Final Programme Beyond the River - World Water Week

Building Capacity 

Promoting Partnership 

Reviewing Implementation 

Beyond the River 

– Sharing Benefits and 

Responsibilities 

 

 

 

 

Final Programme 

• Workshops, Seminars and Side Events 

• Tours and Social Activities 

• Prizes and Award Ceremonies 

• General Information 

www.worldwaterweek.org

Welcome to the 2006 World 

Water Week in Stockholm 

Welcome to Stockholm! In 2006, the World Water Week 

in Stockholm continues its important annual role at the 

nexus of the water, environment, development and poverty 

reduction fields. 

This year, a multitude of workshops, seminars and side 

events will explore three water-related complexes under the 

overarching World Water Week theme of “Beyond the River – 

Sharing Benefits and Responsibilities”. The response from 

the international water community, and its interest in being 

active in the programme, has been overwhelming. Nearly 100 

different organisations are on board as convenors or co-convenors 

of different activities. 

Plenary sessions, panel debates, technical tours, social 

events and prize ceremonies round out the programme for the 

Water Week. In Stockholm you will be joined by over 1500 

participants who are expected from more than 100 countries. 

They will represent businesses, governments, the water management 

and science sectors, inter-governmental organisations, 

non-governmental organisations, research and training institutions, 

United Nations agencies and more. 

Through capacity-building, partnership-building and 

follow-up on the implementation of international processes 

and programmes in water and development, the World Water 

Week in Stockholm has gained a reputation as an event 

not to be missed in the water and development field. The 

Stockholm International Water Institute is pleased to host 

the event, and I am happy that you joined us. 

Welcome to Stockholm! 

Anders Berntell 

Executive Director, SIWI 

Table of Contents 

Welcome ............................................................................................... 2 

Overall World Water Week Strategy ..................................................... 3 

Map of the Venue ................................................................................. 4 

Convenors and Co-Convenors ............................................................. 5 

World Water Week Day-by-Day Overview .......................................6–7 

Purpose and Scope of the World Water Week ................................. 8–11 

Sunday Seminars ............................................................................ 12–19 

Sunday Side Events ........................................................................ 20–21 

Monday Opening and General Plenary Sessions ................................. 22 

Monday High-Level Transboundary Waters Panel Debate ..................23 

Monday Side Events .......................................................................24–25 

Monday “Meet and Greet” Mayor’s Reception .....................................25 

Tuesday Workshops ....................................................................... 26–29 

Tuesday Seminars .......................................................................... 30–34 

Tuesday Side Events ........................................................................ 35–36 

Tuesday Award Ceremony: Stockholm Junior Water Prize ................. 37 

Wednesday Workshops ...................................................................38–41 

Wednesday Seminars ..................................................................... 42–49 

Wednesday Side Events ..................................................................50–52 

Wednesday Award Ceremony: Stockholm Industry Water Award ......52 

Wednesday World Water Week Dinner ................................................52 

Thursday Workshops ..................................................................... 53–54 

Thursday Seminars ......................................................................... 55–59 

Thursday Side Events ..........................................................................60 

Thursday Award Ceremony: Stockholm Water Prize ..........................61 

Thursday Aquatic Adventure Dinner ..................................................61 

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Strategy of the World Water Week 

The aim of the World Water Week in Stockholm is to 

serve, on an annual basis, as the main arena for an exchange 

of views and experiences between members of the 

scientific, business, policy and civil society communities 

in order to advance efforts related to water, the environment, 

livelihoods and poverty reduction. 

The World Water Week in Stockholm: 

• Builds capacity for different professions to act and to 

affect positive change by facilitating for them an increased 

knowledge and a deeper understanding of the 

links between water-society-environment-economy 

• Promotes partnerships and alliances between individuals 

and organisations from different fields of expertise 

in an inspiring atmosphere which offers ample 

opportunity for making new contacts and strengthening 

existing relationships 

• Reviews the implementation of actions, commitments 

and decisions in international processes and by 

different stakeholders in response to the challenges 

By serving as a link between practice, science, policy 

and decision making, the World Water Week moves beyond 

simply talking about what is and what should be 

by combining different types of knowledge and experiences 

to achieve development objectives in a worthwhile 

manner. 

As a backdrop, the World Water Week’s basic perspective 

is global, but it also acknowledges that there are 

similarities and differences between regions of the world, 

phases of development, political systems and climatic 

conditions. 

The World Water Week also serves as a venue for the 

awarding of distinguished prizes and honours. In doing 

so, the Week focuses attention on outstanding efforts and 

raises awareness of different water and development issues. 

A World Water Week in Stockholm niche is selected 

and followed for a range of years. The present niche 

(2003–2007) is ”Drainage Basin Security: Prospects for 

Trade offs and Benefit Sharing in a Globalised World.” 

The sub-theme for 2006 is “Beyond the River – Sharing 

Benefits and Responsibilities” and offers participants the 

opportunity to learn more about – and to contribute to 

– solutions to one of the most significant development 

and environmental challenges that the world has to come 

to grips with. Workshops and special Poster Sessions will 

be organised where selected abstracts will be presented. 

Seminars and side events will feature invited speakers and 

participants will present their views and experiences. Special 

attention will be devoted to highlight concrete work 

that matters for the poor, for the environment and for our 

common future. 

World Water Week Sunday 

20 August 

Monday 

21 August 

Tuesday 

22 August 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Photo: SIWI 

Saturday 

26 August 

Friday General and Closing Plenary Sessions ..................................... 62 

Friday Seminars ............................................................................ 63–64 

Friday Award Ceremony: Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award ................. 65 

Friday Award Ceremony: World Water Week Best Poster .................. 65 

Saturday Seminar ................................................................................66 

Saturday Technical Tours ................................................................... 67 

Special Session: Global Water Partnership .......................................... 68 

Special Session: Comprehensive Assessment/Challenge Program 69–73 

Special Session: EU Water Initiative Partners Meeting .................74–75 

Poster Sessions ...............................................................................76–80 

General Information ....................................................................... 81–83 

Note on timing: In general, morning sessions begin at 09:00 and end at 

12:00. Afternoon sessions begin at 13:30 and end at 17:00. Side events take 

place between 12:15 and 13:15, and 17:15 and 18:45. Some events, particularly 

on Thursday, may end earlier. Consult the specifi c programme page. 

This Final Programme is published by the Stockholm International 

Water Institute. Cover photos: Children in Tanzania, courtesy European 

Commission-ECHO/Yves Horent; groundwater pumping in Australia, 

courtesy CSIRO Land and Water; tsunami affected area of Aceh, Indonesia, 

courtesy European Commission-ECHO/Martinus Jansen; partnership 

building, courtesy SIWI. Back cover photo: Stockholm, courtesy 

Stockholm Visitors Board. 

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Special Sessions Poster Sessions General 

Information

City Conference Centre 

Folkets Hus (FH) 

City Conference Centre 

Norra Latin (NL) 

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20 August 

Photo: SIWI 

2006 World Water Week 

Convenors and Co-convenors 

Andhra Pradesh Farmer Managed Groundwater Systems Project 

• Baltic 21 • Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) 

• Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation 

(BPDWS) • Cap-Net • Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 

(CEH) • Centre for Transdisciplinary Environmental Research 

(CTM, Stockholm University) • CGIAR Challenge Program 

on Water and Food (CPWF) • Comision Nacional del Agua 

(CONAGUA, Mexico) • Comprehensive Assessment of Water 

Management (CA) in Agriculture • Delft Hydraulics • Department 

for International Development, United Kingdom • DHI 

Water and Environment • East African Community (EAC) • 

Euphrates-Tigris Initiative for Cooperation/Kent State University 

(ETIC) • European Commission (EC) • European Union 

Water Initiative (EUWI) • Every River has its People Project 

(ERP) • Expert Group on Development Issues (EGDI), Ministry 

for Foreign Affairs, Sweden • Federal Institute for Geosciences 

and Natural Resources (BGR) Germany • Food and 

Agricultural Organization (FAO) – New Delhi • French Water 

Academy • Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) • Global Water 

Partnership (GWP) • Global Water Partnership (GWP) – Eastern 

Africa • Global Water Partnership (GWP) – Mediterranean 

• Global Water Partnership (GWP) – Western Africa • International 

Association for Hydrogeologists (IAH) • International 

Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR) • 

International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) • 

International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ) • 

International Hydropower Association (IHA) • International 

Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) • International Livestock 

Research Institute (ILRI) • International Secretariat for Water 

• International Water Association (IWA) • International Water 

Management Institute (IWMI) • International Water Resources 

Association (IWRA) • IRC International Water and Sanitation 

Centre • Japan Water Forum (JWF) • King’s College London • 

Linköping University • London Water Research Group • Ministry 

of Foreign Affairs, Danida, Denmark • Munich Re Foundation 

• Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Northern 

Water Network (NoWNET) [Australia Water Partnership, Danish 

Water Forum, French Coordination for Water, Global Water 

Partnership, Japan Water Forum, Korea Water Forum, Netherlands 

Water Partnership, Swedish Water House and World Water 

Council] • Okavango Delta Management Plan (ODMP) • Okavango 

River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) • Overseas 

Development Institute (ODI), UK • Pakistan Water Partnership 

(PWP) • Pan African Vision for the Environment (PAVE) • 

Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, Prince 

Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water and Desert, 

King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Ramboll Natura 

• Ramsar Convention on Wetlands • Stakeholder Forum for a 

Sustainable Future • Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) 

• Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) – Asia • Stockholm 

International Water Institute (SIWI) • Stockholm Water Company 

• Stockholm Water Foundation • Streams of Knowledge 

• Swedish Association for Environmental Journalists (MÖF) • 

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) 

• Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) • Swedish 

Water House (SWH) • Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science 

and Technology (EAWAG) • Federal Ministry for Economic 

Cooperation and Development, Germany • The International 

Joint Commission (IJC) • The Nature Conservancy (TNC) 

• The University of Tokyo • The World Bank • The World 

Conservation Union (IUCN) • The World Life Sciences Forum 

(BioVision) • Third World Centre for Water Management • 

UN-Habitat • UN Task Force for Gender and Water – Division 

for the Advancement of Women • UNDP Human Development 

Report Office • UNEP Collaborating Centre on Water and Environment 

• UNEP Division of the Global Environment Facility 

(UNEP DGEF) • UNEP Global Programme of Action for the 

Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities 

(GPA) • UNESCO International Hydrological Programme 

(UNESCO-IHP) • United Nations – Department of Economic 

and Social Affairs (UNDESA) • United Nations Children’s 

Fund (UNICEF) • United Nations Development Programme 

(UNDP) • U.S. Department of State • UN-Water • VARIM 

• WASTE Advisers on Urban Environment and Development • 

Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) • Water and Sanitation 

Programme – South Asia (WSP-SA) • Water Environment Federation 

(WEF) • Water Integrity Network (WIN) [International 

Water and Sanitation Centre, Stockholm International Water 

Institute, Swedish Water House, Transparency International and 

Water and Sanitation Programme] • Water Supply and Sanitation 

Collaborative Council (WSSCC) • WaterAid • Watershed 

Media Project • Wetlands International • World Agroforestry 

Centre (ICRAF) • World Business Council for Sustainable Development 

(WBCSD) • World Health Organization (WHO) • 

World Water Council (WWC) • World Water Institute • World 

Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Sweden 

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Monday 

21 August 

Tuesday 

22 August 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information

World Water Week Overview 

Sunday 20 August Monday 21 August Tuesday 22 August 

Registration Hours 

08:00–18:00 Registration* 

08:00–18:00 Registration 08:00–18:00 Registration 

Morning 

Session 

Closing the Sanitation Loop (12)** 

Social and Environmental Change in 

a Transboundary River Basin (13) 

Young Water Professionals: 

Co-management of Water for 

Livelihoods and Ecosystems (14) 

Transboundary Aquifers 

– The Hidden Asset for Riparian 

Cooperation in Africa (15) 

Environmental Conflicts and the 

Role of Media (16) 

Opening Session 

with the Official Address, Special 

Guest Speakers, the Keynote 

Address and the 2006 Stockholm 

Water Prize Laureate Lecture (22) 

WS 1: Tools for Benefit Sharing in 

Transboundary Settings (26) 

WS 2: Water and Trade: Matching 

International Water Availability and 

Local Needs (27) 

WS 4: Benefits and Responsibilities 

of Decentralised and Centralised 

Approaches for Management of 

Water and Wastewater (28) 

Climate and Water-related 

Risks (30) 

Capturing the Big Picture of 

Gender in Water (31) 

Partnerships in Action (32) 

Multi-scale Water 

Governance (70) 

EUWI: Infrastructure and Water 

and Sanitation Services for the 

Poor (74) 

Lunch 

Side Events (20–21) 

Side Events (24–25) Side Events (35–36) 

Afternoon 

Session 

Closing the Sanitation Loop 

continues (12) 

Young Water Professionals 


Transboundary Aquifers 


Saudi Water Day (17) 

Environmental Flows: 

Creating Benefits for Ecosystems 

and People? (18) 

What’s Water Worth? The Economic 

Case for Water in Poverty Reduction 

and National Development (19) 

Plenary Session 

with introductory presentations by 

speakers from different sectors on 

the theme of the week, “Beyond 

the River: Sharing Benefits and 

Responsibilities”. (22) 

High-Level Panel on Benefit 

Sharing on Transboundary 

Waters (23) 

WS 1 and 4 as above continue 

WS 6: Changing Diets and Their 

Implications for Water, Land and 

Livelihoods (29) 

Sanitation Partnerships: 

Harnessing Their Potential for 

Urban On-site Sanitation (32) 

Fighting Corruption to Reduce 

Poverty (33) 

Financing Integrated Water 

Resources Management in 

the North – Strategies and 

Experiences (34) 

Practical Implementation of 

Integrated Water Resource 

Management (IWRM) in Africa (71) 




Evening 

GWP 10th Anniversary Celebration 

(68) 

SJWP Poster Session (79) 

“Meet and Greet” Mayor’s Reception 

at the Stockholm City Hall (25) 

Poster Session (76) 

Stockholm Junior Water Prize 

Award Ceremony at the Stockholm 

City Conference Centre (37) 

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* Please note that registration is possible also on Saturday, August 19, 15:00–17:00 

** Page numbers are in parentheses

World Water Week Overview 

World Water Week 

Wednesday 23 August Thursday 24 August Friday 25 August Saturday 26 August 

08:00–18:00 Registration 08:00–18:00 Registration 08:00–15:00 Registration 08:00–13:00 Registration 

Sunday 

20 August 

WS 5: Decision Support Systems 

and IWRM (38) 

WS 7: Sharing the Benefits of 

Ecosystem Services and the Costs of 

Ecosystem Degradation (39) 

WS 8: Large Lakes as Drivers for 

Regional Development (40) 

WS 9: Safe Water Storage and 

Regulation During Floods and 

Droughts (41) 

The Middle East Seminar: 

Cooperation Prospects in 

Euphrates-Tigris Region (42) 

UN-Water Seminar: 

Coping with Scarcity (43) 

Water and Resilience (44) 

Future Wastewater Treatment (45) 

WS 3: Economic Instruments (53) 

WS 10: Extreme Events and 

Sustainable Water and Sanitation 

Services (54) 

Hydro-Hegemony (55) 

National IWRM Planning Processes 

- Examples from the Ground (56) 

Laureates Seminar: 

Challenges and Opportunities 

within the Water Sector (57) 

Managing Freshwater Ecosystems 

to Reach the MDGs (58) 


with High Level Representation 

from the Goverments, Science 

and Business to provide perspectives 

related to the theme of the 

week(62) 

Best Poster Award (65) 

Swedish Baltic Sea Water 

Award Presentation (65) 

End 13:00 

SIWI Seminar: 

Hard or Soft Landing in 

Closing Basins? (66) 

Technical 

Tours (67): 

Hammarby Sjöstad 

– The Eco-cycle City Area 

Water and 

Regional Spatial 

Planning in the City 

of Stockholm 

Monday 

21 August 

Tuesday 

22 August 

Wednesday 

23 August 


SIWA Ceremony and Founders 

Luncheon (52) 

Turning Assessment Findings 

to Action (72) 

EUWI Multistakeholder Forum (75) 

Side Events (60) 

Separation, Reuse 

and Recycling 

in Sätra Gård 

Thursday 

24 August 

WS 5, 7, 8 and 9 as above continue 

The Middle East Seminar: 


Water and Wastewater in the 

Sustainable City (46) 

Flowing Upstream and 

Downstream: Collaboration for 

Better Management (47) 

Partnership for Capacity 

Development on WASH (48) 

WS 3 and 10 as above continue 

Hydro-Hegemony continues (55) 

Promoting IWRM Beyond Borders: 

Transboundary Waters and Human 

Development (59) 

Turning Assessment Findings 

to Action continues (72) 

Challenges in Governance 

of Water (63) 

The IWRM 2005 Target – Indicators 

of Implementation (64) 

Drought, Risk and Management 

for Agricultural Water Use (73) 

SIWI Seminar: 

Hard or Soft Landing 

in Closing Basins? 


Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 

Founders Seminar (49) 

Moving the EUWI Forward 

– Monitoring, Alignment and 

Harmonisation (75) 


Poster Session (76) 

World Water Week Dinner (52) 

Stockholm Water Prize 

Award Ceremony and Royal Banquet 

at the Stockholm City Hall (61) 

Aquaria Water Museum Excursion 

and Dinner (61) 

Seminars Workshops WS Social Events Plenary Sessions 

Side Events 

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Information

Purpose and Scope of 

the 2006 World Water Week in Stockholm 

Beyond the river – sharing benefits and responsibilities 

Human activities, policies and natural systems form a 

complex web. What happens in society and through policy 

has implications far beyond the river, the people and 

the sector with which political decisions and activities are 

associated. Similarly, links between land, water, ecosystems 

and other natural resources provide opportunities 

and challenges for appraising collaboration, technological 

improvement, development and management. 

Workshops, seminars and side events in 2006 will explore 

three water-related complexes under the overarching 

World Water Week theme of “Beyond the River – Sharing 

Benefits and Responsibilities”: 

• Livelihoods around the world are related increasingly 

to transboundary and transbasin water contexts and 

a global society with an urban majority. Given this, 

what benefits are, or could be, generated, distributed 

and shared in society? Equally important, how is it 

possible to share the responsibilities and costs which 

come with the changing management challenges? 

• The landscape is not only home to human activities; 

it is also the source and sink for our needs and wants. 

It mirrors human ingenuity as well as ignorance. 

Natural resources use and waste disposal are linked 

intimately to human existence. A profound resource 

challenge is to feed the world, in an increasingly competitive 

context, without compromising vital ecological 

functions. 

• Natural disasters expose society’s vulnerability to the 

forces of Nature. For different reasons, the impact 

of these forces is increasingly severe. By defi nition, 

it is impossible to plan for extreme events, but planning 

to cope with emergencies and disaster situations 

is not impossible. Prevailing development strategies 

Photo: SIWI 

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will be evaluated in terms of, for instance, physical 

planning and infrastructure design, including water 

and sanitation services and pollution abatement. 

Benefits are not easily achieved. They are even harder to 

achieve when pledges remain on paper and when costly, 

contentious and unanticipated social and environmental 

issues arise and have no clear institutional home. It is essential 

to explore the links between benefits, costs and 

responsibilities with reference to water. 

Beyond the river: water in a complex and dynamic context 

What happens in the water sector is to a large extent the consequence 

of decisions, activities and progress in other sectors. 

Trade and economic integration, for instance, stimulates water 

and other resource use in a manner that considers resource 

availability and where the benefits are deemed to be most 

worthwhile. No doubt, collaboration and exchanges across 

political borders and between sectors can generate multiple 

benefits. For instance, in transboundary water settings, with 

significant variations in water availability and development 

options, strategies are not only framed in a national water 

perspective. They also pay attention to the potential benefits 

that can accrue from collaboration in a basin-wide development 

strategy. Similarly, rapid urban expansion has made it 

possible, and necessary, to integrate water management with 

reference to actual and potential rural-urban linkages. 

Advances in other fields also drive water and environmental 

management. Powerful information and communication 

technologies have made it possible to monitor water 

and other resource parameters and relate these to socioeconomic 

trends in a sophisticated manner. Until recently, 

this capability was confined to specialised and centralised 

agencies. Management of water supply, hydropower production, 

industrial processes and even farm operations can 

now be done in real time, even at the local level. 

Another example is the use of biotechnologies in wastewater 

treatment and food production. It is important to 

assess to what extent technological advances provides 

opportunities for improved water management and risk 

management, and how benefits can reach also the poor, 

but also to discuss ethical issues related to technological 

development and application. 

Benefits and costs 

Globalisation will increase cross-sector and cross-scale influences 

on water. Parallel with a more intensive exchange 

across sectors and political constituencies, a separation between 

production and consumption and also between benefits 

and social and environmental costs is noticeable. 

Photo: EC/ECHO/François Goemans 

It has become more difficult to evaluate how benefits and 

costs are related and thus how responsibilities should be 

shared. Increasing transports, for instance, imply environmental 

consequences. Trade and trade restrictions are 

both a hindrance and a stimulus to regional development 

and resource utilisation. They are also a challenge to local 

cultures and producers. The pros and cons of these 

processes for the poor, for the environment and for the 

stability of societies must be continuously debated and 

scrutinised. 

Track I and Track II approaches 

Societal initiatives to formulate and influence water policy 

and management run parallel with the formal political 

influences on policy and management. Civil society 

plays an important role since, for instance, NGOs are 

a respected force, participate often in formal meetings, 

and are actively involved in concrete water management. 

Similarly, the scientific community is respected for its integrity 

and professional insights. 

The 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development 

in Johannesburg recognised that there are two tracks towards 

sustainable development. Track I refers to formal 

contacts, including negotiations, between political units. 

Track II refers to initiatives by informal, non-political 

groups for fostering contacts between countries or other 

political units. It is generally believed that the two tracks 

are complementary and that their potential synergy is great. 

Academic intellectuals, NGOs and other similar groups 

could be a precursor to formal contacts at a political level, 

for instance, between riparians in a transboundary basin. 

As “whistle-blowers,” “watch dogs” or pressure groups, 

they could help to increase transparency. 

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Photo: Michael Moore, SIWI 

The resource dimension 

The water flow and quality, and the health of the water 

and aquatic ecosystems, is intimately related to what happens 

in the landscape surrounding the river. Humans 

have changed the face of the earth, for better and for 

worse, and what is left of the river – or in it – reflects human 

imprints on the entire landscape. 

Naturally, water management and policy have focused 

on water per se and generally on quantitative aspects of 

rivers and other “blue” water bodies, i.e. lakes and ground 

water resources. In planning and in the mind of the public, 

however, links between surface and groundwater 

bodies have not been subject to much scrutiny. Similarly 

overlooked are the connections between land use, wetlands 

and other ecosystems and water in catchments. Finally, 

the river’s dual function – as a source and sink – is 

seldom properly considered. 

Water, food and urban expansion 

In terms of total pressure on the world’s water resources, 

the opportunities to enhance water productivity in the 

agricultural sector are of special importance. With some 

850 million people already undernourished, and with the 

need to feed an annual increase of 70 to 80 million people, 

substantial additional effort is needed. 

A significant challenge, but also opportunity, for the 

agricultural sector refers to the rapidly expanding urban 

sector, along with new forms for trade and processing of 

agricultural outputs and rapidly changing consumer tastes 

and preferences. Pressure on water and other resources 

is growing as per capita purchasing power improves and 

diets change. With an increasing number of people having 

better access to the food that is produced, production 

of food itself must increase while urban demand for water 

is increasing rapidly. Enhanced water productivity is the 

most sensible strategy to meet the multiple challenges; 

better use of the various fractions of the water resource, 

“from the rain to the drain,” will help. 

From linear flow to water re-use 

The increasing demand for water has generally been met 

by regulating and exploiting the easily available water resources 

according to a linear logic. Water is brought from 

an identified source and supplied to the sites and activities 

where it is demanded. Over time, water has been brought 

from sources farther and farther away, and from deeper and 

deeper aquifers. The same logic has guided sewage disposal 

by transporting it away from human settlements. 

Unfortunately, the capacity to implement linear flow 

is constrained by many factors; its validity as the sole solution 

is now questioned. A new management strategy is 

needed which facilitates a circular flow of water and other 

resources, especially phosphorous, nitrogen and other 

nutrients. Re-use should not only be considered within 

industrial premises but in a landscape context. 

Unexpected natural events 

Recent dramatic events have underscored how water management 

and policy cannot be based solely on “normal” 

conditions and gradual change. Reality can quite rapidly 

and sometimes unexpectedly jar us from a tranquil “Ol’ 

Man River” situation to one where forces of Nature ravage 

and destroy lives, property and infrastructure on a 

massive scale. 

The devastation in the wake of the tsunami in South East 

Asia and the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico unveiled 

the vulnerability of both developed and developing societies 

to forces of Nature. Increasing numbers of people, 

concentration of property in disaster-prone areas (notably 

in coastal areas), and extreme weather conditions combine 

to exact terrible tolls in human and economic terms, 

and for long periods. 

Conventional wisdom about management as a means 

to facilitate development and promote human well-being 

in a piecemeal manner under “normal” conditions falls 

short of tackling these kinds of sudden events. Prolonged 

droughts and their consequences are other examples of 

large-scale disasters. Quite simply, strategies must consider 

the vulnerability of social and infrastructure systems. 

Sharing benefits or sharing responsibilities? 

With a broader perspective on water policy and management, 

a focus on the benefits that can be derived from 

water use in a wide perspective, seems to make sense. The 

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discussion on how water can be allocated and shared can 

be replaced by a more useful discussion on how these 

benefits can be shared in society. Hence, the notion of 

“sharing benefits” rather than “sharing water” has been 

promoted. 

Discussed originally in the context of transboundary 

water courses, the notion is valid also at national and lower 

levels of society. Natural resources use which takes into 

account geography, water availability, soils, economic opportunities, 

etc., generates more benefits per unit of water 

than a strategy where water is shared between political 

constituencies and used sector-wise. 

Regional specialisation and collaboration could optimise 

resource use, strengthen bonds across political and 

other divides and contribute to stability and security. 

A basic assumption, however, is that there is something 

to share. In many river basins and countries, there is development 

potential, but a lack of investments, exchange 

mechanisms, and tangible goods and services which can 

be shared. In poor areas, water may be one of the most 

obvious assets that can be shared. Initially, then, it is 

therefore not so much the benefits that may be shared, 

but rather the innovations, investments and risks. 

It is also prudent to recognise that environmental and 

social costs are linked to benefits. Whatever is to be shared 

– water flow, jobs, food, timber, income, risks, environmental 

costs, investments, etc. – it is crucial to foster mutual 

trust and transparency. We need to identify the mechanisms 

for the processes which will lead to mutual trust and 

confidence across political and cultural entities. 

Scientific Programme Committee 

(SPC) 

• Professor Jan Lundqvist, 

Linköping University, Sweden and SIWI (Chair) 

• Ms. Katarina Andrzejewska, 

SIWI, Sweden (Secretary) 

• Mr. Anders Berntell, SIWI, Sweden 

• Professor Asit K. Biswas, Third World Centre for 

Water Management, Mexico 

• Dr. Gunilla Brattberg, Stockholm Water 

Company, Sweden 

• Professor Klas Cederwall, The Royal Institute 

of Technology, Sweden 

• Professor Boniface Egboka, Nnamdi Azikiwe 

University, Nigeria 

• Professor Malin Falkenmark, SIWI, Sweden 

• Ms. Ulla-Britta Fallenius, The Swedish 

Environmental Protection Agency, Sweden 

• Mr. Claus Hagebro, Weconsult, Denmark 

• Mr. Robert Martin, World Business Council for 

Sustainable Development (Co-opted Member) 

• Professor Saburo Matsui, Kyoto University, Japan 

• Dr. David Molden, International Water 

Management Institute (Co-opted Member) 

• Ms. Lynn Orphan, Water Environment Federation 

• Professor Ausaf Rahman, USA 

• Mr. Michael Rouse, UK 


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Information

Sunday 20 August 

Seminars 

Closing the Sanitation Loop: 

Innovative Approaches and Operational Strategies for 

a Systems Approach to Sustainable Sanitation 

Convenors: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm International Water 

Institute (SIWI), Linköping University and Stockholm Water Company 


The seminar will address management, policy and institutional 

dimensions of the water, sanitation and food 

nexus. The seminar aim is to: 

• Promote the vital role of sustainable sanitation to 

deliver nutrients to secure food production and conserve 

water, and 

• Diagnose ecological potentials to plan sustainable 

habitations for the next generations. 

The seminar will set the scene for the coming 50 years and 

the anticipated need to rethink links between sanitation, 

water and food security. The green revolution has provided 

enough food for the growing world population since the 

1950s. This achievement has required massive inputs of fertilisers 

and water. The looming shortage of water, fertilisers 

and suitable land combined with increasing pollution 

of water sources open up the need for new strategies. It is 

increasingly difficult to maintain the present idea of linear 

flows of resources for a variety of technical, economic 

and other reasons. Influences from what is being done in 

other sectors such as energy and manufacturing may assist 

in guiding the way forward. A leading idea is to trap 

valuable ingredients in discharges directly after use, and 

treat and return them to the production/manufacturing 

processes. Sustainable sanitation strategies aim at reducing 

the mixing of flows of materials in order to contain, treat 

and reuse the water and nutrients. Such a holistic approach 

is just starting to be applied to water and nutrient flows to 

enhance sustainable practices. 

The seminar will bank on these experiences, not the 

least for urban sanitation to be part of the global nutrient 

and water cycles. The World Health Organization (WHO) 

is active in rethinking sanitation and has recently issued 

guidelines for reuse of greywater, urine and faecal matter. 

These map out ways that nutrients and water can be recovered, 

treated and reused. Effective technologies are being 

developed which take into account local contexts (economic, 

physical, social etc.). Other management measures 

relate to selection criteria and processes for sanitation arrangements. 

The keynote and ensuing speakers will elaborate 

on this intriguing puzzle to make pieces fit reasonably 

well to sustainable sanitation requirements. 

Recommendations from this seminar will be forwarded 

to the World Water Week Scientific Programme Committee 

for consideration in the week’s overarching conclusions. 

Programme Sunday 20 August, 09:00–17:00 Folkets Hus, Congress Hall B 

09:00 Registration 

09:30 Welcome to the Seminar. Dr. Johan Rockström, Executive 

Director, SEI 

09:45 Reuse: Making an Asset Out of Wastewater. 

Prof. Frank Rijsberman, Director General, International Water 

Management Institute 

10:30 Safe and Sustainable Sanitation in Tamil Nadu: 

A Case Study. Mrs. Shantha Sheila Nair, Former Principal 

Secretary Rural Development, Tamil Nadu, India 

11:00 The Sanitation Challenge in Policy Making. Hon. Derek Hanekom, 

Deputy Minister for Science and Technology, South Africa 

11:30 Water Shortage and the Need for Sustainable Sanitation in 

Northern China. Mr. Hao Yidong, Vice Chairman, People’s 

Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China 

11:40 Panel Discussion with the Speakers 

12:30 Lunch 

13:45 The New Sanitation: A Basis for the Safe Use of Excreta and 

Greywater in Agriculture. Prof. Thor-Axel Stenström, Swedish 

Institute for Infectious Disease Control and WHO Consultant 

14:15 Securing Sustainable Recirculation for Food Security and 

Improved Health. Ms. Margaret A. Mukulo, Rural Outreach 

Program (ROP), Nairobi, Kenya 

14:40 Institutional and Management Dimensions of Urban 

Ecological Sanitation. Dr. Ana Cordova, Director General of 

Research on Ecological Landscape Planning and Ecosystem 

Conservation, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico 

15:00 Coffee/Tea 

15:30 Food Security – More Crop Per Drop and Dropping. 

Dr. Jan-Olof Drangert, Linköping University, Sweden 

15:40 Plenary Discussion and Recommendations to the World Water Week 

16:30 Closing Remarks. Dr. Johan Rockström, SEI 

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Social and Environmental Change 

in a Transboundary River Basin: 

Linking Regional Drivers and Livelihood Vulnerabilities 

in the Greater Mekong Region 

Convenor: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) – Asia 

Sunday 

20 August 

The Mekong Region – comprised of the five countries 

of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, 

and the Yunnan Province of China through which the 

Mekong River runs – is a region in transition. The seminar 

will present ongoing research to identify and analyse 

high risk areas in the Mekong with the aims to improve 

scientific and policy ability to identify the most vulnerable 

populations, provide early warning and intervention 

strategies for vulnerable situations, support priority set- 

ting, and increase the effectiveness of vulnerability reduction 

and poverty alleviation strategies. 

This work is part of the SEI Poverty and Vulnerability 

Programme, which undertakes applied research and 

policy support to address the challenge of reducing human 

vulnerability to environmental and socio-economic 

change and to support the overall goals of poverty reduction 

and sustainable development. For more information 

please go to www.sei.se or www.vulnerabilitynet.org 

Monday 

21 August 

Tuesday 

22 August 

Programme Sunday 20 August, 09:00–12:00 Folkets Hus, Room 203 

09:00 Regional Drivers of Change and High Risk Areas in the 

Mekong. Mr. Vikrom Mathur, SEI – Asia 

09:25 Presentation of the Four Case Studies 

Confl ict Over Common Property and Indigenous Resources 

in Yunnan, People’s Republic of China. Mr. Li Bo, Centre for 

Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge, China 

09:55 Socially Differentiated Vulnerability in the Mekong Delta 

as it Relates to the Regional Context. Dr Fiona Miller, SEI 

10:15 Coffee Break 

10:30 Tonle Sap Lake, Inland Fisheries in the Mekong, Resource 

Rich But Vulnerable Livelihoods. Mr. Mak Sithirith, Fisheries 

Action Coalition Team (FACT), Cambodia 

10:55 Land Use Change in Upland Laos. 

Dr. Linkham Doungsavanh, National Agriculture and Forestry 

Research Institute (NAFRI), Laos 

11:20 Science Policy Interface: Making Vulnerability Research 

Policy Relevant. Dr. Frank Thomalla, SEI 

11:45 Moderated Discussion with Panel and Audience 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 


Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 

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Information


SIWI Seminar for Young Water Professionals: 

Co-management of Water for Livelihoods and Ecosystems 

Convenor: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) 

Is it possible to reduce poverty and hunger without further 

degrading ecosystems? The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 

warned that progress towards the goals of poverty 

reduction, improved health and environmental protection 

is unlikely to be sustained if ecosystems continue to be degraded. 

The use and management of water across all sectors, 

from agriculture to fisheries to industry, often in efforts to 

reduce poverty, have however often resulted in degradation 

of ecosystems and the goods and services they provide. 

The SIWI Seminar for Young Water Professionals, 

which supports young professionals in their efforts related 

to water, will explore the links between water management, 

livelihoods and ecosystem goods and services 

from a multidisciplinary perspective. It will address ways 

in which water can be co-managed to reduce poverty and 

improve livelihoods, while sustaining ecosystem services 

and restoring degraded ecosystems. 

Photos: Aquapol, SIWI and Mats Lannerstad 


Chair: Dr. Line Gordon, Stockholm University, Sweden 

Co-chair: Ms. Rebecca Löfgren, SIWI 

Rapporteur: (tbc) 

09:00 Introduction by Chairs 

09:10 Small Scale Water Innovations for Ecosystem Restoration in 

Semi-arid Agro-ecosystems. Dr. Deborah Bossio, IWMI 

(Invited Speaker) 

09:35 Building Resilience in Semi-arid Agro-ecosystems: 

The Importance of Managing Water and Soils for Food 

Production and Ecosystem Insurance Capacity. 

Ms. Elin Enfors, Stockholm University, Sweden 

09:55 Negotiated River Basin Management for Co-managing 

Ecosystems and Livelihoods. Ms. Parineeta Dandekar, Gomukh 

Environmental Trust for Sustainable Development, India 

10:15 Is Co-management of the Okavango Delta Resources Possible 

and Can it Guarantee both Sustainable Livelihoods and 

Ecosystem Protection? Ms. Phemo Kgomotso, University of 

Western Cape, South Africa 


11:00 Rehabilitation of Tanks in Tamil Nadu for Livelihood Security 

and Ecosystem Development. Mr. Karthikeyan Matheswaran, 

Anna University, India 

11:20 Industry, Community and Research Collaboration for 

Sustainable Water Management – Some Australian Experience. 

Ms. Anwen Lovett, Land & Water Australia 

12:00 Lunch 

13:30 Group Discussions 



15:40 Final Discussion and Conclusions 

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Under Cover? Transboundary Aquifers 

– The Hidden Asset for Riparian Cooperation in Africa 

Convenors: Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany, International Association for 

Hydrogeologists (IAH), Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), UNEP Division of the Global Environment 

Facility (UNEP DGEF) and UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP) 

Groundwater is of vital importance for Africa as about 60 

to 90% of all communities are served by this resource. 

The conditions for using groundwater differ substantially 

and require specialised know-how. This is even more obvious 

in cases of transboundary aquifers because usage of 

groundwater on one side of a border can considerably influence 

the situation on the other side. 

In the framework of its International Shared Aquifer 

Resources Management (ISARM) project, UNESCO- 

IHP organised the international workshop on “Managing 

Shared Squifer Resources in Africa” in Tripoli, June 2002. 

As a result, more than 38 transboundary aquifers were identified 

and mapped. Despite the relevance of these basins for 

the well-being of people in many countries, there are very 

few attempts until now to cooperate on their management. 

While cooperation on surface watercourses is gaining more 

and more attention in Africa, fostering the creation and 

sharing of benefits from transboundary aquifers remains a 

main duty for today’s and future water managers. 

The aim of this seminar is to bring out the relevance of 

riparian cooperation on groundwater and to clarify what 

benefits such cooperation can generate and in which way 

they can be best created. Benefits in this context should 

not be limited to economic gains but also include increased 

social and ecological welfare. The seminar provides a forum 

for the exchange of experiences from African transboundary 

aquifers. On the basis of these experiences it is 

envisaged to stimulate the dialogue between policy makers 

and experts from North and South to elaborate new 

ideas for transboundary cooperation on groundwater. A 

key element of this seminar is the multi-dimensional approach 

to benefit sharing. Groundwater is of vital importance 

for Sub-Saharan Africa regarding different aspects 

of society like human well-being (drinking water supply), 

economic development (industry, agriculture) as well as 

preserving the environment for future generations. These 

manifold functions of groundwater require transboundary 

cooperation beyond economic benefit sharing. 

Sunday 

20 August 

Monday 

21 August 

Tuesday 

22 August 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 


09:00 Welcome Address. Prof. Jan Lundqvist, SIWI 

• Opening Statement on the Behalf of Convenors. 

Mr. Martin Kipping, Federal Ministry of Economic 

Cooperation and Development – BMZ, Germany 

• Opening Statement by Dr. Jaiafar Abubakar Sedeeq, African 

Ministers’ Council on Water, Nigeria, tbc 

09:15 Keynotes on Technical, Legal, Institutional Issues for Shared 

Groundwater Cooperation with Special Focus on Generation 

of Regional Benefits in Sub-Saharan Africa 

Chair: Dr. Ralf Klingbeil, BGR 

• Introductory Note on the Transboundary Aquifers Main 

Issues, Recommendations of the UNESCO ISARM Project, 

Focus on SSA. Mr. Shammy Puri, UNEP Division of Global 

Environment Facility (DGEF) 

• Role of Law and Institutions in the Management of 

Transboundary Aquifers, Focus on Benefits for SSA. tbc 

• The Status of Transboundary Aquifers in the Draft Articles 

at the UN ILC and in Regional Conventions in Africa. 

Ms. Raya Stephan, UNESCO 

• Inventory of Transboundary African Aquifer Systems. 

Dr. Bo Appelgren, International Shared Aquifer Resource 

Management – ISARM Africa 

Discussion 


10:45 African Cases, Processes, Obstacles and Ways Forward, Concentration 

on Benefits for the People in the Region, Beyond 

the Actual, Technical Joint Resource Management Issues 

Chair: Prof. Jan Lundqvist, SIWI 

• Iullemeden Aquifer System. Dr. Abdel Kader Dodo, 

Observatory of the Sahara and the Sahel, Tunisia 

• Lake Chad Basin. Mr. Segun Adelana, IAH, Vice-President 

Sub-Sahara Africa, South Africa 

• Cases from SADC Region. Mr. Piet Heyns, Ministry of 

Agriculture, Water and Rural Development, Namibia 

Discussion 

12:00 Lunch Break 

13:30 Panel Discussion: Why do We Need Transboundary 

Groundwater Cooperation? Potentials and Benefits 

Moderator: Mr. Peter Croll, Bonn International Centre 

for Conversion (BICC), Germany 

Panel Participants: Dr. Henry Ntale, African Ministers’ 

Council on Water, Uganda, (tbc); Dr. Alice Aureli, UNESCO- 

IHP; Dr. Wilhelm Struckmeier, BGR, Germany; IAH (tbc); 

Mr. Shammy Puri, UNEP DGEF; NGO Representatives (tbc) 


15:00 Panel Discussion (cont.): What Kind of International Processes/Support 

are Needed to Enhance Cooperation Processes? 

16:30 Wrap-up and Conclusions. Mr. Peter Croll, BICC 

17:00 Closure. BGR, UNESCO 

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Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information


Environmental Conflicts 

and the Role of Media 

Convenors: International Federation of Environmental 

Journalists (IFEJ) and Swedish Association for 

Environmental Journalists (MÖF) with support from 

the Swedish Water House (SWH) 

This seminar concerns environmental conflicts from the 

perspective of media coverage. What roles do media actually 

have in environmental confl icts? How is media 

perceived by other actors in a confl ict situation? What 

are the expectations on media in these situations? Invited 

international delegates from the International Federation 

of Environmental Journalists, IFEJ, will present their 

own experiences of topical environmental conflicts to inspire 

the following discussions between all the workshop 

participants. This is a unique occasion where journalists, 

policy makers, practitioners and representatives from 

non-governmental organisations have a chance to meet 

and discuss the topic “Environmental Conflicts and the 

Role of Media”. The results from the discussions will be 

summarised and presented in the exhibition space during 

the World Water Week to enable further dialogue. 

Photos: SIWI 

Programme Sunday 20 August, 09:00–12:00 Folkets Hus, Lilla Teatern 

Moderator: Mr. Johan Kuylenstierna, Project Director, Stockholm 

International Water Institute (SIWI), and Manager, SWH, Sweden 

09:00 Introduction 

09:05 Welcome Addresses 

• Mr. Lars Ringberg, MÖF, Sweden 

• Mr. Anders Berntell, Executive Director, SIWI 

09:20 Fighting Pollution in Nigeria: The Amukoko Local Government 

Area Case. Ms. Jennifer Igwe, The Nigerian Television 

Authority (NTA Channel 5), Nigeria 

09:35 The Role of Media in Advocating Environmental Protection in 

the Philippines. Ms. Tess Raposas, Freelance Journalist, Philippines 

09:50 Environmental Confl icts and the Role of Media. Mr. Darryl 

D’Monte, Former Chief Editor, The Times of India, and President, 

IFEJ, India 

10:05 Challenges of Environmental Reporting in Ghana. 

Mr. Mike Anane, Freelance Journalist and President of the 

League of Environmental Journalists, Ghana 

10:20 Moderator Introduction to Coffee Discussions 

10:30 Coffee and Informal Discussions 

11:00 Panel and Discussion 

Panellists: 

• Mr. Robert A. Thomas, Interim Director, School of Mass 

Communications, Loyola University, USA 

• Prof. Kevin Noone, Executive Director, International 

Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, Sweden 

• Ms. Sunita Narain, Executive Director, Centre for Science 

and Environment, India 

• Mr. Henrik Stridsman, Director of Communications, 

ITT Flygt AB, Sweden 

11:45 Moderator Summary 

12:00 Close 

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Sunday 

20 August 

Photo: SIWI 

Saudi Water Day 

Convenors: Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, Prince Sultan Research Center 

for Environment, Water and Desert, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

Monday 

21 August 

The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for 

Water was announced in 2002. The Prize is intended to 

reward the efforts undertaken by innovative scholars and 

scientists as well as applied organisations in the realm of 

water resources worldwide. The Prize aims to advance the 

research dedicated to solving the problems associated with 

the provision as well as the preservation of adequate and 

sustainable water resources, particularly in arid regions. 

The international award is bestowed in five branches, 

each receiving a monetary award of 500,000 Saudi Riyals 

(about usd 133,000). The Prize is accompanied by a gold 

medallion, armour and a certificate. The Prize embraces 

the following branches: surface water, groundwater, alternative 

(non-traditional) water resources, water resources 

management, and protection of water resources. 

Goals of the seminar are: 

1. To show the real and noble objectives of the Prince 

Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Wa- 

ter to the audience at a well known platform that 

includes water specialists and professionals from 

different countries of the world. 

2. To introduce examples of the experiences, latest scientific 

solutions and advancements in water resources 

management and development under the extremely 

arid conditions of Saudi Arabia which have been developed 

by the Saudi research centers and universities. 

3. To introduce the newly developed National Saudi 

Water Strategy using integrated approaches for 

meeting the long-term water challenges under scarce 

water conditions. 

4. To brief the audience about the Saudi contribution 

for solving the water problems worldwide, especially 

in Asia and Africa. 

5. To address scientific advancements for large-scale 

production by sea water desalination technologies. 

Tuesday 

22 August 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 


Chair: Dr. AbdulMalek A. Al-Alshaikh, General Secretariat of the 

Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water 

(PSIPW), Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, 

Water and Desert, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia 

Rapporteur and Coordinator: Prof. Walid Abderrahman, President, 

Saudi Water Association, Manager, Water Section, King Fahd 

University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia 

13:30 The Role of Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize 

for Water in Advancement of Water Science and Technologies 

Worldwide. Dr. AbdulMalek A. Al-Alshaikh, General Secretariat 

of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for 

Water (PSIPW), Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, 

Water and Desert, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia 

13:55 Seawater Desalination as Strategic Option for Water Shortage. 

H.E. Mr. Fuheed Al Sharief, Governor, Sea Water Desalination 

Corporation, Saudi Arabia 

14:20 Decision Support System for Groundwater Resources Management 

in Saudi Arabia and Arid Regions. Prof. Walid Abderrahman, 

President, Saudi Water Association, Manager, Water Section, King 

Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia 

14:40 The Efforts of the Ministry of Water and Electricity in 

Developing and Structuring the Water and Wastewater Sector in 

the Kingdom. Mr. Loay Musallam, Deputy Minister for Planning 

and Development, Ministry of Water and Electricity, Saudi Arabia 

15:00 Coffee Break Including Saudi Dates and Refreshments 

15:20 Advanced Methods in Rainwater Harvesting in Saudi Arabia 

and Arid Regions. Prof. Abdulaziz Al-Turbak, King Saud University, 

Saudi Arabia 

15:40 Groundwater Rise Control in Saudi Cities. Prof. Omar 

Aburizaiza, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia 

16:00 Assessment of Polymers Effects on Irrigation Water Consumption 

and Soil Properties in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. 

Dr. Yousef Y. Al-Dakheel, Director, Water Studies Center, King 

Faisal University, Saudi Arabia 

16:20 The Role of the Saudi Fund for Development in Supporting 

Water Projects in Developing Countries. Mr. Fawzi O. Alsuad, 

Consultant, Saudi Funds for Developments, Saudi Arabia 

16:40 Open Discussion and Concluding Remarks 

17:00 Close 

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Saturday 

26 August 


Information


Environmental Flows: 

Creating Benefits for Ecosystems and People? 

An Open Discussion to Explore the Development of a Global Environmental 

Flows Network of Local and National Practitioners and Experts 

Convenors: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), The World Conservation Union (IUCN), 

International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Delft Hydraulics, DHI Water and Environment, 

The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) and the Swedish Water House (SWH) 


The concept of environmental flows, commonly understood 

as the flow regime required to sustain freshwater 

dependent ecosystems, provokes diverging views. Are 

environmental flows only for nature, or also for people? 

Is water for ecosystems a threat to water for food? Can 

environmental flows be implemented in developed and 

developing countries alike? What is the role of information 

sharing in advancing the concept? How can relevant, 

state-of-the-art knowledge and experience on environmental 

flows be shared? 

This seminar will address these questions as a way to 

explore how a global network of local and national prac- 

titioners and experts on environmental flows can be developed. 

Revolving and active roundtable discussions will 

focus on how such a network could be structured and 

function most effectively. A wide interdisciplinary range 

of stakeholders, including experts, practitioners, policy 

makers, local community representatives, end users and 

participants from all appropriate sectors, are encouraged 

to participate. The aim will be to identify the added value 

of such a network by stimulating debate around how 

stakeholders can contribute, access and share relevant information 

and experiences on environmental flows from 

around the world. 

Programme Sunday 20 August, 13:30–17:00 Norra Latin, Music Room 456 

Chair: Dr. Ger Bergkamp, Head, Water Programme, The World 

Conservation Union (IUCN) 

13:30 Welcome and Introduction. Dr. Ger Bergkamp, IUCN 

13:45 Keynote Speech: Demand of Environmental Flows from a 

User Perspective. Mr. Sylvand Kamugisha, IUCN Pangani 

River Basin Management, Tanzania 

14:00 Latest Developments in Environmental Flows: A Network 

Approach to Delivering Progress. Dr. Mike Acreman, CEH, UK 

14:15 Roundtable Discussions 

Participants discuss the implications for how the network 

will help face the challenges of implementing Environmental 

Flows, focusing on: 

1. Environmental Flows Generate Benefits for People 

and Ecosystems 

2. Environmental Flows are Essential for Delivering 

the MDGs and for Reducing Poverty 

3. Environmental Flows are an Essential Part of IWRM, River 

Basin Management and Environmental Impact Assessment. 

4. Environmental Flows Needs Technical, Social, Political and 

Economic Support for Implementation 

16:30 Synthesis of Discussions by Facilitators of Roundtables 

17:00 Conclusions Including Statements of the Outputs from the 

Seminar and the Way Forward 

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What’s Water Worth? 

The Economic Case for Water in Poverty Reduction and National Development 

Convenors: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), 

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and World Health Organization (WHO) 

Sunday 

20 August 

Addressing water-related challenges in a sustainable manner 

requires that water resources management and provision 

of water services are seen as sound public and private 

investments and key to a strategy that boosts economies, 

enables poor people to explore new income opportunities 

and provides them with a fair chance to prosper. Too 

often investments in water have been seen as producing 

inadequate direct returns to economic growth and development; 

as a result, the limited resources available are prioritised 

for other sectors perceived to be more productive. 

The evidence available, however, suggests the contrary: 

that investments in different aspects of water management 

do offer good holistic rates of return and are indeed 

worth considering. The session will focus on how to further 

develop the economic growth and poverty reduction 

argument for increasing levels of water investment. 

The session brings together the experiences of a number 

of international organisations to examine the economics 

of water in developing countries. Topics will include: the 

role of water in the livelihoods of the rural and urban 

poor; the economic impact of improved water resources 

management and infrastructure development; the costs 

and benefits of achieving the water and sanitation 

MDGs; and household-level analyses of water projects. 

Programme Sunday 20 August, 13:30-16:30 

Folkets Hus, Congress Hall A 

13:30 Opening Address. Dr. Håkan Tropp, SIWI 

13:40 Keynote Speech: 

The Argument for Investing in Water for Economic Growth 

and Poverty Reduction. Prof. John Soussan, SEI-UK 

14:00 The Poverty-Environment Partnership and the Economic 

Valuation Initiative. Dr. Joakim Harlin, UNDP 

14:20 The Value of Water for Health. Dr. Jamie Bartram, WHO 

14:50 Field Methodologies for Cost-Benefit Analyses. Ms. Laura 

Hucks, WaterAid 

15:20 Panel Discussion: 

Why are water investments not seen as providing competitive 

returns? What evidence will counter that perception? What is 

needed to influence the decision making process? 

Panel Members: 

• Dr. Vahid Alavian, The World Bank 

• Dr. Aaron Salzberg, U.S. Department of State 

• Mr. Jan Møller Hansen, Danida 

• Ministerial-Level Representation from the South 

16:20 Closing Remarks. Dr. Håkan Tropp, SIWI 

Monday 

21 August 

Tuesday 

22 August 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 

Photos: Mats Lannerstad 

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Information


Side Events 

Side Events on 20 August 

Photo: SIWI 

12:15–13:15 Folkets Hus, Room 307 


Local Action: Integrated Water 

Resources Management for Poverty 

Alleviation 

Convenor: Pakistan Water Partnership (PWP) 

The Pakistan Water Partnership (PWP), a network of professionals, 

experts and stakeholders in the water sector in 

Pakistan and a country partner of GWP, promotes better 

water resources management and achievement of the 

Millennium Development Goals. PWP has conducted activities 

for promotion of Integrated Water Resources Management 

(IWRM) and related causes from its inception in 

February 1999. PWP concluded that success in IWRM requires 

grassroots action. Thus it helped create a number of 

local level organisations called ”Area Water Partnerships” 

(AWPs). AWPs are visualised as a network of existing 

government departments, line agencies, non-government 

organisations, community based organisations, local institutions, 

stakeholders, water experts and common users at 

the grassroots level, with the prime focus to disseminate, 

practice and propagate the principles of IWRM to eradicate 

poverty and improve livelihoods. Eight AWPs have 

been established throughout the country. 

The side event will enable participation of representatives 

of GWP-South Asia and the Country Water Partnerships 

from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan 

and Sri Lanka, apart from others. PWP will present two 

AWPs who have solidly contributed to mitigate problems 

with local actions by adopting IWRM principles. 

Promoting Civil Society Partnership 

in the Water Sector 

Convenor: Pan African Vision for the Environment (PAVE) 

The current record of civil society engagement by the 

Lagos Private Sector Participation (PSP) process with 

respect to transparency and accountability is seen by 

both civil society and funders/donors to need considerable 

strengthening. Thus the PAVE project on the Lagos 

water sector reform monitoring has facilitated civil society 

participation in the PSP process. The goal of Project 

WET (Water Education for Teachers) is to facilitate and 

promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge and stewardship 

of water resources in Nigeria through the development 

and dissemination of classroom material, including 

ready-teaching aids such as a curriculum and activity 

guide. This project is ongoing in schools. 


From Poster to PowerPoint to Pod Cast: 

Reaching the Public with Meaningful Visual Information 

about Water, Drainage Basins and the Hydrologic Cycle 

Convenor: Watershed Media Project 

Rivers and lakes, as with most surface water, are easily 

seen. Groundwater, deep oceans, the water sequestered 

in plants and flows of atmospheric water are not as easily 

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perceived. With the most recent developments in sensing 

and visualisation, many more people can understand and 

interpret these important parts of the hydrologic cycle. 

The side event will show and discuss a number of short 

(1–5 minute) fi lms about water, intended to be disseminated 

primarily over the internet to an international audience. 

The many uses of these fi lms will be discussed, 

including how the fi lms can be made useful for the water 

community in the dissemination of essential knowledge 

about water to stakeholders and the general public. 

Sunday 

20 August 

Monday 

21 August 


New Aid Modalities in 

the Water Sector 

Tuesday 

22 August 

Convenors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, 

Danida, in Cooperation with the Overseas Development 

Institute (ODI), UK 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Since the early 2000s there have been marked changes 

in international development cooperation, especially in 

terms of new aid implementation approaches and delivery 

mechanisms. Harmonisation and alignment – and mainstreaming 

– have all received considerable prominence in 

new aid approaches, and increasingly so in the water sector. 

This side event explores early lessons learnt in working 

towards new modalities in the water sector – drawing 

from lessons learnt by national partners, Danida and 

DGIS – and seeks to synthesise lessons emerging for both 

policy and practice. At the same time the side event will 

draw on a broader range of experiences and seek to develop 

new action-oriented approaches to improve sharing 

of experiences in the water sector between and within development 

partners, governments and civil society. 

The side event will be chaired by Mr. Jan Møller 

Hansen, Senior Advisor at the MoFA, Danida, and will 

feature presentations from Ms. Kathi Welle from ODI, 

UK, Mr. Frank van Steenbergen from MetaMeta, Netherlands, 

and speakers from national authorities and partners 

from Uganda and Vietnam. 

Photo: SIWI 

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Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information

Monday 21 August 

World Water Week Opening Plenary Day 

Congress Hall 

World Water Week Opening Session 

Chair: Mr. Johan Kuylenstierna, Project Director, Stockholm 

International Water Institute (SIWI) 

10:00 Cultural Event 

10:15 Welcome 

Mr. Anders Berntell, Executive Director, Stockholm 


10:25 Official Opening Address of the 2006 World Water Week 

Ms. Carin Jämtin, Minister for International Development 

Cooperation, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden 

10:40 Keynote Speaker 

H.R.H. The Prince of Orange 

11:05 Keynote Speaker 

Ms. Doris Ombara, Project Officer, World Wide Fund for 

Nature, East Africa 

11:30 2006 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Lecture 

Challenging Prevailing Wisdoms. Prof. Asit K. Biswas, 

President, Third World Centre for Water Management, 

Mexico 

12:00 Lunch 


Chair: Prof. Jan Lundqvist, Chair, Scientific Programme Committee, 

Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) 


13:35 Benefit Sharing of Transboundary Waters between Canada 

and the United States. Rt. Honourable Herb Gray, Chair, 

Canadian Section, International Joint Commission of Canada 

and the United States 

13:55 At the Crossroads: Balancing Competing Interests and Responsibilities 

in River Basin Ecosystem Management. 

Ms. Tabeth Chiuta, IUCN ROSA Regional Programme 

Coordinator, Zimbabwe 

14:15 Feeding the World. Prof. Frank Rijsberman, Director General, 

International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 

14:35 Natural Disasters and Extreme Climate Events: Impacts and 

Implications for Water Resources Management. 

Dr. Chennat Gopalakrishnan, Professor, University of 

Hawaii at Manoa, USA 


15:30 High-Level Panel Discussion: 

“Benefit Sharing in Transboundary Waters” (see next page) 

This session, which will be moderated by Mr. Nik Gowing, 

BBC World, will include representatives from government, 

business, the international institutions and non-governmental 

organisations. 

17:00 End of Plenary Session 

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High-Level Panel 

on Benefit Sharing in 

Transboundary Waters 

The world’s 263 international river basins cover almost 

half of the surface of the earth. Some 145 countries are 

classified as riparians to these transboundary basins, and 

about 45% of the world’s population live in internationally 

shared river basins. Over 50% of the available surface 

water is located in transboundary basins. Thus, the arrangements 

to deal with transboundary basins are a key 

development imperative. 

In Stockholm, a high-level panel of distinguished experts 

will discuss “Benefit Sharing on Transboundary 

Waters”. The concept of “benefit sharing” has been discussed 

in the international water debate for some years. 

Proponents say that the concept, by approaching an 

international water course through a benefit sharing approach, 

as opposed to an approach in which one focuses 

on water allocation and water rights, yields more peaceful 

and sustainable solutions. An underlying hypothesis 

of the benefit sharing approach is that the existing cooperation 

over transboundary waters in certain river basins 

can be used to promote cooperation in other spheres, 

thereby potentially functioning as a confl ict prevention 

mechanism. 

Other examples of benefits to be materialised could be 

hydropower, improved environmental stewardship, regional 

integration and increased trade as well as increased 

development, stability and peace. Benefits could thus both 

be in terms of increased production, jobs, income, etc., but 

also in terms of savings, e.g. reduced spending on security 

measures, lower expenditure for each national unit of 

joint services covering the basin. One shall also take into 

account the “intangible” benefits which would stem from 

increased trust between the riparians in the basin. 

Increased understanding of the relationship between 

the technical level (where most of the actual water coordination 

and cooperation takes place), the political 

level and the development agenda is therefore important. 

Some questions to consider: is it reasonable to argue that 

there are, or can be, cooperative spillover effects as a result 

of the existing water cooperation on other political 

questions and issue areas in the region? Can existing cooperation 

over transboundary water in international river 

basins be used to promote cooperation in other spheres 

between the parties? Is it feasible to think that water may 

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be a catalyst for increased security, development and 

eventually regional stability and peace? 

The high-level panel will be asked to address the issue of 

benefit sharing within the context of the World Water Week 

theme, “Beyond the River – Sharing Benefits and Responsibilities”. 

The discussions within the panel will contribute 

significantly to the overall theme of the World Water Week, 

and therefore also provide input to the workshops, seminars 

and side events that will follow the plenary session. 

Programme 

Monday 21 August, 15:30–17:00 

Congress Hall 

Moderator: Mr. Nik Gowing, BBC World 

Panellists: 

• Dr. Marwa Daoudy, Graduate Institute for International 

Studies, Université de Genève, Switzerland 

• H.E. Ato Asfaw Dingamo, Minister of Water Resources, 

Ministry of Water Resources, Ethiopia 

• Mr. David Grey, Senior Water Advisor, The World Bank 

• H.E. LB Hendricks, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, 

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa 

• Ms. Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and 

Environment, India 

• Mr. Kevin Watkins, Director, Human Development Report 

Office, United Nations Development Programme 

• Mr. Syed Mohammad Zobaer, Secretary, Ministry of Water 

Resources, Bangladesh 

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Monday 

August 21 

Tuesday 

22 August 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information

Monday 21 August 

Side Events 


Photo: SIWI 



Special Session on the Follow-up to 

the 4th World Water Forum 

Convenors: Comision Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA, 

Mexico), World Water Council (WWC) and Japan 

Water Forum (JWF) 

Through the presentation and discussion of the synthesis 

report and the final report of the 4th World Water 

Forum, this special session will invite a cross-section 

of water experts from different disciplines and scopes to 

share their analysis on the outcomes of the Forum, held 

in Mexico from March 16–22, 2006. The Forum comprised 

a number of components, including topic-sessions, 

a Ministerial Conference, a Forum of Local Authorities, a 

Parliamentarians Forum, and all of this came together to 

form an event rich in concrete participation. What were 

the main achievements of the Forum? Where does this Forum 

now leave the international water movement? What 

follow-up should be organised in the coming years? 

One of the examples of concrete outputs of the Forum 

was the creation of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum 

(APWF). In this side event, the APWF will make an announcement 

on the scope of its coming activities, including 

a first Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Japan in 2007. 

The discussion will also address the expectations and recommendations 

of the water community for the 5th World 

Water Forum, which should take place in Istanbul, Turkey in 

March 2009. A light lunch will be offered to all participants, 

as well as a copy of both the final report and the synthesis 

report of the Forum. Participants will also be invited to freely 

share their own experiences of and views on the Forum. 

Official Development Assistance (ODA) 

vs. Market-Based Mechanisms (MBM): 

A Debate on Financing Water Supply and 

Sanitation Services in Small Towns 

Convenors: UN-Habitat and IRC International 

Water and Sanitation Centre 

Between 2002 and 2004, Official Development Assistance 

(ODA) commitments to the water sector (globally) 

nearly doubled. Over the past few years, private charities 

and multi-national corporations have announced 

millions of dollars in funds to support basic needs of the 

poor, including water supply and sanitation, particularly 

where linked with health outcomes. In an era where 

attention to financing for the water sector is growing, 

discussions on adequacy of overall water sector finance, 

the ability to leverage local sources (i.e. users, domestic 

banks), absorptive capacity at decentralised levels of water 

governance, and donor harmonisation/coordination 

are frequent. 

On the other hand, abundant liquidity in local financial 

markets in developing countries, plus increased interest 

by financiers for transactions, has led to discussions 

on new approaches to financing the sector. Terms like 

guarantees, equity, microfinance and output-based aid 

have entered the jargon alongside traditional grants and 

concessionary loans. 

