SIWI is tasked with the overall project management, and contributes with policy research, outreach efforts and reporting. SIWI and the buying companies have formed a Management Group (MG) that meets regularly over the course of the project to plan and monitor implementation in close touch with the Indian consultant, cKinetics. The consultant’s role is to identify saving opportunities, build capacities, and provide technical assistance to the Indian factories throughout the programme.

The model that this project works on showcases opportunities for resource-savings, which lead to increased profitability margins. The participating units will then receive training and technical sup-port to achieve such savings on both the short- and long-term.

The SWAR programme involves 16 factories in the National Capital Region of Delhi, of which seven dyeing and printing and nine garment units; the factories are spread out over an area of 2,000 km2. In Rajasthan, the Jaipur Integrated Texcraft Park Ltd (JITP or ‘Jaipur Bloc’) is a new and aspiring state-of-the-art textile park set up some 25 km outside Jaipur with support from the Government of India’s ‘Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks’.

As members of the JITP, 13 hand-block printing factories and four partly new and relatively small dyeing factories have signed up to the SWAR programme (the JITP also counts as a SWAR unit). These are prepared to move and start operating as soon as all due consents are in place and the Park officially opened (tentatively in September); some block printing units are however already in full swing. The Park and its facilities being new, assessments, baseline figures, systems for tracking and measuring resource consumption, equipment and savings advice and targets all look different compared with the Delhi factories. The programme is hence divided into four different segments: Delhi dyeing units; Delhi garment units; Jaipur dyeing units; and Jaipur block print units, respectively. These have by necessity been treated differently along with the diverge conditions and needs applying to them.

Both the financing and technical models of this programme have so far received significant attention in Sweden, India and internationally.

Project Info

• Project Team: Rami Abdelrahman, Jenny Grönwall
• Partners: Indiska, KappAhl, Lindex and 39 of their suppliers and sub-suppliers in Delhi and Jaipur.
• Consultant: cKinetics
• Co-financed by: project partners and Sida.
• Timeline: 2013-2014

Project Info

• Project Team: Anton Earle, John Joyce, Josh Weinberg
• Partners: Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (MEP-FECO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Wuhan University
• Co-finanaced by the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection Foreign Economic Cooperation Office and Sida
• Timeline: November 2012 – December 2013

The Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP) Programme will address this need by developing:

1. a partnership among organisations;
2. a methodology to assessment and track results for each of the five categories of transboundary water systems (transboundary groundwater; transboundary lakes/reservoirs; transboundary river basins; Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs); and open ocean areas) under the Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme; and
3. conduct a baseline transboundary waters assessment that may be conducted following completion of the MSP.

The periodic assessment will be sustained in the future through the partnership of agencies and organisations, and include data series collected by Global Environment Facility International Waters (GEF-IW) projects that would be useful to those agencies and to UNEP’s GEO process.

Project Info

• Project team: Anders Jägerskog, Anton Earle, John Joyce, Kyungmee Kim
• Partners: UNEP-DEWA in partnership with UNESCO-IOC, UNESCO-IHP, UCC-Water, SIWI, IGRAC, Finland, BMZ/BGR, ETH-Zurich, IUCN, ILEC, GRID-Arendal, LOICZ, GESAMP, Linnaeus University, University of Western Cape

In previous work undertaken by SIWI and partners in Russia (Kaliningrad), Lithuania and Poland, (2009-2011) the need for improved water management in this part of the Baltic was clearly identified. The potential for improved ecosystem services, increased economic gains and longer-term regional cooperative gains were also shown.

Civic action through NGOs and academic institutions can play a major role in building the political commitment needed for collective action. NGOs and academic institutions can bring skills and knowledge into pre-planning processes and provide a safe space for dialogue together with government officials. Such dialogue is non-committing and non-binding and should be based on sound knowledge and expertise.

This project aims to build an informal and professional partnership to formulate water and environmental management priorities into an economic framework, recognising green and smart growth potential. The intention is to facilitate official dialogue, cooperation and investment on the shared river basin systems between the Kaliningrad Oblast, Poland, Lithuania and the broader Baltic Sea Community of actors, providing incentives for stakeholders to seek more information on how to transform degraded water resources into opportunities. Both EU and Russian regulations offer opportunities for joint management. Further arguments and clear investment frameworks needs to be developed to stimulate formal cooperation based on best practise and good data.

The project is funded by Swedish Institute and will be implemented over 3 years (2012 – 2015) by SIWI (Sweden, coordinating institution), Northern Dimension Foundation (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia), Institute of Economy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), Global Water Partnership (Poland and Lithuania) and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (Sweden).

