Irrigation Improvement Project: Developing Water Users Organizations

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Irrigation Improvement ProjectDeveloping Water
Users Organizations
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New Intervention on Water Resources Management

• Decentralization water service delivery.
• Involving users in planning and managing water
  projects and.
• Encouraging stakeholders to contribute to policy
  formulation.
  

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New organizations at three levels
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Methodology of IIP towards the formation of
farmer organizations

• WUGs (20-50 farmers) at the level of the
  tertiary/
• secondary canals or maaqem served by the same
  
• structure
• WUGs should have social cohesion, successful
  history of
• OM within their canals and demonstrated
  ability to work
• together in a group to manage water
• WUAs at the level of the primary canals
• Irrigation Council at the level of the entire
  Wadi system

Formation of WUGsinitiated on March 2002 Wadi
Tuban
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Formation of WUGs
Wadi Zabid
June 2003
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Participation in Water Distribution
Traditional System
W. Zabid
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Participation in Water Distribution
Traditional System
Wadi Tuban
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Participation in Irrigation Management (PIM)
Modern System
Wadi Tuban
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Participation in Irrigation Management
W. Hadramout
Advantages of Community Participation
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Public Awareness Campaign in the Project villages
Village Meetings
Open Discussion
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Direct Voting for WUG Representatives
W. Tuban
W. Zabid
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Formation of WUAs

• Main Purposes of WUA Formation
• To ensure the WUA shall be to safeguard and
  promote the common interests of the users of land
  in the command area of the WUA with regard to
  irrigation and agriculture.

WUA Formation Steps - Preliminary Meeting
- Election of Preparatory committee -
Founding Meeting.
After the formation of WUA, a Farmer Design
committee (FDC) has to be assigned for the
purpose of defining priority ranking of
rehabilitation needs and participate, agree in
design and contribution.
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Preliminary Meeting for forming Preparatory
Committee
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Founding Meetings for the WUAs in the project
area
Wadi Tuban (June 1st, 2003)
Wadi Zabid (October 1st, 2003)
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Direct Voting for WUA Bylaws
W. Tuban
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To accelerate the formation of Irrigation
Council, the IC Bylaws have been drafted,
legally revised, discussed with the related
parties, approved by the Project Steering
Committee and authorize the Governors in both
Lahej and Hudeidah governorates to issue the
required resolutions for establishment of the
ICs. Finally, the ICs in Tuban and Zabid were
formed on August and September 2005 respectively.
To track the activity of IC, Executive Procedures
and OM Manual for WUAs have been drafted and
under discussion now by IC members in both wadis.
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Objectives of the Irrigation Council Providing
services which are related to the supply of
irrigation water and which services shall benefit
the water users at wadi level.
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Main Tasks and Authority of the Irrigation
Council

• Setting a general policy for the whole wadi for
  achieving the demand of the water distribution
  program, monitor its distribution and increase
  its efficient use
• Approval and supervising the implementation of
  the annual irrigation plan
• Review and approve the annual maintenance plan
• Inspect the implementation of the annual OM
  activities for all irrigation infrastructures,
  according to the approved plan
• Supervise the operation of diversion structures
• Represents the water users as a united
  organization

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Prepared byMinistry of Agriculture and
IrrigationIrrigation Improvement ProjectPMU
Sanaa Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM)