1. Report Session 6.1.3: Strengthening the Capacities of Local Organisations and People

2. 24 Contributors: Austrian Development Agency RASHON (Honduras) CREPA (Burkina Faso) RCNN (Nepal) Dr. Quassem (Bangladesh) SaciWwaters (India) Dr. Sutardi (Indonesia) SAGUAPAC (Bolivia) IWA (Netherlands) SNV (Uganda) IWMI (Ethiopia) Social and Environmental Sense (Colombia) JICA (Japan) TREND (Ghana) Netafim (Israel) Tufts University (USA) NETWAS (Uganda) CINARA. Universidad Univalle (Colombia.) NetWwater (Sri Lanka) University of the West Indies (Trinidad &Tobago) Pacific Institute (Canada) WaterNet (SADCC region, Africa) Practica Foundation (Netherlands) WUR (Netherlands)

3. Questions: What capacity development is necessary to enhance water management and how do we ensure that capacity development reflects local needs? Should capacity development be done differently if we want to improve water management and sustained service delivery in water and sanitation?

4. Conclusions......................... There is an increased attention for capacity development..... Numerous efforts in the area of capacity development: technical advice and training, exchange visits, networking and partnership forming, development of data bases, information systems, newsletters, documentation of good practices, e –platforms But yet an enormous gap in capacities at the local level –Qualitative –Quantitative

5. PartnershipsNeed for evidence base of impact of partnerships/ networks for promotion and enabling capacity enhancement of local actors and improved local governance Knowledge management and CD tools Two-way participatory and interdisciplinary approach to define the stakeholder, make them aware of their stake and together determine their CD needs using a holistic perspective Build trust, change attitude and assess local situation Matching CD demand and supply Investment in assessing demand and creating demand if necessary. Develop and strengthen appropriate institutional mechanisms to match supply and demand at the local Local autonomy and self sufficiency Regulation should give sufficient space for own price setting of the Water Utilities Enable an effective and efficient participation of the beneficiaries in the decision making of the WUO Gender main- streaming To make gender mainstreaming effective, the learning process has to be ‘touchable’ and visible. Integrated program of women leadership across all sectors and at all levels Preparing for climate change Need of interdisciplinary and holistic approaches for adaptation to uncertain events Teach people different behavior (changing consumption and production patterns)

6. We need to know more......... - Effectiveness of the different tools, mechanisms (partnerships, IM and KM) – The local context and the specific development priorities – The existing capacities and the present and future demand ( disaggregated data) – Learning cultures and learning style

7. We need to do things differently....... Invest in creation of a learning environment –Sector collaboration (new combinations) –Longer term focus and strategic dimension –Based on a inclusive and reflective dialogue and two way approach in finding local solutions –Focused at changing attitudes of all actors –Institutionalise facilitation of learning processes Local institutional framework, organisations and people are prepared to respond to their present and future challenges (decentralisation, social and gender inequities, climate change)

8. Who is We ? What is next?