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NARBO's Peer Review of Mahaweli Authority, Sri Lanka

12-15 December 2006; Mahaweli River Basin, Sri Lanka


DAY 0 - Monday, December 11
08:00-17:00 Arrival of Peer Reviewers

Day 1 - Tuesday, December 12: Opening Activities, MASL Head Office, Colombo
08:00 - 08:15 Opening/Introductions
08:15 - 08:30 Welcome Address
  • Eng. De Silva, Director General, MASL
08:30 - 09:00 Opening Address:
Piloting the River Basin Performance Benchmarking with Peer Review
  • Peter McCornick, Director for Asia, IWMI
09:00 - 09:30 The MASL's Performance Evaluation Results
  • Mr. Jayasinghe, Executive Director, RBP&M and Chair, MASL Self-Assessment Team
09:30 - 09:45 An Overview on MASL
09:45 - 10:00 Presentation on Water Panel & Seasonal Operational Plan
10:00 - 10:15 Tea Break
10:15 - 10:45 Interview with Middle Management
  • Peer Review Team
11:15 - 12:00 Discussion with main stakeholders
  • Peer Review Team
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:30 Meeting with MASL Board Members
  • Peer Review Team
15:00 - Travel to Randenigala CB
19:00- 20:00 Dinner
20:00 - 21:30 Peer Review Team meeting to discuss the day's experience and plan for next day
  • Peer Review Team with IWMI facilitator

Day 2 - Tuesday, December 13: Visit to Main Dams, Meeting the MASL Staff at Digana
07:00 - 09:00

Visit to Randenigala & Rantambe Dams

  • Peer Review Team with MASL staff
09:00 - 10:45

Visit to Victoria Dam

  • Peer Review Team with MASL staff
10:45 - 11:00

Tea Break
11:00 - 12:00

Proceed to Digana, Meeting the MASL Staff (HAO&M staff) & Presentation on Dam Operations and Maintenance

  • Peer Review Team and Director of HAO&M at Digana
12:00 – 13:00

Lunch at Digana Village Resort
13:00 – 14:00

Travel to Kotmale

  • Peer Review Team
14:00 - 14:30

Visit to Kotmale Dam /EIC Kotmale

  • Peer Review Team
14:30 - 15:00

Meeting the Stakeholders
Presentation on Upper Watershed Management

  • Peer Review Team & Mr. R.B. Herath, Director , EFCD
15:00 - 15:15

Tea Break
15:15 - 15:45

Visit to Kotmale Tissue Culture Lab

  • Peer Review Team
16.00 -

Travel to System H (Lodging at Dambulla)
19:00 - 20:00

Dinner
20:00 – 21:30

Peer Review Team meeting to discuss the day’s experience and plan for next day

  • Peer Review Team with IWMI facilitator

Day 3 - Wednesday, December 14: Consultation with Stakeholders, RPM Office (system H), Thambuttegama
07:00 - 08:15 Travel to Tambuttegama
  • Peer Review Team
08:15 - 08:30 Opening/Introductions
  • Peer Review Team
08:30 - 08:45 Presentation on System H
  • Resident Project Manager System H
08:45 - 09:00 Presentation on Kala Oya Basin Organization (KOBO)
  • Manager, KOBO
09:00 – 10:00 Discussion with Stakeholders
  • Peer Review team
10:00 - 10:15 Tea Break
10:15 - 10:45 Discussion with RPM Staff
  • Peer Review team
10:45 - 11:15 Discussion with KOBO Staff
  • Peer Review team
11:15 - 11:45 Visit to water quality laboratory
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:00 Field visit to Mahagalkadawela Cascade & return to Colombo
  • Peer Review team
14:00 - 14:15

Drip Irrigation system with Banana Plantation

  • Peer Review team with KOBO staff
14:15 - 14:30 Irrigated Farming Demonstration
  • Peer Review team with KOBO staff
14:30 - 14:45

Dwarf Mango Plantation Demonstration

  • Peer Review team with KOBO staff
14:45 - 15:00 Rain water harvesting ponds (Type-1 Pathaha & Type-2 Wewkotu)
  • Peer Review team with KOBO staff
15:00 - 15:30

Runoff Tank with Coconut plantation & roof water harvesting tank

  • Peer Review team with KOBO staff
15:30 - 15:45 Visit to Kottagaswewa Tank
  • Peer Review team
15:45 - 16:15

Discussion with Cascade stakeholders & return to Colombo

  • Peer Review team
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
20:00 – 21:30 Peer Review Team meeting to discuss the day’s experience, and initial findings and recommendations, and set dates for submission of draft and final peer review reports
  • Peer Review Team with IWMI facilitator

Day 4 - Thursday, December 15: Concluding Activities, MASL Head Office
08:30 - 10:00

Review of MASL Documents & Preparation of Peer Review Report

  • Peer Review team
10:00 - 10:15

Tea Break
10:15 - 12:00

Review of MASL Documents & Preparation of Peer Review Report

  • Peer Review Team
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break (Lunch hosted by MASL)
13:00 - 15:00

Further Clarification & Completion of Report by the mission: MASL Peer Review Team Dialogue with the Self-Assessment Team

  • Peer Review Team & Self-Assessment Team
15:00 - 15:15

Presentation on the PJT2 Peer Performance Benchmarking, the Peer Review Experience and Corresponding Plans/Actions

  • PJT2 Representative
15:15 - 15:45

Presentation to MASL Management

  • Peer Review Team
15:45 – 16:00

Tea Break
16:00 – 16:15

Response of the MASL Director General to Initial Recommendations of Peer Review Team

  • Eng de Silva, Director General, MASL
16:15 – 16:45

Conclusion: Key Lessons from the Peer Review of MASL and What Next

  • Peter McCornick, Director for Asia, IWMI

DAY 5 - Friday, December 16
  Departure of Peer Reviewers