Adoption and Impact Assessment of Water Policies May, 2016 Amman, Jordan

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1 Technical Report TRAINING COURSE ON Adoption and Impact Assessment of Water Policies May, 2016 Amman, Jordan Organized by International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Under the support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)

2 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY... 1 GENERAL OVERVIEW... 2 PURPOSE... 3 TARGETED AUDIENCE... 3 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE... 4 COURSE STRUCTURE... 4 COURSE IMPLEMENTATION... 5 GROUP ASSESSMENT... 5 EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES... 6 GENERAL COURSE EVALUATION by TRAINEES... 6 CONCLUSION... 7 Annex I: Course Program... 8 Annex II: Trainers... 8 Annex III: Trainees List of Contacts Annex IV: General Course Evaluation Annex V: Interactive Learning Session Annex VI: Countries Case Studies... 12

3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Name of the project Capacity development in agriculture and water management for Iraq and Regional countries Partners Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Purpose To enhance Capacity Development of government officials and researchers who are engaged in agricultural development in Iraq and other countries. Specific objectives of the training course on Seed Health Testing Up-to-date knowledge and enhanced capacity on best practice for adoption and Impact assessment of water policies. Specific outputs Nine professionally-trained National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) partners from Iraq, two from Jordan and six from other countries: one from Lebanon, one from Palestine, one from Egypt, one from Yemen, and two from Tunisia have improved knowledge in adoption and impact assessment of water policies with an emphasis on dryland agriculture. While nine Iraqis, two Jordanian, one Lebanese and one Egyptian were funded by JICA, the others were sponsored by Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD). Specific outcomes Design, implement, manage, analyze and report on research and development in adoption and impact assessment of water policies and acquire up-to-date information on research and practical activities in impact assessment in each participating country. 1

4 GENERAL OVERVIEW Managing water scarcity is one of the major international challenges, particularly in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. Governments show an increasing demand for developing and implementing broad policies to deal with the limited amounts of fresh water resources in their countries. The administrative structures of both drinking water and irrigation systems are characterized by weak governance and incoherent water laws. The general perception is that governance in the MENA water sector is under a multi-dimensional pressure of paradigms and crucial changes. In addition, water policies and regulations continue to suffer from an important implementation gap. Under these conditions, capacity building has the potential to help policy-makers inside and outside the governments to assess long- and short-term impacts of water policies, programmes and activities; and then to get the best out of the strengths of players in water management processes (governance, management and allocation). This requires effective and efficient water management, access to water saving technologies, access to safe drinking water and sustainable development of the economic sectors. As within the planned activities in the framework of ICARDA-JICA training program activities targeting Iraq, a training course on Adoption and Impact Assessment of Water Policies was delivered to Iraqi researchers with the participation of trainees from other West Asia and North African Countries (WANA) from Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen. This training was designed in order to help manage these complex challenges through understanding and analyzing the following issues: Analyse the role of policies and institutions in order to improve water governance; Assess the linkages of policies and institutions of the water sector with other sectors; Identify key implications; Understanding water policies (integrating gender) and their effective implementation; Assessing and measuring water policies impacts; Comprehend how agricultural policies affect water management; Thoughts on innovation systems and research to business approaches (water saving technologies); Develop water policy and management strategy (poverty alleviation, food security, NRM); ICARDA is considered a valued partner for countries with sub-tropical dry areas, and particulary MENA countries to formulate integrated water management policies. This course offers a comprehensive training programme to cover precisely this by building upon and sharing the expertise and experience of ICARDA and the participants to training activities. Over one week, the course provides the participants from MENA countries with the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in the measurements of impacts of water policies and assessment of their adoption (constraints and oportunities) towards more sustainable livelihoods and productive, efficient, and sustainable agriculture sector. The course offers the opportunity to create a viable network between the leading training institutions (ICARDA and JICA) and the participants and provide those attendees with key personal skills to use this network to effectively manage their interests on water management, water policies analysis, important considerations for water policies formulation, adoption and impact assessment of these policies. 2

