Capacity Development & Organisationsunterstützung für konvergente Umsetzung Wasserversorgungssicherheit ländliches Indien 12 Distrikte

Capacity development and organisational support for convergent implementation of measures to improve water security in rural India - Output 1: Development of framework, approaches, and instruments - Develop a Rural Water Security (RWS) Framework as basis to support new integrated approaches and guidelines for assessment, planning, convergent implementation, and impact monitoring of water security measures - Development of an index for benchmarking and impact monitoring of rural water security (RWS index) - Further develop related digital solutions and dashboards for assessment and decision support - Capacity Development on Integrated Water Security Assessment and Planning at district, block and Gram Panchayat level Output 2: Convergent implementation of measures to improve water security in demonstration districts - On-the-job training to develop local water security plans - Strengthening district-level governance mechanisms for convergent implementation - Provide handholding support for convergent implementation of measures to improve water security at Block and Gram Panchayat level - Use of existing and new incentive mechanisms for convergent implementation of measures to improve water security Output 3: Institutional mechanisms for mainstreaming - Evaluation and documentation of successful applications of the RWS framework - Preparation of materials for mainstreaming - Integration of approaches and digital solutions in programme delivery systems - Mechanisms for aligning water security plans with sector plans Intervention Area The project will be implemented in 12 demonstration districts located in the following six states: Bihar, Gujarat, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, and Karnataka.