ASIrri - Cambodia
Irrigation Service Center (ISC) - Building the future of FWUCs
FWUC Participatory Evaluation
The ASIrri project has developped a participatory methodology for evaluating FWUC management based on 33 criteria (inspired by a similar methodology developped by AVSF in Cambodia to evaluate Farmer Organizations).
This methodology has been tested on 13 FWUC in March-April 2011 (12 members of FWN and Po Pi Daem scheme).
Only Prey Nup reached the level V and Stung Chinit the level IV. Stung Chinit failed to reach the level V mainly because of its poor financial sustainability and its dependence on subsidies.
Other experienced FWUC which are collecting ISF at a low level were classified in level III: O Treng, O Veng, Sdao Kong, Prek Ta Roat.
Other FWUC could reach only the level I or II (see detailed evalation sheets below).
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Why to evaluate the FWUC management?
The ISC has developed its own tool for evaluating FWUC management. This evaluation gives a simple and understandable picture at a specific moment of the FWUC development path. This picture shall be shared inside the FWUC and outside with other stakeholders. It can be used as well as a tool to present the ISC services.
Through this evaluation implementation, the participants will:
- Identify practical problems faced by the FWUC committee
- Get a clearer understanding about what the FWUC committee is supposed to do and to achieve
- Measure the gap between what the FWUC is doing and what it is supposed to do
- Define priorities for improvement
- Identify external supports needed
- Compare FWUC with each other
Through evaluation, the ISC aims at comparing FWUC, showing which ones get the best results, where farmers have a strong ownership and where government and development partners shall direct their supports. For example, the access to government subsidies or maintenance fund from government could be linked with a minimum level of management in order to ensure that the money would be used according to appropriate financial procedures and will truly benefit to the farmers.
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