5 PURPOSE The purpose of the training course was the development and enhancement of the participants theoretical and contextual knowledge regarding the adoption and impact assessments of water policies in their respective countries. This course therefore was designed to ensure that participants reach the following objectives: 1. Enhance knowledge and capacity development of government officials and researchers engaged on the following thematic areas: Farm level decision on the adoption of water saving technology; Agricultural policies affecting water management; Integrating gender in water policies (basics of gender analysis and applying gender analysis in water policies); Irrigation water governance (principles, assessments and effective implementation); Contemporary thoughts on innovation systems and research to business approached (with case studies: raised bed and greywater treatment systems); Measuring impacts of water policies (simulation and important consideration for policy formulation and policy scenarios); Impact of water policies on poverty alleviation, food security and NRM. 2. Expand on key skills that empower participants to assess, better formulate and help to improve and implement better water policies. 3. Stimulate cooperation between ICARDA, JICA and participating countries through attendees, as well as regional cooperation (networking and benchmarking) TARGETED AUDIENCE The target audience for this course is the staff of NARS and Technical Staff Officers in Iraq as part of the JICA training program in this country. However, other participants from WANA countries (Tunisia, Palestine, Lebaanon, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen) involved in the water policies, natural resources management, agricultural policies and academia (universities) in their respective institutions who expressed high interest and necessity for their participation were also included in the audience. This gave an opportunity for the trainers to emphasize the importance of collaboration among policy and decisions makers and technicians on the assessment of the water policies impacts, and aspects that both need to take into account when developing and designing harmonized, effective and sustainable strategies and policies mechanisms for water management and governance in the agriculture sector. 3

6 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - Mr. Charles Kleinermann, Head, ICARDA Capacity Development Unit (CDU) - (c.kleinermann@cgiar.org). - Dr. Boubaker Dhehibi, ICARDA Sustainable Intensification and Resilient Production Systems (SIRPS) - (B.Dhehibi@cgiar.org). - Mr. Masafumi Tamura, Technical Training officer, ICARDA CDU (m.tamura@cgiar.org) COURSE STRUCTURE The course instruction was organized through tutorial and practical sessions, which provided participants with hands-on experience using different data sets, software packages, modelling approaches, real case studies, policies analysis framework such SWOT (Strengthens, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) and other tools (see Annex I). The training course was designed to be interactive and participatory where discussion and debate was encouraged. The course was organized in such a way to be an invaluable opportunity for meeting, exchanging and debating current topics on water polices impacts between the participants. The training methods and day-to-day activities were based on the following framework: Comprehensive approach, including intensive theoretical lectures; Exercises in plenary and small groups to help the participants apply some of the course themes (Annex V); Case studies (raised bed, greywater, water governance in Tunisia, water control policies in Iraq, supplemental irrigation in Iraq, etc.); Extensive reading list (all topics): Designed as references for the trainees in their own research; Presentation of case studies by participants (for each country) on (see Annex VI): o Farm-level decision on the adoption of water saving technology o Agricultural policies affecting water management o Irrigation water governance o Applying gender in water policies o Impact of water policies on poverty alleviation o Measuring impacts of water policies The course was designed to cover the following thematic areas/topics: 1. Farm level decision on the adoption of water saving technology. 2. Agricultural policies affecting water management. 3. Integrating and applying gender analysis into water policies. 4. Irrigation water governance: Principles, assessments and implementation. 5. Innovation systems and research to business approaches with respect to developing and disseminating new and improved water use technologies and implications for policy. 6. A framework for assessing impact of water policies on poverty alleviation and food security. 7. Impact assessment of water policies: Options and strategies in NRM. 4

