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Results Workshop on Benchmarking and Water Utilities Data Book for India

28-29 August 2007; Chennai, India
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Day 1 Monday, 27 August
  Arrival of participants in Chennai

Day 2 Tuesday, 28 August
08:00 - 09:00 Registration of participants and filling of claim sheets
09:00 - 09:15 Workshop overview
09:15 - 09:45 Project Status and development
09:45 - 10:15 Tea/coffee break
10:15 - 11:15 Opening Session
  • Opening remarks Presentation [PDF]
    Dr K E Seetharam
    Principal Water and Sanitation Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Presidential address
    Prof M.S. Ananth
    Director, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
  • Inaugural address
    Thiru K Deenabandu, IAS
    Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Tamil Nadu
  • Keynote address
    Shri M. Ramachandran ,IAS
    Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD)

Session 1: Performance profiles

11:15 - 12:15

Performance profiles and comparisons

12:15 - 13:00

Lunch break

13:30 - 14:30

Workshop 1: Exercise on performance rating

Session 2: Performance improvement planning

Examples used for PIP:
14:30 - 15:00

Using Indicators for performance improvement

15:00 - 15:15

Tea/coffee break

15:15 - 16:00

Process mapping and best practices

16:00 - 17:15

Workshop 2: Performance improvement planning

17:15 - 17:30

Performance Improvement Planning under JNNURM: Mr A.K Mehta Director, JNNURM

17:30 - 17:45

Wrap up for the day


Day 3 Wednesday, 29 August
08:30 - 09:30

Presentation of selected performance improvement plans

Session 3: Improvement of the benchmarking processes

09:30 - 10:15 Benchmarking experience sharing
  • Project team
  • Participating utilities
10:15 - 10:30

Tea/coffee break

10:30 - 11:15

Workshop 3: Improving the benchmarking processes

11:15 - 12:00

Presentation of Workshop 3 outputs

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch break

Session 4: Institutionalizing benchmarking and performance improvement planning

13:00 - 13:45

Institutionalizing benchmarking (BM) and performance improvement program (PIP)

13:45 - 14:15

Improving data collection systems – key to BM and PIP

14:15 - 15:00

Next steps towards 24/7 services

15:00 - 15:15

Workshop evaluation

15:15 - 15:30

Tea/coffee break

Closing Program

15:30 - 15:45 Way Forward
  • Mr. M.Rajamani ,Joint Secretary, MOUD
  • Dr K E Seetharam, ADB
15:45 Departure of participants to respective destination