OPTIMA PROJECT

Fourth Management Board MeetingDecember 19-20, 2006, Milano

STAKEHOLDERS’ INVOLVEMENT

• From the beginning of OPTIMA project, we tried to create an interactive participation of the stakeholders and all the actors involved in water issues

• Almost all the stakeholders having an interest in sustainable water management were in a first step identified

•In a second step, we created a local network of the stakeholders

• Once identified, the set of the stakeholders Once identified, the set of the stakeholders was contacted by means of an official was contacted by means of an official letter which invited them to join the letter which invited them to join the participatory processparticipatory process

• After sending the letter, we sent them the After sending the letter, we sent them the issues questionnaire. Unfortunately, we issues questionnaire. Unfortunately, we got only few replies (absence of got only few replies (absence of implication in the project? implication in the project? misunderstanding?...)misunderstanding?...)

• The statistical analysis of these replies The statistical analysis of these replies have shown a problem statement with have shown a problem statement with clearly identified « priority issues »clearly identified « priority issues »

• Then we invited all the stakeholders to Then we invited all the stakeholders to take part in the local workshoptake part in the local workshop

• 28 of them joined the workshop held on 28 of them joined the workshop held on May, 3May, 3rdrd 2006 (from different national 2006 (from different national institutions)institutions)

• We expressed after a brief presentation of We expressed after a brief presentation of the project, all our needs and expectations the project, all our needs and expectations from all the actors, in order to reach all from all the actors, in order to reach all the OPTIMA objectivesthe OPTIMA objectives

• The OPTIMA team prepared and The OPTIMA team prepared and distributed among our local partners some distributed among our local partners some guidelines to a participatory approachguidelines to a participatory approach

• Thanks to the help of IRMCo and the Thanks to the help of IRMCo and the active participation of involved active participation of involved stakeholders relevant water issues were stakeholders relevant water issues were identified identified

• We invited our partners to fill out the We invited our partners to fill out the water issue questionnaire to establish a water issue questionnaire to establish a comprehensive inventory of possible comprehensive inventory of possible issuesissues

• The baseline scenario was discussed, and The baseline scenario was discussed, and modified thanks to new and pertinent data, modified thanks to new and pertinent data, ideas and indicators given by the ideas and indicators given by the stakeholdersstakeholders

M’chergua reservoir

Sea

Melian basin

Melah basin

Rmel basin

Hma basin

Hma reservoir

Irrigation

STEP

Domestic

Industry

Medjerda canal

GW

GW-SONED El Gola-SONED

New Topologic Model of the Melian basin

• We found some alternatives which were accepted We found some alternatives which were accepted by all our partners taking into consideration « the by all our partners taking into consideration « the conflicting demands »conflicting demands »

• We also distributed posters prepared jointly by We also distributed posters prepared jointly by IRMCo and CNTIRMCo and CNT

• After the workshop we wanted to complete and After the workshop we wanted to complete and update the stakeholders data base with the update the stakeholders data base with the necessary information collectednecessary information collected

• Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to implement Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to implement the activity report field (problem with our browser).the activity report field (problem with our browser).

• We also collected thanks to our stakholders many We also collected thanks to our stakholders many pertinent data needed for the water technology pertinent data needed for the water technology data base, but because of many problems data base, but because of many problems incountred with our browser, we weren’t able to incountred with our browser, we weren’t able to implement themimplement them

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• Thanks to the first participatory workshop, Thanks to the first participatory workshop, we obtained a core group of 7 local we obtained a core group of 7 local stakeholders. We constituted a steering stakeholders. We constituted a steering committee with members from:committee with members from:

- The National Water Exploitation and - The National Water Exploitation and Distribution Company (SONEDE)Distribution Company (SONEDE)

- The Tunisian Union of Agriculture and The Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fishery (UTAP)Fishery (UTAP)

- The Regional Commissariat for Agriculture The Regional Commissariat for Agriculture Development of Ben ArousDevelopment of Ben Arous

- The North Waters Exploitation Company The North Waters Exploitation Company (SECADENORD)(SECADENORD)

- The National Centre for Agricultural - The National Centre for Agricultural Studies (CNEA)Studies (CNEA)

- General Direction of Dams and Large - General Direction of Dams and Large Hydraulic Works (DGBGTH)Hydraulic Works (DGBGTH)

- The National Sanitation Board (ONAS)- The National Sanitation Board (ONAS) • Thanks to the help of this restricted Thanks to the help of this restricted

committee we realised some comparisons committee we realised some comparisons of the performance of the Baseline of the performance of the Baseline Scenario for the Melian basin with Scenario for the Melian basin with alternative scenariosalternative scenarios

• Since the last meeting in Vienna and the local Since the last meeting in Vienna and the local workshop, we multiplied the meetings with many workshop, we multiplied the meetings with many stakeholders and mainly with the steering stakeholders and mainly with the steering committee memberscommittee members

• We had periodic meetings (every two weeks) We had periodic meetings (every two weeks) both in CNTD and in the personal offices of our both in CNTD and in the personal offices of our partnerspartners

• As we worked in a very close cooperation with As we worked in a very close cooperation with the steering committee, we obtained many raw the steering committee, we obtained many raw data of:data of:

- Water demandsWater demands- Economics data :costs, benefit, investments…Economics data :costs, benefit, investments…

• with these data, we updated the WRM with these data, we updated the WRM

• We organised on December 7We organised on December 7thth a meeting a meeting with all the members of the steering with all the members of the steering

committeecommittee• We are now waiting for their feedback We are now waiting for their feedback

concerning concerning - more economic data (the accuracy of more economic data (the accuracy of some of these data could be lower than some of these data could be lower than

what is required in the models!!!)what is required in the models!!!)

Planned Work

Dissemination of experience and results at a local and international scales.

Building and Running Optimisation scenarios Building and Running Optimisation scenarios

Discrete multi-criteria analysis Discrete multi-criteria analysis

Organising the final stakeholders meetingOrganising the final stakeholders meeting