| Themes of analysis |
Requirements |
Assessment scale |
Comments |
| HIGH |
MEDIUM |
LOW |
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| Vertical articulation |
1. To identify the main conflicts among the users of the water resources in the ambit of the river basin, searching, whenever possible, to solve them by means of the integrating guidelines - principle of locality. |
It identifies the main conflicts among the users; it defines and prioritizes specific guidelines to solve them. |
It identifies the main conflicts among the users; it defines but does not prioritize specific guidelines to solve them. |
It identifies the main conflicts among the users, without defining or prioritizing specific guidelines to solve them. |
It identifies the main conflicts among the users and proposes guidelines for each conflict. However, the action plan does not prioritize all the identified guidelines, only fostering those related to sanitation and territorial ordering. Guideline PG-14, for example, which deals with joint action plans aiming the multiple uses in the basin, was not considered a priority. |
| 2. To collect data and information at an adequate level of pertinence and detail, making the preparation of a focused plan possible - principle of equilibrium. |
Adequate scope with enough information to identify the main conflicts, possible causes and solutions, in proper scales (of diagnosis and prognosis) to the RBMP regional approach. |
Adequate scope with enough information to identify the main conflicts, possible causes and solutions, but in inadequate scales (of diagnosis and prognosis) to the RBMP regional approach. |
Generalization of the scope, weighing irrelevant information to the identification of the main conflicts, possible causes and solutions, in inadequate scales (of diagnosis and prognosis). |
It presents data and relevant information to decision making within what the plan is intended: to establish priorities for the application of resources arising from charging, with emphasis on non-structuring, institutional and legal measures (planning and management). Besides, it brings relevant information to the following decision-making levels. |
| 3. To define planning guidelines compatible with the guidelines of the national and state water resources plans - principle of subsidiarity. |
Within the guidelines of the national and state plans, it identifies those bound to act at the basin level or conflicting with the demands identified for the river basin, informing, when they exist, the adjustments carried out to attain compatibility. |
Within the guidelines of the national and state plans, it does not identify those bound to act at the basin level or conflicting with the demands identified for the river basin, informing, when they exist, the adjustments carried out to attain compatibility. |
Within the guidelines of the national and state plans, it neither identifies those bound to act at the basin level nor those conflicting with the demands identified for the river basin. |
It weighs the issues predicted in the national and state plans bound to act at the river basin level, defining guidelines compatible with such plans, recommending the division of activities necessary to water resources management in the Upper Tietê basin among these planning instruments. |
| Horizontal articulation |
4. To mobilize in advance the main political actors and user sectors, including the public power and the civil society, organized or not, making possible the establishment of legitimate criteria for the use of available resources - principles of decentralization and participation. |
It defines some kind of public participation (query, technical meetings, workshops or other means of communication) for each stage of the RBMP elaboration, besides discussions promoted within the committees, making possible the active involvement in the decisions concerning the alternatives to solve the identified conflicts. |
It defines some kind of public participation (query, technical meetings, workshops or other means of communication) in the decisions concerning the alternatives to solve the identified conflicts, besides discussions promoted within the committees. |
Public participation restricted to discussions within the committees, with public queries programmed at the end of the RBMP elaboration. |
Despite the elaboration of the plan took place within RBC and the five subcommittees, with following discussions among actors and consultants on the diagnose results and the main lines of action, strategies to get the public involved were not observed, because the representativeness of these collegiate bodies was considered enough. |
| 5. To define compatibilization and articulation guidelines with other policies, plans and sectorial programs, directly or indirectly related to water resources management in the basin (energy, agriculture, environment, among others). |
It carries out a compatibility study and identifies guidelines for compatibilization and articulation with all policies, plans and sectorial programs directly and indirectly related to RBMP. |
It carries out a compatibility study with all policies, plans and sectorial programs directly or indirectly related to RBMP; however, guidelines that promote articulation with all the sectors are not identified. |
It does not carry out a compatibility study with policies, plans and sectorial programs directly or indirectly related to RBMP. |
Compatibilization guidelines involving the Macrodrainage Master Plan, the Macrometropolis Plan and the Municipal Rainwater Handling and Sanitation Plans were defined; however, compatibility studies and/or compatibilization guidelines with other policies and sectorial programs, such as agriculture, energy and transport, were not identified. |
| Integration with regional and municipal planning |
6. To integrate scenarios and indicators of other regional and municipal strategies of territorial ordering and environmental sanitation (Master Plans, Sanitation Plans, Residue Management Plans, among others). |
