Basic Principles of the GEF Projects: Community Involvement:Bottom up formulation. Continuity:Who will be responsible. Sustainability:Assuring the necessary support. Replicability:Multiplying the successful practices.

1. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO

2. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Location

3. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO São Francisco Project Operational Structure
UNEP
OAS ANA
GEF São Francisco P2
ACTIVITIES
S1 S2 S3... Sn
Govt agencies
Communities
External agents
Schools
Water Users
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

4. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Priority Issues in the San Francisco Basin
•Insufficient water for the multiple uses
•Undisciplined exploitation ef the surface water
separated from the groundwater
•Water use conflicts
•Restrictions to navigation
•Inadequate soil occupancy and use
•Water pollution from point and diffuse sources
•Degradation of the aquatic ecosystem and loss of
biodiversity
•Lack of institutional integration and cooperation

5. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO GEF Project Components
I- River Basin and Coastal Zone Environmental Analysis
II- Public and Stakeholder Participation
III- Organizational Structure Development
IV-Watershed Management Program Formulation
a) Information Sharing and Dissemination
b) Quantification of Water use and use Conflicts
c) Financial Mechanisms
d) Formulation of the WMP

6. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Basic Principles of the GEF Projects
•Community Involvement: Bottom up formulation
•Continuity: Who will be responsible
•Sustainability: Assuring the necessary support
•Replicability: Multiplying the successful practices

7. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Spatial Distribution of Activities

8. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Best Practices

9. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Causal Chain Analysis

10. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Spatial Distribution of Activities, by Components

11. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Best Practices - A
Assesment of mining impacts on the
water resources of the Upper São
Francisco

12. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Best Practices - B
Partnership with communities to improve
water resources quality

13. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Best Practices - C
Groundwater Monitoring

14. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Best Practices - D
Land-use mapping

15. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Best Practices - E
Assessment of contribution of river
transport to agricultural progress

16. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Best Practices - F
Hydrodinamic and sediment study of
the Lower San Francisco and adjacent
coastal zone

17. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Best Practices - G
Monitoring water quality in the Lower-
Middle San Francisco

18. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Best Practices - H
Restoration of the icthyofauna and
determination of nutrient load in the
water

19. GEFSÃO FRANCISCO Best Practices - I
Preserving springs and riparian forests