Wetland Resources Action Planning (WRAP) Toolkit

An integrated action planning toolkit to conserve aquatic resources and biodiversity by promoting sustainable use

2.1 Wetland Assessment

Communication Assessment

Process

Communication plays an invaluable and integral role in sustainable development projects with an integrated approach such as in the HighARCS project. The important processes of awareness building, interaction, exchange of information, technology distribution, knowledge sharing, partnership development and community participation conducted in the project are all facilitated by communication. Success in achieving targets and goals is a function of the kind and the quality of communication that happens within the project.

In the case of the HighARCS Project, communication played an integral role from the beginning to its conclusion. For the effective management of the project, information was exchanged and dialogue continued among the multidisciplinary project partners throughout the project life.

At the level of the site teams, they had to engage the participation of the community. This entailed: creating awareness among local stakeholders of highland aquatic resources; consulting, getting feedback and validating research outputs with them; negotiating and building partnerships with these stakeholders; and participatory planning and implementation of their integrated action plans.

The eventual findings and outputs of the project also had to be transformed to appropriate formats and communicated to key local and national level stakeholders, as well as other groups interested in wetland resource action planning. While all these processes were happening, a mechanism was employed to monitor and evaluate progress against stated objectives of project activities and outputs. All these activities and processes central to project development and implementation involved communication.

The communication strategy used in HighARCS hinges on the participation between and among the institutional partners directly involved in the project, community and stakeholder engagement in the project sites and the dissemination of information to the general public. The following are the modes of communication in HighARCS:

  • Communication among partners through emails, workshops, project management steering meetings, skype, project website, online WRAP toolkit
  • Communication between partners with site teams and their stakeholders: through field visits, one-on-one dialogue with key informants as well as group meetings and local workshops, special events like school contests and public fairs
  • Communication between partners and the general public including particularly those involved in wetland resource action initiatives and related fields: through brochures; posters; facebook; website; online WRAP toolkit; attendance in external meetings, conferences, and public events

Tools

Description
HighARCS Project Communication (pdf)

Contains CME Strategic Framework, Field Guide to Strategy including Project CME Planning and Implementation, and CME Plans for Communication Planning and Field sites in India, Vietnam and China.

Stakeholders Profile: Survey for the Site Teams (pdf)

Provides survey questions for socio-demographic characteristics of potential stakeholders from the perspective of the site teams.

Communication Planning Form from Workshop 1
HighARCS CME Planning Table (doc)
CME planning workshop_Oct 2009 (pdf)

Filling out this form helps provide a better understanding of communication planning. This form includes stakeholder network analysis and identification of types of communication media that can effectively be used for each stakeholder group, gender and age considered.

Communication Planning Form from Workshop 2
CME Planning (pdf)
CME Workplan and Communication Plan Table (doc)
CME Presentation 2009 (pdf)

Gives an outline of the elements of a communication plan and serves as guide for teams to do their own communication plans based on workplan activities.

Tables on Community Engagement Communication Activities (doc)
Communication Materials Used (doc)
Communication Research Tools Used (doc)

Documents the actual communication strategies used by the site teams to engage the communities in the conduct of the HighARCS Project.

Project Website (pdf)

A Project website (www.higharcs.org) dedicated to facilitate information exchange and to foster cooperation among multidisciplinary partners. This is the precursor of the WRAP toolkit.

Policy brief guidance (pdf) Where problems or issues identified require policy actions in order to solve them (either change in existing policy, or the development of new policy) the publication of policy briefs can be an effective tool. This document outlines the planning, development and layout to make an effective policy brief. This guidance document has been compiled using the policy brief guidance from the International Development Research Centre, Toolkit for Researchers and the FAO Food Security Communications Toolkit.
Brochure, long version (pdf)

Includes Background, Concept and Objectives, Research Approach, Overall Strategy, Strategic Impact, Partners, and Management. Detailed information and thus, more appropriate for distribution in conferences, fora and meetings directly related to the purpose of HighARCS.

Brochure, long version (Vietnamese) (pdf)

Contains the same information as the long version of the brochure in English, but is translated in Vietnamese.

