-Balqa Applied University ; Jordan Ministry of Water and Irrigation/ Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) ; University of Jordan ; Jordan Valley Authority (JVA)

Jordan 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 €636,547

106538 Mobile Microwave Middle East

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IHE Delft ; German Jordan University ; Jordan Ministry of Water and Irrigation/ Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) ; Miyahuna Jordan Water Company ; Tehnobiro

Jordan 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 http://microwave-based-faecal-sludge-treatment.un-ihe.org/

€388,560

106539 Connect Regional Middle East RUN UAF Stichting voor Vluchteling-Studenten ; NBCBN ; Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) ; ACWUA

Nile basin countries, Middle East countries, The Netherland

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €253,658

106573 EU SDG - Co-funding SAIStor REJ IHE Delft ; Royal HaskoningDHV Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 €0

106788 E-Learning Water Indonesia END IHE Delft ; Collaborative Knowledge Network Indonesia (CKNet Indonesia)

Indonesia 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1

https://www.facebook.com/secretariat.cknet/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BfcunRtl_eI/

€58,150

106789 Education in water and sanitation in Bénin

RUN IHE Delft ; Institut National de l’Eau Benin 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1

https://www.un-ihe.org/projects/enhancing-quality-and-internationalisation-education-water-and-sanitation https://sites.google.com/site/dupc2ine/

€101,016

106790 GPDP Sustainable Delta Planning and Management

RUN IHE Delft ; Delta Alliance ; Deltares ; Technical University Delft (TUD) ; Wageningen University (WUR)

Delta countries 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 http://www.delta-alliance.org/events/trainingdeltaplanningmanagement

€139,695

106791 Enhancing Water and Environment Masters’ Programs Birzeit

END IHE Delft ; Birzeit University ; Institute of Environmental and Water Studies (BZU-IEWS)

Palestine 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €146,739

106793 GPDP Water for Food RUN IHE Delft ; Brawijaya University ; Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology-Vietnam

Indonesia, Vietnam, USA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 https://www.un-ihe.org/news/ihe-delft-introduces-online-courses-water-food-security

€193,300


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106794 City to City Learning on climate adaptation

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IHE Delft ; Birzeit University ; Institute of Environmental and Water Studies (BZU-IEWS) ; University Blas Pascal ; Jordan Ministry of Water and Irrigation/ Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) ; Water Supply & Sewerage Subotica

Vietnam 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1

https://www.un-ihe.org/news/vietnam%E2%80%99s-new-generation-water-leaders-connect http://mare-asia.net/vn_ledership_ws1/

€45,360

106795 Nilewaterlab.org END IHE Delft ; De Wortel Van Drie Nile River Basin 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 www.nilewaterlab.org €48,940

106797 Sanitation Darfur END IHE Delft ; Sudan Health ministry ; DFECO GENERAL TRADING L.L.C.

Sudan 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 €15,015

106799 UNHIDE END

IHE Delft ; Eduardo Mondlane University ; Whales that fly ; Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) ; University of Amsterdam (UVA) ; King’s College London

Mozambique 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 https://vimeo.com/337977573 €26,430

106800 Experimental Methods on Wastewater Treatment in Spanish

RUN IHE Delft ; Havana University of Technology "CUJAE" ; Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEMex)

Cuba, Mexico 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 €25,656

106808 GWDEMO - treatment contaminated groundwater

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IHE Delft ; Water Authority of Jordan ; Birzeit University ; Foundation Water is Our World ; Water Supply & Sewerage Subotica - PUC Subotica

Jordan, Serbia 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 €44,196

106810 Water utility training centers in Uganda and Rwanda

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IHE Delft ; Vitens Evides International ; Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC) ; DA Services ; National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)

Rwanda, Uganda 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 €190,412

106846 The Water Channel RUN IHE Delft ; AquaForAll Foundation ; MetaMeta Multiple Regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://thewaterchannel.tv/ €200,000

106959 Delta Flows in the Mekong and Irrawaddy Rivers

RUN National University Laos ; Fauna and Flora International ; Myanmar Dept. of Fisheries ; Charles Sturt Univeristy

Vietnam, Laos PDR, Myanmar 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 €174,363

106960 Water and Sanitation Solution to the refugees the Middkle East

RUN IHE Delft ; Al-Balqa Applied University ; Birzeit University ; Institute of Environmental and Water Studies (BZU-IEWS)

Palestine, Jordan 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 €125,618

106961 Transboundary water management in the Tekezze-Atbara sub-basin (Nile)

RUN The Hydraulics Research Centre, Sudan ; Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources at Addis Ababa University ; IHE Delft

Nile River Basin 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 http://t-abasin.hrc-sudan.sd/ €345,770


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106962 Dengue Water RUN

IHE Delft ; Collins Sistemas de Água Ltd. ; Eduardo Mondlane University ; Ministry of Health Mozambique ; The Manhiça Health Research Centre Mozambique

Mozambique 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 https://chasingthemosquito.com/ €128,194

106963 Sanitation Learning Alliance Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia

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IHE Delft ; Bolivian Water and Environment Ministry ; Centro de Agua y Saneamiento Ambiental (CASA) ; Universidad Mayor de San Simón ; Federal University of Minas Gerais ; Sociedade de Abastecimento de Água e Saneamento S.A. (Sanasa) ; The Asociación de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (ABIS) ; Universidad del Valle

Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 €110,534

106997 Water diplomacy - Promote UN Water Convention (WWF)

RUN World Wide Fund - US ; Northumbria Law School ; Green Cross International ; IUCN

Multiple Regions 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/policy/conventions/water_conventions/un_watercourses_convention/

€350,000

107046 Arab Water Week 2017 END IHE Delft Jordan 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €8,279

107050 Water productivity training of trainers in Middle East and Africa

END IHE Delft ; DGIS ; FAO Middle East and Africa 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 €114,272

107157 Review UWEM joint MSc AIT - IHE

END IHE Delft ; Asian Intitute of Technology (AIT) ; Bangkok

Thailand 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 €16,040

107164 NWO SDG - Nature based water infrastructures for #GlobalGoals (NaBWIG)

RUN

IHE Delft ; South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU) ; Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT) ; Mekelle University

Ethiopia, Kenya 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 €501,816

107172 NWO SDG Aid & Trade REJ MCDI ; Both Ends ; IRC NL ; IRC Ethiopia ; Nature Kenya ; VITENS

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 €0

107346 Water Youth Network RUN

Change agent collective ; Red Calabash ; Sivin Communications ; Vertical media design ; Openideo ; Young water solutions ; Youth for water and climate ; NBCBN ; Sudanese Youth Parliament for Water ; Youth & Transboundary International Secretariat for Water

Multiple Regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.wateryouthnetwork.org/ €75,000

107610 Open educational course ware (OCW)

RUN IHE Delft Multiple Regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 https://ocw.un-ihe.org/ €228,508


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107636 Water Peace Security Initiative RUN Deltares ; IHE Delft ; International Alert ; The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies ; Wetlands International ; World Resources Institute

Multiple Regions 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 https://waterpeacesecurity.org/ €2,160,000

107693 Capacity Development Support for Iraq Water Sector

RUN IHE Delft ; Ministry of Water Resources of Iraq Iraq 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 €223,393

107695 Small Island Development States Fellowship Programme (SIDS2)

RUN IHE Delft Small Island Development States

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 https://www.un-ihe.org/sids-fellowships-1

€730,000

107695 Small Island Development States Fellowship Programme (SIDS2) - regional event


0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 €97,263

107702 Boosting the Effectiveness of Water Operator's Partnerships (BEWOP Phase 3)

RUN IHE Delft ; UN-Habitat (GWOPA) ; Dutch water utilities

Multiple Regions 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 https://bewop.un-ihe.org/home €610,000

107708 WaterPiP : the 25% Initiative RUN IHE Delft ; Wageningen University & Research ; MetaMeta

Africa an Middle East 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 €1,550,000

107886 VIA Water Learning event Mozambique

END IHE Delft ; VIA Water Mozambique 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €13,932

108067 Student competition Climate Change and Water Scarcity in Middle East

RUN IHE Delft ; American University of Beirut ; Wageningen University ; Banque Libano-Française

Middle East 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €78,965

108232 IHE ELearning Partnership (Lead IHE)

RUN IHE Delft ; selected partners Multiple Regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €347,324

108233 IHE ELearning Partnership (Lead partners)


108233 IHE ELearning Partnership (Lead partners)


108281 Development of ToRs - SWLRI Assessment Iraq

RUN 0 Iraq 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €45,000

108291 Agua 2018 Gender Learning Event

END IHE Delft ; UNIVALLE Latin America 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €21,891

108343 Jordan Partnership & Learning Event 2018

END IHE Delft ; Al Ba'qa University Middle East 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €9,622

108471 DUPC2 Arab Water Week 2019

END 0 Jordan 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €33,038


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108472

Wastewater treatment technologies and smart irrigation in the MENA (MENARA)

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Birzeit University (lead) ; National Centre for Studies and Research on Water and Energy (CNEREE) Cadi Ayyad University ; Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology Applied to Crop Improvement University of Sfax ; IHE Delft

Palestine, Morrocco, Tunesia, Netherlands

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 €110,000

108473 Environmental pollution Alto Cauca, Colombia

RUN University del Valle (lead) ; University of Brasilia ; IHE Delft ; Community Council from Yolombó

Magdalena river basin Colombia

0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

https://m.facebook.com/proyectomercuriocauca/ https://proyecto-mercurio-cauca.webnode.com.co/

€146,353

108474 Flood - based farming systems in the Mekong

RUN WACC Vietnam National University ; Fenner School of Environment & Society Australian National University

Mekong delta (Vietnam & Cambodia)

1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 €110,182

108483 Groundwater Rejuvination as climate change resilience (GRACERS)

RUN

Indian Institute of Technology (lead) ; IHE Delft ; N.M. Sadguru Foundation ; National Institute of Hydrology (GIH) India ; Institute of Water Modelling Bangladesh

Ganges-Bramaputra delta (India & Bangladesh)

1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 €137,000

108484 Tracing impacts of wastewater sludge on agricultural rehabilitation (TRACE Rehab)

RUN ICARCA (lead) ; National Agricultural Research Centre Jordan (NARC) ; Al Balqa' Applied University

Jordan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 https://mel.cgiar.org/projects/trace-rehab#about

€110,003

108485 Integrating ET into irrigation management framework (ITSET)

RUN American University of Beirut (lead) ; IHE Delft Lebanon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sites.aub.edu.lb/etmap/ €114,324

