This document discusses water governance and sustainability efforts around Lake Naivasha in Kenya. It notes that the lake faces both water quantity and quality problems due to upstream irrigation and poor practices. A multi-stakeholder partnership called Imarisha Naivasha was formed to develop a sustainable development action plan through collective governance, planning, and action. Key results of these efforts include surveys of groundwater abstraction, adoption of water management plans, and payment programs for environmental services. The partnership aims to transition toward demand-driven, adaptive approaches and long-term commitments to ensure sustainable water governance and management around Lake Naivasha.

1. Water for All
Shared risk and opportunity:
PPPP Governance of
water
Bart Geenen – WWF
Adopted by Joris van
Oppenraaij (NWP) for Rain
meeting 11 December 2013

2. Consumers Choices

3. Business Risks

4. What are companies saying?
‘A survey of 350 companies found that 92% agree
that a water crisis is looming and 70% believe
that the risks of water scarcity are equal to those
of carbon emissions.’
WSP Environment & Energy, September 2009

5. What are companies doing?

6. Context
• 2nd largest freshwater lake Kenya
• Economic hub in Kenya
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Floriculture heart (70% Kenyan export)
2-3% Kenyan GDP
Leading foreign exchange earner (9%)
40% of EU retail market (50% NL)
Geothermal existing and expanding
Regional market
• Rich Biodiversity
• Employment (20.000 direct, 350,000 indirect)
• 80% water quantity problems due to irrigation
• 80% water quality problems due to poor practices
upstream

7. How did we get there?
Sense of
urgency
Convening
power
Shared
problem, risk &
vision
Joint planning,
joint action
Quantifiable problem
Collective/good governance, communication and
transparency
Measurable results
within reach
Mainstreaming good
practice, to economic
interdependency
Business case
Celebrating success &
communication
7 February 2014 - 7

8. Sense of
urgency
Convening
power
Shared
problem, risk &
vision
Joint planning,
joint action
Quantifiable problem
Collective/good governance, communication and
transparency
Measurable results
within reach
Mainstreaming good
practice, to economic
interdependency
Business case
Celebrating success &
communication
7 February 2014 - 8

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10. Sense of
urgency
Convening
power
Shared
problem, risk &
vision
Joint planning,
joint action
Quantifiable problem
Collective/good governance, communication and
transparency
Measurable results
within reach
Mainstreaming good
practice, to economic
interdependency
Business case
Celebrating success &
communication
7 February 2014 - 10

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12. Sense of
urgency
Convening
power
Shared
problem, risk &
vision
Joint planning,
joint action
Quantifiable problem
Collective/good governance, communication and
transparency
Measurable results
within reach
Mainstreaming good
practice, to economic
interdependency
Business case
Celebrating success &
communication
7 February 2014 - 12

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14. Sense of
urgency
Convening
power
Shared
problem, risk &
vision
Joint planning,
joint action
Quantifiable problem
Collective/good governance, communication and
transparency
Measurable results
within reach
Mainstreaming good
practice, to economic
interdependency
Business case
Celebrating success &
communication
7 February 2014 - 14

15. Results
• Groundwater abstraction permits survey
• Freeze abstraction licensing
• Groundwater protection zone
• WRUAs got water management and fee collection
mandate (empowerment)
• (Simple) Water Allocation Plan adopted
• Payment for Environmental Services (PES)
• ...
• More than considered realistic before 2009!
• ... and it is the stakeholders collectively steering the
process

16. Sense of
urgency
Convening
power
Shared
problem, risk &
vision
Joint planning,
joint action
Quantifiable the problem
Collective/good governance, communication and
transparency
Measurable results
within reach
Mainstreaming good
practice, to economic
interdependency
Business case
Celebrating success &
communication
7 February 2014 - 16

17. Sense of
urgency
Convening
power
Shared
problem, risk &
vision
Joint planning,
joint action
Quantifiable the problem
Collective/good governance, communication and
transparency
Measurable results
within reach
Mainstreaming good
practice, to economic
interdependency
Business case
Celebrating success &
communication
7 February 2014 - 17

18. PPPP Governance Structure: Imarisha
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PPPP body mandated by Government
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representatives of local and national government, civil society/ community
groups, land/ resource managers, private sector and business community
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Sustainable Development Action Plan
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Coordinate the activities of various players
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Transparency and data sharing
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Monitor compliance with the laws and regulations governing LN
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Develop and enforce codes of conduct
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Develop, adapt and execute a Trust (€ in/outside Kenya)

19. Value chain  Place based interventions
Certification international trade
(eg flowers)
Catchment –wide
governance of
water for
sustainability
Beyond certification
Beyond IWRM

20. IWRAP
1. Improved governance WRMA and WRUAs: NL RWA,
WGC
2. Improved quantitative water resource management
and monitoring: NL RWA, ITC, Deltares
3. Headwater protection (CFM): WWF
4. Prepare scaling PES in riparian farmland: WWF
5. Good stewardship in LNB floriculture through adoption
of national standards and certification: KFC, IDH
6. Strengthened Imarisha Naivasha for execution of the
SDAP: Imarisha
7. LN PPP Sustainable Development Fund (LNB-3PSDF): WWF (NL), ITC, Imarisha, NL & UK retail, IDH,
GIZ

21. Project  Partnership Governance?
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PPPP on basis of added value: chain of barriers becomes chain of
opportunities
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Paradigm change: no pre-fixed projects
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Demand-driven, Sensing, Probing & Scaling, Open ended
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Changing partners: transition (private sector ~ business plan)
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Funding & finance
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Adaptive, Changing, Risk capital, Enabling
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Become engaged
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Long-term commitment / Collective action
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FIETS sustainability and thus multi stakeholder