Project Info

• Publications:
  Granit et al. 2011. Managing and development the water resources assets in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, in support of economic growth and environmental sustainability.
  Granit and Walline. 2011. Collective action in the Baltic Sea region – Options for strengthening implementation of the environmental pillar of the EU strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.
• Project team:  Andreas Lindström, Birgitta Lyss Lymer, Johanna Sjödin, Phillia Restiani
• Partners: Northern Dimension Foundation (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia), Institute of Economy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Global Water Partnership (Poland and Lithuania) and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.
• Financed by the Swedish Institute
• Timeline: September 2012 – August 2015

Project Info

• Timeframe: January – Dec 2013
• Project team: Karin Léxen, Mats Eriksson
• Resources and links: http://www.waterclimatecoalition.org

Recognising that its existing policies and organisational structures for the water sector were no longer meeting the needs of its citizens, the Government of Botswana undertook a review of its National Water Master Plan in 2006. Under the guidance of the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources (MMEWR) and based on the recommendations of the review, a reform of the water sector was initiated in 2008.

Under the reform, the DWA would relinquish its service delivery responsibilities in order to focus on water resources management as its primary function and the Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) would take on the role of providing water and wastewater services for the entire country. A modern regulatory regime will also be developed, and an independent Water Resources Council established to oversee and allocate the nation’s scarce water resources. These reforms have required redeployment of staff from DWA and local municipalities to WUC, as well as capacity building in the new institutional mandates.

In July 2011, MMEWR signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SIWI to support the capacity building of DWA, WUC and other water sector stakeholders. The capacity building programme is made up of eight courses on: corporate transformation and change management; integrated water resources management; research and benchmarking methodologies; water resources policy; integrated data management; climate change and variability in water resources management; water allocation and management; and wastewater management and reuse . Each course consists of three one-week modules, spaced about two months apart. This modular structure enables participants to more effectively integrate their learning into their day-to-day work, and avoids long absences of essential staff from their duties. SIWI will also support the DWA in establishing a Knowledge Services Hub, which will be a national centre of excellence, conducting applied research, monitoring local and global trends in water management, and providing policy advice to the Department. The Hub will also facilitate cross-learning among sector institutions. It is envisaged that the Hub would continue the capacity building process initiated though this partnership.

SIWI’s research brings the ‘water perspective’ into the international discourse on land deals. The most common purpose of the recent land acquisitions is agricultural production, which means that land without enough water to grow crops has no value to investors. SIWI has been actively participating in the global discussion on the large-scale land acquisitions, particularly its connection to transboundary waters (e.g. the Nile), virtual water trading, water security and water rights.

Project Info

• Project team: Anders Jägerskog, Ana Cascão, Kyungmee Kim
• Partners: Nordic Africa Institute, Swedish Agricultural University, Uppsala University, Gothenburg University
• Timeline: 2011 – ongoing
• Links and resources:  Jägerskog, A., Cascao, A., Hårsmar, M. and Kim. K., (2012), “Land Acquisitions: How Will They Impact Transboundary Waters?“. Report Nr. 30, SIWI, Stockholm.

The project aims to accelerate the existing partnership between academia and the policy institutions. It will produce a number of academic papers and a published book, entitled “Transboundary water management and the climate change debate”. This book will analyse the current status of the climate change discussions both globally and at the transboundary basin level.

Project Info

• Project team: Anders Jägerskog, Joakim Öjendal (SIWI Associate, Gothenburg University), Ashok Swain (Uppsala University), Stina Hansson (Gothenburg University)
• Partners: Uppsala University, Gothenburg University
• Funded by Sida
• Timeline: 2011 – 2013
• Links and resources:
  - Anton Earle, Ana Elisa Cascao, Anders Jagerskog, Ashok Swain, Joakim Ojendal, (forthcoming) “Transboundary Water Management and the Climate Change Debate”
  - Anders Jägerskog. (2011) “Climate change and land acquisition’s challenge transboundary water management“. New Routes, September 2011
  - Jägerskog, A., Cascao, A., Hårsmar, M. and Kim. K., (2012), “Land Acquisitions: How Will They Impact Transboundary Waters?“. Report Nr. 30, SIWI, Stockholm.
  - Ashok Swain, (2012) “Global Climate Change and Challenges for International River Agreements“, International Journal on Sustainable Society, vol. 4, nos _, 2012, pp. 72-87.
  - Ashok Swain (2012), “Politics or Development: Sharing of International Rivers in the South” in Joakim Öjendal, Stina Hansson, Stina; and Sofie Hellberg, Eds., Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed (New York: Springer, 2012).
  - Ashok Swain, (2011) “Challenges for Water Sharing in the Nile Basin: Changing Geo-Politics and Changing Climate“, Hydrological Science Journal, vol 56, no. 4. 2011, pp. 687-702.
  - Ashok Swain (2011), “South Asia, its Environment and Regional Institutions“, in Lorraine Elliott & Shaun Breslin eds., Comparative Environmental Regionalism (London: Routledge, 2011), pp. 76-91.
  - Ashok Swain, Ranjula Bali Swain, Anders Themnér and Florian Krampe (2011), Climate Change and the Risk of Violent Conflicts in Southern Africa, (Pretoria: Global Crisis Solutions, 2011).
  - Ashok Swain, Ranjula Bali Swain, Anders Themnér and Florian Krampe, “Zambezi Basin: A Risk Zone of Climate Change and Economic Vulnerability“, New Routes, no. 3, 2012, pp. 17-20.
  - Ashok Swain & Qazal Jamali, “The China Factor: New Challenges for Nile Basin Cooperation“, New Routes, no. 3, 2011, pp. 7-10.
  - Ashok Swain & Florian Krampe, “Transboundary Rivers and Climate Change: African and Asian Rivers“. Conflict Trends, vol. 2, 2011, pp: 16-21.
  - Öjendal, Joakim, Stina Hansson & Sofie Hellberg (eds.), 2012, Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed – The Case of the Lower Mekong Region, Springer, London.
  - Öjendal, Joakim, Stina Hansson (lead) & Sofie Hellberg,2012, ‘INTRO: Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed . The Case of the Lower Mekong Basin’, in Öjendal, Joakim, Stina Hansson & Sofie Hellberg (eds.), 2012, Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed. The Case of the Lower Mekong Region, Springer, London.
  - Öjendal, Joakim & Kurt Mørck Jensen, 2012, ‘Politics and Development of the Mekong River Basin – Transboundary dilemmas and participatory ambitions’, in Öjendal, Joakim, Stina Hansson & Sofie Hellberg (eds.), 2012, Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed – The Case of the Lower Mekong Region, Springer, London.
  - Öjendal, Joakim, Stina Hansson & Sofie Hellberg,2012, ‘CONCLUSION: Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed – The Case of the Lower Mekong Basin’, in Öjendal, Joakim, Stina Hansson & Sofie Hellberg (eds.), 2012, Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed – The Case of the Lower Mekong Region, Springer, London.

