SWIM hailed as an Excellent Case Study in IWRM
The Sustainable Water-Integrated Management and Governance (SWIM) Framework developed by the ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability (Southeast Asia Secretariat) with Baguio City (Philippines) as the pilot area has been hailed by the Global Water Partnership (GWP) as an excellent case study in water management. It was presented at the 4th World Water Forum (Mexico, 2006) and will be featured in the web-based IWRM Toolbox (http://www.gwptoolbox.org/).
The SWIM activity, (co-funded by the Asian Development Bank ), ushered Baguio City into enacting a water reform agenda that is a shift from sectoral to integrated water governance.
According to the GWP, while there are no blueprints for solving water management problems, the tools within the ToolBox can be used as general guidelines. These guidelines are supported by case studies offering realistic lessons to others by giving examples of how others have tried to deal with their water-related problems which are probably similar to those faced today in Philippines.
For more information about the SWIM, contact: iclei-seasia@iclei.org
The SWIM activity, (co-funded by the Asian Development Bank ), ushered Baguio City into enacting a water reform agenda that is a shift from sectoral to integrated water governance.
According to the GWP, while there are no blueprints for solving water management problems, the tools within the ToolBox can be used as general guidelines. These guidelines are supported by case studies offering realistic lessons to others by giving examples of how others have tried to deal with their water-related problems which are probably similar to those faced today in Philippines.
For more information about the SWIM, contact: iclei-seasia@iclei.org
Environmental Prize awarded to ICLEI Southeast Asia’s Water Campaign
ICLEI Southeast Asia’s (SEA) pioneering work on Sustainable Water Integrated Management and Governance (SWIM) pilot-tested in Baguio City, Philippines will receive the Incentive Prize of the APFED Awards for Good Practices. In behalf of the Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED), Prof. Akio Morishima, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) personally congratulated the Secretariat.
The APFED Awards for Good Practices are given to organizations that have made outstanding achievements in promoting socially-equitable and sustainable development in the Asia Pacific Region. The awards programme likewise aims to continually update the APFED Database for knowledge sharing on sustainable development in the region. Prize winners will be presented in August 2006. Incentive Prize winners will be given US2,000 each for replication activities (e.g. workshop, publications, etc.) of their Good Practices .
Collective water actions of local governments underpin ICLEI’s Water Campaign to protect water as a global good. The SWIM Activity, co-funded by the Asian Development Bank, ushered Baguio City, an ICLEI Member, into enacting a water reform agenda that is a shift from sectoral to integrated water governance. Through a series of multi-stakeholder dialogues of over 900 stakeholders from September 2005 to August 2005, Baguio City Mayor Braulio Yaranon signed /Executive Order No. 04, Series of 2005 /adopting the implementation framework and integrated mechanism for the operationalization and institutionalization of Sustainable Water -- Integrated Management and Governance (SWIM) for Baguio City. A codification of national and local laws, an inventory of initiatives, and a mapping of mandates related to water served as springboard for the integrated local water agenda and investment priorities
The APFED Awards for Good Practices are given to organizations that have made outstanding achievements in promoting socially-equitable and sustainable development in the Asia Pacific Region. The awards programme likewise aims to continually update the APFED Database for knowledge sharing on sustainable development in the region. Prize winners will be presented in August 2006. Incentive Prize winners will be given US2,000 each for replication activities (e.g. workshop, publications, etc.) of their Good Practices .
Collective water actions of local governments underpin ICLEI’s Water Campaign to protect water as a global good. The SWIM Activity, co-funded by the Asian Development Bank, ushered Baguio City, an ICLEI Member, into enacting a water reform agenda that is a shift from sectoral to integrated water governance. Through a series of multi-stakeholder dialogues of over 900 stakeholders from September 2005 to August 2005, Baguio City Mayor Braulio Yaranon signed /Executive Order No. 04, Series of 2005 /adopting the implementation framework and integrated mechanism for the operationalization and institutionalization of Sustainable Water -- Integrated Management and Governance (SWIM) for Baguio City. A codification of national and local laws, an inventory of initiatives, and a mapping of mandates related to water served as springboard for the integrated local water agenda and investment priorities