Brochure, short version (pdf)

Includes project sites, overall strategy, basic information about HighARCS, such as Objectives, Research Approach, Research Partners. Brief text. Intended for the general public.

China HighARCS brochure (pdf)

An in-country brochure for the HighARCS project, with English and Chinese text. Includes Major Activities of the Project, Objectives, Maps of the Research and Sampling Sites, Major Stakeholders in Different Parts of the Beijiang River Watershed.

Suggested Guidelines on Scenario-Planning for the Public Launching of the WRAP Toolkit

The Suggested Guidelines are meant for HighARCS partners who want to introduce and launch the WRAP Toolkit to selected audiences or to the general public.

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1.0 Integrated Approach

How to integrate action planning research and implementation across disciplines to avoid duplication and contradictory results and practices

Lessons Learned

Process

communication_assessment

gender_and_age_inclusivity

index

stakeholder_engagement

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2.1 Wetland Assessment

How to assess the biodiversity, livelihood, and ecosystem services values and identify policy and conflicts at a wetland site

diversity assessment

system services valuation

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elihood assessment

icy assessment

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2.2 Development of Integrated Action Plans

How to work with stakeholders to identify and implement actions needed at a wetland site

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anization of activities

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2.3 Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation

How to develop monitoring and evaluation of the processes and action plans put in place

Implemantation
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Impacts and Outcomes
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To be developed

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Wetland Assessment
Development of Action Plans
Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation
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Feedback/Comments

Description
HighARCS Project Communication (pdf)

Contains CME Strategic Framework, Field Guide to Strategy including Project CME Planning and Implementation, and CME Plans for Communication Planning and Field sites in India, Vietnam and China.

Stakeholders Profile: Survey for the Site Teams (pdf)

Provides survey questions for socio-demographic characteristics of potential stakeholders from the perspective of the site teams.

Communication Planning Form from Workshop 1
HighARCS CME Planning Table (doc)
CME planning workshop_Oct 2009 (pdf)

Filling out this form helps provide a better understanding of communication planning. This form includes stakeholder network analysis and identification of types of communication media that can effectively be used for each stakeholder group, gender and age considered.

Communication Planning Form from Workshop 2
CME Planning (pdf)
CME Workplan and Communication Plan Table (doc)
CME Presentation 2009 (pdf)

Gives an outline of the elements of a communication plan and serves as guide for teams to do their own communication plans based on workplan activities.

Tables on Community Engagement Communication Activities (doc)
Communication Materials Used (doc)
Communication Research Tools Used (doc)

Documents the actual communication strategies used by the site teams to engage the communities in the conduct of the HighARCS Project.

Project Website (pdf)

A Project website (www.higharcs.org) dedicated to facilitate information exchange and to foster cooperation among multidisciplinary partners. This is the precursor of the WRAP toolkit.

Policy brief guidance (pdf) Where problems or issues identified require policy actions in order to solve them (either change in existing policy, or the development of new policy) the publication of policy briefs can be an effective tool. This document outlines the planning, development and layout to make an effective policy brief. This guidance document has been compiled using the policy brief guidance from the International Development Research Centre, Toolkit for Researchers and the FAO Food Security Communications Toolkit.
Brochure, long version (pdf)

Includes Background, Concept and Objectives, Research Approach, Overall Strategy, Strategic Impact, Partners, and Management. Detailed information and thus, more appropriate for distribution in conferences, fora and meetings directly related to the purpose of HighARCS.

Brochure, long version (Vietnamese) (pdf)

Contains the same information as the long version of the brochure in English, but is translated in Vietnamese.

Brochure, short version (pdf)

Includes project sites, overall strategy, basic information about HighARCS, such as Objectives, Research Approach, Research Partners. Brief text. Intended for the general public.

China HighARCS brochure (pdf)

An in-country brochure for the HighARCS project, with English and Chinese text. Includes Major Activities of the Project, Objectives, Maps of the Research and Sampling Sites, Major Stakeholders in Different Parts of the Beijiang River Watershed.

Suggested Guidelines on Scenario-Planning for the Public Launching of the WRAP Toolkit

The Suggested Guidelines are meant for HighARCS partners who want to introduce and launch the WRAP Toolkit to selected audiences or to the general public.

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