The SWP works to prevent conflict over shared waters by building trust and promoting cooperation. The key objective of the partnership is to establish a multi-stakeholder platform to increase political will and strengthen riparian country commitment to regional processes that advance cooperation in regions where water is, or may become, a source of conflict. Among others it will foster cooperation in ‘riskier’ environments where other organizations are less likely and not willing to operate and enhancing opportunities to learn, codify and exchange lessons in using water as a framework for multi-country cooperation.

Specifically, the SWP performs the following activities:

• Technical studies on the linkages between water resources and conflict and the benefits and costs of cooperation on shared waters.
• Facilitates shared strategic planning and donor-riparian dialogues.
• Holds high level government events, such as parliamentary conferences, to build multi-country awareness of shared water body issues.
• Supports processes to enable and finalize regional frameworks;
• Promotes regional data sharing and harmonization exercises.
• Promotes the development of shared water and environmental databases and analysis activities to enhance transparency, build participation and trust.
• Develops scenario modeling tools to allow regional parties to better understand transboundary waters in a broader context of peace, security and economic development.
• Builds capacity of transboundary water institutions in dispute resolution, public participation and management.

The SWP is a component of UNDP’s Transboundary Waters Programme and is implemented by the UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI and the UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre.

Project Info

• Project team:  Anders Jägerskog, Anton Earle, Kyungmee Kim, Joakim Öjendal (SIWI Associate, Gothenburg University)
• Client and partner: UNDP-GEF
• Timeline: September 2011- February 2014
• Links: www.watergovernance.org/sharedwaters
• Resources:
  - Background paper by Anders Jägerskog on Transboundary Waters for the Ministerial Roundtable on Transboundary Waters: “Current Status of Cooperative Efforts on Transboundary Waters“, World Water Forum, Marseille, France, March 13, 2012.
  - Shared Waters Partnership Information Brochure
  - Anton Earle, Ana Elisa Cascao, Anders Jagerskog, Ashok Swain, Joakim Ojendal, (forthcoming) “Transboundary Water Management and the Climate Change Debate“

Funded by the Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), this current project will implement a Regional Capacity Building Programme over a 3 year period to promote and enhance water integrity in sub-Saharan Africa. It is expected that increasing water integrity will directly impact on socio-economic development and poverty reduction. Indeed, unethical practices reduce economic growth, discourage investments, violate human dignity, increase health risks and compromise efforts to reduce poverty. The implementing partners are (1) WGF (2) the Stockholm International Water Institute – SIWI, (3) the Water Integrity Network – WIN, and (4) Cap-Net in collaboration with WaterNet.

Through partnership with ECOWAS, EAC-Lake Victoria Basin Commission and SADC, the programme targets water sector stakeholders (those responsible for the management of water resources and for integrated water supply and sanitation services) at regional, basin and national levels who are responsible for regulation, controlling, planning, policy development and decision making. It also targets stakeholders that are less directly involved in water management, but have a key role in strengthening or demanding accountability, such as water users associations, advocacy organisations and the media.

Generally, ECOWAS, EAC and SADC countries have committed themselves to integrity and accountability through good governance and the promotion of transparency and accountability.  Their secretariats, together with the implementing partners of this programme, will reinforce the regional efforts to bolster integrity at all levels in the water management and service delivery chain.

Project info

• Link and resrouces: http://www.watergovernance.org/integrity/SSA
• Project team: James Leten, Maria Jacobson, Marianne Kjellen, Ana Cascao, Rami Abdel Rahman
• Client and partners: ECOWAS, EAC-Lake Victoria Basin Commission, and SADC. Implemented by Water Integrity Network  (WIN), Capnet and WaterNet
• Financed by Sida
• Timeline: July 2011-June 2014