Water

KnowledgeHubs is a network of regional water knowledge hubs under the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) committed to improving water security in the Asia-Pacific region by

• promoting knowledge sharing among, and developing capacity of, water institutions
• championing feasible solutions for priority water topics.

Launched in 2008, the APWF’s KnowledgeHubs was established through a cooperation agreement among the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Singapore’s Public Utilities Board, and ADB. It will allow knowledge hubs to collaborate in more than a dozen water knowledge domains.

Read more about KnowledgeHubs.

The following serve as priority water topics for knowledge hubs:

• Decision Support Systems for River Basin Management (Hydroinformatics)
• Disaster Risk Reduction and Flood Management
• Erosion and Sedimentation in River Basins
• Groundwater Management
• Healthy Rivers and Aquatic Ecosystems
• Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia
• Integrated Water Resources Management in the Pacific
• Irrigation Service Reform
• River Basin Organizations and Management
• Sanitation
• Transboundary Water Resources Management
• Urban Water Management
• Water and Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia
• Water and Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia
• Water and Energy
• Water Governance
• Water Quality Management in River Basins
• Water Supply for Rural Areas and Small Towns

Read more about confirmed and candidate knowledge hubs.

• Asia-Pacific Water Forum* website
• Asia-Pacific Water Weblog*
• APWF KnowledgeHubs* website
• UNESCO-IHE, PUB, ADB Cooperation on Developing Knowledge and Lessons for the APWF

Wouter Lincklaen Arriens
Lead Water Resources Specialist, ADB
Email:water@adb.org