UN-Habitat and the IRC will convene a debate to explore 

the ins and outs and ups and downs of grant and 

soft-loans, market-based approaches and everything in between, 

as relates to financing a sustainable water sector. 

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Side Events 


17:15–18:45 Folkets Hus, Lilla Teatern 

Donor Country Approaches to Water- 

Related Development Cooperation 

Water Scenarios to 2025: 

Business in the World of Water 

Focus Area: Public-Private Partnerships 

in Water Supply and Sanitation 

Convenor: Stockholm International Water Institute 

(SIWI) in cooperation with the Netherlands Ministry 

of Foreign Affairs, Department for International 

Development, United Kingdom, Ministry of Foreign 

Affairs of Denmark, State Department, USA and The 

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and 

Development, Germany 

Moderator: Mr. Anders Wijkman, 

Member of the European Parliament 

In this side event, a number of donor countries will present 

and discuss their approaches on public-private partnerships 

(PPPs) in the water sector, based on practical experiences 

to such partnerships. PPPs are one option among others 

for private participation in the sector. What are the fundamental 

issues to be dealt with in order to forge successful 

partnerships and what is the critical role of donors in relation 

to such partnerships and in relation to other actors. 

What are the future challenges and possibilities of such 

partnerships to be an important tool for achieving the Millennium 

Development Goal targets on water supply and 

sanitation? Initial short presentations will be followed by 

comments from representatives of recipient countries, also 

providing their perspectives on current and future challenges 

and opportunities for public-private partnerships. 

Most of the time will be devoted to moderated, interactive 

discussions. 

“Meet and Greet” 

Mayor’s Reception 

Monday 21 August, 19:30–21:30 

The Lord Mayor of Stockholm, on behalf of the City of 

Stockholm, is pleased to give an opening reception at the 

Stockholm City Hall for all World Water Week participants. 

Join your colleagues in Stockholm’s beautiful City 

Hall, with its imposing facades and National Romantic 

style inspired by the palaces of the Renaissance. 

Price: By invitation from the City of Stockholm. 

Convenor: World Business Council for 

Sustainable Development (WBCSD) 

Discover the WBCSD Water Scenarios to 2025, and then 

brainstorm about their relevance in stimulating group 

discussions. The scenarios offer three stories about the 

role of business in relation to the growing issue of water 

in the world. They cover major global challenges of technology, 

security and interconnectivity, as well as the associated 

business challenges of innovation, social security 

to operate and water governance. Rather than offering 

answers, they create a common language and a shared 

context so that we can begin conversation on the future 

of water: our process has involved over 200 people, of 

which nearly half were from business. 

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Monday 

August 21 

Tuesday 

22 August 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information

Tuesday 20 August 

Workshop 1 

Tools for Benefit Sharing in Transboundary Settings 


Co-convenors: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) and The World Bank 

Workshop Discussion Entry Points 

The best way to facilitate transboundary development 

seems to be sharing the benefits between parties. This 

is not just about the physical allocation of the water resource 

but also the environmental and socio-economical 

benefits, which are based upon regional economic development 

and integration. Political transboundary agreements 

aim to promote development initiatives, collaboration 

and investments and thereby lead to increased trade 

and stability. 

Bureaucracy and/or positive interdependence? 

A high political focus and establishment of commissions and 

agreements must involve the political system and bureaucracy. 

Will the hegemony in the region use the system for its 

own purposes or will a positive interdependency be created 

between parties? Which types of instruments are needed by 

the institutions, for example, for conflict resolution? 

How to best combine formal and informal institutions? 

In some regions both formal and customary, informal institutions 

and laws for water governance exist in parallel. 

How can such systems be combined or used for the benefit 

of the region? 

What and how about stakeholder involvement? 

Currently, there is wide agreement about the importance 

of stakeholder involvement. What does it entail and how 

can a proper involvement of stakeholders be ensured? 

Which political and other tools are needed for an organised 

management process for the basin as a whole involving 

public and private stakeholders? 

Changing mindsets, but how? 

Information, communication, negotiations and other 

means of forming opinion and understanding is important 

in transboundary contexts. How can we change the 

mindsets of policy makers and the various stakeholders in 

order to establish a proper basis for sustainable integrated 

water resource management in transboundary catchments 

for the benefit of everybody? 

Programme Tuesday 22 August, 09:00–17:00 Norra Latin, Room 361 

Chairs: Mr. Jakob Granit, The World Bank and Mr. Peter J. Croll, BICC 

Rapporteur: Mr. Claus Hagebro, Weconsult, Denmark 

Co-Rapporteur: Mr. Lars Wirkus, BICC 


09:10 Mainstreaming Politics: The Bottom Line on 

Transboundary Benefit Sharing. Mr. Larry Swatuk, HOORC, 

Botswana (Invited Speaker) 

09:35 International Cooperation as a Platform for Benefit Sharing 

within Transboundary River Basins: Ukrainian Experience. 

Dr. Viacheslav Manukalo, State Hydrometeorological Service, 

Ukraine 

09:55 Counter-hegemony in the Nile River Basin. Ms. Ana Cascao, 

King’s College of London, UK 

10:15 African Models of Transboundary Governance Project. 

Dr. Jacqueline Ann Goldin, African Water Issues Research Unit, 

University of Pretoria, South Africa 


11:00 The Development of Institutional Mechanisms to Facilitate 

Multilateral Cooperation in the Mobilization of Shared Resources 

in Internationally Shared Watercourse Systems: The Okavango 

River. Mr. Pieter Heyns, Ministry of Agriculture, Namibia 

11:20 Discussion 

12:00 Lunch 

13:30 Prospects of Cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin. 

Prof. Olcay Unver, Kent State University, USA 

13: 50 Customary Water Governance – A Neglected Approach to 

Benefit Sharing in Transboundary River Basins. 

Dr. Volker Boege, BICC 

14:10 Benefit Sharing and Interdependency in Developing 

International River Basins: A Comparative Study. 

Dr. Naho Mirumachi, University of Tokyo, Japan 


15:00 Which Conflict Management Factors can be Identified in 

order to Promote Cooperation on Shared River Basins? 

Current Hungarian and German Approaches. 

Ms. Nike Sommerwerk, Consultant, Germany 

15:20 Frame Agreement for Territorial Development, River Contract 

of Olona-Bozzente-Lura Basin. Mr. Angelo Elefanti, Lombardi 

Region Public Utilities General Department, Italy 

15:40 Integrative Management of Water Sector in Israel and its 

Neighbors. Mr. David Yaroslavitz, Water Commission, Israel 


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Workshop 2 

Water and Trade: Matching International Water Availability and Local Needs 


Co-convenors: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), 

The University of Tokyo and World Water Council (WWC) 


Diverse and strong economies are water secure even if 

they are poorly endowed with water. Economies that are 

well endowed with water can, however, face water poverty. 

Water poverty occurs if an economy does not have the 

institutions and adaptive capacity to manage their water 

resources effectively. The most effective and strategic 

remedies to water scarcity lie in the promotion of socioeconomic 

development. Contributing to the diversification 

of an economy is much more important than the 

effective allocation and management of local watershed 

water in the achievement of water security. 

Socio-economic diversification, but how? 

A key challenge is how to achieve socio-economic development 

and diversification of a national economy thus enhancing 

the chances for water security. What are the social, 

political and other opportunities and barriers for increased 

diversification of an economy facing water stress? 

Trade regulations 

In today’s interdependent world water issues cannot be 

treated as separate from other fields. Indeed, water is interconnected 

to the international trading system. How are the 

negotiations and regulations, for instance, within the World 

Trade Organisation (WTO) affecting water management? 

To what extent are trade regulations in the international context 

affecting the prospects of different sectors, for instance, 

the rules and regulations concerning agricultural products? 

Institutional and human resource capacities 

Institutional capacity at national and other decision 

making levels is a key issue in opportunities for good 

water (and other issues) management. What kinds of institutions 

are required to build an adaptive capacity to 

promote socio-economic development in water scarce 

regions? What are the requirements in terms of human 

resources, e.g. training and skills, to ensure efficient functioning 

of the institutions? 

Tuesday 

August 22 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Programme Tuesday 22 August, 09:00–12:00 Folkets Hus, Congress Hall B 

Chair: Prof. John Anthony Allan, King’s College London and School 

of Oriental and African Studies, UK 

Co-Chairs: Dr. Mikiyasu Nakayama, The University of Tokyo, and 

Dr. Hong Yang, EAWAG 

Rapporteur: Dr. Magdy Hefny, The Regional Center for Research and 

Studies of Water Ethics (under UNESCO), Egypt 

Co-Rapporteur: Dr. Naho Mirumachi, The University of Tokyo 


09:10 How International Trade Discounts Water Management: 

The Case from India. Ms. Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for 

Science and Environment, India (Invited Speaker) 

09:30 Dr. Mohammed Ait Kadi, President, Council for Agricultural 

Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Morocco. (Invited 

Speaker) 

09:50 Various Ways of Estimating the Virtual Water Trade for 

Various Purposes. Prof. Taikan Oki, University of Tokyo, Japan 


10:10 Time for Questions 

10:20 Limits of Virtual Water Trade, and Alternatives. Ms. Shiney 

Varghese, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA 


11:00 Managing Dynamic Resource Externalities with Trade 

Implications: The Case of Virtual Water. Dr. Siwa Msangi, 

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 

11:10 The Concept of Virtual Water Trade – an Environmental 

Research Perspective. Ms. Lena Partzsch, Free University of 

Berlin, Germany 

11:20 International Trade and Water Flows in Colombian 

Agriculture: Analysis for the Period 1961–2004. 

Prof. Mario Alejandro Perez-Rincon, Universidad del Valle 

– Instituto CINARA, Colombia 

11:30 Discussion and Conclusions 

12:00 Lunch 

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Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information


Workshop 4 

Benefits and Responsibilities of Decentralised and Centralised 

Approaches for Management of Water and Wastewater 


Co-convenors: International Water Association (IWA) and Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) 


An integrated concept for water, sanitation and wastewater 

system solutions is of great importance for sustainable 

development and to reach the MDGs. The workshop aims 

at encouraging decision makers to consider the policy steps 

necessary to achieve improved integration in planning and 

service delivery of water, sanitation and wastewater. The 

outcome should be used in attempts to sensitise users to the 

benefits and responsibilities of an integrated system, whilst 

retaining their active participation at local levels. 

Policy steps and institutional arrangements needed 

Almost by definition, government departments have a 

top-down approach in policy making. At the same time, 

they are or could be the custodians for an involvement of 

communities. What arrangements need to be made in order 

to have a functional and effective balance between a 

top-down and bottom-up approach? 

A cascading use of water and nutrients 

The conventional linear principle in water management 

and wastewater handling implies missed opportunities, 

for instance, to re-use nutrients in wastewater. What 

technological options exist for a cascading use of water 

and re-use of nutrients and what policy measures are required 

to stimulate a water strategy in this direction? 

Education, awareness building and knowledge transfer 

Opportunities for structured and continuous learning are 

required at all levels from the local to the national and 

international level. What are the channels to increase the 

knowledge and understanding among different groups 

of people that clean water is everybody’s business? What 

is the role of training courses, school programmes, etc? 


Chair: Prof. Ausaf Rahman, USA 

Co-Chair: Mr. Michael Rouse, UK 

Rapporteur: Dr. Gunilla Brattberg, Stockholm Water Company, Sweden 

Commentator: Mr. Piers Cross, WSP-Africa 


09:10 The Role of Mapping in the Development of a Decentralized 

Wastewater and Sewage System: The Cas of Karachi. Dr. Arif 

Hasan, Urban Resource Centre, Pakistan (Invited Speaker) 

09:45 Livable Pra-sae River; Five Strategic Actions to 

Enhance Benefits in Water and Wastewater Management. 

Mrs. Tharee Kamuang, Thailand Environmental Institute 

10:00 When Communication Counts – Sharing Tasks and Changing 

Roles in Dondo. Mr. Alberto Cumbana, PAARSS, Mozambique 

10:15 A Discussion on Water Planning and Policy Related to Rural Water 

Supply in China. Dr. Cailing Hu, Oxford Brookes University, UK 


11:00 Management of Wastewater and Stormwater Drainage 

Systems in Kolkata – Problems and Recent Measures Taken. 

Mr. Shivashish Bose, Jadavpur University, India 

11:15 Implementation of Decentralised Water and Wastewater 

Management in South Africa: Progress and Problems. 

Prof. Christiaan Schutte, University of Pretoria, South Africa 

11:30 Responsibility in Processes. Stakeholders Mobilize for IWRM 

in Northern Uplands, Vietnam. Ms. Ngoc Pham Thi Bich, 

Vietnam Institute for Water Resources Research 


12:00 Lunch 

13:30 Central and Local Governments Engaging NGOs for Testing 

and Demonstrating New Approaches to Service Delivery 

in Water and Sanitation in Uganda. Ms. Caroline Batanda 

Kisamba, Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network 

13:45 The River Basin Plan as a Mechanism to Consolidate an 

Integrated Approach. Ms. Valéria Nagy de Oliveira Campos, 

Universidade de São Paulo – USP, Brazil 

14:00 Strategy for Widespread Implementation of Numerous, Independent, 

Small Scale Household Water Treatment Programs. 

Ms. Camille Dow Baker, Centre for Affordable Water and 

Sanitation Technology, Canada 

14:15 Local Millennium Development Goals – Initiative (LMDG-I). 

Ms. Ifeoma Charles-Monwuba, WaterAid, Nigeria 



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Workshop 6 

Changing Diets and their Implications 

for Water, Land and Livelihoods 


Co-convenors: International Water Management Institute 

(IWMI), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) 

and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) 


The workshop addresses the role of freshwater in producing 

balanced and nutritious diets. Meat and dairy production 

requires large amounts of water. While this has lead to 

demands for reduced meat production, millions of poorly 

nourished people need more dietary protein. Moreover, 

livestock and fish production provide opportunities for 

poor farmers and herders to increase income. In balancing 

water between humans and ecosystems, there is a 

conceptual difficulty in the sense that water consumed 

for meat production on grazing land supports also a variety 

of other ecosystem services. Well managed grazing 

might also be an efficient and productive use of rainfall 

on land unsuitable for crops. Inland fisheries and aquaculture 

have special water requirements, often competing 

with water for agriculture. 

Variation in water requirements between 

food production systems 

What are the differences in water requirements between pastoral 

(relying on grazing grasslands), mixed crop and livestock 

systems (where animals can eat crop residues), and industrial 

livestock systems (where grain is grown for feed)? How do we 

calculate water requirements in each case, and what are the 

ecological and livelihood trade-offs and impacts? 

Role of aquaculture and capture fisheries? 

Fish play a significant role as a source of food, in livelihoods 

and in an ecological perspective. But there are significant 


differences between capture fisheries and aquaculture in 

terms of water requirements. Aquaculture, for instance, 

needs water of high quality and the water regime plays a 

major role in many fisheries. How should water requirements 

in fisheries be calculated, and what are different ecological 

and livelihood impacts of water use in each case? 

Livelihood improvements and acceptable water use? 

What are ways to reduce water requirements, and to increase 

nutrition, income and other livelihood benefits, for 

both the rural poor and the growing number of urban 

poor? What are the realistic opportunities to improve 

the diet of the poor and undernourished while reducing 

water use? Are livelihood improvements among the poor 

and the achievements of overall water use at “an acceptable 

level” compatible objectives? 

Tuesday 

August 22 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 

Programme Tuesday 22 August, 13:30–17:00 Folkets Hus, Room 203 

Chairs: Dr. David Molden, IWMI and Dr. Johan Rockström, SEI 

Rapporteur: Mr. Mats Lannerstad, Linköping University, Sweden 


Sub-session 1: Water Requirements 

13:40 Improving Livestock Water Productivity to Help Satisfy 

Future Human Dietary Requirements. Dr. Don Peden, ILRI, 

Ethiopia (Invited Speaker) 

14:00 Invisible Linkages of Intensive Livestock Production: Consequences 

for Freshwater and Marine Resources and Ecosystem 

Functioning. Dr. Lisa Deutsch, Centre for Transdisciplinary 

Environmental Research (CTM, Stockholm University), 

Sweden (Invited Speaker) 



Sub-session 2: Diets 

15:00 Poster Summary 

15:15 Urbanization in West Africa: Impact on Diets, Informal 

Irrigation and Health Risks. Dr. Pay Drechsel, IWMI, Ghana 

15:30 Malnutrition, Obesity and Projected Water Demands. 

