Management committee inauguration
(C) Arber Xhaferaj
Creating Management Committee
Although there was a managing agency, the governance structure needed broader formal input, especially for a decision making mechanism.
So a management committee, including the management authority, a water authority, local government, community representatives and regional government was initiated.
The management committee has a chair, who has the responsibility to convene regular contact and meetings, and also special meetings to address issues or make decisions on management as the requirement emerges.
1. Active authorities and stakeholders, who are committed to participating fully
2. Provision of a terms of reference, for guidance
The main difficulty in the case of Buna was to have the management committee operating independently. In phase 1 of the project, the committee was first convened and the expectation was that it would operate proactively. However, it had to be revisited and re-convened in phase 2 by the NGOs, whereas we had hoped it would be functioning without outside encouragement.