108487

Local community empowerment through agricultural value-chain development Limpopo

RUN Instituto Superior Politécnico de Gaza (lead) ; National University of Science and Technology (NUST) ; IHE Delft

Limpopo basin (Mozambique & Zimbabwe)

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 €115,000

108488 Changing gendered farm identities and practices in North-Africa

RUN

TARGA-AIDE/CRESC Association (lead), Université Hassan II, CIRAD/Institute Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Bachir El Ibrahimi University, Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM)

Morrocco, Algeria, India 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 https://www.facebook.com/DUPC2/?modal=admin_todo_tour

€126,500

108555 Knowledge sharing with DGIS, EKNs and other parties

RUN IHE Delft Multiple Regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €100,000

108587 IHE Capacity Development Symposium

RUN IHE Delft Multiple regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://capdevsymposium.un-ihe.org/about-symposium

€50,000


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108691 DUPC2 capacity strengthening - small projects

RUN IHE Delft Multiple regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €74,132

108704 DUPC Impact Initiative RUN Oxfam Novib Multiple regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €165,810

108714 Integrated and sustainable development in the Litani, Lebanon (WIN Phase 2)

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IHE Delft ; Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MOEW) ; American University of Beirut (AUB) ; Litani River Auhtority (LRA) ; Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) ; National Council for Scientific Research - Center for Remote Sensing (CNRS) ; Acacia ; WaterNet

Lebanon 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 €400,243

108779 Participation at AfWA 2020 in Uganda

RUN IHE Delft Uganda 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 https://www.afwa2020.org/index.php/en/

€19,300

108944 Supporting capacity development in Small Island Development States (SIDS3)


0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 https://www.un-ihe.org/sids-fellowships-1

€1,535,421

109065 WaterPiP : the 25% Initiative (top-up Phase 1)

RUN IHE Delft; Wageningen University; MetaMeta; Eleaf; FAO

Africa and Middle East 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 €1,204,881

109066 Open and Online Education Hub

RUN IHE Delft Multiple regions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 €2,040,074

109067 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Toolkit

RUN

IHE Delft; Water Research Commission; University of KwaZulu-Natal; International Water Management Institute; Global Water Partnership; WaterNet; Jones and Wagener Education Trust; Water Authority Jordan; Palestinian Water Authority; Algerian Water Authority; Mohamed El Bachir Ibrahimi University

Africa and Middle East 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 €1,367,015

109069

Supporting capacity development in the MENA region to cope with water scarcity

RUN IHE Delft Middle East and Northern Africa

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 https://www.un-ihe.org/mena-cd-fellowships

€1,894,555

109070 Supporting water management in Iraq

RUN

Ministry of Water Resources Iraq; University of Basra; University of Kurdistan Hewler-Erbil; Center for the Restoration of the Iraqi Marshes and Wetlands

Iraq 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 €1,288,740


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109127 Improving water productivity and livelihoods in Jordan Valley

RUN Jordan Valley Authority; Water Authority Jordan, IHE Delft

Jordan 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 €250,000

109145 Boosting Effectiveness of Water Operators’ Partnerships (BEWOP4)

RUN IHE Delft; GWOPA/UN-Habitat; Multiple regions 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 https://bewop.un-ihe.org/home €1,499,772

109148 Supporting water management in Sudan

RUN

IHE Delft; Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Sudan; Hydraulic Research Center; Ministry of Agriculture Sudan; Agricultural Research Corporation; University of Khartoum; University of Gezira Irrigation and Water Management Institute

Sudan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 €1,475,000


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Appendix 2 Overview of all DUPC2 Activities: Financial Data

This Appendix presents the financial details of all DUPC2 on 31 December 2019 (ongoing or ended), as they are administered in the IHE administration. The activities in the table are ordered by project no.

Project no: the IHE Delft financial system registration number.

Result LogFrame: Indicates to which result of the logical framework the activity contributes.

Activity title: the name of the activity.

Start date: start date of the activity.

Status: RUN: running project, END: ended projects, and REJ: rejected projects.

Total project budget: the total budget, which includes co-funding next to the DUPC2 contribution.

Initial DUPC2 budget commitment: DUPC2 grants issued, most are multi-year commitments (in line with the IHE Delft audit report, 27 May 2020).

DUPC2 budget commitment: DUPC2 grants issued including final grants, most are multi-year commitments (includes the final grants issued by DUPC2 after the closure of a project).

Project budget in IHE admin: the project budget according to the IHE administration, which compared to the Total project budget excludes co-funding which is not administered in the IHE administration.

DUPC2 expenditure 2016 - 2018 in IHE admin: the actual accumulated expenditures as on 31/12/2018 (in line with the IHE Delft Financial Report 2018).

DUPC2 expenditure for 2019 in IHE admin: expenditure for only 2019

Balance in DUPC2 project grant1: the remaining DUPC2 budget for an activity on 31/12/2019, includes the final grants issued after the closure of a project. Table. List of DUPC2 activities on 31 December 2019 (ongoing or ended), their grant commitments and expenditures and remaining budgets on 31 December 2019.

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Activity title Start date Status Total project budget

Initial DUPC2 budget commitments (grants and contracts) - for accountants

DUPC2 budget commitments (grants and contracts, incl final grant)

Project budget through IHE admin

DUPC2 expenditure 2016 - 2018 in IHE admin (incl corrections


Balance of DUPC2 Project Grant 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019

(1) (2) (3) (4)=(1)–(2)–(3)

Total €46,232,426 €36,116,923 €35,893,764 €40,387,695 €10,314,827 €4,883,867 €20,695,070

103881 K&N R3 A1 VIA Water Post-doc 01/01/2016 END €180,340 €140,000 €140,000 €180,340 €136,298 €0 €3,702

103881 R&I R1 A1 VIA Water Post-doc Topup 01/01/2016 END €106,100 €106,100 €106,100 €106,100 €56,867 €9,549 €39,684

103881 R&I R3 A2 VIA Water 01/01/2016 END €758,626 €758,626 €758,626 €758,626 €758,626 €0 €0

104303 R&I R1 A3 Co-funding NWO UDW Sustainable Freshwater - Mozambique

01/10/2017 RUN €862,196 €77,764 €77,764 €862,196 €23,830 €9,341 €44,593

104454 R&I R1 A3 Co-funding EU (EWPFO Cofund) 01/05/2017 END €2,212,045 €200,000 €200,000 €2,212,045 €200,000 €0 €0

104476 R&I R1 A3 Co-funding NWO UDW Hydro-Social Deltas 01/10/2017 RUN €618,210 €56,513 €56,513 €618,210 €50,982 €0 €5,531

104522 R&I R1 A3 Co-funding NWO UDW Strategic Delta Planning 01/10/2017 RUN €952,519 €57,049 €57,049 €952,519 €34,175 €24,480 -€1,606

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106157 PM R1 DUPC programme management 01/01/2016 RUN €1,000,000 €1,000,000 €1,000,000 €1,000,000 €654,424 €241,841 €103,735

106157 PM R2 DUPC programme communication 01/01/2016 RUN €400,000 €400,000 €400,000 €400,000 €49,076 €50,918 €300,006

106157 PM R3 DUPC programme learning and MER 01/01/2016 RUN €200,000 €200,000 €200,000 €200,000 €119,242 €55,705 €25,053

106157 R&I R1 A1 Component support 01/01/2016 END €85,074 €100,000 €85,074 €85,074 €85,074 €0 €0

106157 R&I R1 A2 Component support 01/01/2016 END €4,237 €50,000 €4,237 €4,237 €4,237 €0 €0

106257 K&N R4 A1 Nile Basin Capacity Building network Support 01/01/2016 RUN €891,099 €742,000 €742,000 €742,000 €436,407 €99,509 €206,084

106289 E&T R3 A2 Water diplomacy - Education and Training 2018-2020

01/01/2018 RUN €469,071 €469,071 €469,071 €469,071 €154,879 €80,076 €234,117

106289 E&T R3 A2 Water Diplomacy Education and Training 2016-17 01/01/2016 END €235,226 €235,226 €235,226 €235,226 €235,226 €0 €0

106289 K&N R1 A2 Water diplomacy - seminars 2018-2020 01/01/2018 RUN €369,589 €369,589 €369,589 €369,589 €85,974 €57,292 €226,323

106289 K&N R1 A2 Water diplomacy seminars (Water Diplomacy) 2016-17

01/01/2016 END €20,648 €20,648 €20,648 €20,648 €20,648 €0 €0

106289 K&N R3 A2 IHE Delft - SIWI cooperation on transboundary water cooperation and water diplomacy 2016-2020 (Water Diplomacy) 2016-17

01/01/2016 END €149,542 €149,542 €149,542 €149,542 €149,542 €0 €0

106289 K&N R3 A2 Water diplomacy - IHE Delft SIWI cooperation 2018-2020

01/01/2018 RUN €350,458 €350,458 €350,458 €350,458 €47,137 €30,958 €272,363

106289 K&N R4 A1 The Hague 'Water and peace Security' initiative (Water Diplomacy) 2017

01/01/2017 END €29,359 €29,359 €29,359 €29,359 €29,359 €0 €0

106289 K&N R4 A1 Water diplomacy - The Hague 'Water and peace Security' initiative 2018

01/01/2018 END €36,480 €36,480 €36,480 €36,480 €36,480 -€4,000 €4,000

106289 R&I R1 A1 Water diplomacy - Research and Innovation 01/01/2018 RUN €89,627 €89,627 €89,627 €89,627 €0 €6,767 €82,860

106300 K&N R3 A1 H2Online - Online course for DGIS 01/01/2016 END €19,688 €19,580 €19,688 €19,688 €19,688 €0 €0

106344 K&N R4 A2 Boosting the Effectiveness of Water Operator's Partnerships (BEWOP Phase 2)

01/01/2016 RUN €1,190,000 €1,140,000 €1,140,000 €1,140,000 €865,652 €238,009 €36,339

106348 K&N R3 A4 Water Accounting for larger river basins 01/01/2016 RUN €980,000 €500,000 €500,000 €500,000 €363,614 €134,021 €2,365

106363 R&I R1 A1 Alternative water supply systems 01/09/2016 RUN €696,015 €542,915 €542,915 €542,915 €181,474 €86,015 €275,426

106369 K&N R4 A1 WaterNet Secretariat support (phase 2) 01/01/2016 RUN €200,000 €200,000 €200,000 €200,000 €134,612 €55,016 €10,372

