Inception report of participatory watershed management consultancy: Participatory watershed management for the Ping River basin project

(1) Terms of reference The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has received a grant from ASEM Trust Fund in cooperation with the World Bank for a technical assistance team to help improve environmental quality in the Ping River Basin. The team will contribute to achieving enhancedlivelihood and health outcomes for the communities in the basin, and to replicating the team’s experience (especially the management model) to other river basins in the country. The main development objective of this TA team will be achieved by: •Developing a participatory “micro-watershed” (sub-basin) management model that provides access to all stakeholders (communities, local government agencies and private sector enterprises) in the decision making process and demonstrating its implementation. •Enhancing capacity of stakeholders, especially community groups and local government, to participate in the planning, implementation and monitoring of interventions. •Strengthening regulatory and incentive mechanism to modify behavior of watershed users. •Developing a result framework to monitor environment, health and livelihood outcomes. Regarding these objectives, MoNRE has assigned the office of the Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) to take a major role under this grant in arranging activities associated with participatory watershed management for Ping River Basin Project. In order to fulfill project objectives, four components of activities, have been designed as follows: •Component 1: Participatory “micro-watershed” (sub-basin) management •Component 2: Enhancing the capacity of community groups in the 3 “micro-watersheds” (sub-basins) •Component 3: Strengthening the regulatory and incentive structure for improved behavior of users in the three “micro-watersheds” (sub-basins) •Component 4: Project coordination, results measurement and dissemination Part of the grant proceeds is applied to a contract under this TOR for an Expert (Watershed Management).

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