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Map Cook Islands Federated Sates of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Nauru Niue Papua New Guinea Republic of Marshall Islands Republic of Palau Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
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Population
Land Area
Climate
Water resource
Water consumption
Country Cook Islands Cook Islands
Population 21,750 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 236.7 km2
Climate
Water resource
Water consumption
Country Federated Sates of Micronesia Federated Sates of Micronesia
Population 107,862 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 702 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 4,928 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Fiji Fiji
Population 918 675 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 18,270 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2000 - 3000 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Kiribati Kiribati
Population 107,817 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 811 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: South of the equator: 1,300 mm Tarawa: 2,000 mm Northernmost islands: over 3,200mm Eastern Line Islands: less than 1,000 mm
Water consumption
Country Nauru Nauru
Population 11,528 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 21 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2,090 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Niue Niue
Population 1,625m(GoN statistics 2006)
Land Area 260 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2,180 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Population 5,795,887 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 462,840 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall:1000-80000 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Republic of Marshall Islands Republic of Marshall Islands
Population 20,842
Land Area 458 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 3,700 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Republic of Palau Republic of Palau
Population 61,815(July 2007 est.)
Land Area 11,854.3 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: Southern attols: 4,000mm Northern attols:2,000 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Samoa Samoa
Population 214,265
Land Area 2,944 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 3,000 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
Population 566,842
Land Area 28,450 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall:1500-5000 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Tonga Tonga
Population 116,921
Land Area 748 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: Varies from north and south of tonga with an estimated average of 2500 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Tuvalu Tuvalu
Population 11.992 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 26 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 3000mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Vanuatu Vanuatu
Population 211,971 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 12,200 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2000 - 4000 mm per annum
Water consumption
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High Level Engagement for Integrated Water Resource Management

Figure 1.Advocacy Source book. A Guide to Advocacy for WSSCC co-ordinators on the WASH campaign

High level engagement or high level advocacy means to appeal to policy makers, to influence their decisions through targeted actions. These actions can be achieved by using key communications tools such as putting out influential advertisements, news briefs and targeted promotions. In order to successfully engage in high level engagement, there is a need to identify what the issues are, who needs to be targeted by your campaign, who can help, what is planned to be achieved by the advocacy and the steps needed to do this. High level engagement is essential when trying to ensure that the work you are trying to do or the objectives you are trying to achieve with your program is properly legislated and enters the policy domain. We have selected a few key documents to help the users of this toolkit engage in high level engagement.

How to Create AwarenessCreating awareness on Integrated Water Resource Management is necessary in order to raise the public and political profile of IWRM. In order to do this the right environment must be created where people and politicians become familiar with the concept of IWRM, are aware that it is quite feasible and is essential if we want to really tackle our water problems. This can be only done by using the right communications tools (more information on this is available in the “Engaging Media for IWRM” toolkit). The resources here will help you gain a better understanding of high level engagement, how you can draw up an advocacy plan and create awareness on a topic of your choice.

1) Advocacy for Water, Environmental Sanitation & Hygiene. – IRC
2) Advocacy Source book. A Guide to Advocacy for WSSCC co-ordinators on the WASH campaign
3) Effective Policy Advocacy: An RNRRS Synthesis.

Examples
The following resources are examples of how high level engagement can be put into play. They illustrate that this type of material does not have a standard but can come in many types and formats, but they all try to engage policy makers and influence their decisions. More case studies and examples can be found in the communications and gender toolkits.

1) Letter to My Minister (GWP)
2) Effective Water Governance- Learning from the dialogues (GWP)
3) Change- Adaptation of water resources management to climate change.