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Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation
In Country Consultation: Kazakhstan

Dostyk Hotel, Almaty, Kazakhstan; 15-16 September 2005


Introductions and Overviews

8:00 - 8:30 Coffee and Registration
 
8:30 - 9:30

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Kazuhiko Higuichi, Director of the Kazakhstan Resident Mission (KARM), ADB

Keynote Speeches:
Amirkhan Kenshimov, Deputy Chair of the Committee for Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture

Nariman Kepshikbayev, Director of the Kazakhstan Branch of SIC-ICWC/Adviser to the Chairman of the Committee for Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture (TBD)

 
9:30 - 9:45

Introduction of ADB’s Water Policy: (film viewing)
Water for All: The Power to Change People’s Lives

 
9:45 - 10:00

Overview of Comprehensive Review of ADB’s Water Policy Implementation
Kathryn E. Nelson, Lead Facilitator, Water Policy Implementation Review, ADB

Introduction of Consultation Agenda, Ground Rules, and Participants
Jean C. Laguerder, Meeting Facilitator, Water Policy Implementation Review, ADB

 
10:00 - 10:15 Questions
 
10:15 - 10:30 TEA BREAK
 
10:30 - 10:45

Overview of ADB’s Water Policy
Wouter L. Arriens, Lead Water Resources Specialist, ADB (TBD)

 
10:45 - 11:30 "Kazakhstan's Water Sector and Water Projects"
Introduced by Tatiana Simonova, Project Implementation Specialist, KARM ADB

Water Resources Management and Land Improvement Project
Ulan Chakeyev, Chief Project Consultant (TBC)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Project, "National Integrated Water Resources Management and Water Efficiency Plan for Kazakhstan"
Natalia Panchenko, Senior Program Assistant, UNDP (TBC)

ADB Project, "Improved Management of Shared Water Resources" (RETA 6163)
Rustam Abdukayumov, Portfolio Management Officer, URM-ADB
 
11:30 - 11:45 Questions
 
11:45 - 12:15 Surveys: Performance, Investment Priorities, and Partnerships
 
12:15 - 1:30 LUNCH
Facilitated Exercises and Discussions to Secure Feedback on Water Policy Implementation
1:30 - 2:30 Single-stakeholder Breakout Groups:
Discussion of Survey Responses
Investment Priorities, Community Ownership, and Partnerships

Group 1: Government and Private Sector
Group 2: NGOs
Group 3: International Organizations and Project Resource Persons
Group 4: Academe
 
2:30 - 3:00 Report Out from Breakout Groups and Discussion
 
3:00 - 3:15

TEA BREAK

 
3:15 - 4:15 Multi-stakeholder Breakout Groups: Innovations and Progress, Challenges and Constraints, Required Actions and Opportunities

Group 1: Water Sector Reforms
Group 2: Water Resource Management
Group 3: Water Service Delivery (Irrigation and Drainage)
Group 4: Water Service Delivery (Water Supply and Sanitation)
 
4:15 - 5:00

Report Out from Breakout Groups and Discussion

 
5:00 - 5:30 Participants' Reflections and Closing Remarks
 
5:30 - 6:00 Wrap up and Next Steps
Kathryn E. Nelson
 
6:00 - 8:00 DRINKS AND DINNER
Hosted by Kazuhiko Higuichi, Director of the Kazakhstan Resident Mission (KARM), ADB
 

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