Dr. Stephen Brichieri-Colombi, King’s College London 

University, Italy 

15:45 Final Discussion 

16:00 General Discussion and Conclusions 

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Seminars 

Climate and Water-related Risks 

2005 – The Year When Climate Change Became Reality. Are the Strategies 

for Coping with Climate and Water-related Risks Good Enough? 

Convenor: Munich Re Foundation 

Photo: SIWI 

Man-made climate change will have a tremendous impact 

on the water cycle and on water-related natural disasters. 

The year 2005 saw record-breaking losses due to hurricanes 

in the Caribbean, but also due to floods in other 

regions of the world such as the Alps, in Romania and 

in India. The seminar will summarise the implications 

of climate- and water-related risks for humans, the envi- 

ronment and the economy and provide an overview of 

the strategies for coping with these risks, especially with 

regard to developing countries. It will focus on questions 

such as: What will be the frequency and intensity of natural 

disasters in the future? What impact will they have 

on the people concerned as well as on overall economic 

and insured losses? 

Programme Tuesday 22 August, 09:00–12:00 Folkets Hus, Congress Hall A 

09:00 Opening Address: Outline of the Goal of the Seminar and 

Presentation of the Speakers. Mr. Dirk Reinhard, Munich 

Re Foundation, Germany 

09:15 Record Storm and Flood Losses. Mere Chance or a Symptom 

of Climate Change? Dr. Wolfgang Kron, Munich Re, Geo 

Risks Research/Environmental Management, Germany 

09:45 Risk Management at the Local Level, Targeting the Root 

Causes. Examples of National and International Strategies for 

Enhancing Capacities at the Local Level in Central America. 

Dr. Juan Carlos Villagrán de León, United Nations University, 

Institute for Environment and Human Security, Germany 

10:15 Integrating Climate Change into Future Strategies. How to 

Mainstream Climate Adaptation into Integrated Water 

Resources Management and Development Cooperation. 

Mr. Holger Hoff, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact 

Research, Germany 


11:00 Investing in Ecosystem Services to Prepare for Climate 

Impacts on Water, Nature and People? In What Areas and 

When can Investments in Ecosystem Services Contribute to 

Adaptation to Climate Change and Increased Variability. 

Dr. Ger Bergkamp, The World Conservation Union (IUCN) 

11:15 Panel Discussion 

12:00 End of Seminar 

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Capturing the Big Picture of Gender in Water 

Power Relations in Policy and Practise: How to Utilise Existing Knowledge? 

Convenors: Gender and Water Alliance (GWA), Stockholm International Water 

Institute (SIWI) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) 

Co-convenors: United Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) 

and the UN Task Force for Gender and Water – Division for the Advancement of Women 

The knowledge on gender in the different water sectors 

has expanded considerably over the past decades. There is 

ample evidence of positive impact of gender mainstreaming 

leading to greater efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability 

and equity. This is recognised in international 

agreements, nevertheless the practise in the water world 

is often one of lip service or gender neutrality. Why are 

methodologies and examples not used and replicated? 

How do gender power relations function at higher levels? 

The seminar is intended to look at the causes and 

into drivers for change on different levels and in different 

contexts. 

Tuesday 

August 22 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Photo: WSSCC 


Saturday 

26 August 

Chair: Ms. Ethne Davey, GWA Chair, Department of Water Affairs 

and Forestry, South Africa 

Co-chair: Dr. Håkan Tropp, Project Director, SIWI 

Rapporteur: Ms. Esther de Jong, Programme Officer, GWA 

09:00 Opening and Introduction of the Session. Ms. Ethne Davey, 

GWA Chair 

09:10 Ms. Thresiamma Mathew, Director, J. Jeevapoorna Trust, India 

09:30 Prof. Dr. Demitrius Christofi dis, GWA Steering Committee, 

Universidade de Brasília, Brazil 

09:50 Ms. Meena Bilgi, Advisor, Gender, Agriculture and Water, India 

10:10 Ms. Marcia Brewster, Task Manager, United Nation Task 

Force for Gender and Water 


10:45 Panel 

Facilitator: Dr. Sara Ahmed, GWA Steering Committee, 

Advisor, Gender and Water Development, India 

Introduction of Panel and Subject. Dr. Sara Ahmed, 

GWA Steering Committee 

Panel Members 

• Mrs. Carolyn Hannan, Director, Division for the Advancement 

of Women, UNDESA 

• Ms. Ethne Davey, Chair, GWA 

• Dr. Håkan Tropp, Project Director, SIWI 

• Mrs. Lakech Haile, Head, Women’s Affairs Department, 

Ministry of Water Resources, Ethiopia 

• Ms. Mariam Yunusa, Senior Project Manager, Water 

Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN-Habitat, Kenya 


11:50 Summarising Key Messages to be Conveyed to the World 

Water Week 


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Tuesday 22 Tuesday August22 August 

Partnerships in Action 

Convenor: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) 

Photo: WSSCC 

Worldwide, over 2.6 billion people, or 40% of the world’s 

population, lack basic sanitation facilities and more than 

1.1 billion people have no access to safe water supply. The 

consequence of this neglect is staggering: 1.6 million 

deaths per year, including some 4,500 children dying everyday 

from preventable diarrhoea and water, sanitation 

and hygiene related diseases. 

In order to work more effectively towards sustainable 

sanitation and hygiene solutions, we need to extend alliances 

and gain momentum through partnerships with a variety of 

stakeholders and actors. The aim of the seminar is to present 

and have an interactive discussion on different types of partnerships 

that have managed to enhance progress, and identify 

the success factors for replication. 

Programme Tuesday 22 August, 09:00–12:00 

Folkets Hus, Room 307 

Moderator: Ms. Vanessa Tobin, Chief, Water, Environment and 

Sanitation, UNICEF 

09:00 Welcome and Introduction. Ms. Vanessa Tobin, UNICEF 

09:15 The Diorano WASH Coalition, Madagascar – A Multi-stakeholder 

Partnership in Action. Ms. Dorcas Pratt, WaterAid, Madagascar 

09:35 Public Private Partnership for Handwashing – The Global Partnership 

and the Peruvian Experience. Ms. Rocio Florez, WSP, Peru 


10:15 The Next Generation – Partnering Up with Youth. Ms. Diana 

Iskreva, Earth Forever, Bulgaria (tbc) 

10:35 National Multi-Stakeholder Campaigning – The WASH 

Movement in Ethiopia. Mr. Takele Hunde, Hygiene and 

Sanitation Coordinator, WaterAid, Ethiopia 


11:50 Summary and Conclusions 

12:00 End of Session 

Sanitation Partnerships: 

Harnessing their Potential for Urban On-site Sanitation 

Convenor: Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation (BPDWS) 

Photo: Dr. Olli Varis 

This seminar will address the market for on-site sanitation 

services in poor urban communities, concentrating 

on the relationships between various stakeholders. Discussions 

will focus on how partnerships can play one of 

three roles: improving the existing transactions that take 

place, harnessing these towards public health goals, and 

overcoming the institutional fragmentation that bedevils 

sanitation delivery. Two case studies, from South Africa 

and Madagascar, will be used to illustrate the issues and 

promote lively debate amongst participants. 

Programme Tuesday 22 August, 13:30-17:00 Folkets Hus, Room 307 

Chair: Dr. Darren Saywell, International Water Association (IWA) 

13:30 Where Partnerships Fit in the Overall Sanitation Challenge. 

Dr. Darren Saywell, IWA 

13:40 Sketching Sanitation Partnerships. Mr. Ken Caplan, BPDWS 

14:10 Key Considerations for Sanitation Partnerships. 

Mr. David Schaub-Jones, BPDWS 


15:15 Three Possible Roles for Partnership 

15:35 Partnership Role A: Better Transactions and Improved Customer 

Relationships. Ms. Dorcas Pratt, WaterAid, Madagascar 

16:00 Partnership Role B: Translating Dignity and Comfort into 

Health and Environmental Protection. Mr. Neil Macleod, 

eThekweni Metro Water Services, South Africa 

16:25 Partnership Role C: Overcoming Fragmentation. 

Dr. Darren Saywell, IWA 


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Fighting Corruption to Reduce Poverty: 

Linking Global and Local Strategies 

Convenors: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Water Integrity Network (WIN) 

[IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Swedish Water 

House (SWH), Transparency International (TI) and Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP)] 

Policy makers and analysts increasingly agree that corruption 

is one of the major challenges facing the water 

sector. The World Bank estimates that corruption undermines 

efficiency in the water sector by 20–40% and 

that it functions as an important driver to pollution and 

over-pumping of ground and surface water. In short, corruption 

affects the governance of water by deciding who 

gets what water of what quality when, where and how. 

It also determines how costs are distributed between individuals, 

society and the environment. Corruption thus 

worsens the world water crisis and evidence suggests that 

the costs are disproportionably borne by the poor and 

the environment. In addition, corruption can jeopardise 

democratic principles of equal access in public decision 

making. Social injustice is another consequence of corruption 

because it undermines the rule of law and an effective 

justice system while breeding discretionary and 

unpredictable law enforcement. 

Whereas solid knowledge on how to tackle corruption 

is in high demand, the supply is low. Notwithstanding 

some scattered islands of knowledge, the diagnostics on 

corruption and a systematically developed understanding 

of anti-corruption measures are only beginning to develop 

in the water sector. The seminar aims at: increasing 

awareness of the need for anti-corruption measures in the 

water sector; expanding knowledge including scope and 

different kinds of corruption in the sector with a particular 

focus on how poor people are affected; and exploring 

anti-corruption mechanisms and how they can be used in 

the quest to alleviate poverty. 

The seminar, which focuses on the link between corruption 

and the creation and alleviation of poverty, will 

also be a platform for launching WIN – Water Integrity 

Network. 


Tuesday 

August 22 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Chair: Mr. Paul Hassing, Deputy Director, Environment and Water, 

Directorate General of International Cooperation, Ministry of 

Foreign Affairs, Netherlands 

Co-Chair: Representative of Sida 

Moderator: Dr. David Nussbaum, Chief Executive Officer, 

Transparency International - Secretariat, Germany 

13:30 Block 1: Seminar Opening and Launch of WIN 

• Words of Welcome on Behalf of Convenors. 

Dr. Patrik Stålgren, SWH 

• Opening Remarks by Convenor and WIN Sponsor. TBA, 

Representative of Sida 

• Opening Remarks by WIN Sponsor. Mr. Paul Hassing, 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands 

• Launch of the Water Integrity Network (WIN). 

Dr. Håkan Tropp, WIN Interim Chair, SIWI 

• TBA, High Level Participant 

14:10 Block 2: Keynote Presentations 

• Keynote 1: Political Commitment and Programs to Fight 

Corruption in the Water Sector. Dr. Antonio Tujan Jr., 

Research Director, IBON Foundation Inc., Philippines 

• Keynote 2: Private Sector Commitments and Programmes to 

Fight Corruption in the Water Sector. Mr. Syed Adil Gilani, 

Chief Executive Officer, TI-Pakistan, and Brig. Iftekhar 

Haider, MD, Karachi Sewerage Board, Pakistan 

14:40 Block 3: Setting the Scene for Learning about Anti-corruption 

in the Water Sector 

• A Framework for Fighting Corruption in the Water Sector 

Worldwide. Mr. Piers Cross, WSP-Africa, Kenya 

• Pro-poor Approaches and Policy Interventions to Anti-Corruption 

in the Water Sector. Mrs. Janelle Plummer, World Bank 

Consultant, UK, and Dr. Patrik Stålgren, SWH 

15:00 Block 4: Learning About Curtailing 

Corruption in the Water Sector 

• Transparency in Water Management. Mr. Narasimah 

Rao Chilukuri, National Level Monitor under the Ministry 

of Rural Development of the Government of India 

• Securing Community Water through Combating Corruption. 

Dr. Ignatius Adeh, Research Fellow, European Institute of 

Environmental Law Research, University of Bremen, Germany 

• Tools to Ensure Transparency in Kerala Sanitation Programme. 

Mrs. Kochurani Mathew, Socio-Economic Units Foundation, India 

• Improvement of the Governance of Water Utilities. 

Dr. Kazushi Hashimoto, Director General, Japan Bank for 

International Cooperation 

• Facing Up: How Shell Tackles Corruption. Mr. Albert Wong, 

Head of Policy and External Relations, Shell International, 

The Netherlands 

• Perceptions and Levels of Corruption Survey in Southern 

Africa. Mr. Anton Earle, Director, African Centre for Water 

Research, South Africa 

16:30 Block 5: Concluding Discussion and Way Forward 


17:15 Open WIN, Water Integrity Network, Meeting to Inform about 

WIN and raise WIN Membership. Venue: Room 361 Norra Latin 

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Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information


Photo: SIWI 

Financing Integrated Water Resources Management in the North 

– Strategies and Experiences 

Convenors: Northern Water Network (NoWNET) [Australia Water Partnership, Danish Water Forum, 

French Coordination for Water, Global Water Partnership, Japan Water Forum, Korea Water Forum, 

Netherlands Water Partnership, Swedish Water House and World Water Council] 

The Northern Water Network (NoWNET), launched at 

the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto in 2003, mobilises 

networks based in Northern countries to promote and 

facilitate good water development and management practices. 

Recognising that Northern countries face serious 

water management challenges, the objective of NoWNET 

is to promote the exchange of experiences and knowledge 

between countries in the North (North-North), while 

at the same time providing an improved platform and 

mechanism for the sharing between Northern countries 

and countries of the South (North-South). 

The seminar will be divided in two different sessions. 

Session 1 will discuss partnership and network building, 

and the experiences and lessons learnt from the existing 

members of the NoWNET on how to build effective cooperation 

on a national level. Session 2 will focus on water 

resources management financing strategies in Northern 

countries and will present a number of national cases. 

What financing strategies are currently being used? What 

are the lessons learnt from past and current practices? 

The seminar will be based on presentations and interactive 

discussions among presenters and with the audience. 


Chair: Prof. Torkil Jønch-Clausen, Danish Water Forum 

Rapporteur: Ms. Noriko Yamaguchi, Japan Water Forum 

13:00 Opening the Seminar. Prof. Torkil Jønch-Clausen, Danish 

Water Forum 

13:05 Session 1: Partnership and Network Building National 

Presentations and Experience Sharing (5 minutes each) 

French Coordination for Water. Mrs. Myriam Constantin, 

Deputy Mayor Responsible for Water and Sanitation, Paris 

Danish Water Forum. Dr. Torkil Jønch-Clausen 

Japan Water Forum. Ms. Noriko Yamaguchi 

Netherlands Water Partnership. Mr. Jeroen van der Sommen 

Swedish Water House. Mr. Johan Kuylenstierna 

13:35 Panel Discussion: (National representatives, GWP and 

WWC): Challenges and Opportunities of Partnership and 

Network Building in the North. What Role can NoWNET 

Play in International Water Cooperation 

14:00 Session 2. Financing Integrated Water Resources Management 

in the North – Strategies and Experiences 

Introductory Speaker: Mr. James Winpenny, Wychwood 

Economic Consulting Ltd., UK 

14:20 Economic Consequences of the EU Water Framework 

Directive – the Danish Perspective. Dr. Jesper Sölver Schou, 

National Environment Research Institute, Denmark 

14:40 Polluter-Pays Principle and Cost-efficiency When Implementing 

the EU Water Directive in Sweden. Dr. Henrik Scharin, Environmental 

Economist, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency 


15:30 Investment in Water and its Contribution to Economic and 

Social Development in Modern Japan. Dr. Koutaro Takemura, 

Secretary General, Japan Water Forum 

15:50 Financing IWRM in the Netherlands – Principles and Facts. 

