WCD Council
In order to guarantee the legitimacy of the project’s process
and products, IUCNP and PWP have helped formulate a citizen’s
council called the “WCD Council.” The Council was formally
constituted on 12 September 2003 at Karachi. In the absence
of any public sector institution to lead the project or to
publicly associate itself with a politically sensitized and
provincially debatable initiative and the fact that most relevant
ministries/institutions are themselves a party to the debate,
the council offers an innovative solution to the problem.
The WCD Council comprises of eminent citizens,
whose competence and integrity is beyond doubt and who have
no professional stake in the process. It will provide strategic
guidance and overall direction to the project and ensure that
its outputs feed into public policy formulation. It will also
help maintain the neutrality of the process.
Water Portal
The Pakistan Water Gateway, an information portal on water,
is a significant output of the WCD CPP project, considering
the critical importance of information sharing and access
to reliable, water-related data. The portal can be accessed
at http://www.waterinfo.net.pk
and includes sections devoted to daily water news, key water
information, water sector organizations, water experts’ directory,
web links and announcements.
Water Fact Sheets
Carefully compiled information about different dimensions
of water is available in the form of fact sheets, which provide
comprehensive data about related issues in a reader-friendly
manner. The fact sheets cover diverse topics related to water
systems, policies, and structures such as major dams, hydropower
projects, water-related policies, barrages, major rivers,
etc. These have been posted on the water portal as well as
the WCD CPP website.
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Translations
To disseminate key components of the WCD Report widely, a
translation of the Executive Summary and Criteria Checklists
from the Dams and Development Report in both Urdu and Sindhi
has been produced. The Criteria Checklists incorporate considerations
for strategic priorities and guidelines from the viewpoint
of various project stages.
WCD Brochure
A brochure has been designed to advertise and introduce the
WCD and the WCD CPP project to the various stakeholders. It
provides background information on the WCD and its report
and highlights the consultative process, detailing the themes
and venues of the workshops and other outputs.
Water Situational Analysis
A water situational analysis of Pakistan addressing the status
of surface and groundwater in Pakistan was undertaken. The
document expounds upon the status of various water resources
management aspects. It also includes a matrix of implementation,
list of water sector projects and strategic recommendations.
The paper is available on both the Pakistan Water Gateway
and the WCD CPP website.
Consultative Workshops
Six one day, multi-stakeholder national consultative workshops
will be organized at Quetta, Skardu, Lahore, Peshawar, Khalabut
(Haripur) and Hyderabad. Each of these will deliberate upon
a distinct theme with the objective of providing a forum for
reviewing the WCD’s strategic priorities, guidelines and recommendations
in the national and local context and also enabling the participants
to provide feedback on the Dams and Development Report.
Policy Brief
A policy brief will be compiled based on recommendations for
the government and other stakeholders generated through the
countrywide consultative process. The document will be prepared
after completion of the consultative process and will consider
the opinion of experts and the WCD Council in conjunction
with that of additional stakeholders who may not be able to
participate in the workshops.
More:
The World Commission
on Dams | IUCN
Pakistan | IUCN
Global | Pakistan Water Partnership
(PWP)