It identifies and integrates (via procedures identifiable in the RBMP contents) scenarios and indicators of regional and municipal strategies of ordering and environmental sanitation. |
It identifies, but does not integrate (via procedures identifiable in the RBMP contents) scenarios and indicators of regional and municipal strategies of ordering and environmental sanitation. |
It neither identifies nor integrates via procedures identifiable in the RBMP contents) scenarios and indicators of regional and municipal strategies of ordering and environmental sanitation. |
From the diagnosis stage, it integrates and discusses other regional and municipal strategies, such as: the RMSP Map of Soil Use and Occupation (EMPLASA, 2002); Water Master Plan 2025 (HIDROCONSULT - ENCIBRA Consortium); the São Paulo City Master Plan, as well as resolutions of the Secretariat for the Environment and the Secretariat for Energy and Sanitation of the State of São Paulo |
| 7. To guide by means of its guidelines the elaboration of other plans, programs and projects in the river basin, promoting the articulation between the regional and municipal spheres. |
It defines specific guidelines directed to decision making in municipal strategies directly related to the quality and quantity of water resources in the basin, identifying support instruments and/or monitoring indicators. |
It defines specific guidelines directed to decision making in municipal strategies directly related to the quality and quantity of water resources in the basin, without identifying support instruments and/or monitoring indicators. |
It neither defines specific guidelines directed to decision making in municipal strategies directly related to the quality and quantity of water resources in the basin, nor identifies support instruments and/or monitoring indicators. |
It defines guidelines that direct and support varied regional and municipal strategies, such as: Municipal Master Plans; Municipal Plans for Rainwater Handling; the Basin Macrodrainage Plan, and the Municipal Sanitation (water, sewage, drainage and solid waste) Plans. |
| Water security |
8. To act transparently by means of broad-spectrum communication and dissemination strategies - ensuring to the public in general the free access to the complete and updated information. |
It defines and prioritizes guidelines for communication and dissemination of information on the plan, critical events (draught, floods and water quality) and hydrologic data, informing the public on the partial results of all RBMP elaboration stages. |
It defines but does not prioritize guidelines for communication and dissemination of information on the plan, critical events (draught, floods and water quality) and hydrologic data, informing the public on the partial results of all RBMP elaboration stages. |
It defines but does not prioritize guidelines for communication and dissemination of information on the plan, critical events (draught, floods and water quality) and hydrologic data; besides, it does not inform the public on the partial results of all RBMP elaboration stages. |
It defines guidelines for communication and dissemination of information on the plan, critical events (draught, floods and water quality) and hydrologic data; however, it does not prioritize such guidelines in its action plan, considering them as second or third priority. Besides, during the initial stages of the Plan preparation, strategies to communicate and disseminate the partial results to the public were not observed. |
| 9. To act both in the supply and demand management - encouraging the rational use of the water in industry, agriculture and public supply; the technologies of water conservation and reuse, as well as the spring protection projects. |
It defines and prioritizes equitable actions for the supply and demand management, balancing measures of rational use of water and technological development (conservation and reuse) in the main user sectors, and measures of recovery and protection of springs. |
It defines and prioritizes actions for the supply and demand management, predominating actions directed to the supply management or disequilibrium among the measures of rational use of water and technological development (conservation and reuse) in the main user sectors, with measures of recovery and protection of springs. |
It defines and prioritizes actions for the supply and demand management, predominating actions directed to the supply management and disequilibrium among the measures of rational use of water and technological development (conservation and reuse) in the main user sectors, and measures of recovery and protection of springs. |
It defines and prioritizes guidelines for the water supply and demand management in a balanced way, emphasizing guidelines for the rational use and reuse of water. |
| 10. To define emergency measures and actions to cope with extreme hydrological events - contingency plan with equitable measures that can reach all users equitably. |
It defines and prioritizes emergency measures and actions to face the extreme hydrologic events with equitable measures for the main users of the basin. |
It defines and prioritizes emergency measures and actions to face the extreme hydrologic events, without an equitable distribution of the measures for the main users of the basin. |
It defines but does not prioritize emergency measures and actions to face the extreme hydrologic events, even in face of an equitable distribution of the measures for the main users of the basin. |
It defines guidelines for emergency action: a contingency plan to reduce scarcity risks and a joint management plan for water demand, aiming its multiple uses. However, these guidelines do not contemplate all users or are not prioritized in its action plan, being considered as third priority. |
Source: Elaborated by the authors