Mr. Henk Tiesinga, Chairman of the Water Board Zuiderzeeland 

and Member of the Executive Assembly of the Association 

of Water Boards, The Netherlands 

16:10 Short Break 

16:20 Panel Discussion. Lessons Learned on Financing IWRM in 

the North – Implications for the South? 

Moderator: Mr. James Winpenny, Wychwood Economic 

Consulting Ltd., UK 

16:55 Closing the Seminar. Prof. Torkil Jønch-Clausen, Danish Water 

Forum 

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Side Events 



International Training Programmes on 

Integrated Water Resources Management 

and Transboundary Water Management 

Convenors: Ramboll Natura and Stockholm 


Ramboll Natura of Sweden together with the Stockholm 

International Water Institute implements Sida’s international 

training programmes on Integrated Water Resources 

Management (IWRM) and on Integrated Transboundary 

Water Resources Management (ITWRM). 

The focus in each course is on the participants’ own job 

situation. Each participant develops an individual project 

that highlights opportunities and challenges encountered 

in their work. At present, training programmes on 

IWRM include one course where participants are recruited 

globally and one French speaking course, mainly targeted 

for West Africa. Three transboundary programmes 

are available on an annual basis – one global, one for the 

Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region, and one for 

Lake Victoria. The side event will present these international 

training programmes and provide an opportunity 

to meet course participants. 


The Difference a Tree Can Make: 

Water, Tree and Soil Interactions 

in Tropical Watersheds 

Convenors: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) 

Public perception of the effect of trees on watershed function 

vacillates between strongly positive or negative, 

influenced by media reports on floods and droughts and 

scientific responses to publicised perceptions. However, research 

led by ICRAF and partners shows that trees play a 

nuanced role in important watershed functions. In waterscarce 

conditions, the use of deciduous trees can greatly 

reduce water use and competition with crops. In areas of 

high erosion and sedimentation, maintenance of indigenous 

trees in riparian areas may be the best option. Three brief 

presentations at the side event will provide insight into 

the ways trees can be best managed to advance watershed 

management objectives and the implications for watershed 

management policy and programme design. 

The fi ndings presented at the side event are drawn 

from more than 20 years of ICRAF research. For the first 

time, these critical fi ndings are being brought together 

in a series of information briefs, which will be launched 

during the side event. With prominent media coverage 

of floods and landslides, the rise of large scale afforestation 

projects, and the rooting of carbon sequestration 

projects, these findings have never been more relevant in 

guiding decision making processes. Join us and learn the 

secrets to using trees to achieve your watershed management 

goals. 


Small Multi-Purpose 

Reservoir Planning 

Convenor: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) 

The Challenge Program on Water and Food’s Small Reservoirs 

Project is working with stakeholders to develop a 

set of purpose-built tools and procedures for the appropriate 

design, operation and maintenance of small multipurpose 

reservoirs. These tools will assist people working 

at two scales, the basin scale and the community scale. 

Well-designed small reservoirs have the potential to improve 

the lives of people who grow irrigated crops and 

fi sh, water livestock and use water in their households. 

With better information, people in small communities 

will enjoy sustainable production systems that improve 

their livelihoods without compromising the quality of the 

environment. 

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Tuesday 

August 22 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information



Developing Solutions to Protect the Marine 

Environment from Land-Based Activities: 

Stakeholder Dialogue for 

the European Region 

Convenors: Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable 

Future and UNEP Global Programme of Action for 

the Protection of the Marine Environment from 

Land-based Activities (GPA) 

The major threats to the health, productivity and biodiversity 

of the marine environment result from human activities 

on land – in coastal areas and further inland. Some 80% of 

the pollution load in the oceans originates from land-based 

activities, such as aquaculture, sewage, tourism and mining. 

The Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the 

Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) is 

one important response to these concerns. The GPA is the 

only global mechanism that explicitly addresses the linkages 

between freshwater, coastal and marine environments. This 

side event will bring together stakeholders from around the 

world to discuss issues threatening the marine environment 

and the livelihoods of coastal communities. Stakeholders will 

have the opportunity to comment on the draft Beijing Declaration, 

identify priorities and discuss the roles of stakeholders 

and national governments in developing solutions to these 

problems. The outcomes will provide input into the upcoming 

Second Intergovernmental Review (IGR-2) of the GPA, 

which will be held in Beijing, China in October 2006. 


The Contribution of Life Sciences to 

the Millennium Development Goals 

Convenor: The World Life Sciences Forum (BioVision) 

Water is one of the compelling issues of our time. From 

all corners of the world, the foremost water experts and 

opinion leaders converge in Stockholm during World Water 

Week, where the focus will be on building capacity for 

action. The purpose of the BioVision side event is to take 

a proactive approach to open the doors to cooperation in 

order to further action-oriented goals and agendas. 

The World Life Sciences Forum BioVision is a biennial, 

high-level global forum for dialogue, debate and 

unique opportunity to efficiently carry the action message 

directly to new constituencies from agriculture, 

health and environment. In 2005, over 4000 participants 

from 50 countries attended, representing science, society 

(in the form of non-governmental organisations, international 

organisations, leading institutes) and industry. 

The theme of the next Forum will be “The Contribution 

of Life Sciences to the Millennium Development Goals”, 

and water will be an integral part of the Forum. BioVision 

will take place in March 11–14, 2007, in Lyon, France 

and will be an opportunity to build on the momentum 

of Stockholm. Join the side event to find out more about 

BioVision and help shape the debate in 2007. 

www.biovision.org 


Donor Country Approaches to Water- 

Related Development Cooperation 

Focus Area: Water Resources Infrastructure 

Convenor: Stockholm International Water Institute 

(SIWI) in cooperation with the Netherlands Ministry 

of Foreign Affairs, Department for International 

Development, United Kingdom, Ministry of Foreign 

Affairs of Denmark, U.S. Department of State and The 

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and 

Development, Germany 


In this side event, a number of donor countries will present 

and discuss their approaches to water resources infrastructure, 

both small-scale and large-scale, and the role of such 

infrastructure to solve escalating water challenges. What 

are the fundamental issues to be dealt with in order to 

identify the most appropriate infrastructure and to generate 

the necessary resources? Are there innovative funding 

mechanisms that can be further supported? How can longterm 

sustainability be secured, from economic, social and 

environmental perspectives? Initial short presentations will 

be followed by comments from representatives of recipient 

countries, also providing their perspectives on current 

and future challenges and opportunities for small and large 

scale water resource infrastructure. Most of the time will 

be devoted to moderated, interactive discussions. 

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Social Activity 


Award Ceremony 

The international Stockholm Junior Water Prize contest 

aims to encourage young people’s interest in issues concerning 

water and the environment. The award is given 

annually for an outstanding water project by a young person 

or a small group of young people. 

The finalists at the international competition in Stockholm 

this week are the winners of national SJWP contests. 

The national and international competitions are open to 

pre-university young people between the age of 15 and 20 

who have conducted water-related projects focusing on 

local, regional, national or global topics of environmental, 

scientific, social or technological importance. 

The international Stockholm Junior Water Prize winner 

receives a usd 5,000 award and a blue crystal sculpture 

in the shape of a water droplet. The national competitions 

have helped young people around the world to 

become active in water issues. 

Tuesday 

August 22 

Wednesday 

23 August 

H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is the Patron 

of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize. 

For these young water enthusiasts, the World Water Week 

provides an opportunity to meet top world water experts 

convening in Stockholm at the same time, participate in 

seminars, visit research and technical facilities and attend 

cultural and social events. This year, around 30 countries 

are participating in the competition in Stockholm. The 

competing projects deal with a wide variety of topics, 

from the development of advanced technical devices to 

aspects of relevance for the implementation of the Millennium 

Development Goals, from simple local solutions 

for dry countries to innovative pollution abatement ideas, 

dissemination of key results and public awareness campaigns 

to the local population. 

The winner will be announced during the Award Ceremony 

on the evening of Tuesday, August 22 in the Congress 

Hall. A meeting for representatives of the National 

Organisers in the participating countries will also be arranged, 

and the students’ posters shall be on display on 

Tuesday and Wednesday during the week. 


Stockholm Junior Water Prize Award Ceremony in the presence of 

H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria 

Speakers 

Mr. Stig Larsson, Chairman, Stockholm Water Foundation 

Dr. Magnus Enell, Chairman, SJWP Nominating Committee 

Prof. Asit K. Biswas, 2006 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 

Mr. Thomas R. Martin, Senior Vice President and 

Director of Corporate Relations, ITT Corporation 

Prize Ceremony 

H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria presents the prize and the diplomas 

Ms. Frida Lanshammar, Manager, Stockholm Junior Water Prize, 

introduces the finalists 

Music 

Christopher Lehman, flute 

Henrik Mawe, piano 

Daniel Andersson Quartet 

Rennie Mirro, musical performer 

Dance 

Kühler Dance Company 

Choreography by KDC and Therese Carlsson 

Master of Cermonies 

Ms. Victoria Dyring 

Folkets Hus, Congress Hall 

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Photo: SIWI 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information

Wednesday 23 August 

Workshop 5 

Decision Support Systems and IWRM 


Co-convenors: Global Water Partnership (GWP) and Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future 


There are many examples of decision support systems 

(DSS) around the world, but there seems to be few which 

cover all relevant issues in the development and implementation 

of IWRM in practice. For DSS to be effective, 

the main obstacles as well as the successful factors must 

be identified and properly taken into account in its development 

and implementation. 

Governance and the role of policy, regulations, 

and of local institutions 

DSS tend to be designed from the requirements of planning 

and similar formal institutions. With reference to 

the support for IWRM, what are the requirements in 

terms of inter-sector linkages to enhance an integrated 

approach in water governance? Similarly, what kind of 

support is required to integrate local level issues with a 

composite regional, basin or national perspective? 

Stakeholders and societal negotiation processes 

It is more and more recognised within the development 

community as well as within the community of water pro- 

fessionals that increased dialogue between 

business, government and the 

civil society is needed. How can true 

participatory dialogue and outcomes 

of negotiation processes among relevant 

parts of society be involved 

when elaborating a DSS? 

Decision support system that 

works in practice 

DSS must be designed so that the 

users can apply them in their daily 

duties or in strategic planning. 

What is the role of models, data 

retrieval systems and other similar 

tools? DSS should also facilitate 

dialogue between different interests 

groups and people from various 

backgrounds and with various 

technical and other kinds of knowledge. 

How can DSS be designed to 

contribute to such a dialogue? 

Programme Wednesday 23 August, 09:00–17:00 Folkets Hus, Congress Hall A 

Chair: Prof. Torkil Jønch-Clausen, DHI Water & Environment, Denmark 

Co-Chair: Mr. Felix Dodds, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable 

Future, UK 

Rapporteur: Mrs. Ulla-Britta Fallenius, The Swedish Environmental 

Protection Agency 

Co-Rapporteur: Mr. Alan Hall, GWP 

09:00 Introduction by Chair 

09:10 Climate Proofing of IWRM Decision Support Systems. 

Prof. Pavel Kabat, ALTERRA Green World Research, 

Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands 


09:45 Information – Analytical System of the River Basins 

in Kazakhstan as the Technological Basis for IWRM. 

Mr. Igor Shenberger, Kazgiprovodkhoz Project Institute, 

Kazakhstan (Invited Speaker) 


10:45 Promote IWRM to Resolve a Complex Agriculture & Fishery 

Issue through Dialogue – A Case from Sri Lanka. Ms. Mangala 

Wickramanayake, Coast Conservation Department, Sri Lanka 

11:00 Practical Experience towards Implementing IWRM for 

Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Ethiopia: the 

Case of Two Pilot Watersheds. Mr. Kidanemariam Jembere, 

Ethiopia Country Water Partnership 

11:15 Participative Management Decision Making 

Guidelines for Quebec Watershed Agencies. 

Prof. Catherine Choquette, University of Sherbrooke, Canada 

11:30 Discussion on Presentations 

12:00 Lunch 

13:30 Introduction by Co-chair 

13:40 Issues Related to the Regulatory and Legal Base Development 

for Water Quality in Central Asia. Dr. Bulat Yessekin, The 

Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia, Kazakstan 

13:55 The Rationale for Development of a Participatory Decision 

Support System for Water Resources Management in Uganda. 

Assoc. Prof. Gaddi Ngirane-Katashaya, Makerere University, 

Uganda 

14:10 Partnership Approaches to Decision Making: 20 years of 

Progress in the Mersey Basin. Mr. Mark Turner, Mersey Basin 

Campaign, UK 

14:25 A Decision Support System for an Integrated Water Resources 

Management in Vietnam. Prof. Harro Stolpe, Institute of 

Environmental Engineering and Ecology, Germany 

14:40 Discussion on Presentations 



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Workshop 7 

Sharing the Benefits of Ecosystem Services and the Costs of Ecosystem Degradation 


Co-convenors: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) and Ramsar Convention on Wetlands 


Benefits that people receive from ecosystems, terrestrial ones 

as well as aquatic ones, take many forms and could be identified 

with reference to different temporal and spatial scales. It 

is also increasingly evident that the poorest segments of society 

often bear the highest costs of ecosystem degradation. 

Improved understanding and valuation of ecosystem services 

is a necessary first step in developing and strengthening ways 

and means for negotiating and sharing benefits of ecosystem 

services. Improved knowledge of the value of such services 

also helps to allocate responsibility for an effective maintenance 

of functions and resilience of ecosystems. 

What benefits at what position in a catchment? 

Ecosystems form dynamic fluxes, often related to different 

sites, which should also be seen in a wider context. 

What benefits and services can be generated from different 

types and scales of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, 

respectively, at different positions in a catchment? 

Tools for identification and valuation 

What tools and mechanisms are available and necessary 

for identifying and valuing such benefits and services? 

Principles for sharing of benefits and costs 

Since many ecosystem services are generated without direct 

human intervention, principles for the negotiation and sharing 

of benefits from ecosystems, and for ecosystem degradation 

cost allocation, need to be developed. What principles 

must be adhered to in this connection? What conclusions 

can be drawn regarding the responsibilities of various actors 

for maintaining vital functions of ecosystems? 

Wednesday 

August 23 

Programme Wednesday 23 August, 09:00–17:00 Folkets Hus, Room 307 

Chair: Dr. Jonathan Woolley, CPWF 

Co-Chair: Dr. Peter Bridgewater, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands 

Rapporteur: Mr. Michael Moore, SIWI 

Co-Rapporteur: Ms. Elin Enfors, Stockholm University, Sweden 


Sub-session 1: Valuation 

09:10 Sharing the Costs of Ecosystem Degradation in the Murray 

Darling Basin, Australia – The Results of the First Century of 

Negotiations! Mr. John Scanlon, Murray Darling Basin Commission, 

Australia (Invited Speaker) 

09:30 An Economic or Pro-poor Pathway? The Dilemma of Water Allocating 

Institutions in the Great Ruaha Catchment in Tanzania. 

Mr. Reuben Kadigi, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania 

09:40 Access: A Precondition for Payment for Environmental Service 

– Understanding the Case of Tiquipaya Watershed, Bolivia. Mr. 

Olaf Westerman, Danish Institute for International Studies 

09:50 Financing of the Decision of Water Problems of Russia: 

Between Command Approach, Market-Based Approach and 

Ethical Traditions. Mrs. Olga Podosenova, Ural Ecological 

Union, Russian Federation 



Panel 1: Valuation: Uplands 

11:00 Compensation for Environmental Services in the Andes, 

Lessons for a Wider Application. Dr. Hector Cisneros, 

Coordinador, Consortium for the Sustainable Development of 

the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN), Peru 

11:20 Carbon Sequestration Services of Reforestation Initiatives in 

the Catchments Area of Lake Singkarak in Indonesia: Local 

Action for Global Benefit. Dr. Bustanul Arifin, Syiah Kulala 

University, Indonesia 

11:30 Operationalizing Benefit-Sharing: The South African Experience. 

