The Framework serves as a reference document and guide to practitioners on the what, why and how to integrate water security and climate resilience in development planning processes at transboundary, national and local scales, with a focus on the preparation of no/low regrets investment strategies. With funding from CDKN a team of consultants has been identified and an Expert Panel established with GWP and CDKN as the project management team.
In December 2011 the Expert Panel met with the consultant team to review the initial drafts of the Framework. This Expert Panel review meeting kick started Pan African consultation processes on the Framework and also sort to capture responses on the continent promoting climate resilient development. The consultations brought together relevant stakeholders from academia, civil society and other insitutions working in water security and climate resilient development. At the consultations the team developing the Framework managed toget feed back on the relevance of the Framework and also gather a number of good practices being implemented at all levels promoting climate resilience.
Three consultations were carried out the first one in Southern Africa in Durban on the side lines of COP 17. This consultation organised with SADC Water Division and it brought National Water Directors and Planners from the Ministries of Water from countries in the region. The second consultation was held in West Africa in Bamako, Mali at a Sub-regional meeting on implementing the AMCOW Workplan in West Africa. The meeting brought together senior officials from water ministries, river basin organisations and regional institutions in the region. The third consultation was held in Banjul, Gambia at a Pan-African meeting on the Preparation of for the 6th World Water Forum at this meeting, AMCOW TAC members from all the 5 African sub-regions where present and they had an opportunity to contribute and comment on the development of the Framework.
The full workshop report with the workshop findings is available here.