106374 K&N R2 A1 Spatial data infrastructure System Water (Phase 2)

01/01/2016 RUN €358,422 €175,000 €175,000 €175,000 €74,317 €50,171 €50,512

106470 R&I R1 A1 Arid African Alluvial Aquifers Labs Africa (A4Labs) 01/09/2016 RUN €987,960 €698,460 €698,460 €698,460 €369,326 €207,245 €121,889

106470 R&I R2 A2 Arid African Alluvial Aquifers Labs Africa (A4Labs) - Research Outreach Zimbabwe

01/09/2016 RUN €25,000 €25,000 €25,000 €25,000 €0 €0 €25,000

106470 R&I R3 A1 Arid African Alluvial Aquifers Labs Africa (A4Labs) - Research & Implementation

01/09/2016 RUN €50,000 €50,000 €50,000 €50,000 €0 €0 €50,000

106471 R&I R1 A1 Evidence4Policy Colombia 01/09/2016 RUN €1,010,642 €683,407 €683,407 €683,407 €394,885 €97,578 €190,944


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106471 R&I R2 A2 Evidence4Policy Colombia - Research Outreach 01/09/2016 RUN €25,162 €25,162 €25,162 €25,162 €0 €0 €25,162

106472 R&I R1 A3 Sustainable Hydropower and Multipurpose Storage (S-MultiStor)

01/12/2016 RUN €1,476,779 €625,279 €625,279 €625,279 €291,358 €95,494 €238,427

106474 K&N R5 A1 Open Water Diplomacy Lab in the Nile - Capacity Development Brahmaputra, Lake Chad & Tigris-Euphrates

01/09/2016 RUN €74,908 €74,908 €74,908 €74,908 €0 €0 €74,908

106474 R&I R1 A1 Open Water Diplomacy Lab in the Nile 01/09/2016 RUN €566,545 €500,553 €500,553 €500,553 €259,084 €212,278 €29,191

106474 R&I R2 A2 Open Water Diplomacy Lab in the Nile - Research Outreach

01/09/2016 RUN €25,224 €25,224 €25,224 €25,224 €0 €0 €25,224

106475 R&I R1 A1 Water Supply and Sanitation in Small Towns (SMALL)

01/09/2016 RUN €1,008,238 €679,258 €679,258 €679,258 €344,542 €162,682 €172,033

106475 R&I R3 A1 Water Supply and Sanitation in Small Towns (SMALL) -Research & Implementation Mozambique

01/09/2016 RUN €49,980 €49,980 €49,980 €0 €0 €0 €49,980

106476 E&T R3 A1 Mitigating groundwater salinity impacts (SALINPROVE) - Education Mozambique

01/09/2016 RUN €74,426 €66,926 €66,926 €66,926 €0 €0 €66,926

106476 E&T R3 A1 Mitigating groundwater salinity impacts (SALINPROVE) - Education Vietnam

01/09/2016 RUN €39,981 €29,981 €29,981 €29,981 €0 €0 €29,981

106476 R&I R1 A1 Mitigating groundwater salinity impacts (SALINPROVE)

01/09/2016 RUN €734,358 €636,044 €636,044 €636,044 €456,807 €121,380 €57,857

106477 K&N R5 A1 KIDRONNAR decentralised local solutions Middle East - Capacity Development

01/09/2016 RUN €74,129 €74,129 €74,129 €74,129 €0 €0 €74,129

106477 R&I R1 A1 KIDRONNAR decentralised local solutions Middle East

01/09/2016 RUN €768,739 €690,239 €690,239 €690,239 €343,399 €108,409 €238,431

106477 R&I R3 A1 KIDRONNAR decentralised local solutions Middle East - Research & Implementation

01/09/2016 RUN €31,902 €31,902 €31,902 €31,902 €0 €0 €31,902

106536 R&I R1 A1 WIN - Water Intelligence for the Middle East 01/09/2016 END €344,611 €249,910 €144,611 €144,611 €144,326 €0 €285

106537 E&T R2 A1 Desalination, Diplomacy and Water reuse in the Middle East (SCARCE)

01/01/2017 RUN €636,547 €598,997 €598,997 €598,997 €351,034 €51,542 €196,420

106538 R&I R3 A1 Mobile Microwave Middle East 01/02/2017 RUN €388,560 €299,810 €299,810 €299,810 €140,006 €123,513 €36,291

106539 K&N R4 A1 Connect Regional Middle East 01/01/2017 RUN €253,658 €225,533 €225,533 €225,533 €119,860 €26,255 €79,418

106573 R&I R1 A3 EU SDG - Co-funding SAIStor 00/01/1900 REJ €0 €0 €0 €0 €0 €0 €0

106788 E&T R1 A1 E-Learning Water Indonesia 01/12/2016 END €58,150 €34,588 €29,800 €29,800 €29,759 €0 €41

106789 E&T R2 A1 Education in water and sanitation in Bénin 01/11/2016 RUN €101,016 €96,361 €96,361 €96,361 €93,130 €0 €3,231

106790 E&T R3 A1 GPDP Sustainable Delta Planning and Management

01/12/2016 RUN €139,695 €86,452 €86,452 €86,452 €21,206 €35,986 €29,259


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106791 E&T R2 A1 Enhancing Water and Environment Masters’ Programs Birzeit

01/01/2017 END €146,739 €99,900 €91,739 €91,739 €91,739 €0 €0

106793 E&T R3 A1 GPDP Water for Food 01/11/2016 RUN €193,300 €188,300 €188,300 €188,300 €79,766 €26,754 €81,780

106794 E&T R1 A1 City to City Learning on climate adaptation 01/11/2016 END €45,360 €30,330 €32,310 €32,310 €32,316 €0 -€6

106795 R&I R2 A2 Nilewaterlab.org 01/11/2016 END €48,940 €18,000 €19,440 €19,440 €19,440 €0 €0

106797 R&I R2 A2 Sanitation Darfur 01/11/2016 END €15,015 €10,132 €8,965 €8,965 €8,965 -€125 €125

106799 R&I R2 A2 UNHIDE 01/11/2016 END €26,430 €20,000 €20,630 €20,630 €20,630 €0 €0

106800 R&I R2 A2 Experimental Methods on Wastewater Treatment in Spanish

01/01/2017 RUN €25,656 €25,656 €25,656 €25,656 €18,734 €3,072 €3,849

106808 E&T R1 A1 GWDEMO - treatment contaminated groundwater

01/01/2017 RUN €44,196 €30,046 €30,046 €30,046 €10,592 €5,525 €13,929

106810 E&T R2 A1 Water utility training centers in Uganda and Rwanda

01/11/2016 RUN €190,412 €100,412 €100,412 €100,412 €27,548 €10,020 €62,845

106846 K&N R2 A1 The Water Channel 01/04/2017 RUN €200,000 €200,000 €200,000 €200,000 €62,599 €37,721 €99,680

106959 R&I R1 A2 Delta Flows in the Mekong and Irrawaddy Rivers 01/04/2017 RUN €174,363 €99,855 €99,855 €99,855 €90,072 €0 €9,783

106960 R&I R1 A2 Water and Sanitation Solution to the refugees the Middkle East

01/02/2017 RUN €125,618 €100,000 €100,000 €100,000 €46,223 €2,825 €50,952

106961 R&I R1 A2 Transboundary water management in the Tekezze-Atbara sub-basin (Nile)

01/02/2017 RUN €345,770 €271,410 €271,410 €271,410 €76,150 €38,350 €156,910

106962 R&I R1 A2 Dengue Water 01/04/2017 RUN €128,194 €109,494 €109,494 €109,494 €92,564 €1,999 €14,930

106963 R&I R1 A2 Sanitation Learning Alliance Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia

30/05/2017 END €110,534 €94,810 €94,810 €94,810 €7,522 €28,925 €58,363

106997 K&N R3 A3 Water diplomacy - Promote UN Water Convention (WWF)

01/01/2016 RUN €350,000 €350,000 €350,000 €350,000 €189,681 €29,052 €131,267

107046 K&N R1 A1 Arab Water Week 2017 01/02/2017 END €8,279 €11,151 €8,279 €8,279 €8,279 €0 €0

107050 E&T R3 A1 Water productivity training of trainers in Middle East and Africa

01/02/2017 END €114,272 €135,078 €114,272 €114,272 €114,272 €0 €0

107157 E&T R2 A2 Review UWEM joint MSc AIT - IHE 01/04/2017 END €16,040 €16,000 €16,040 €16,040 €16,040 €0 €0

107164 R&I R1 A3 NWO SDG - Nature based water infrastructures for #GlobalGoals (NaBWIG)

01/05/2017 RUN €501,816 €251,889 €251,889 €501,816 €0 €77,753 €174,136

107172 R&I R1 A3 NWO SDG Aid & Trade 00/01/1900 REJ €0 €0 €0 €0 €0 €0 €0

107346 K&N R4 A1 Water Youth Network 01/06/2017 RUN €75,000 €75,000 €75,000 €75,000 €48,000 €0 €27,000

107610 K&N R2 A1 Open educational course ware (OCW) 01/10/2017 RUN €228,508 €175,000 €175,000 €175,000 €20,727 €58,604 €95,669

107636 K&N R3 A5 Water Peace Security Initiative 01/02/2018 RUN €2,160,000 €2,160,000 €2,160,000 €2,160,000 €351,915 €1,189,161 €618,924

107693 K&N R4 A1 Capacity Development Support for Iraq Water Sector

01/01/2018 RUN €223,393 €223,393 €223,393 €223,393 €3,520 €114,427 €105,447


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Project no.

