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    • ADB Water Week 2004
    Water for the Poor: Setting the Rules and Finding the Money
    ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines
    26-30 January 2004

    Draft Program

    Monday, 26 January
    08:15 - 09:00 Registration
    09:00 - 17:00 Asia Follow-Up Meeting to the 3rd World Water Forum
    14:00 - 16:00 ADB-NGO Dialogue on Water, with ADB Vice-President Geert van der Linden
    Tuesday, 27 January
    08:30 - 09:00 Registration
    Opening Session
    09:00 - 09:15 Welcome Remarks [ PDF ]
    by ADB Director-General Jan van Heeswijk
    09:15 - 09:30 Water Week Overview by Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, ADB Lead Water Resources Specialist and Water Week Facilitators, Michael Heppell and Robert Hood
    09:30 - 10:00 Keynote Speech: Financing Water for All [ PDF ]
    by Michel Camdessus, Chair, World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure
    10:00 - 10:30 Discussion
    10:40 - 11:00 Photo session and morning break
    Awarding of ADB Water Prize
    11:00 - 12:00 Address [ PDF ]
    by ADB President Tadao Chino
    Video Documentary on the ADB Water Prize
    Presentation of the ADB Water Prize
    Remarks by the ADB Water Prize Awardee
    12:00 - 13:30 Lunch break
    Working Session 1 - Understanding Why the Poor Don't Get What They Want
    13:30 - 13:35 Session Overview and Objectives by the Facilitators
    13:35 - 13:55 Keynote Speech: Where Does the Asia Pacific Region Stand in Achieving Water-Related MDGs? [ PDF ]
    by Erna Witoelar, UN Special Ambassador on MDGs for Asia and the Pacific
    13:55- 15:00

    Presentations:

    Is There a Conspiracy Against the Poor? [ PDF ] Charles Andrews
    ADB Principal Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist
    Have the Poor Suffered Because of Lack of Water Rights? [ PDF ] Bryan Bruns
    Consulting Sociologist
    Have Low Irrigation Service Charges Disadvantaged the Poor? [ PDF ] Intizar Hussain
    Senior Economist, International Water Management Institute
    15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Break
    15:30 - 16:30 Discussion
    16:30 - 16:40 Session Recap by the Facilitators
    16:40 - 17:00 Synthesis of the day's sessions and announcements
    17:00 Reception and launch of the ADB Water Voices video documentary series and the ADB Water for All publication series
    Wednesday, 28 January
    09:00 - 09:10 Recap and Session Objectives by the Facilitators
    09:10 - 10:00

    Presentations

    Have Water Supply Subsidies Disadvantaged the Poor? [ PDF ] Pradeep Singh
    President and Chief Executive Officer, IL & FS Infrastructure Development Corporation, India
    How Can Regulation Help to Make Water Accessible to the Poor? [ PDF ] Richard Franceys
    Senior Lecturer, Institute of Water and Environment, Cranfield University
    Can Community Empowerment Help the Poor to Get What They Want? [ PDF ] John Soussan
    Professor and Head, Water and Development Group, Stockholm Environment Institute
    10:00 - 10:30 Morning Break
    10:30 - 11:45 Discussion
    11:45 - 12:00 Session Recap by the Facilitators
    12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break
    Working Session 2 - Making Watershed Changes in Governance and Financing for the Poor
    13:30 - 13:40 Session Overview and Objectives by the Facilitators
    13:40 - 14:00 Keynote Speech - Making Watershed Changes: It Boils Down to Leadership
    by ADB Vice-President Geert van der Linden
    14:00 - 15:00

    Presentations

    Changing Selection Criteria: Working with the Right Information,Organizations, and Leaders [ PDF ] Alistair Wray
    Senior Infrastructure and Urban Development Adviser, DFID
    Changing Incentives and Advocacy: Empowering Civil Society to Catalyze Reforms [ PDF ] Lajana Manandhan
    Director, Lumanti, Nepal
    Changing Regulation: From "Independent" to "Credible" Regulators [ PDF ] Ilze Gotelli
    Associate Director, Stone & Webster Consultants
    15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Break
    15:30 - 16:30

    Presentations

    Changing the Rules to Reward Efficiency: Linking Formal and Informal Providers [ PDF ] Almud Weitz
    ADB Urban Economist
    Changing the Focus of Lending: Catalyzing Water Investments to the Rural Poor and Small Towns [ PDF ] Arjun Thapan
    ADB Adviser
    Changing the Nature of Water Projects: Investing More in Non-Structural Interventions [ PDF ] Huang Jinchi
    Director, Research Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction, Ministry of Water Resources, China
    16:30 - 17:30 Discussion
    17:30 - 17:45 Session Recap by the Facilitators
    Thursday, 29 January
    Concluding Session - Deciding on Water for the Poor: Conclusion on Better Practices
    09:00 - 09:15 Overview and Session Objectives by the Facilitators
    09:15 - 09:30 Keynote Speech: Drawing Insights from the NGO Dialogue and the Theme Sessions
    by Ravi Narayanan, Director, WaterAid
    09:30 - 10:30 Debate on Water Financing
    10:30 - 11:00 Morning Break
    11:00 - 12:00 Discussion
    12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break
    13:30 - 14:30 Wrap-Up and Conclusions
    Closing Session
    14:30 - 15:30 Presentation of ADB Water Achievement Awards

    Closing Remarks [ PDF ]
    by ADB Vice-President Liqun Jin
    Friday, 30 January
    Field Visits
    Morning Visits to various project sites [ PDF ]
    Side Events
    Morning
    (Time to be announced)    		 Meeting of the Water and Poverty Initiative on Follow-up Actions
    14:00 - 16:00 Progress Review of ADB's Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector by officials of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ADB

    Other meetings can be arranged as needed



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