Harmonization of the Catchment Management Plans Developed by the Embedding Integrated Water Resources Management

• Country: Rwanda
• Summary: Harmonization of the Catchment Management Plans Developed by the Embedding Integrated Water Resources Management
• RWT Ref No: 75867776
• Deadline: 31 Dec 2022
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• Tenders are invited for Harmonization of the Catchment Management Plans Developed by the Embedding Integrated Water Resources Management in Rwanda Project (Ewmr) to Meet the Legal Framework and National Standards. Location: Kigali Deadline: Saturday, 31/12/2022 17:00 Terms of Reference for the Harmonization of the Catchment Management Plans developed by the Embedding Integrated Water Resources Management in Rwanda Project (EWMR) to meet the legal framework and national standards. Background Rwanda is a country located within the Great Lakes region of the central-eastern part of Africa with an area of 26,338 square kilometers. The Congo Nile Ridge divides the country's waters into two parts: those flowing to the west into the Congo Basin and those flowing to the east into the Nile Basin. Therefore, Rwanda principally has only two hydrographic basins. The Nile basin covers 67% of the country's territory and drains 90% of National waters, whereas the Congo Basin covers 33% Of Rwanda's territory and drains 10% of National waters (MINITERE, 2005). Within the framework of implementing the National policy for water resources management, a national water resources master plan was developed in 2015, and this came up with a catchments' subdivision. The National Policy advances a catchment-based water resources management approach. Rwanda is subdivided into nine level 1 catchments (Figure 1). While each of these catchments has its unique characteristics, the undulating terrain of Rwanda and the propensity for land degradation, flooding and erosion, caused by rainfall make careful management and planning of water resources and landscapes a high priority action. The Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) has a major mandate with three priority actions: control and reduce soil erosion, flood management and control, and increase annual water availability per capita from 700m3 to 1000m3 by 2024. Fulfilling these mandates requires proactive planning at the corporate level and collaborative planning that includes local communities and key stakeholders. Catchment management planning is essential for integrated water resources management (IWRM) and related land and natural resources management. The main focus of catchment planning can be summarized in four key elements: Catchment restoration: identifying practical measures that need to be undertaken to restore the catchment; Water allocation: ensuring that demand and permissible use are balanced and met; Water governance: institutional setup, policy and legislative measures to implement the proposed measures; Knowledge management: data, practical and intellectual capacity acquisition, management and preservation for effective management. In 2018, detailed management plans for two level 1 catchments (Upper Nyabarongo and Muvumba) and two level 2 catchments (Nyabugogo and Sebeya) were developed through Water for Growth Programme under Former RWFA, current Rwanda Water Resources Board, to be implemented by Sebeya Landscape Restoration Project supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Rwanda. Catchment management plans for Nyabarongo Lower and Akagera Upper were developed in collaboration with Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA). After the first batch of Catchment Management Plans (CMPs) produced in collaboration with Water for Growth for Rwanda (W4GR), technical assistance to the Integrated Water Resources Management Programme (NMUV, NNYU, CKIV1, NNYU2), and the second batch of CMPs developed in collaboration with REMA and the University of Rwanda (NAKU, NNYU2). The consortium led by IUCN under Embedding Integrated Water Resources Management in Rwanda Project (EWMR) had initiated a series of CMPs with different collaborators including RWB staff themselves and the internal team from the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). This exercise, also partly a capacity building exercise, has produced one almost completed CKIV CMP (only remaining the part from CKIV1) and 3 others CMP that have not yet gone through a comprehensive Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), nor completed the Programme of Measures (NMUK, NAKL, NAKN). A preliminary review had identified that beside the SEA, a monitoring system, and implementation arrangement and Transboundary issue needed to be included in the current draft while also revisiting to meet the standard of previous CMPs especially the model ones: CMP NNYU, NMUV. It is against the above review of existing draft CMPs that IUCN in collaboration with RWB has initiated the call for a consultancy service for harmonization of the CMPs to meet legal framework and national standards. Objectives The overall objectives of the consultancy is to harmonize the existing draft Catchment Management Plans developed by the Embedding Integrated Water Resources Management in Rwanda Project (EWMR) to meet the legal framework and national standard Catchment Management Plan requirements. This will be achieved through the following specific objectives: Conduct and integrate a Strategic Environmental assessment to the catchment management plan of NMUK, NAKL, and NAKN; Assess transboundary consideration that need to be added for NAKL, and NAKN; Review the Proposed Programme of Measures to meet the standard of model CMP and CMP development guidelines for NMUK, NAKL, and NAKN; Design, using previous stakeholders- consultation and recommendations, the implementation arrangements especially tackling the frameworks that can be used from catchment level 1 to micro-catchment used by communities and implementation; Design using previous stakeholders- consultation a monitoring system for the implementation. Scope of the assignment The assignment will be executed in line with the following tasks: Task1. Review and fill the gaps in the current assessment of the catchment management draft plan of NMUK, NAKL, and NAKN This activity will consist of a review of any gaps in the drafting to date of the catchment plans, i.e. the catchment management drafting of NMUK, NAKL, and NAKN, and identify the work needed for completing the assignment. The consultant will specifically see the current status vis-a-vis of guidelines of the following elements: The Assessment transboundary consideration that needs to be added for NAKL, and NAKN; Strategic Environmental Assessments for the catchment management plan of NMUK, NAKL, and NAKN; Review of the Proposed Programme of Measures to meet the standard of model CMP and CMP development guidelines for NMUK, NAKL, and NAKN; Review the gaps in the current assessment the catchment management draft plans of NMUK, NAKL, and NAKN and Plan for completing the assignment; Monitoring and evaluation system for the CMPs of NMUK, NAKL, and NAKN. Task 2. Assess transboundary considerations that need to be added for NAKL, and NAKN The management of transboundary water bodies is challenging given frequent divergences in policy, implementation and conservation priorities of riparian countries. The consultant will review the assumptions used for the allocation of transboundary water bodies, the impact of a differential catchment management on the quantity and quality of shared water bodies, and the differences in the management of other wetlands. Task 3. Conduct and integrate a Strategic Environmental Assessment in the CMPs of NMUK, NAKL, and NAKN In Rwanda, the development of catchment plans is integrated with the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process. The internationally most accepted OECD-DAC (2006) SEA definition reads as follows: ‘Analytical and participatory approaches to strategic decision-making that aim to integrate environmental considerations into policies, plans and programmes and evaluate the inter linkages with economic and social considerations.- Rwanda Environmental Management Agency (REMA) defines SEA as a ‘systematic, ongoing process for evaluating at the earliest stage, the environmental quality and consequences of alternative visions and development intentions incorporated in policy, planning or programme initiatives, to ensure full integration of relevant biophysical, economic, social and political considerations- (General Guidelines and Procedures for Strategic Environmental Assessment, REMA, 2011).
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