1 image/jpeg Project_Euroconsult.jpg 65667 This project will plan and implement participatory water management in an integrated and sustainable way in two regions of Bangladesh and will make a significant contribution to achieving the full integration of this approach into the operations and methodologies of the BWDB. The Project objective is: to strengthen the capacity of water sector organizations to fulfil their different roles. These organizations include the different offices of the Bangladesh Water Development Board, local-level water management organizations, and local government institutions. The project consists of two components:<br /> <ul> <li>(1) Strengthening planning in the BWDB</li> <li>(2) Planning and implementing selected subprojects.</li> </ul> IPSWAM is a pathfinder programme to introduce integrated water resources management and to provide a base for the Water Management Improvement Project under BWDB/WB/GON (2004). One of the specific objectives of IPSWAM is to integrate its activities with activities under this major project. The main stakeholders are: the rural population of selected areas in South-Central and South-West Bangladesh; the Government of Bangladesh (Bangladesh Water Development Board); and the Government of the Netherlands.<br /> <strong><br /> Services Provided </strong><br /> <br /> AEC provides Technical Assistance support to all aspects of the project activities, through the specific services of advisors in the fields of planning, community organization, training, gender and development, environment, institutions, and engineering.<br /> <br /> Specific tasks are:<br /> <ul> <li>i) Formation of an integrated Planning Team and two Zonal Planning Teams, guiding the programme for the full period of 5 years.</li> <li>ii) Assessment of training needs in the Teams, in the Planning Department concerned and in all other Planning Departments and Field Divisions in the project area of the BWDB.</li> <li>iii) Formulation and implementation of training programmes. Development of approaches for local level institutional development and multidisciplinary participatory planning (core of the training).</li> <li>iv) Selection of nine schemes for rehabilitation and O&amp;M. Establishment of Water Management Organizations (WMOs) and strengthening these organizations in accordance with the National Water Policy and the Guidelines for Participatory Water Management. Several NGOs are involved in this process.</li> <li>v) Design of works, including construction and monitoring with emphasis on stakeholder participation from the start and control of quality. The schemes will be handed over to the WMOs after rehabilitation and structuring of the O&amp;M, and the O&amp;M of the schemes will be monitored.</li> </ul> Government of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Water Development Board Asia Euroconsult Mott MacDonald: € 6.6 million, Partners: € 1.4 million Bangladesh 2008-08-19T13:48:15+02:00 Recent experience in Bangladesh has shown that participatory water management and operation/maintenance is both feasible and essential for the long-term sustainability of water management infrastructure and its associated social and economic benefits for rural communities. While the planning and implementation of participatory water management has been achieved successfully at the project level, it has not yet been fully adopted in the mainstream activities of key institutions such as the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB). 1 6 23.88215431592494 90.340576171875 6 Strengthening the capacity of water sector organizations to fulfil their different roles, including local level water management organizations, the different offices of the Bangladesh Water Development Board, and local government institutions. November 2003 - January 2010 integrated-planning-for-sustainable-water-management-ipswam Dhaka 2009-12-10T11:53:15+01:00 0