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Media Center Calendar of Events Event New Thinking on Water Governance: A Regional Consultation Workshop on Improving Water Governance
New Thinking on Water Governance
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| 8.15 am – 9.00 am | Registration |
| 9.00 am – 9.15 am |
Welcome Remarks Stavros Yiannouka, Vice-Dean (Executive Education) and Director (External Affairs), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy |
| 9.15 am – 9.30 am |
Welcome Remarks Seetharam Kallidaikurichi E., [ Presentation ] Director, Institute of Water Policy |
| 9.30 am – 10.00 am |
Improving Water Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Map of Challenges and Opportunities Wouter T. Lincklaen Arriens,[ Presentation ] Lead Water Resources Specialist, ADB |
| 10.00 am – 10.20 am | Water Governance Reforms: Lessons from International Experience John Briscoe, [ Presentation ] Professor, Harvard University |
| 10.20 am – 10.40 am | Tea break |
| 10.40 am – 12.00 pm |
Keynote Addresses and plenary discussion Water Governance Topics: Panel 1 Water Governance in the People’s Republic of China Chen Xiao Bing, Deputy Director General, Department of Water Resources Management, People’s Republic of China Water Governance Reforms: Lessons from Australia Mike Young, [ Presentation ] Research Chair, Water Economics and Management, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide Chair: Eduardo Araral, Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy |
| 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm | Lunch |
| 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm |
Improving Water Governance at the National Level: Central Asia and East Asia Panel Chair: Bhanoji Rao, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Kyrgyz Republic: Are communities able to run drinking water supply systems by themselves? Case: Kyrgyz Republic Mamatkalil Razaev, [ Presentation ] National Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic on Local Self-Governance Affairs Uzbekistan Olga Poltareva, [ Presentation ] Specialist, Regional Information Division Scientific-Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination Tajikistan Sharipov Sharofa, [ Presentation ] Chief, State Unitary Enterprise, Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan People’s Republic of China Sun Feng, [ Presentation ] Professor, Department of International Cooperation, Science and Technology Yellow River Conservancy Ren Zeng Ping, Senior Engineer, General Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design General Institute, MWR. P.R China |
| 2.30 pm – 2.45 pm | Tea break |
| 2.45 pm – 4.15 pm | Improving Water Governance at the National Level: Pacific Island Countries Panel Chair: Bryan Bruns, Visiting Scholar 2009-2010, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Bloomington, USA National IWRM Planning Programme: Pacific Regional Support to Water Governance Rhonda Robinson, [ Presentation ] SOPAC: Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission Tonga Saimone Helu, [ Presentation ] Chief Executive Officer, Tonga Water Board Australia Kerry Olsson, [ Presentation ] General Manager, Water Reform Group , National Water Commission |
| 4.15 pm – 4.30 pm | Tea break |
| 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm |
Background Papers 1 Water Law Reforms and Public-Private Partnership in Latin America and Asia: A Comparative Perspective Frank Enrique Guerra-Pujol, Catholic University of Puerto Rico Water Governance Reform: India-Brazil Comparative Analysis Sunil Tankha, [ Presentation ] Professor, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands The Transition of Water Governance in China Wang Yahua, [ Presentation ] Associate Professor, Tsinghua University Chair: John Briscoe, Professor, Harvard University |
| 9.00 am – 10.25 am | Water Governance Topics: Panel 2 Water Governance Reform Rathinasamy Maria Saleth, [ Presentation ] Director, Madras Institute of Development Studies Measuring Water Governance - a Legal Approach Andrew Allan, [ Presentation ] UNESCO IHP-HELP, Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, Scotland, The UK Liberalization in the Water Sector: Three Leading Models Claude Ménard, [ Presentation ] Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne (CES), France Water Governance as Problem-Solving Bryan Bruns, [ Presentation ] Visiting Scholar 2009-2010, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Bloomington, USA Chair: Eduardo Araral, Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy |
| 10.25 am – 10.45 am |
Water Governance in Japan Kawasaki Tadashige, [ Presentation ] Asian Development Bank Institute |
| 10.45 am – 11.00 am | Tea break |
| 11.00 am – 1.00 pm |
Improving Water Governance at the National Level: South Asia Panel Chair: Wu Xun, Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy India Umesh Narayan Panjiar, [ Presentation ] Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, [ Presentation ] Director, Global Water Partnership South Asia Pakistan [ Presentation ] Abdul Kabir Kazi, Special Secretary, Government of Sindh Mohammad Hanif Channa, Sindh Cities Improvement Investment Program Muhammad Suleman Chandio, Special Secretary (Technical), Anti-Corruption and Enquiries, North Sindh Urban Services Corporation, Ltd. Nasir Javed, Project Director, The Urban Unit, Planning and Development Department, Government of Punjab Yasir Junejo, Mayor of Larkana Sri Lanka S.C. Amarasinghe, [ Presentation ] Chairman, National Water Supply & Drainage Board Herath Manthrithilake, Senior Researcher, International Water Management Institute Nepal [ Presentation ] Dhruva B. Shrestha, Chairperson, Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited Kishore Thapa, Acting Secretary, Water and Energy Commission (WEC) Madhav B. Karki, Deputy Director of General Programmes, The International Center of Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Naveen Mangal Joshi, Project Director, Community Managed Irrigated Agriculture Sector Project, Department of Irrigation Jawalakhel, Nepal Ramesh Ananda Vaidya, Senior Visiting Scientist, The International Center of Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) |
| 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm | Lunch |
| 2.00 pm – 3.25 pm |
Background Papers 2 Re-Centralization and Local Level Response: Insights from Water Sector Reforms in Two Indonesian River Basins Anjali Bhat, [ Presentation ] University of Bonn, Germany Water Governance in River Basins: Vietnam and Sri Lanka Paul Taylor, [ Presentation ] International Water Association, Australia Local Knowledge and Community-Based Approach in Water Governance Reform Boyd Fuller and Ora-orn Poocharoen, [ Presentation ] Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Polilcy Can incentives motivate sustainable domestic water consumption? Xin Wei Wong, [ Presentation ] Oxford University and PUB, Singapore Chair: Boyd Fuller, Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy |
| 3.25 pm – 3.40 pm | Tea break |
| 3.40 pm – 5.50 pm |
Improving Water Governance at the National Level: ASEAN Countries Panel Chair: Bryan Bruns, Visiting Scholar 2009-2010, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Bloomington, USA Indonesia Public Sector: [ Presentation ] Agus Suprapto K., Directorate General of Water Resources Ministry of Public Works Budhi Santoso, Senior Planner, Water Resources Development Directorate of Water and Irrigation, State Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) Maksum Hidayat Sadeli, Water Project Manager, Suharto Sarwan, Water Resources, Ministry of Human Settlements and Regional Infrastructure Private Sector: [ Presentation ] Luc Martin, Technical Director, PALYJA Barce Simarmata, Head, Division Customer Service Unit, PALYJA Vietnam [ Presentation ] Phi Quoc Hao, Deputy Head, Division of Science Technology and International Cooperation, Department of Water Resources Management, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Cambodia [ Presentation ] Watt Botkosal, Director, Planning Dept., Cambodia National Mekong Committee (CNMC) Laos [ Presentation ] Chanthanet Boualapha, Deputy Director, Water Resources Coordination Committee Secretariat, Water Resources and Environment Administration (WREA) Malaysia [ Presentation ] Dato’ Lim Chow Hock, Director (Hydrology), Department of Drainage and Irrigation Thailand [ Presentation ] Panjarat Champatong, Plan and Organizational Information Department, Metropolitan Waterworks Authority |
| 5.50 pm – 6.05 pm |
Closing remarks Eduardo Araral, Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy |
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