The Ministry o Water and Environment (MWE) through Water for Production (WfP) Department is undertaking several programs to improve the livelihoods of people in rural areas through increasing the storage volumes of WfP by among other things, constructing and rehabilitating earth dams and valley tanks across the country.In April 2014, Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) contracted Socio-Economic Data Centre Ltd (SEDC) to provide consultancy services for “Implementation Support (Phase 1) in Capacity Building and Dissemination of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Materials on Sustainable Management of Water for Production (WfP) Facilities in Ntungamo, Kiruhura, Kabale, Isingiro and Lyantonde Districts.
PROJECT TITLE
Implementation support (Phase 1) in capacity building and dissemination of information, education and communication materials on sustainable management of water for production facilities
To build the capacity of stakeholders charged with the O&M of WfP facilities. This was to be realized through carrying out mobilization, dissemination of IEC materials, sensitization and training as a means of transferring knowledge on O&M of the WfP facilities to all the key stakeholders so as to ensure sustainable O&M and management of the water facilities
• Supporting MWE to create awareness for all key stakeholders so as to increase on their sense of ownership for the WfP facilities.
• Building capacity of key stakeholders towards sustainable management of WfP facilities.
• Assisting community to identify the existing and potential water uses for the WfP facilities.
• Disseminating IEC materials to aid in building capacity of stakeholders for sustainable management of post-construction activities.
This Assignment was implemented using a highly participatory methodology involving purposively selected stakeholders. The process to select key stakeholders was based on their designated roles in O&M of WfP facilities at National, District, Sub-county and Community levels. The Consultant took on the role of a “facilitator†during the dissemination of IEC materials. The Consultant worked closely with a designated team from the WfP Department, of the Ministry of Water and Environment. Specific capacity building methods used included facility tailored discussions, directed reflections and brainstorming as well as mini-lectures and group work