Result LogFrame








(1) (2) (3) (4)=(1)–(2)–(3)

107695 C&C R1 A1 Small Island Development States Fellowship Programme (SIDS2)

01/02/2018 RUN €730,000 €730,000 €730,000 €730,000 €1,569 €10,843 €717,588

107695 K&N R1 A1 Small Island Development States Fellowship Programme (SIDS2) - regional event

01/02/2018 RUN €97,263 €78,791 €78,791 €78,791 €0 €583 €78,209

107702 K&N R4 A2 Boosting the Effectiveness of Water Operator's Partnerships (BEWOP Phase 3)

01/03/2018 RUN €610,000 €610,000 €610,000 €610,000 €29,283 €117,629 €463,088

107708 K&N R3 A6 WaterPiP : the 25% Initiative 01/02/2018 RUN €1,550,000 €1,550,000 €1,550,000 €1,550,000 €434,148 €114,217 €1,001,635

107886 K&N R1 A1 VIA Water Learning event Mozambique 01/05/2018 END €13,932 €16,166 €13,932 €13,932 €13,932 €0 €0

108067 K&N R4 A1 Student competition Climate Change and Water Scarcity in Middle East

01/07/2018 RUN €78,965 €62,565 €62,565 €62,565 €523 €31,926 €30,117

108232 E&T R1 A1 IHE ELearning Partnership (Lead IHE) 01/09/2018 RUN €347,324 €347,324 €347,324 €347,324 €0 €95,677 €251,647

108233 E&T R3 A1 IHE ELearning Partnership (Lead partners) 01/09/2018 RUN €170,357 €170,357 €170,357 €170,357 €0 €12,039 €158,318

108233 K&N R5 A1 IHE ELearning Partnership (Lead partners) 01/09/2018 RUN €282,112 €282,112 €282,112 €282,112 €0 €6,240 €275,872

108281 K&N R3 A1 Development of ToRs - SWLRI Assessment Iraq 10/01/2019 RUN €45,000 €45,000 €45,000 €45,000 €0 €45,605 -€605

108291 K&N R1 A1 Agua 2018 Gender Learning Event 01/11/2018 END €21,891 €22,524 €21,891 €21,891 €21,891 €0 €0

108343 K&N R1 A1 Jordan Partnership & Learning Event 2018 01/10/2018 END €9,622 €25,076 €9,622 €9,622 €9,622 €0 €0

108471 K&N R1 A1 DUPC2 Arab Water Week 2019 11/07/1905 END €33,038 €38,293 €33,038 €33,038 €0 €33,038 €0

108472 R&I R3 A1 Wastewater treatment technologies and smart irrigation in the MENA (MENARA)

01/03/2019 RUN €110,000 €100,000 €100,000 €100,000 €0 €29,969 €70,031

108473 R&I R1 A2 Environmental pollution Alto Cauca, Colombia 01/04/2019 RUN €146,353 €99,999 €99,999 €99,999 €0 €15,355 €84,644

108474 R&I R3 A1 Flood - based farming systems in the Mekong 01/03/2019 RUN €110,182 €100,627 €100,627 €100,627 €0 €12,000 €88,627

108483 R&I R1 A2 Groundwater Rejuvination as climate change resilience (GRACERS)

01/05/2019 RUN €137,000 €100,000 €100,000 €100,000 €0 €24,584 €75,416

108484 R&I R3 A1 Tracing impacts of wastewater sludge on agricultural rehabilitation (TRACE Rehab)

01/03/2019 RUN €110,003 €100,003 €100,003 €100,003 €0 €26 €99,977

108485 R&I R3 A1 Integrating ET into irrigation management framework (ITSET)

01/03/2019 RUN €114,324 €99,974 €99,974 €99,974 €0 €32,689 €67,285

108487 R&I R1 A2 Local community empowerment through agricultural value-chain development Limpopo

02/04/2019 RUN €115,000 €100,258 €100,258 €100,258 €0 €15,197 €85,061

108488 R&I R1 A2 Changing gendered farm identities and practices in North-Africa

01/03/2019 RUN €126,500 €100,000 €100,000 €100,000 €0 €6,895 €93,105

108555 K&N R3 A1 Knowledge sharing with DGIS, EKNs and other parties

18/04/2019 RUN €100,000 €100,000 €100,000 €100,000 €0 €32,182 €67,818

108587 K&N R1 A1 IHE Capacity Development Symposium 02/05/2019 RUN €50,000 €50,000 €50,000 €50,000 €0 €27,991 €22,009

108691 K&N R5 A1 DUPC2 capacity strengthening - small projects 20/05/2019 RUN €74,132 €74,132 €74,132 €74,132 €0 €46,038 €28,094

108704 K&N R5 A1 DUPC Impact Initiative 25/06/2019 RUN €165,810 €165,810 €165,810 €165,810 €0 €11,922 €153,888


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Project no.

Result LogFrame








(1) (2) (3) (4)=(1)–(2)–(3)

108714 R&I R1 A1 Integrated and sustainable development in the Litani, Lebanon (WIN Phase 2)

01/05/2019 RUN €400,243 €200,243 €200,243 €200,243 €0 €40,317 €159,926

108779 K&N R1 A1 Participation at AfWA 2020 in Uganda 01/06/2019 RUN €19,300 €19,300 €19,300 €19,300 €0 €10,000 €9,300

108944 C&C R1 A1 Supporting capacity development in Small Island Development States (SIDS3)

28/11/2019 RUN €1,535,421 €1,498,932 €1,498,932 €1,498,932 €0 €0 €1,498,932

109065 K&N R3 A6 WaterPiP : the 25% Initiative (top-up Phase 1) 28/11/2019 RUN €1,204,881 €1,204,881 €1,204,881 €1,204,881 €0 €0 €1,204,881

109066 E&T R4 A1 Open and Online Education Hub 28/11/2019 RUN €2,040,074 €1,500,000 €1,500,000 €1,500,000 €0 €0 €1,500,000

109067 R&I R1 A1 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Toolkit 28/11/2019 RUN €1,367,015 €1,201,515 €1,201,515 €1,201,515 €0 €0 €1,201,515

109069 C&C R2 A1 Supporting capacity development in the MENA region to cope with water scarcity

28/11/2019 RUN €1,894,555 €1,858,303 €1,858,303 €1,858,303 €0 €0 €1,858,303

109070 C&C R3 A1 Supporting water management in Iraq 28/11/2019 RUN €1,288,740 €1,070,460 €1,070,460 €1,070,460 €0 €1,993 €1,068,467

109127 R&I R1 A1 Improving water productivity and livelihoods in Jordan Valley

01/10/2019 RUN €250,000 €250,000 €250,000 €250,000 €0 €15,113 €234,887

109145 K&N R4 A2 Boosting Effectiveness of Water Operators’ Partnerships (BEWOP4)

28/11/2019 RUN €1,499,772 €1,499,772 €1,499,772 €1,499,772 €0 €0 €1,499,772

109148 C&C R4 A1 Supporting water management in Sudan 28/11/2019 RUN €1,475,000 €1,075,000 €1,075,000 €1,075,000 €0 €1,708 €1,073,292

Total €46,232,426 €36,116,923 €35,893,764 €40,387,695 €10,314,827 €4,883,867 €20,695,070


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Appendix 3 Overview of DUPC2 Partners

An overview of the 1881 DUPC2 partners involved in DUPC2 supported projects on 31 December 2019 (ongoing and ended) is presented below. A value of 2 or more implies that that partner is involved in 2 or more projects. Table. List of DUPC2 partners per country and region, indicating the type of partners (civil society, government, knowledge institution or, private sector) on 31 December 2019.

Partners per region and country Civil Society Government Knowledge Institution

Private Grand Total

Australia 2 2

Australia 2 2

Australian National University 1 1

Charles Sturt University 1 1

East Asia & Pacific 2 13 10 2 27

Cambodia 1 1

Royal University of Phnom Penh 1 1

China 2 2

Tianjin Center of China Geological Survey 1 1

Water Resources Department of Weifang Municipal Government (WRDWMG)

1 1

Indonesia 1 3 4

Brawijaya University 1 1

CKNet Indonesia 1 1

Gresik District ('Kabupaten' in Indonesian, level administration under Province, it called District)

1 1

Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) 1 1

Laos PDR 1 1

National University of Laos (NUOL) 1 1

Myanmar 1 1 2 4

Fauna and Flora International 1 1

Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development Myanmar

1 1

Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development 1 1

Yangon Technical University 1 1

Vietnam 1 9 3 2 15

AMPERES - Australia-Mekong Partnership for Environmental Resources and Energy Systems

1 1

An Giang province local government 1 1

An Giang University 1 1

Centre for supply and rural sanitation (CWSRS) 1 1

Centre of Water Management and Climate Change of Vietnam National University (VNU-WACC)

1 1

Department of Irrigation and Flood and Storm Prevention (DIFSP)

1 1

Division for Water Resources Planning and Investigation for the South of Vietnam

1 1

Dong Thap province local government 1 1

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) 1 1

Huyen Hoi commune - Can Long district (HHCCLD) 1 1

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Vietnam Country Office

1 1

Long An province local government 1 1

Tam Viet company 1 1

Tra Vinh Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD)

1 1

Tra Vinh Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE)

1 1

Eastern Europe & Central Asia 1 2 3

Kazakhstan 1 1

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Private Grand Total

German-Kazakh University 1 1

Serbia 1 1

Water Supply & Sewerage Subotica - PUC Subotica 1 1

Slovenia 1 1

Tehnobiro 1 1

Latin America & Caribbean 3 3 13 1 20

Bolivia 1 2 3

Bolivian Water and Environment Ministry 1 1

Centro de Agua y Saneamiento Ambiental (CASA) 1 1

Universidad Mayor de San Simón 1 1

Brazil 1 1 2 4

Federal University of Minas Gerais 1 1

Sociedade de Abastecimento de Água e Saneamento S.A. (Sanasa)

1 1

The Asociación de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (ABIS)

1 1

University of Brasilia 1 1

Colombia 2 1 6 1 10

Centro de investigacion de la caña de azucar de Colombia (Cenicaña)

1 1

Colombian National Business Association 1 1

Colombian National Planning Department 1 1

Community Council from Yolombó 1 1

Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería (ECI) 1 1

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 1 1

Universidad Antioquia 1 1

Universidad del Norte 1 1

Universidad del Valle 2 2

Costa Rica 1 1

University of Peace (UPEACE) 1 1

Cuba 1 1

Havana University of Technology "CUJAE" 1 1

Mexico 1 1

Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEMex)

1 1

Middle East & North Africa 8 9 17 2 36

Algeria 1 1

Bachir El Ibrahimi University 1 1

Egypt 4 1 5

Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA) 1 1

Hydraulic Research Institute (HRI) 1 1

Nile Basin Capacity Building Network (NBCBN) 1 1

Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) 1 1

SciDev.net 1 1

Iraq 2 2 4

Center for the Restoration of the Iraqi Marshes and Wetlands (CRIMW)

1 1

Ministry of Water Resources 1 1

University of Basra 1 1

University of Kurdistan Hewler 1 1

Israel 1 1

Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1 1

Jordan 3 4 7

Al-Balqa Applied University 1 1

German Jordan University 1 1

ICARCA (lead) 1 1

Jordan Ministry of Water and Irrigation/ Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ)