7 8. Simulation of different policy scenarios and important consideration for policy formulation. COURSE IMPLEMENTATION The course included the participation of seven countries of the region. It was attended during the entire week by 17 participants, from whom seven were women (Annex III). The course instruction was delivered by six ICARDA scientists from the Social, Economic, Policy and Research (SEPR) Team within the Sustainable Intensification and Resilient Production Systems Program (SIRPSP) at ICARDA (Annex II). Eight themetic areas were covered by this training course: (i) Farm level decision on the adoption of water saving technology; (ii) Agricultural policies affecting water management; (iii) Integrating and applying gender analysis into water policies; (iv) Irrigation water governance: Principles, assessments and implementation; (v) Innovation systems and research to business approaches with respect to developing and disseminating new and improved water use technologies and implications for policy; (vi) A framework for assessing impact of water policies on poverty alleviation and food security; (vi) Impact assessment of water policies: Options and strategies in NRM; and (viii) Simulation of different policy scenarios and important consideration for policy formulation. The first day (Sunday) began with an overview by Dr. Boubaker Dhehibi followed by lectures provided by Dr. Aden Aw-Hassan on Farm level decision on the adoption of water saving technology and agricultural policies affecting water management. On the next day (Monday), Dr. Dina Najjar delivered lectures on Gender analysis in water poilcies in the morning, and Dr. Ayman Frija presented principles and assessments of irrigation water governance. On the third day (Tuesday), Dr. Shinan Kassam introduced contemporary thoughts on innovation systems and research to business approaches followed by case studies in lower Egypt and Jordan. On the fourth day (Wednesday), Dr. Frija continued to explained irrigation water governance and performance indicators for the assessment of groundwater policies. On the fifth and final day (Thursday), lectures by Dr. Yigezu A. Yigezu provided information on important considerations for policy formulation and introduced simulation of different policy scenarios followed by general discussion and evaluation in presence of JICA representative. GROUP ASSESSMENT Given the main outcomes of the training are to understand the importance and enhancing knowledge and skills of the adoption and impact assessments of water policies in dry land areas, the selection process and assessment of the trainees was made in two steps. The first step consists on the selection, on the basis of their CV s, of the potential participants understanding of basic adoption and impact assessments tools, water policies concepts, water policy analysis and its application. As anticipated, on average the selected participants seemed to know least in basic concepts, followed by agricultural (including water and natural resources) policies analysis tools and its application. The post-training assessement, based on group discussions and interactions, where participants were asked to break up into country groups, reflect on the various sessions covered in the training course and present a case study linked to one thematic area covered by the course. The participants were also asked to record the most relevant information from the sessions and explain how they were going to apply this information when they return to their home. Results from this exercise showed a significant increase in the participants understanding of the basic adoption and impact assessment of water policies concepts, 5

8 farm level decision on the adoption of water saving technology, framework for assessing impact of water policies on poverty alleviation and food security, water management governance, simulation of different policy scenarios and important consideration for policy formulation, with significant increase in the understanding of policies assessment and analysis tools/approaches and frameworks. There was a slight increase in the understanding in application of policies assessment tools. Generally, results from the groups discussion indicate that the average participants understanding of all these sections is satisfactory. EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES The expected learning outcomes from the course are displayed in the section below: A- Design, implement, manage, analyze and report on research in development (RinD) in: Measuring impacts of water policies Adoption assessment of water saving technologies Innovation systems and research approaches with respect to developing and disseminating new and improved water use technologies and implications for policy Agricultural policies affecting water management Irrigation water governance Applying gender in water policies Impact of water policies on poverty alleviation, food security and NRM B- Knowledge of water policies and risk assessment, integrated problem solving and systems analysis; C- Acquire up to date information on research and practical methods and tools in adoption and impact assessment of water policies; D- Allow and provide opportunity for participants to establish, expand their networks, exchange experiences and strengthening their ties with the rest of participating countries, JICA and ICARDA. GENERAL COURSE EVALUATION by TRAINEES At the end of the training course, ICARDA offers to each participant the opportunity to provide feedback on their perception of the effectiveness of training process, format and content. This gives ICARDA valuable information from where to validate or fine-tune each training component (sessions, format, content, tec.), as well as the overall training program. Through training evaluation questionnaires, various evaluations were carried out during the course, including a specific evaluation for each part of the course. Here we present an overview of the final evaluation. Issues considered were the topics and thematic areas of the course, the trainers and the organization, as well as general suggestions (Annex VI). Regarding the overall methodology of the training course, most participants assessed it as excellent (69%) and 27% of participants expressed it as very good. Participants expressed their interest in giving more time for lectures with additional days for the training, more time for discussion and group work, and making the lecture both in Arabic and English. With respect to the technical level of the topics covered in the training, 78% of the participants considered that the delivered material was very useful. Some of them commented that the varying 6

