The IWRM team apart from engaging with stakeholders in the region also actively participate in knowledge exchange workshops and meetings globally. With the intention of sharing the knowledge captured through these international meets, the presentations made at these meetings/workshops, are being uploaded to be available to the entire region and all our partners.



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New Thinking on Water Governance. A Regional Consultation Workshop on Improving Water Governance (1-3rd July 2009, Singapore)The Institute of Water Policy defines water governance broadly as the set of water laws, policies, programs and projects adopted by a country or a State to develop and manage its water resources to meet the current and future needs of its population. Good water governance implies that these laws, policies, programs and projects are effective, efficient, equitable, sustainable and are consistent with the Dublin Principles. Indicators of water governance consists of, among others: 1) water legislations which are updated, integrated and based on water sector assessments; 2) policies that define water rights, quality standards, ground water use, demand management, resource conservation, participation by various sectors at all levels of society; clearly defined responsibilities for water sector functions;  3) effective water regulatory agencies and neutral apex bodies as well as autonomous and accountable water service providers; 4) decentralized operation and maintenance to water user associations; and 5) policies that promote cost recovery tariffs and tariffs that reward conservation and penalize waste.



The Institute of Water Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore and the Asian Development Bank convened the conference on reforming water governance in Asia.  The conference was a forum to bring together key water sector policy makers, experts and thought leaders throughout Asia and the world to facilitate networking and knowledge sharing on water governance. At the conference, the Institute of Water Policy, in its capacity as one of the Asia Pacific Water Forum Knowledge Hubs, also launched its program on water governance in Asia.



Overview of Water Governance:

1. Water Governance Reforms. Lessons from Australia. Prof Mike Young, Director, The Environment Institute. Research Chair, Water Economics and Management. The University of Adelaide
2. Australia’s National Water Reform. Kerry Olsson National Water Commission

East Asia

1. Water Governance & Law. In case of Japan. Tadashige Kawasaki. Asian Development Bank Institute

       China

1. Integrated Yellow River Basin Management in China. Sun Feng Center for Hydro-informatics in River Basin Yellow River Conservancy Commission Ministry of Water Resource, People’s Republic of China
2. The Transition of Water Governance in China: An Overview 1999~2008. Yahua Wang. Associate Professor, School of Public policy and Management. Deputy Director Center for China Studies, Tsinghua University, China

South Asia

1. Reforming Water Governance in Sri Lanka. Eng. Channa Amarasinghe Chairman (National Water Supply and Drainage Board) & H. Manthrithilake International Water Management Institute (IWMI)  
2. Pakistan Country Presentation

       India

1. Water Governance – New Thinking. Suresh S Prabhu, Regional Chair, GWP-SAS, India
2. Water Resources Development and Management in India - An Overview. U. N. Panjiar.Secretary to the Government of India. Ministry of Water Resources

1. Regional Water Governance Strategy in Hindu Kush Himalaya Region. ICIMOD for Nepal
2. New Thinking on Water Governance, Country Presentation-Nepal. Kishore Thapa. Secretary Water and Energy Commission, Nepal. Members: Dr. M. Karki, ICIMOD, Mr. D.B. Shrestha,KUKL, Mr. N.M. Joshi, CMIASP

South-East Asia

1. Outlook on Water Governance in Thailand. Panjarat Champathong, Puree Sirasoontoon and Supruet Thavornyutikarn. Metropolitan Waterworks Authority.
2. Country Report – Malaysia. Dato’ Ir. Lim Chow Hock. Director - Hydrology  and Water Resources Division. Department of Irrigation and Drainage. Ministry of Natural Resources, Malaysia
3. Lao PDR - Country Presentation. Mr. Chanthanet BOUALAPHA DDG, Department of Water Resources. 
4. Public Private Partneship. City of Jakarta Example. PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya (PALYJA)
5. Policy on Implementing Integrated Water Resources Management in Indonesia. Directorate General of Water Resources. Ministry of Public Works. Public sector Indonesian groups. Agus S. Kusmulyono, Suharto Sarwan, Rahardjanto (DGWR). Budhi Santoso (National Planning Agency)
6. Establishment of Local River Basin Organization to promote Water Governance. Mr Watt Botkosal. Director of Planning Department. Cambodia National Meekong Committee (CNMC)
7. Complex interactions between central and local: community-based research in Thailand. Fuller, Boyd and Poocharoen, Ora-orn
8. Water Management Reform in Viet Nam. Le Bac Huynh, Phi Quoc Hao. Department of Water Resources Management. 

Central Asia

1. An example IWRM-Fergana project. Olga Poltareva. SIC ICWC, Tashkent 2009

Comparative Case Studies

1. The Practice of Water Reforms. Participatory Approaches in Brazil and India. Dr. Sunil Tankha. Institute of Social Studies. Erasmus University Rotterdam
2. Re-Centralization and Local Level Response: Insights from Water Sector Reforms in Two Indonesian River Basins. Anjali Bhat, Centre for Development Research (ZEF). University of Bonn, Germany