Inception Meeting on Good Practices for Urban Water Management in Asia
9 October 2008; Singapore
Background | Objectives | Organizers | Participants
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) of the National University of Singapore was established in 2004 with the mission of educating and training the next generation of Asian policymakers and leaders to raise the standards of governance throughout the region. In June 2008, LKYSPP’s Institute of Water Policy (IWP) was confirmed as regional water knowledge hub for water governance by the Asia-Pacific Water Forum. Knowledge hubs are centers of excellence promoting knowledge exchange and capacity development on a variety of topics.
In September 2008, LKYSPP and ADB signed three letters of agreement on “Improving Water Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region.” The collaboration between LKYSPP-IWP and ADB specifies three activities
- Case Studies of Good Practices for Urban Water Management in Asia
- Regional Consultation Meeting on Improving Water Governance
- Executive Leadership Program for City Water Managers
The first activity involves identifying good practices in the areas of water, wastewater, and stormwater management in 8 Asian urban centers. Colombo, Manila, Phnom Penh, and Singapore have already been identified as the first four cities. The activity also involves desk studies of other cities outside Asia which will be used as global benchmarks for Asian cities.
This inception meeting marks the beginning of the implementation of developing case studies of good practices for urban water management in Asia. Results will be disseminated at interim and concluding workshops scheduled in 2009.
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The objectives of the workshop were to
- Identify the remaining four candidate cities or urban centers to comprise the 8 case studies on good practices for urban water management in Asia
- Conduct a desk review of existing non-Asian urban management case studies to gauge their potential as benchmarks for the Asian case studies
- Discuss the methodology for the case studies
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LKYSPP-IWP and ADB, with support from Singapore’s Public Utilities Board (PUB).
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Water experts from LKYSPP-IWP and ADB.
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