1 1


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Private Grand Total

Jordan University 1 1

Miyahuna Jordan Water Company 1 1

National Agricultural Research Centre Jordan (NARC) 1 1

Lebanon 2 2 2 6

American University of Beirut 1 1

Banque Libano Francaise 1 1

Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) 1 1

Lebanese Centre for Water and Environment (LC-WE) 1 1

Litani River Authority (LRA) 1 1

National Center for Remote Sensing (CNRS) 1 1

Morocco 2 2 4

CIRAD/Institute Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II 1 1

National Centre for Studies and Research on Water and Energy (CNEREE) Cadi Ayyad University

1 1

TARGA-AIDE/CRESC Association (lead) 1 1

Université Hassan II Casablanca 1 1

Palestine 1 2 3

Al Quds University 1 1

Birzeit University 1 1

EcoPeace Middle East for Environmental Development 1 1

Sudan 1 1 2 4

Sudanese Youth Parliament for Water 1 1

The Hydraulics Research Centre 1 1

UNESCO Chair in Water Resources 1 1

University of Khartoum 1 1

Tunisia 1 1

Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology Applied to Crop Improvement University of Sfax

1 1

South Asia 2 2 8 12

Bangladesh 1 4 5

Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) 1 1

Bangladesh Flood Hazard Research Centre (FHRC) 1 1

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

1 1

Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS)

1 1

Institute of Water Modelling Bangladesh 1 1

India 2 1 3 6

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 1 1

Indian Institute of Technology Gujarat 1 1

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 1 1

N.M. Sadguru Foundation 1 1

National Institute of Hydrology (GIH) India 1 1

Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM)

1 1

Sri Lanka 1 1

International Water Management Institute (IMWI) 1 1

Sub Saharan Africa 13 7 14 6 40

Benin 1 1

Institut National de l’Eau 1 1

Ethiopia 3 3

Addis Ababa University 1 1

Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources at Addis Ababa University

1 1

Mekelle University 1 1

Kenya 1 1

UPANDE 1 1

Mozambique 7 5 3 4 19


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Private Grand Total

ARA-Sul 1 1

Associação cultural de canto e dança Machaka 1 1

Association of Water Suppliers of Mozambique(AFORAMO)

1 1

AWAMA 1 1

Beira Water Company (Fundo Investimento e Patrimonio do Abestesimento de Agau (FIPAG)/ Beira Water Company

1 1

Centro de Biotecnologia 1 1

Collins Sistemas de Água Ltd. 1 1

Dambo 1 1

Eduardo Mondlane University 1 1

Fundo de Investimento e Patromonio do Abastecimento de Agua

1 1

IIA Water Research Institute 1 1

Institute for Meteorology (INAM) 1 1

Instituto Superior Politecnico de Gaza 1 1

Maputo Water Company 1 1

Ministry of Health Mozambique 1 1

Núcleo de Investigação Operacional de Pemba

1 1

Oxfam Mozambique 1 1

UNICEF Mozambique 1 1

Water and Sanitation Regulatory Council (CRA) 1 1

Nigeria 1 1

Regional Center for Integrated River Basin Management (RC-IRBM)

1 1

Rwanda 1 1

Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC) 1 1

South Africa 2 1 3

Change Agent Collective 1 1

UNDP- Capacity development in sustainable water management (CAP-NET)

1 1

University of the Witwatersrand 1 1

Tanzania 1 1

Dar Es-Salaam University 1 1

Uganda 1 1 1 1 4

African Water Journalists Networks 1 1

DA Services 1 1

Makerere University (MAK) 1 1

National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) 1 1

Zambia 1 1

WWF Zambia 1 1

Zimbabwe 2 3 5

Dabane Trust 1 1

National University of Science and Technology (NUST) 1 1

University of Zimbabwe 1 1

WaterNet 1 1

Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM) 1 1

USA and Canada 2 3 5

Canada 1 1

Youth & transboundary International Secretariat for Water (ISW/SIE - coordinator of World Youth Parliament for Water)

1 1

United States 1 3 4

Clemson University 1 1

Oregon State University (OSU) 1 1

Pacific Institute 1 1

The Nature Conservancy 1 1


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Private Grand Total

Western Europe 20 4 16 3 43

Belgium 1 1

Young Water Solutions 1 1

France 1 1

UNESCO- The World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

1 1

Germany 1 1

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen 1 1

Italy 1 1

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 1 1

Spain 1 1

Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA)

1 1

Sweden 1 2 3

Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) 1 1

Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) 2 2

Switzerland 2 2

Geneva Water Hub 1 1

Swiss Federal research institute (EAWAG) 1 1

The Netherlands 12 4 9 3 28

ACACIA Water 1 1

AquaForAll Foundation 1 1

Bosch and Slabbers Landscape Architects 1 1

Clingendael Institute 1 1

Delta Alliance 1 1

Deltares 1 1

Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

1 1

Engineers Without Borders Holland 1 1

Foundation Water is Our World – FWiOW 1 1

Hogeschool Zeeland, Netherlands 1 1

Institute for Urban Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam (IHS)

1 1

MetaMeta 1 1

Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Netherlands 1 1

Oxfam NOVIB 1 1

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency 1 1

Practica 1 1

Scholars at Risk - UAF 1 1

Technical University Delft (TUD) 1 1

The Hague Center of Strategic Studies 1 1

The Water Youth Network 1 1

UAF Stichting voor Vluchteling-Studenten 1 1

Vitens Evides International 1 1

Wageningen University (WUR) 1 1

Water Resource Institute 1 1

WaterWorX Programme 1 1

Wetlands International 1 1

World Wide Fund for Nature 1 1

Youth for Water and Climate 1 1

United Kingdom 3 2 5

International Alert 1 1

International Hydropower Association 1 1

Kings College London 1 1

Overseas Development Institute 1 1

University of East Anglia 1 1

Grand Total 50 38 84 16 188


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Appendix 4 Progress on Programme Results – Indicators

This Appendix presents the progress achieved as reflected by the indicators defined in the programme’s logical framework, and their values.

On track

Delayed

Seriously delayed

Education and Training Component (DUPC2 logical framework)

Outcome Result LogFrame

Indicators Target Progress 2016-2019 Source indicators

For at least 5 new water training and education programmes of partners and the 7 current joint degree programmes e.g.:

In 2019, various new activities have been initiated contributing to IHE’s online learning agenda. As indicated before we plan to revise the indicators and targets. This is planned for the second half of 2020.

n.a.

Quality assurance systems established and operational for joint degree programmes

for 3 programmes in 2016; for other 4 prog. in 2017

Level of student satisfaction 4 or higher at scale 1-5; no baseline available

Number of students graduated in a joint programme 42 – 46 students, period at the end of 2020, baseline: same % 's based on tracer studies

Percentage of participants participating in a degree module offered as a short course from water sector organisations

80%, baseline: same %'s based on tracer studies

Percentage of students graduated in a joint programme that are female


Percentage of students graduated in a joint programme that are from water sector organisations


Percentage of students of a (joint) degree programme participating in an research programme part of Programme component Research and Innovation

50%, no baseline available

Output Indicators Target

Result 1 E&T R1 A1

Number of new educational products - e.g. modules and e-learning courses, but also components of modules and courses like role plays and case studies - used in degree programmes and tailor made trainings

on average 5 new educational products per year; at least 1 per year explicitly addressing development relevance incl. pro-poor and/or pro-gender

2 projects ended (project no. 106788, 106.794), 1 activity continued (project no. 106808), 1 new activity currently developing 13 online courses (project no. 108232; see Chapter 6).

DUPC2 project database

Result 2 E&T R2 A1

Number of water degree education programmes (training and education programme) of strategic partners in DUPC focus countries of which quality is reviewed and up to standard

5, period 2016 – 2020 2 projects ended (project no. 106789 and 106791), 2 projects continued (project no. 106537, 106810)



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E&T R2 A2

Number of current joint degree programmes with partners in DUPC focus countries of which quality is reviewed and up to standard. Plus updated implementation arrangements, and / or sustainability plan

all 7 current joint degree programmes with partners from DUPC focus countries in 2018

1 joint MSc programme (with AIT) has been reviewed in 2017 (no. 107157)


Result 3

E&T R3 A1

New delivery model for joint training and education programmes developed and tested with partners aimed at increasing access to training and education i.e. on-line Graduate Professional Diploma Programme

3 new programmes developed and on offer in year 2017

3 projects continued (Project no. 106793, 106790 and 108233), 1 activity ended (project no. 107050) and two new activities started as a top-up of one research project (project no. 106476)


E&T R3 A2 Number of new joint degree programmes jointly offered by IHE Delft and partners and/or amongst partners

at least 3 new joint programmes incl. the Water cooperation and conflict programme, the latter started in 2015 and will continue in 2016

1 project ongoing (Water coop and conflict: project no. 106289)


Result 4 E&T R4 A1

# new credited online / blended products IHE 11

Start 2020 Reports Educational Bureau

# professionals trained (new students enrolled) 500

# online products developed by partners 4

# professionals trained (online course development workshops for partners) (7 workshops)

50

# new OCW products 10

# new unique visitors at OCW platform 10,000

Teleconferencing in projects All DUPC projects

Research and Innovation Component



Number of stories of individual and/or institutional changes (of direct and indirect beneficiaries) in knowledge, skills, practice, policy, investments, etc. that contribute to positive development outcomes

at least 1 story in 50% of the research projects larger than Euro 100,000

23 stories (10 in 2016-2017; 5 in 2018; 8 in 2019) www.un-ihe.org/dupc

Number of researchers from DUPC focus countries involved in research projects e.g. BSc, MSc, PhD (as part of staff capacity development), and Post-docs

dependent on research project 267 Progress reports project / Project

Number of researchers from DUPC focus countries involved in research projects e.g. BSc, MSc, PhD (as part of staff capacity development), and Post-docs

at least 40% female 41.6% (111) Progress reports project / Project

Number of training and education curricula strengthened by research results (e.g. new insights, case studies)

27 Progress reports project / Project



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Number of research publications with partners on average 3 per project 12 total (23 projects) Progress reports project / Project

Percentage of lead authors of research publications from DUPC focus countries

25% of total number of research publications

47% (9 out of 19) Progress reports project / Project

Percentage of lead authors of research publications from DUPC focus countries and is female

50% of total number of research publications with a lead author from DUPC focus country

22% (2 from the 9) Progress reports project / Project

Percentage of research publications that is open access

50% of total number of research publications

42% (8 out of 19) Progress reports project / Project

Number of outreach products and events to mainly non-academic audiences

on average 2 per project) (time: start first batch of research project in 2016 (3-4 larger integrated projects and 5 led by partners from DUPC focus countries); remainder in a second batch in 2017; outcomes from 2017 - 2020.

