indicator or monitoring product. Although this resistance has faded with time, it
persists among some stakeholders.
Institutional Fragilities were revealed along the process, ranging from the lack of
personnel, high turnover or experience of partners’ staffs, and the lack of planningbased management (which includes the lack of integration and knowledge of
monitoring and other data).
The perception of these institutional fragilities as challenging is well documented
in the notes of the third technical workshop (Salvador, INEMA (BA), November
19–20), and more specifically in the discussions about the monitoring network gaps
and bottle necks that were identified through an institutional and IT analyses
performed to support the DM process.
17.6.3 Strengths in the Drought NLTA Process
Commitment and Participation has been one of the keys to overcome the abovementioned resistance, resulting from a sum of factors:
• A regionally-led initiative (as opposed to one that is purely top-down);
• A technical-scientific process that is less susceptible to political interference;
• The immediate applicability of the concepts and studies to the ongoing drought
in the region;
• The differentiation of the DM from other monitoring products, and;
• The highly participatory methodology that acknowledged the importance of the
contributions from technicians as well as of the upper-level managers and policy
makers.
Capacity Development and Institutional Strengthening resulted from the participation in the DPPs and the DM. Respondents agreed that there was an unequivocal gain in knowledge and improved capacity to deliver daily duties, with a
broader and more complex vision than they had previously possessed before the
initiation of the process, as the quote below illustrates:
“What can one say, what to argue, to a mayor, a governor? (. . .) Now I can say we
know the limitations of the dam. (. . .) Today I am sure I am adopting the correct
measures. (. . .) “We feel secure to tell the press we are prepared (. . .)”. – Manager
of a water resources company in Pernambuco state, participant of a DPP. Interview
and workshop notes
The institutional strengthening is directly linked with the capacity development.
The interviewees reported that their institutions are stronger and more capable to
deliver their services. This strengthening also derives from the methodologies used
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persists among some stakeholders.
Institutional Fragilities were revealed along the process, ranging from the lack of
personnel, high turnover or experience of partners’ staffs, and the lack of planningbased management (which includes the lack of integration and knowledge of
monitoring and other data).
The perception of these institutional fragilities as challenging is well documented
in the notes of the third technical workshop (Salvador, INEMA (BA), November
19–20), and more specifically in the discussions about the monitoring network gaps
and bottle necks that were identified through an institutional and IT analyses
performed to support the DM process.
17.6.3 Strengths in the Drought NLTA Process
Commitment and Participation has been one of the keys to overcome the abovementioned resistance, resulting from a sum of factors:
• A regionally-led initiative (as opposed to one that is purely top-down);
• A technical-scientific process that is less susceptible to political interference;
• The immediate applicability of the concepts and studies to the ongoing drought
in the region;
• The differentiation of the DM from other monitoring products, and;
• The highly participatory methodology that acknowledged the importance of the
contributions from technicians as well as of the upper-level managers and policy
makers.
Capacity Development and Institutional Strengthening resulted from the participation in the DPPs and the DM. Respondents agreed that there was an unequivocal gain in knowledge and improved capacity to deliver daily duties, with a
broader and more complex vision than they had previously possessed before the
initiation of the process, as the quote below illustrates:
“What can one say, what to argue, to a mayor, a governor? (. . .) Now I can say we
know the limitations of the dam. (. . .) Today I am sure I am adopting the correct
measures. (. . .) “We feel secure to tell the press we are prepared (. . .)”. – Manager
of a water resources company in Pernambuco state, participant of a DPP. Interview
and workshop notes
The institutional strengthening is directly linked with the capacity development.
The interviewees reported that their institutions are stronger and more capable to
deliver their services. This strengthening also derives from the methodologies used
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