9 experiences among participants were good, and that it would have been useful to focus more on how the measure impacts of water policies using simulations under diferent policy scenarios. CONCLUSION The training course on adoption and impact assessment of water policies had positive responses from the participants. They found it to be a very enlightening experience in many ways (personally and professionally). The satisfaction survey was returned with high scores within the scale of 1-5 (lowest to highest). Overall most participants found the course interesting and provided effective results according to its goals. The participants appreciated the interactive and participatory learning approach, especially the group activities (through the country case studies) and the opportunity to converse in their own language. The training is regarded as a success, however not without issues or revelations. There were some comments regarding the duration of the training which was, according to the participants, too short where some participants have difficulties to fully understand the deep technical aspects of the topics in one week. Although the training was very useful and effective, some requests for more specific training courses related to the measurment of water policy impacts using modelling and simulation scenarios were outlined by the attendees including a follow-up in some specific topics with an academic joint possible research (MSc and PhD) for development collaborative projects (Iraqi universities, JICA and ICARDA). Below is a list of the main comments and concerns of the trainees: More time for lectures with additional days for the training More time for discussion and group work Simulation of different policy scenarios Measuring impact of water policies Making the lecture both in Arabic and English 7

10 Annex I: Course Program Day, time Topic Persons Saturday 21 May 2015 Arrival of participants Day 1: Sunday 22 May :30 09:00 Registration CDU - ICARDA 09:00 09:45 Opening ceremony A. Aw-Hassan (SIRPSP- ICARDA), CDU (ICARDA) and JICA representative 09:45 10:00 Course Overview (Contents, Schedule and Objectives) Dhehibi (SIRPSP-ICARDA) 10:00 10:30 Group photo and coffee break 10:30 11:30 Interactive Learning Session B. Dhehibi (SIRPSP-ICARDA) 11:30 12:30 Farm Level Decision on the Adoption of Water-Saving Technology A. Aw-Hassan (SIRPSP- ICARDA) 12:30 13:30 Lunch break 13:30 14:45 Farm level Decision on the Adoption of Water-Saving Technology A. Aw-Hassan (SIRPSP- ICARDA) 14:45 16:00 Agricultrual policies affecting water management A. Aw-Hassan (SIRPSP- ICARDA) Day 2: Monday 23 May :00 10:30 Gender Analysis Basics D. Najjar (SIRPSP-ICARDA) 10:30 11:00 Coffee and tea break 11:00 12:30 Integrating Gender into Water Policies D. Najjar (SIRPSP-ICARDA) 12:30 13:30 Applying Gender Analysis in Water Policies D. Najjar (SIRPSP-ICARDA) 13:30 14:30 Lunch break 14:30 16:00 Irrigation Water Governance: Principles and Assessments A. Frija (SIRPSP-ICARDA) Day 3: Tuesday 24 May :00 10:30 Contemporary Thoughts on Innovation Systems and Research to S. Kassam (SIRPSP-ICARDA) Business Approaches 10:30 11:00 Coffee and tea break 11:00 12:30 Case Study I: Mechanized Raised Bed Production Systems in S. Kassam (SIRPSP-ICARDA) Lower Egypt 12:30 13:30 Case Study II: Greywater Treatment Systems in Jordan S. Kassam (SIRPSP-ICARDA) 13:30 14:30 Lunch break 14:30 16:00 A framework for Assessing Impact of Water Policies on Poverty Alleviation and Food Security B. Dhehibi (SIRPSP-ICARDA) Day 4: Wednesday 25 May :00 10:30 Irrigation Water Governance : Effective Implementation and Case A. Frija (SIRPSP-ICARDA) Study 10:30 11:00 Coffee and tea break 11:00 12:30 Performance Indicators for the Assessment of Groundwater A. Frija (SIRPSP-ICARDA) Policies 12:30 13:30 Impact Assessment of Water Policies: Options and Strategies in B. Dhehibi (SIRPSP-ICARDA) NRM 13:30 14:30 Lunch break 14:30 16:00 Water Control Policies in Iraq: A Perspective B. Dhehibi (SIRPSP-ICARDA) Day 5: Thursday 26 May :00 10:30 Important Considerations for Policy Formulation Y. A. Yigezu (SIRPSP-ICARDA) 8