224 (of 271) Progress reports project / Project

Number of collaboration/events with other research projects

31 Progress reports project / Project

Number of BSc and MSc theses produced 65 Progress reports project / Project


Result 1

R&I R1 A1 Number of integrated projects larger than 100,000 euros on DUPC focus themes and in DUPC focus regions

at least 7 research projects; start first 3-4 projects in 2016; remainder in 2017

Total 11. 8 activities continue (project no. 106470, 106363, 106471, 106477, 106475, 106476, 106474, 106536), 2 new activities in MENA (project no. 108714 and 109127) and 1 activity as part of the addendum 2019 (project no. 109067)


R&I R1 A1 Percentage of larger integrated research projects on DUPC focus themes and in DUPC focus regions addressing pro-poor and/or pro-gender aspects

50% the majority of the projects target pro-poor and/or pro-gender aspects


R&I R1 A1

WEF Dashboard updated annually and progress assessed.

1 start 2020 Progress reports project / Project

# planning documents / projects started which consider WEF interactions

3 (1 each region) start 2020 Progress reports project / Project

R&I R1 A2 Number of research projects led by partners from DUPC focus countries on DUPC focus themes and in DUPC focus regions

at least 10 research projects; start first 5 projects in 2016; remainder in 2017

Total 8. 5 activities running (project no. 106959, 106960, 106961, 106962, and 106963). Call launched in 2018, 8 activities started early 2019 of which 4 fall under this result (project no. 108473, 108483, 108487 and 108488)


R&I R1 A2

Percentage of research projects led by partners from DUPC focus countries on DUPC focus themes and in DUPC focus regions which explicitly address pro-poor and/or pro-gender aspects

50% the majority of the projects target pro-poor and/or pro-gender aspects



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R&I R1 A3 Number of co-funded Dutch, EU, international research programmes contributing to DUPC objectives

at least 10 research projects; dependant on opportunities

5 activities continue (project no. 106472, 104476, 104522, 104303, 104454 and 107164)


Result 2 R&I R2 A2

Number of research products from DUPC 1 (or other) translated and targeting towards various non-academic audiences based on above recommendations

at least 24 outreach products; 8 in 2016

Total 7. 4 activities stated up in 2018 (project no. 106797, 106795, 106799, 106800). The first three projects are ended. 3 new outreach activities started as top-up of research project (project no. 106470, 106471 and 106474)


Result 3

R&I R3 A1

Number of examples of social and technological innovations or adaptations of innovations (based on Result 1) tested and demonstrated with end-users or agents of change

at least 12 innovations or adaptations of innovations; 2 in 2016

Total 8. 1 activity continues (project no. 106538), 3 new activities started up as top-up of research projects (project no. 106470, 106474 and 106477) and 4 new South-South research started up (project no. 108472, 108474, 108484 and 108485)


R&I R3 A2

Over 20% of the members of the VIA Water Community are not in the water sector, and over 50% of the members will still keep in contact with each other outside the framework of the Community after 2018.

Decision was taken to change the focus in the Community on the project partners, so less focus on non-water actors. 59% of the African partners have indicated the need to continue knowledge exchange after conclusion of the VIA Water programme. 32% maybe.

Progress reports project / Project

(The DUPC2 funding of the Secretariat VIA Water programme ended in 2017, and continued under AquaforAll.)

R&I R3 A2

Out of 60 project innovations 16 should be/are successful (is continued with external funding and on a larger scale in the same country or a different one), distributed reasonably across 7 countries and all defined pressing needs. None of the countries and needs is allocated less than 1/3rd of the average investment. Explanatory note: with 7 countries and € 10.5 million (= including co-financing), on average € 1.5 million is available per country; thus in each country a minimum of 1.5/3 = € 0.5 million will be available over 4 years.

The objective was changed to 25% of 63 projects should be successful. We reached that goal: 35% is scaling (twice the amount of the pilot), 17% has continued with the business and is applying the innovation, 35% still needs an extra step, 3% did not continue with the pilot, 10% failed. As for distribution over the countries: only in South Sudan we did not reach this goal (due to political reasons). As for distribution over pressing needs: accomplished.



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Knowledge sharing and Networks Component



Number of case stories on the role of IHE Delft and partners on water and development agenda-setting in DUPC focus countries

5 case stories per year 23 stories (10 in 2016-2017; 5 in 2018; 8 in 2019) www.un-ihe.org/dupc

Percentage of strategic partners who regularly share knowledge with other partners outside their immediate region

50% of approx. 20 strategic partners in 2016 and 75% in 2020

not measured yet not yet

Number of requests for targeted advice and support in the area of water and development based on joint activities of IHE Delft and partners

at least 20 per year not measured yet not yet

Number of news coverage by external media of results joint programme activities IHE Delft and partners

10 per year 70 news / media articles (21 in 2017, 21 in 2018 and 28 in 2019)

DUPC2 output database

Amount of in kind and cash co-funding of DUPC activities from partners from DUPC focus countries, donors beyond DGIS, incl. private sector and / or semi- public sector

1M Euro kind and cash co-funding in 2016 up to 3M Euro in 2020; in total over project period 10M Euro

10.3M Euro committed (partly through IHE administration) (Chapter 7)



Result 1

K&N R1 A1 Number of IHE Delft and partners jointly co-organise led sessions at regional and (inter)national fora or events

at least 2 per year

5 (session at Arab Water Week 2017, DUPC2 VIA Water Learning event Mozambique 2018, Agua 2018 Gender Learning Event Colombia, Jordan Partnership & Learning Event 2018, Jordan Learning event Arab Water Week 2019, WaterNet 2019)


K&N R1 A2 Number of local-regional events co-organised highlighting a DUPC theme or DUPC activities in DUPC focus countries and regions

on average min. 2 events /year; incl. the yearly water diplomacy seminar

2 (water diplomacy seminar 2018 & 2019). Mozambique 2018 and Jordan 2018 (see row above) are events, but not administered as such.


K&N R1 A2

Number of local-regional events co-organised highlighting a DUPC theme or DUPC activities in focus countries and regions explicitly addressing private sector and semi-public organisation involvement

at least 2 over entire project period Arab Water Week (Jordan) March 2019

Result 2

K&N R2 A1 Number of courses / modules available as Open Course Ware (OCW)

all courses / modules produced in DUPC2

36 OCW IHE Educational Bureau

K&N R2 A1 Number of visits to OCW (target: 20% increase per year; baseline: 150 visits on average per course per year (measured over period 2013-2014)

180 period 2016, 373 period 2020 78.850 new visitors in the period 2016-2019 (and a total 156.614 visitors), 28,787 new visitors for 2019 only (= 800 new visitors per course for the year 2019)

Based on the number of new users visiting the IHE OCW platform in the year period. Source: Google Analytics/IHE-OCW

K&N R2 A1 Number of visitors from DUPC focus countries of TheWaterChannel

increase of 5 % by the end of 2016 and of 15% in 2020 (baseline: 7%)

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K&N R2 A1 Percentage of spatial data sets produced through Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)

75% of spatial data sets produced under DUPC

Mara River Basin, Kenya (http://maps.mamase.org) (178 registered visitors), Système National d’Information sur l’Eau, Bénin (http://www.snieau.bj) (179 visitors), and Mozam-Agua, Mozambique (http://www.mozam-agua.net) (262 visitors), National CBNRM Observatory Zambia: 30


K&N R2 A1 Percentage of strategic partners contributing to Spatial Data Infrastructure project (SDI)

50 % of approx. 20 strategic partners Strategic partners Egerton University (Kenya), Eduardo Mondlane University Moz.), Deltares, ITC Twente, and WUR are involved.


Result 3

K&N R3 A1 Number of knowledge sharing activities with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DGIS and Embassies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN)

at least 3-4 per year

5 request: VIA Water postdoc (project no. 103881 - end 2019), H2Online (project no. 106300 - end 2018), ToR development SWLRI Assessment Iraq (project no. 108281 - end 2019), Support MFA to formulate a four-year Development Cooperation Programme between Egypt + stakeholder consultation (activities ended 2019, fall under project no. 108555). Almost no budget left.


K&N R3 A2 Number of supports to riparian countries in regional water cooperation processes (SIWI-IHE cooperation)

at least 2 per year

19 countries: 8 Niles countries (Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda); 4 Mekong countries (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam); 6 Central Asia countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan); and Jordan.


K&N R3 A3 Number of countries per year assisted to ratify or accede to the UN Watercourses Convention (Water Diplomacy theme)

at least 2 countries assisted per year

In 2019 Ghana agreed with ratification of both conventions; we are now waiting for the formal paper work but accession is done. This brings the UNWC to a total of 37 and ECE to 44; 18 countries are party to both, so actually 63 countries are a party to one or both conventions. In 2019, 10 Requests for support and advise where received and acted on: from Uganda, Paraguay, Zambia, Ghana, Senegal and Suriname; in addition from UN Water taskforce on transboundary waters, European Commission, UfM


K&N R3 A4 Number of advices to government agencies on water accounts of rivers and accounts made accessible (Water Accounting project)

at least 3 advices per year Number of WA+ river basin studies completed by the end of the project is 36, and the number of countries where results were presented is 10


K&N R3 A5 Number of professionals trained in water management

28 (Mali: 17 people trained; Global training: 11 people trained)

K&N R3 A6 Number of institutions that use the FAO database to measure water productivity

Additional 32 institutions (so total of 95) in Africa and MENA region have been introduced to water productivity and WaPOR. At least 5 institutions are using WaPOR for WP on a regular basis



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K&N R3 A6 Number of projects that use the FAO database to monitor water productivity

WP analyses using WaPOR implemented for 21 projects across 8 countries. Additional 16 projects in 8 countries introduced to water productivity and WaPOR


K&N R3 A6 Number of 'ready-to-use' applications for farmers and policy officers are developed and distributed

1, drought mapping for Africa developed and yet to be distributed


Result 4

K&N R4 A1 Number of regional networks supported

the transitional support of both the WaterNet and NBCBN networks until 2018-2019; plus two other networks supported in period 2016-2020 (to be determined).

NBCBN support (project no. 106257), WaterNet support (project no. 106369) and Connect (project no. 106539), support Water Youth Network (project no. 107346), Capacity Development Support for Iraq Water Sector (project no. 107693) and Student Competition on Climate Change 2018 (project no. 108067) continued.


