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Building the Foundation-Leadership Training Seminar
21 July, 2011
Micronesian Water Challenge, 14 - 24 July 2009
EWC Training Group Photo
Micronesia has critical water and sanitation issues that are exacerbated by climate variability. The Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), in partnership with the East West Centre, is holding a meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii to assist countries from the North Pacific develop a roadmap that deals with these issues.
Water systems are both fragile and complex. They connect, intersect and interact with different eco-systems, communities, economic interests and government and non-government agencies. An Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) approach is vital to effective water management and forms the foundation of the development of the roadmaps.
IWRM aims to support Pacific Island Countries develop and strengthen policy, processes and structures, which enhance the intersectoral involvement and coordination of regional, national and local stakeholder groups in water resources management. It provides the process for action and results.
Countries participating in the meeting include the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau. A broad range of key stakeholders involved in the IWRM process were invited to the workshop and include information specialists, NGOs, public utility managers, environment protection officials, national planners and senior civil servants.
The meeting aims to build bridges between stakeholders at the national level and relationships across borders.
The workshop will cover effective communication, leadership and consensus building, negotiation, and creative strategies to develop an inclusive and wide ranging IWRM programme for each country.
The training runs from 14 to 24 of July and is funded by the European Union
EWC Training Group Photo
Micronesia has critical water and sanitation issues that are exacerbated by climate variability. The Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), in partnership with the East West Centre, is holding a meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii to assist countries from the North Pacific develop a roadmap that deals with these issues.
Water systems are both fragile and complex. They connect, intersect and interact with different eco-systems, communities, economic interests and government and non-government agencies. An Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) approach is vital to effective water management and forms the foundation of the development of the roadmaps.
IWRM aims to support Pacific Island Countries develop and strengthen policy, processes and structures, which enhance the intersectoral involvement and coordination of regional, national and local stakeholder groups in water resources management. It provides the process for action and results.
Countries participating in the meeting include the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau. A broad range of key stakeholders involved in the IWRM process were invited to the workshop and include information specialists, NGOs, public utility managers, environment protection officials, national planners and senior civil servants.
The meeting aims to build bridges between stakeholders at the national level and relationships across borders.
The workshop will cover effective communication, leadership and consensus building, negotiation, and creative strategies to develop an inclusive and wide ranging IWRM programme for each country.
The training runs from 14 to 24 of July and is funded by the European Union
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