11 10:30 11:00 Coffee and tea break 11:00 12:30 Simulation of Different Policy Scenarios Y. A. Yigezu (SIRPSP-ICARDA) 12:30 13:30 Measuring Impacts of Water Policies Y. A. Yigezu (SIRPSP-ICARDA) 13:30 14:30 Lunch break 14:30 15:00 General discussion SEPR-SIRPSP Team - ICARDA 15:00 15:30 Course evaluation and recommendations CDU - ICARDA 15:30 16:00 Closing ceremony: Award of certificates and closing session SEPR-SIRPSP Team CDU and JICA representative Friday 27 May 2016 Departure of participants 9

12 Annex II: About Trainers Trainers Name & Surname Institution 1 Dr. Aden Aw-Hassan SIRPS- ICARDA A.Aw-hassan@cgiar.org 2 Dr. Boubaker Dhehibi SIRPS- ICARDA B.Dhehibi@cgiar.org 3 Dr. Dina Najjar SIRPS- ICARDA D.Najjar@cgiar.org 4 Dr. Ayman Frija SIRPS- ICARDA A.Frija@cgiar.org 5 Dr. Shinan Kassam SIRPS- ICARDA S.Kassam@cgiar.org 6 Dr. Yigezu. A. Yigezu SIRPS- ICARDA Y.Yigezu@cgiar.org Dr. Aden Aw-Hassan is and agricultural economist and the leader of the Social, Economic, Policy research team at SIRPS program of ICARDA. His main skills and interests include micro-economic analysis related to farm households; production economics of agricultural enterprises with the focus on identifying major production constraints and finding ways of improving productivity and competitiveness; analysis of trends in food systems and projections of future food systems scenarios; agricultural market value chains with a focus on identifying transaction costs and inefficiencies in agricultural markets; farmer associations as a vehicle of development- enabling access to services, inputs and credit, and bargaining power; livelihood analysis of rural livelihoods; tracking technology adoption and research impact assessment; farm income impacts of climate change and policy analysis. Aden has close to 35 years of research and teaching experience. He has published more than 100 research publications in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, international conferences, working papers and proceedings. Dr. Dina Najjar has joined the Social, Economics and Policy Research Program of ICARDA as an Associate Social and Gender Scientist on 27 February She is a sociocultural anthropologist by training and completed her PhD in Anthropology in 2013 from the University of Western Ontario. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and a Diploma of Ingenieur Agricole from the American University of Beirut in 2003, an Ecosystem Restoration Post-graduate Certificate from Niagara College in 2004, and a Masters in Natural Resource Management from the University of Manitoba in Dina s research interests include gender-responsive agricultural extension, rural women s empowerment and equality, women s access to and control over land, gender in agricultural innovations, and the consequences of the recent Revolution in Egypt. She is currently working on gender empowerment through agricultural innovations and decent work in areas which include Egypt, India, Morocco, Sudan, Ethiopia and Uzbekistan. Dr Boubaker Dhehibi is an Agricultural Resource Economist Specialist in the Social, Economics and Policy Research Team (SIRPS-Program) at ICARDA. He is distinguished for his research and teaching on production economics, climate change, economics of natural resources management, applied micro-econometrics, food demand analysis, international trade, economic modeling, competitiveness and productivity analysis of the agriculture sector in MENA region, growth analysis and economics of development. He has published more than 80 research publications in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, international conferences, working papers and proceedings. 10