K&N R4 A2 Number of BEWOP knowledge products produced

20 BEWOP reports 36 knowledge products finalized & 20 tools/templates/guidelines


Number of BEWOP publications downloaded 10,000 times

14,724 downloads & 24,028 views Progress reports project / Project

K&N R4 A2 Impact of WOPs using BEWOP products, tools or facilitation

WOPs aimed at improving services for at least 10 million customers

15 million. Important for this indicators is the link with the WaterWorX Programme, which seeks to extend services to 10 million people.


K&N R4 A2 Percentage of satisfaction rate with the CoP of the participants of the eight Communities of Practice

Target: Satisfaction rate higher than 70%

Planned for 2020

K&N R4 A2 Strategy for 1% and WOP Scale Up designed and Implemented

Target: Implemented strategy by end of project

Continued, budget negotiating phase

Result 5

K&N R5 A1

Number of policies and regulations related to the organisation, standard setting and accreditation of joint delivery of education and research agreed upon and implemented

25% of approx. 20 strategic partners have signed a general policy on joint delivery of education and / or research in 2016; 75% in 2020

As indicated before we plan to revise the indicators and targets. This is planned for the second half of 2020. We can report here the discussion that started with Cknet Indonesia & Waternet Southern Africa to support them in their online education development. A grant with CKnet has been signed and a proposal has been received by Waternet both beginning of 2020.

not yet

K&N R5 A1 Number of partners that are “recognized by” by the Global Partnership (for example with credit transfer systems, joint MSc or PhD supervision)

10% of approx. 20 strategic partners in 2016; 50% in 2020

not yet

Capacity Strengthening and Community of Practice


Indicators Target 2016-2019 Source indicators

Output

Result 1

C&C R1 A1 Number of SIDS MSc fellows graduated. Target: 14 0 (students graduate April 2020) Progress reports project / Project

C&C R1 A1 Number of SIDS regional training workshop. Target: 2 0 Progress reports project / Project

C&C R1 A1 Number of participants SIDS regional training workshops.

Target: 40 0 Progress reports project / Project


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Indicators Target 2016-2019 Source indicators

C&C R1 A1 (SIDS3)

# professionals trained in water management

Students start Oct 2020)


Level of satisfaction alumni about applicability of added knowledge and skills in professional life

Level of interaction between alumni (MSc and regional workshops) (indicator for the CoP)

# Open Course Ware and e-learning modules on SIDS

Result 2 C&C R2 A1


Students start Oct 2020


Level of satisfaction alumni about applicability of added knowledge and skills in professional life

Level of interaction between alumni (MSc and regional workshops) (indicator for the CoP)

# Open Course Ware and e-learning modules on MENA

Result 3 C&C R3 A1

# professionals trained in water management 200+

start 2020


Integrated and sustainable development is considered in water policy, plans and management

Improved scientific knowledge base on water issues and solutions is established.

Result 4 C&C R4 A1


start 2020


# project reports

# policy briefs

# journal articles (open access)

Management and Learning Component



Level of timely achievement of programme targets 75% of targets achieved Targets Annual Plan 2019 largely achieved. DUPC2 programme management

Number of programme learning events to discuss management achievements, challenges, and plan better management approaches for the following year (DUPC coordinator, DUPC committee, key DUPC project leaders including partners)

1 learning event per year 4 (Annual meeting in Delft 2017, 2018); Planning meeting with DGIS Annual Plan 2017, 2018, 2019). DUPC internal learning day (April 2019)

DUPC2 programme management

Number of learning events to discuss best approaches of addressing water and development challenges through partnership building (examples on pages 38 and 46)

1 learning event per year

9 (4 DUPC2 seminars at IHE, 5 learning regional sessions Arab Water Week Jordan 2017, Mozambique 2018, Amman 2018, Colombia 2018, Arab Water Week Jordan 2019)


Number of examples where internal learning from another partner has helped improve practice

at least 2 examples per year Not measured not yet


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Result 1

PM R1 Technical project progress reports are timely read and proper feedbacks are given timely.

Yes DUPC2 programme management

PM R1 Programme progress reports are finalized within the agreed time and content framework with DGIS.


PM R1 Contracts and financial disbursements are arranged timely.

Some projects faced delays in contracting, in part, in particular south-south contracting. This is analysed with partners and IHE supporting depts, and were possible action is taken. But this is not always a DUPC or even an IHE specific problem


PM R1 Financial reports are finalized in good order and on time.


PM R1 All concerned parties are regularly updated on programme progress, as well as challenges.

Yes, supported by updated website (www.un-ihe.org/dupc)


Result 2

PM R2 Communication plan developed with partners plan developed and implemented in 2016; evaluation and update in 2016

Yes, updates discussed in progress meetings with DUPC committee

IHE Delft Communication

PM R2 Number of DUPC-funded projects web pages all projects above 75,000 Euro have a webpage

37 websites (out of 65 projects above 75,000 Euro). Revisted this indicator to 'all project above 75,000 Euro have a webpage' 9previously 50,000)


PM R2 DUPC 2 and its activities are reported in the IATI registry (International Aid Transparency Initiative)

all activities reported yearly; start 2016

IATI registered at programme level https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/unesco-ihe

Result 3

PM R3

Monitoring protocol for the programme produced (in spring 2016) including an improved baseline and improved indicators for development relevant aspects.

Yes, MER protocol regularly reflected on and updated DUPC2 programme management

PM R3 Monitoring and evaluation tools and criteria's are properly prepared and shared with all concerned parties.


PM R3 Number of projects with proper monitoring and evaluation reports.

all DUPC funded projects Yes DUPC2 programme management

PM R3 Number of projects and activities that have met the set deliverables on time.

75% of DUPC funded projects Some projects have delays, but overall 75% of the projects meet most deliverables in time


https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/unesco-ihe

https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/unesco-ihe


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Appendix 5 Progress on Programme Results – Expenditure

The table below presents the programme commitments (by grant letter or contract) and expenditure at the end of 2019 per programme component and contributing results. The programme components and results were introduced in Figure 1, Section 1.2, and are based on the programme’s logical framework. Table. Overview DUPC2 financial situation on 31 December 2019 (in Euros) per components and activities.

DUPC2 components, results and activities Result Logframe


DUPC2 budget commitments (grants) 31/12/2019


Balance in DGIS approved DUPC2 budget: not yet committed 31/12/2019

DUPC2 expenditure 2016 + 2017 + 2018 in IHE admin

DUPC2 expenditure 2019 in IHE admin 31/12/2019

Balance in DGIS approved DUPC2 budget: expenditure 31/12/2019

(1) (2) (3)=(1)-(2) (4) (5) (6)=(1)-(4)-(5)

Education and Training €5,250,000 €4,235,349 €4,203,614 €1,046,386 €1,257,507 €317,619 €3,674,874

R.1 New educational products developed for existing (joint) programmes

Act.1 New educational products e.g. e-learning courses, role plays, and case studies E&T R1 A1 €750,000 €442,288 €439,480 €310,520 €72,667 €101,202 €576,131

R.2 Quality of existing programmes up to standard and outreach and sustainability increased

Act.1 Support the quality of existing education and training programmes of partners E&T R2 A1 €500,000 €895,670 €887,509 -€387,509 €563,451 €61,562 -€125,013

Act.2 Support the quality of existing joint master programmes E&T R2 A2 €150,000 €16,000 €16,040 €133,960 €16,040 €0 €133,960

R.3 New (joint) training and education programmes developed

Act.1 Develop and test new delivery models for joint training and education E&T R3 A1 €750,000 €677,094 €656,288 €93,712 €215,244 €74,779 €459,978

Act.2 Develop new joint programmes E&T R3 A2 €600,000 €704,297 €704,297 €895,703 €390,105 €80,076 €1,129,819

+ Joint Master Water cooperation and conflict (working title) (Water Diplomacy) E&T R3 A2 €1,000,000

R.4 Open and Online Education Hub for sharing water knowledge

Act. 1 Open and Online Education Hub for sharing water knowledge (add. 2019) E&T R4 A1 €1,500,000 €1,500,000 €1,500,000 €0 €0 €0 €1,500,000

Research and Innovation €11,576,141 €10,762,687 €10,597,603 €978,538 €4,519,301 €1,609,674 €5,447,166

R.1 Problem-oriented scientific knowledge and insights developed and targeted to agents of change

Act.1 Conduct integrated research projects (includes Water Diplomacy and ME as theme) R&I R1 A1 €5,381,000 €6,628,271 €6,508,046 €74,469 €2,635,784 €1,067,331 €2,879,400

Act.1 A Water-Energy-Food Nexus Toolkit (WEF-Tools) (add. 2019) R&I R1 A1 €1,201,515

Act.2 Conduct south-south research projects led by southern partners (includes ME) R&I R1 A2 €1,000,000 €1,125,826 €1,080,063 -€80,063 €316,768 €134,131 €549,100

Act.3 Co-funding of relevant Dutch, EU, international research programmes R&I R1 A3 €1,975,000 €1,268,494 €1,268,494 €706,506 €600,346 €207,068 €1,167,586

R.2 Academic research linked with other ''agents of change'' in development issues

Act.2 Develop outreach products supporting the accessibility of research results R&I R2 A2 €360,000 €149,174 €150,078 €209,922 €67,770 €2,947 €289,283

R.3 Piloting / demonstration projects for initial phases of innovations supported

Act.1 Pilot / demonstrate research results resulting from DUPC funded projects (includes ME) R&I R3 A1 €900,000 €832,296 €832,296 €67,704 €140,006 €198,196 €561,797

Act.2 Manage the Secretariat VIA (formerly Knowledge Platform)

R&I R3 A2 €758,626 €758,626 €758,626 €0 €758,626 €0 €0


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(1) (2) (3)=(1)-(2) (4) (5) (6)=(1)-(4)-(5)

Knowledge sharing and Networks €14,920,027 €13,286,192 €13,259,852 €1,660,175 €3,713,708 €2,593,566 €8,612,753

R.1 Regional and international discussions initiated and facilitated

Act.1 Co-organise sessions at regional and (inter)national water fora and events (incl SIDS reg. event)

K&N R1 A1 €250,000 €261,301 €234,853 €15,147 €53,724 €71,612 €124,664

Act.2 Co-organise local, regional events highlighting DUPC themes or regions K&N R1 A2 €350,000 €390,237 €390,237 €209,763 €106,622 €57,292 €436,086

+ Annual seminars on water and peace (Water Diplomacy) K&N R1 A2 €250,000

R.2 Knowledge sharing of programme results to wider audiences

Act.1 Support and promote Open Course Ware, TheWaterChannel, and SDI K&N R2 A1 €548,520 €550,000 €550,000 -€1,480 €157,644 €146,496 €244,380

