Water

Planning Meeting for the Regional Consultation Workshop on Water and Poverty

ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines: 7-8 February 2002

Purpose

This workshop will enable the participants to design the following

• Regional Consultation Workshop (RCW) on Water and Poverty; and
• Third World Water Forum (3WWF) - Activities for the Water and Poverty Theme

Objectives

At the end of the workshop, participants will have:

• Agreed on the conceptual framework for water and poverty
• Formulated the agenda for the RCW and 3WWF
• Defined the operational and institutional arrangements for the conduct of the RCW and 3WWF
• Defined the strategies for the advocacy and public awareness of the RCW and 3WWF

Expected Outputs

• Recommendations for improving the concept paper on water and poverty
• Draft guidelines on the conduct of the RCW, e.g. title, schedule of activities, case studies to be presented, etc
• Institutional and operational arrangements for implementing the RCW, e.g. organization of the Water & Poverty working group, action plan, etc
• Advocacy and public awareness plan

Target Participants

Participation is by invitation only

• Representatives from partner institutions such as Global Water Partnership, Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council, Netherlands International Development Agency, etc
• Representatives from international and local NGOs, e.g. WaterAid, Aprotech Asia, etc
• ADB staff

Workshop Documents

• Program [ PDF ]

Contacts

Wouter Lincklaen Arriens
Lead Water Resource Specialist
Tel: +632 6325697
E-Mail: wlincklaenarriens@adb.org

Ma. Christina Dueñas
Policy Specialist
Tel: +632 6324444 local 7667
E-Mail: cduenas@adb.org