13 Dr. Aymen Frija holds a PhD in agricultural economics from Ghent University (Belgium) and MSc in Agricultural Economics from the Higher School of Agriculture of Montpellier (ENSAM) France. He is specialized in economic modeling with a focus on natural resources policies and governance. From 2009 to 2011, he was working as a postdoctoral fellow at Ghent University, within a research group specialized in agricultural water policy analysis in developing countries. In late 2011, he joined the College of Agriculture of Mograne (Carthage University/Tunisia) where he was working as assistant professor and researcher. He is currently working at the Social, Economic and Policy Research Program (SEPRP) at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). His current research interests include economic modelling, farm efficiency and productivity analysis, agricultural water management, institutional performances analysis, and conservation agriculture economics. Dr. Yigezu Atnafe Yigezu specializes in various topics in international development (production economics, natural resource and environmental economics, policy analysis, technology adoption, impact assessment, and bio-economic modeling of production systems). Yigezu s quantitative skills include: mathematical programming, stochastic dynamic programming, computable general equilibrium (CGE) and inputoutput (IO) modeling and Econometrics. Yigezu earned both his MSc (2005) and PhD (2009) degrees in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, U.S.A. He has been working with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) as an Agricultural Economist since June Prior to his graduate studies, Yigezu has also worked for over 14 years with a number of development and research organizations. Yigezu has published 10 refereed journal articles, 4 working papers, 5 research reports, 2 book chapters, and over 15 conference proceedings Dr. Shinan Kassam holds a PhD in resource management and environmental studies from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver), from where he also obtained earlier degrees in agricultural economics (B.Sc. (Agr.), MSc.). Through judicious application of quantitative, qualitative and mixed method designs, his research is aimed at better understanding how communities within dry areas manage and cope with different facets of risk, and how the process of agricultural innovation can be enhanced through joint research and learning. How household decisions are influenced by environmental shocks, market forces, government policies, rural infrastructure, household assets (human, physical, financial and social), natural resource endowments, social and cultural norms, as well as competing interests for farm and off-farm income motivates much of my R4D engagement. He is currently engaged in research activities within the MENA region (Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco), Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan) and more recently in Eritrea. Prior to joining ICARDA, he was based in Syria and Central Asia (Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan) with the Aga Khan Development Network, where he held senior level positions in the management and implementation of multi-input area development programmes (rural development, community based public health, early childhood education, civil society enhancement, microfinance). His focus on quality of life, as opposed to a more narrow concentration on livelihoods, stems from this engagement and through an embracement of the notion that while agricultural innovation is an important driver for economic growth within many developing economies, there are a multitude of other influences (sectoral, national, international, social, historical and cultural) which either enhance or impede the nature and speed of agricultural innovation. A need for understanding trade-offs becomes important in this regard, and therefore requires a paradigm shift in conventional thinking related to agricultural innovation. 11

14 Annex III: Trainees List of Contacts JICA # Name of nominee Country Gender Nominating institutions Current postion/institutions Telephone number address Omar Shakir Najm Lateef Jasim Al Kangole Duraid Kamil Abdeljaleel Mohamed Sarim Khamat 5 Raghad Sami Ahmed 6 Ruaa Khaled Hamdan 7 Saria Layth Al Ameri Adhba Abdulhameed 8 Jasim Mohammed Khalid 9 Mohammed Farhan Mariam AL JAMMAL Ibrahim Mohamed Abdel-Fattah Malek Abd Almo ty Aburomman Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq Iraq M M M M F F F F Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) MoWR MoWR MoWR MoWR MoWR MoWR MoWR Senior Engineer/ National Center for Water Recourses management r.sss44@yahoo.com Chief engineers assistant/ Center of studies and engineering Designs latefgm73@yachoo.om Deputy Director of water resources in Diwaneyah du2014ma@gmail.com Assistant Engineer/MoWR mohammedskh90@yahoo.com Engineer/MoWR raghadsami88@gmail.com Hydraulic designer/strategic studies dpt. MoWR ruaakhalid@yahoo.com Senior Engineer in Environmental plannning/ MoWR Saryalayth@yahoo.com Senior Engineer in Environmental plannning/ MoWR karamella881@yahoo.com Iraq M moh_mmed85@yahoo.com Lebanon Egypt Jordan F M F LARI ARC NCARE Vice-president and Research assistant, LARI, Kfardan, Lebanon Researcher at Water Requirement& Field Irrigation Research Department Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute, ARC Research assistant/ncare (961) Mariam.jammal@live.com hema_themanager@yahoo.com malek_aburomman@yahoo.com 13 Omamah Taysir Taher Hadidi Jordan F NCARE Research assistant/ncare omamahfm71@yahoo.com 12

15 AFESD # Name of nominee Country Gender Nominating institutions Current postion/institutions Telephone number address 14 Talel Stambouli Tunisia 15 Latifa Dhaouadi Tunisia Zaher Barghouthi Palestine M F M Majd Sharaf Saif Al Azazi Yemen M Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education IRESAT: Centre Régiional de rechercehe en Agriculture oasienne de Degache NARC AREA: Agricultural Research & Extension Authority Assistant Professor/High School of Agriculture of Mograne stamboulitalel@yahoo.fr Assistant/:Regional Research Center for Oasis Agriculture CRRAO Degueche latifa_hydro@yahoo.fr Deputy Director of NARC-Jenin zaher_bar@hotmail.com Socioeconomist/AREA sailan.abdulla@gmail.com 13