R.3 Targeted knowledge sharing with DGIS, EKNs and other parties

Act.1 Share knowledge with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs K&N R3 A1 €375,000 €304,580 €304,688 €70,312 €155,986 €77,787 €141,227

Act.2 Support regional cooperation on water (SIWI, IHE Delft) (Water Diplomacy) K&N R3 A2 €500,000 €500,000 €500,000 €0 €196,679 €30,958 €272,363

Act.3 Support assistance to implementation UN Watercourses Conv. (Water Diplomacy) K&N R3 A3 €350,000 €350,000 €350,000 €0 €189,681 €29,052 €131,267

Act.4 Conduct Global Water Accounting project (IHE Delft, FAO and IWMI) K&N R3 A4 €1,000,000 €500,000 €500,000 €500,000 €363,614 €134,021 €502,365

Act.5 Water Peace Security Initiative K&N R3 A5 €2,158,700 €2,160,000 €2,160,000 -€1,300 €351,915 €1,189,161 €617,624

Act.6 The 25% initiative Water Accounting and Water Productivity K&N R3 A6 €1,548,680 €2,754,881 €2,754,881 -€1,320 €434,148 €114,217 €2,205,196

Act.6 The 25% initiative Water Accounting and Water Productivity (add. 2019) K&N R3 A6 €1,204,881

R.4 Networks and partnerships supported, some existing supported in transition

Act.1 Support to relevant existing or new networks (includes ME) K&N R4 A1 €1,133,100

€1,594,330 €1,594,330 €839,770 €808,759 €323,133 €1,302,208 + NBCBN (includes ME) K&N R4 A1 €1,101,000

+ WaterNet K&N R4 A1 €200,000

Act.2 Conduct the Boosting the Effectiveness of Water Operator's Partnerships (BEWOP) (includes ME)

K&N R4 A2 €684,000

€3,249,772 €3,249,772 €0 €894,935 €355,638 €1,999,199 Act.2 Conduct GWOPA part of Boosting the Effectiveness of WOPs (BEWOP) (includes ME) K&N R4 A2 €456,000

Act.2 Boosting the Effectiveness of WOPs (BEWOP) Phase 3 (includes ME) K&N R4 A2 €610,000

Act.2 Boosting the Effectiveness of WOPs (BEWOP) Phase 4 (includes ME) (add. 2019) K&N R4 A2 €1,499,772

R.5 Organisation and quality assurance of IHE Delft Global Partnership

Act.1 Support joint delivery of education and research IHE Delft Global Partnership K&N R5 A1 €700,374 €671,091 €671,091 €29,283 €0 €64,200 €636,174

Capacity strengthening and Community of practice €6,232,695 €6,232,695 €6,232,695 €0 €1,569 €14,543 €6,216,582

R.1 SIDS fellowship programme

Act.1 SIDS2 fellowship programme C&C R1 A1 €730,000 €2,228,932 €2,228,932 €0 €1,569 €10,843 €2,218,089

Act.1 SIDS3 fellowship programme (add. 2019) C&C R1 A1 €1,498,932

R.2 MENA fellowship programme

Act.1 MENA fellowship programme (add. 2019) C&C R2 A1 €1,858,303 €1,858,303 €1,858,303 €0 €0 €0 €1,858,303


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(1) (2) (3)=(1)-(2) (4) (5) (6)=(1)-(4)-(5)

R.3 Iraq water sector capacity strengthening

Act.1 Supporting integrated and sustainable water management in Iraq (add. 2019) C&C R3 A1 €1,070,460 €1,070,460 €1,070,460 €0 €0 €1,993 €1,068,467

R.3 Sudan water sector capacity strengthening

Act.2 Supporting water management in the new Sudan (add. 2019) C&C R4 A1 €1,075,000 €1,075,000 €1,075,000 €0 €0 €1,708 €1,073,292

Programme management and Learning €1,850,000 €1,600,000 €1,600,000 €250,000 €822,742 €348,464 €678,794

R.1 DUPC programme is adequately managed, organised and operated PM R1 €1,250,000 €1,000,000 €1,000,000 €250,000 €654,424 €241,841 €353,735

R.2 DUPC programme is communicated to target audiences PM R2 €400,000 €400,000 €400,000 €0 €49,076 €50,918 €300,006

R.3 DUPC programme learning is facilitated, supported by monitoring, eval. and reporting PM R3 €200,000 €200,000 €200,000 €0 €119,242 €55,705 €25,053

Budget reservation (see Annual Plan 2017) €275,000 €0 €275,000 €275,000

Total €40,103,863 €36,116,923 €35,893,764 €4,210,099 €10,314,827 €4,883,867 €24,905,169


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Appendix 6 Recommendations of the mid-term review and response DUPC2

In the second quarter of 2018 the external mid-term review of the programme was carried out by Technopolis Group1. The table below presents the main recommendations, together with the programme’s progress in addressing them, which is an update of the initial response presented in the Annual Plan 2019. Table. Mid-term review recommendations and the programme’s progress in addressing them

MTR recommendation Progress

Strategic level

R1.1 Pursue the efforts to develop a Water

Diplomacy strategy responding to:

the ministry’s priorities

local needs

IHE strategic objectives

Regular collaboration and coordination

within the DUPC2 programme between

IHE-Delft, DGIS, and the embassies that

manage a water programme is

recommended

The water diplomacy team has developed a general theory

of change as well as a specific strategy for the DUPC2

activities, which have been discussed with DGIS and

incorporated their feedback. The team has regular contact

with DGIS, embassies where appropriate, and other

relevant stakeholders. In planning of activities, the team

responds to requests from partners in order to deliver

demand-based activities in line with IHE’s strategic

objectives and the priorities of the Ministry.

R1.2 Consider designing a few specific projects

addressing gender and inclusivity

effectively. Demanding every project to

deliver in-depth on gender and inclusivity

is not always realistic

A Call for ‘South South collaboration research’ projects in

2018, resulted in 2 southern led research activities

specifically addressing gender and inclusiveness. An

inclusiveness team and an impact team were established.

R1.3 Consider future project calls addressing

issues from the policy document

“Investing in Future Prospects”

We do consider, also in contact with DGIS, and address the

issues that fit our objectives best: Middle East, unstable

regions, gender and inclusiveness, role of youth,

digitalisation.

R1.4 Consider synergies of DUPC2 with IHE

Delft activities such as an easier access to

IHE training programmes for DUPC2

project partners.

Considering synergies is key to the programme, as it

supports implementing key aspects of IHE’s strategy, like

its eLearning agenda. Easier access to training

programmes for DUPC partners is arranged via our regular

marketing and directly approaching our strategic partners

(most of them are also DUPC partner).

Programme support level

R2.1 Continue efforts to enhance synergies

between programme components and

projects

Yes this is an important approach to achieve impact. E.g.

we do link education and research projects, also at

thematic and regional levels.

R2.2 Continue efforts to enhance the number

of non-academic partners

Yes, this is another approach to achieve impact (see

partner database). We encourage widening partnerships

through Calls and in events.

R2.3 Allow a 2-year extension without impact

on budget to enable DUPC2 to fully

implement its objectives

We requested for a 1 year extension, which was granted.

With the second addendum (2019) the end date is 2023.

R2.4 Pursue efforts to demonstrate the

programme’s value for money: better

communicate on results and impacts

We aim to achieve this in various ways: encouraging

projects to communicate to various audiences, and

supporting projects in this, programme, communication

through website (stories, events, and outputs), regional

1 Technopolis Group, Mid Term Evaluation of DGIS – IHE Delft Programmatic Cooperation 2016-2020 (DUPC2) in the field of international cooperation on water: Final evaluation report, 16 July 2018. https://www.un-ihe.org/sites/default/files/dupc2_final_mid-term_evaluation_report.pdf.


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events, stories IHE newsletters. We aim to have more

involvement of southern partners in communication.

R2.5 Enhance ownership and engagement of

local actors:

Ask project leaders to systematically

explain in their proposals how the

project links to national policies

and/or strategic objectives of

beneficiary organisations. This should

be done in collaboration with local

actors,

Use activities like regional events to

engage with policy and decision-

makers, assess how local demands

are addressed, and identify gaps,

Award local initiatives to promote

projects initiated and lead by

southern partners

We do ask this explicitly in calls for proposals stating the

links and contributions, but also by involving key partners

able to make changes. We also pay more attention to

inviting policy and decision makers to regional events.

After the MTR, and also in line with our own philosophy,

we have more actively than before stimulated local

initiatives, e.g. 13 southern led activities have been

funded.

R2.6 Enhance coherence with other

international donor programmes, in

particular at regional level, to avoid

overlaps and ensure synergies

We encourage project leaders to engage with donors and

embassies. And try to be more up to date about activities

of other donors and IHE. At IHE we connect to the country

and regional coordinators to.

R2.7 Organise national/regional DUCP2

meetings/events promoting learning from

implementation of projects (e.g.

Mozambique)

Yes, we continue doing. Since the MTR we had 4 regional

learning events: in Colombia, Jordan as well as two at

WaterNet, South Africa.

R2.8 Develop an open culture to discuss

project implementation issues with

DUPC2 project management

We try to stimulate an open culture to understand

implementation issues. We also ask this explicitly in the

project annual reports. Based on which we discuss issues

with projects and IHE support departments, like the

Liaison Office and Finance department.

Project implementation level

R3.1 Strengthen the sustainability strategies in

collaboration with local beneficiaries to

insure effective use of project results, and

impacts. These strategies should be

receiving extra attention at two different

stages of the project life cycle:

At the design phase to ensure that a

risk management strategy is

developed. Potential barriers to

achievement of impacts should be

identified taking into account the

dynamics of the local environment.

The strategy should anticipate

mitigation actions for each risk.

At the end of the project, project

leaders should draft

recommendations or practical

guidelines for project beneficiaries

describing the steps that need to be

achieved by the project beneficiaries

Design, we do, explicit in calls, and condition for approval.

End of project. We don’t ask them explicitly to draft

recommendations, but expect that such outputs for target

audiences are produced.

For selected (larger) projects we can have an in between

sessions about impact and sustainability, to share results

and experiences, which is also the idea behind the regional

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and partners to ensure sustainability

of results

R3.2 Continuous support from Netherlands

Embassies to alert on possible synergies

with other initiatives and for the

organisation of dissemination events:

having a water officer at the Embassy is

strongly recommended

Not a DUPC2 action.

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