16 Annex IV: General Course Evaluation I. Contents of the course: Item/rating/percentage Relevance of the course to your job 1=Not relevant; 5=Very relevant Accomplishment of subject matter 1=Inadequate 5=Very comprehensive Clarity of course objectives 1=Not clear; 5=Very clear Level of lectures 1=Too basic 5=Too Time allocated for discussions 1=Too short 5=Too long Interaction with participants enrolled in the course 1=Very low 5=Very high Overall, how would you rate this course 1=Poor 5=Excellent OVERALL AVERAGE II. Schedule and time allocation: Item/rating/percentage Percentage of Time allocated to lectures 1=Too short 5=Too long Usefulness of Lectures 1=not useful 5=useful OVERALL AVERAGE III. Teaching aids: Item/rating/percentage OVERALL AVERAGE Effectiveness of teaching aids in general 1=Not effective 5=Very effective 4.4 Clarity of slides/overheads/powerpoint 1=Not clear 5=Very clear 4.5 Handouts and material 1=Not useful 5=Very useful

17 IV. Administrative arrangements: Item/rating/percentage 1=NI 5=Excellent Pre-course communication Travel arrangements Quality of the accommodation OVERALL AVERAGE Payment of allowance on time 4.1 Transportation Lecture rooms V. Your comments and suggestions on the course: 1. Please state the three most important ideas/concepts that you learned from this course Agricultural Policies for water management (water saving technology) Applying gender analysis in water policies Participation and team work is the most useful method Use of modern methods for designing policies Water Irrigation governance Innovation System and its relation to business Link between farmers and government 2. Suggestions for future improvement of the courses More time for lectures with additional days for the training More time for discussion and group work Simulation of different policy scenarios Measuring impact of water policies Making the lecture both in Arabic and English 3. Do you recommend this course to be repeated in the future? Yes 100% No End 15

18 Annex V: Interactive Learning Session Training Course On Adoption and Impact Assessment of Water Policies May, 2016 Amman Jordan Interactive Learning Session Sunday 22 nd May, What are the main water saving technologies in your country (with special emphasis to the agriculture sector) 2. What is approximately the level of adoption of such technologies 3. What are the main constraints to adoption 4. What are the water resources management challenges and opportunities in your country 5. Brief description of water policies (for agriculture) in your country: Process, stakeholders, implementation, monitoring 6. What are the key management policies and strategies to achieve effective governance of water resources (Give an example) 7. What are the important consideration for water policy formulation 8. What water data needed to answer the water policy question 9. What indicators you are using to measure the impact of a specific water policy (outcomes)? Give a concrete example of water policy mechanism in your country 10. What do you expect to learn from this training course? 16

19 Annex VI: Countries Case Studies Training Course On Adoption and Impact Assessment of Water Policies May, 2016 Amman Jordan Countries Case Studies Participants are requested to bring and to present a case study on measuring impacts of water policies or adoption assessment of water saving technology from their country (example: raised bed technology in Egypt, water harvesting technology in Jordan and Palestine, supplemental irrigation in Iraq and Tunisia, etc.) on one of the topics covered by the course such as: Farm level decision on the adoption of water saving technology (constraints, limitation, successful factors to adopt such technology, role of policies and institution to enhance and support adoption) Agricultural policies affecting water management (existing policies and their evaluation using SWOT analysis -strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the implementation of such technologies) Irrigation water governance (what are the different systems/programmes of water governance in your country for different contexts and scales farm, watershed, etc.) Applying gender in water policies (Gender Mainstreaming in Water Sector Policies and Institutions) Impact of water policies on poverty alleviation and food security (what are the existing policies interventions for an equitable distribution of water As an example water distribution across different reaches of the canal in irrigation systems) Measuring impacts of water policies at farm level (what are the existing policies affecting water productivity, efficiency, impacts of irrigation management) 17