Dr. Marius Claassen, African Water Issues Research Unit 


12:00 Lunch 

Panel 2: Benefit Sharing: Upstream Ecosystems 

13:30 Determining Costs and Benefits of Environmental Externalities 

as an Instrument to Promote Alliances for Development. Fuquene 

Watershed (Colombia). Ms. Marcela Quintero, CIAT, Colombia 

13:40 Sharing Riverine Ecosystems Services, Benefits and Costs from 

Water Transfer Projects: The Case of the Lesotho Highlands Water 

Project. Dr. Mampiti Matete, National University of Lesotho 

13:50 The Hydro-logic of Agroforestry: Fostering a New Appreciation of 

the Hydrologic Functions of Agroforestry for Improved Policy and 

Programme Design. Dr. Brent Swallow, World Agroforestry Centre 

14:00 Relationship Water-Forest Management as a Sharing Benefit of 

Natural Resources by Communities in the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca, 

Mexico. Ms. Claudia G. Méndez Jaime, Consultant, Mexico 



Panel 3: Benefit Sharing: Downstream Ecosystems 

15:00 Linking Flow, Services and Value – A Checklist and Some 

Examples. Ms. Louise Korsgaard, DHI, Denmark 

15:10 Monitoring Estuarine and Marine Water Quality and Ecosystem 

Health: An Overview of an Established Programme 

and its Relevance in Developing Nations. Ms. Kate Moore, 

University of Queensland, Australia 

15:20 Potential Benefits Associated with Payments for Ecosystem 

Services in the Columbia River Basin of North America. 

Prof. Robert Mahler, University of Idaho, USA 

15:30 Environmental Aspects of Integrated Flood Management. 

Mr. Avinash C. Tyagi, World Meteorological Organization, 

Switzerland 



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Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information


Workshop 8 

Large Lakes as Drivers for Regional Development 


Co-Convenors: East African Community (EAC), International Lake 

Environment Committee (ILEC) and The International Joint Commission (IJC) 


Large lakes, as illustrated by the very geography of economic 

activities typical for lake regions, are strategic to regional 

development. They are key to a variety of dynamic processes 

where water resource and water-related risk factors interact 

with other components in societal development. The 

lake may, for instance, constrain the expansion of physical 

infrastructure while serving urban planning with valuable 

coastal zones. Globally, pressure on lake resources and surrounding 

lands can be seen. This affects the water quality 

of the lakes and thereby also the socio-economic conditions 

and environmental status of the region. Visionary planning 

is needed to integrate experience and knowledge into collaborative 

and sustainable lake management. 

Sustainable resource and risk management of lake basins 

What kind of planning is required to realise and sustain the 

considerable resource values of large lakes in expansive regions? 

What risks in terms of pollution and degradation of the resources 

in and around large lakes should be considered? What 

regulations of human activities need to be considered? 

Integrated, multi-objective water regulation systems 

How can large lakes be most effectively managed through 

water regulation systems, considering also water quality 

aspects that provide strategic information and knowledge, 

for regional development planning? How can broad – but 

functional – participatory involvement be assured? 

Transboundary lakes 

How can the environmental and socio-economic benefits 

from regional integration of transboundary lake basin 

management be gained most effectively? How can the 

principles for sustainable development and multi-objective 

requirements for balancing resource and risk factors 

be achieved in a transboundary setting? 

Programme Wednesday 23 August, 09:00–17:00 Folkets Hus, Congress Hall B 

Chair: Dr. Tom Okurut, EAC 

Co-Chair: Prof. Boniface Egboka, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria 

Rapporteur: Prof. Saburo Matsui, Kyoto University, Japan 

Co-Rapporteur: Prof. Klas Cederwall, The Royal Institute of Technology, 

Sweden 

Commentator: Prof. Sven Erik Jørgensen, Danish University of Pharmaceutical 

Sciences 


First Block – Management 

09:10 Managing Lakes and their Basins for Sustainable Use: the Basin 

Governance Challenge. Dr. Masahisa Nakamura, Shiga University 

Center for Sustainability and Environment, Japan (Invited Speaker) 

09:30 A Survey of Institutional Features of International Lakes. Ms. 

Catherine Ashcraft, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 

09:45 Allocation of Reservoir Water as Group Decision-making Problem 

with Complete and Incomplete Information: Djerdap Dam 

at the Serbia-Romania Frontier. Dr. Bojan Srdjevic, University 

of Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro 

10:00 Regional Participation on the Development of Transboundary Water 

Resources: Civil Societies Engagement as Tool for Development in Nile 

Basin. Dr. Amos E. Majule, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 



Second Block – Sustainable Development and Research Aspects 

11:00 Looking in the Mirror: How Societies Learn from their Dependence 

on Large Lakes. Prof. Dr. Richard A. Meganck, UNESCO-IHE 

Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands (Invited Speaker) 

11:20 Lombardy Lakes – The Present and the Future. Mr. Daniele 

Magni, Research Institute for the Economy and Ecology Applied 

to Alpine Areas, Italy 

11:30 The World’s 10th Largest Lake under Threat: Lake Winnipeg, 

the Economic Mainstay of Manitoba, Canada. Mr. Alex Salki, 

Freshwater Institute Fisheries and Oceans, Canada 

11:40 The Influence of Drainage Area on the Anthropogenic Transformation 

of Vozhe Lake. Prof. Natalya Bolotova, Vologda 

Pedagogical University, Russia 

11:50 Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia: Nature’s Affluence Meets Human Poverty. 

Mr. Marko Keskinen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland 


12:15 Lunch 

Third Block – Overaching Issues 

13:30 Dr. Nick V. Aladin, Russian Academy of Sciences Zoological 

Institute (Invited Speaker) 

Panel Discussion with Short Presentations: 

13:50 Lakes as Repositories for Women’s Sustained Livelihood at Kodaikanal 

Hills. Dr. D. Janaki, Mother Teresa Women’s University, India 

13:55 Africa’s Lakes: An Analysis of Environmental Change. 

Dr. Ashbindu Singh, UNEP/GRID – EROS Data Center, USA 

14:05 Rejuvenation of Lake – Economic Engine: A Case Study of Kolleru 

Lake in India. Dr. Trinadha Raju Rudraraju, GeoRIST, India 

14:10 Networking between Networks: Baltic Cities Co-operate with 

Lake Victoria Local Authorities. Dr. Sulev Nömmann, Union of 

the Baltic Cities, Finland 

14:15 Panel Discussion 


Fourth Block – Final Discussion 


Introduction by Dr. Erik Odada, University of Nairobi, Kenya 



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Workshop 9 

Safe Water Storage and Regulation during Floods and Droughts 


Co-Convenors: International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), International Association 

of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), International Hydropower Association (IHA), International Water Resources 

Association (IWRA) and Third World Centre for Water Management 


Mitigation of both flood and drought problems is dependent, 

among other things, on the capacity to store and regulate 

runoff within river basins. Water retention capacity is partly 

provided naturally in the landscape and also technically by 

means of dams and reservoirs. Additionally, and equally important 

in a mitigation strategy are non-technical measures, 

for instance, education and information for building human 

and institutional capacity to cope with floods and droughts. 

Experiences from different climatic regions should be shared 

and taken into account to include the necessary flexibility in 

the efforts for achieving safe handling of water resources. 

Floods and droughts are affected by climate change and 

particularly by increased climate variability interacting with 

human activities as amplifying or moderating factors. Water 

resources management must therefore balance resource 

and risk aspects to find measures and operation strategies 

where seemingly conflicting interests can all benefit. 

Multipurpose water regulation strategies 

How and to what extent should water resources management 

strategies include predictions of climate change in 

order to decrease the vulnerability in society related to 

floods and droughts? 

Impact and vulnerability assessments 

How are impact and vulnerability assessments related 

to flood and drought situations most effectively used for 

developing mitigation strategies? Do we put adequate 

emphasis on the specific vulnerability related to different 

threats for water quality degradation during both flood 

and drought events? 

Sustainable engineering? 

Sustainable engineering is an important concept applicable 

to water resources development where human activities 

have to adapt to patterns that are robust in a long-term 

perspective. What are the criteria defining sustainability 

in situations where society has to cope with increasing 

threats from climate change and climate variability? Do 

we need new and more comprehensive risk management 

strategies as part of sustainable engineering? 

Wednesday 

August 23 

Thursday 

24 August 

Programme Wednesday 23 August, 09:00–17:00 Folkets Hus, Congress Hall C 

Chair: Dr. Cecilia Tortajada, Third World Centre for Water 

Management, Mexico 

Rapporteur: Prof. Klas Cederwall, The Royal Institute of 

Technology, Sweden 

Co-Rapporteur: Ms. Alexandra Pres, InWent Capacity Building 

International, Germany 

Commentator: Prof. Benedito Braga, Agência Nacional de Águas (ANA), 

Brazil 


First Block 

09:10 The Role of Water Storage for Flood and Drought Mitigation: 

Case Study of Turkey. Prof. Dogan Altinbilek, IHA, Turkey 


09:45 Focusing on the Ethiopian Water Towers. Dr. Admasu 

Gebeyehu, Consultant, Ethiopia 

10:00 The Egyptian Experience on Setting Measures for Mitigation 

Strategies to Reduce the Consequences of Floods and 

Droughts, Associated with Climate Change uncertainty. Dr 

Mohamed Abdul Aty Sayed, Egypt Ministry of Water Resources 

and Irrigation 

10:15 Improved Water Security by Protecting Natural Water Bodies 

and Waterways in the Indus Basin. Dr. Zaigham Habib, International 

Water Management Institute (IWMI), Pakistan 


Second Block 

11:00 Squeezed Dry: Implications of Drought and Water 

Regulation in the Krishna Basin, India. Dr. Anju Gaur, IWMI, 

India (Invited Speaker) 

11:30 Water Between Climatic Changes and Agricultural Requirements 

– Romanian Case. Dr. Cristian Kleps, Romanian Academy 

of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences 

11:45 Operation of Three Dams to Protect Khartoum City from 

Flood. Prof. Hussein Adam, University of Gezira, Sudan 

12:00 Lunch 

Third Block – Overaching Issues 

13:30 Evaluation of Reservoirs as a Flood Mitigation Measure in 

River Nyando Basin, Western Kenya. Mr. Joseph Sang, Regional 

Land Management Unit (RELMA) in ICRAF, Kenya 

13:45 Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) – Seizing Opportunity 

in a Crisis. Mr. Tapiwa Gavaza, UK 

14:00 A Community’s Combined Efforts to Sustainable Water Resource 

Management. Ms. Marlene Stolt, ACTEW Corporation, Australia 


Fourth Block – Final Discussion 

15:00 Discussion Introductory by Prof. Benedito Braga, ANA, Brazil 


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Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information


Seminars 

The Middle East Seminar: Cooperation 

Prospects in the Euphrates-Tigris Region 

Convenors: Euphrates-Tigris Initiative for Cooperation/Kent State University (ETIC), Global Water Partnership 

Mediterranean (GWP-MED), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), 

Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and UNESCO 

Photo: Katarina Andrzejewska, SIWI 

Much has been said and written about the Middle East 

and North Africa (MENA) region, including scenarios 

predicting water wars, violent conflicts and actual/perceived 

water shortages and deficits. 

The founders of the Euphrates-Tigris Initiative for Cooperation, 

or ETIC, believe this potential creates prospects 

for cooperation rather than conflict. The social/economic/political 

setting can support combinations where 

all can benefit as opposed to “zero-sum” water-sharing 

arithmetic. 

This seminar will help enhance dialogue and mutual 

understanding, discuss common issues and possible cooperative 

solutions, and identify programs and activities 

of common interest. 

Programme Wednesday 23 August, 09:00–17:30 Norra Latin, Room 253 

Chair: Prof. Jan Lundqvist, SIWI 

Co-chair: Ambassador Bo Kjellén, Sweden 

09:00 Welcoming Statements by ETIC, Sida and SIWI 

09:15 Presentation on ETIC 

• Ms. Patsy Broadway, International Programs Center, University 

of Oklahoma, USA 

• Dr. Olcay Unver, ETIC/Kent State University, USA 

09:35 Presentation of Workshop Findings by Workshop Participants 

09:50 Panel on Water Resources Presentation by ETIC Co-founders 

Review of Riparian Relations: 

• Ms. Lina Sergie Atassi, Aleppo University, Syria 

• Dr. Aysegul Kibaroglu, Middle East Technical University, Turkey 

A Status Report on Lower Mesopotamian Marshlands: 

• Prof. Dr. Mohammed al-Najim, Ministry of Higher Education, Iraq 

• Prof. Dr. Mukdad Ali, Baghdad University, Iraq 

10:10 Challenges in Water Resources Management by Riparian 

Participants 

11:10 Roundtable Discussion 

Participants: 

• Dr. Marwa Daoudy, Graduate Institute for International Studies, 

Université de Genève, Switzerland 

• Mr. Housein Makhlouf, President, Water Resources Executive Board, 

Ministry of Irrigation, Syria tbc 

• Mr. Baseel Refaat, Director General of Engineering Design, 

Ministry of Water Resources, Iraq 

• Mr. Mithat Rende, Deputy Director General for Water, Energy 

and Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey 

• Prof. Dr. Karim Khalaf El-Jumaily, Baghdad University of 

Technology, Iraq 

• Prof. Dr. Wael Mualla, President, Damascus University, Syria 

• Dr. Aysegul Kibaroglu, Middle East Technical University, Turkey 

• Prof. Dr. Mukdad Ali, University of Baghdad, Iraq 


13:30 Transboundary Issues and Cooperation in a Broader Framework. 

Dr. Olcay Unver, ETIC/Kent State University, USA 

13:50 Invited Presentations from Each Country 

14:50 Panel on Cross-Cutting Issues: Environment, Agriculture, 

Energy, Social and Gender Aspects, Role of Education, Role of 

Civil Society 

Roundtable Discussion Participants: 

• Prof. Dr. Fouad Shoukri Kourdi, Vice President, Kalamoun 

University, Syria 

• Ms. Lina Sergie Atassi, Aleppo University, Syria 

• Prof. Dr. Nabil Ades, Vice President, Aleppo University, Syria 

• Prof. Dr. Mohammed al-Najim, Ministry of Higher Education, Iraq 

• Mr. Sabah M. Marruki, Ministry of Environment, Iraq 

• Ms. Songul Omer Chapok, Head, Iraqi Women’s Coalition 

• Ms. Filiz Demirayak, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), 

Turkey 

• Prof. Dr. Hasan Zuhuri Sarikaya, Undersecretary, Ministry of 

Environment and Forestry, Turkey 

• Prof. Dr. Zuhal Karahan Kara, Director, Institute of Social Sciences, 

Harran University 

16:30 General Discussion and Wrap-up 

17:30 End 

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Coping with Water Scarcity 

Convenor: UN-Water 

UN-Water is made up of the UN agencies, programmes 

and funds that have a significant role in tackling global 

water concerns. It also includes major non-UN partners 

who cooperate with them in advancing progress towards 

water-related Millennium Development Goals. Annually, 

UN-Water hosts a seminar in Stockholm focusing 

on specific strategic issues it has identified as priority for 

joint action during the decade Water for Life. 

This year’s event addresses water scarcity. The seminar 

will introduce the Water Scarcity Thematic Initiative of 

UN-Water and will illustrate the type of actions UN-Water 

agencies carry out with their partners. It will be an 

opportunity to discuss the strategic role of UN-Water in 

assisting countries in their efforts towards the achieving 

the Millennium Development Goals, investigate the possibilities 

for enhancing its effectiveness and impact and 

explore possibilities for effective partnership. 

Photos: Michael 

Moore, SIWI, SIWI, and 

Michael Moore, SIWI 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 


Moderator: Mr. Johan Kuylenstierna, Project Director, Stockholm 

International Water Institute (SIWI), Sweden 

Rapporteur: Mr. Manuel Dengo, UN-Water Secretary, 

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs 

09:00 Opening Address. Ms. Annika Söder, State-Secretary for 

International Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign 

Affairs, Sweden 

09:10 Introduction to UN-Water and its Programmes. Dr. Jamie 

Bartram, Coordinator, Water, Sanitation and Health, World 

Health Organization (WHO), and Chair of UN-Water 

09:25 Keynote Presentation: Coping with Water Scarcity in China. 

Li Huanhua, Deputy Director General, Department of Irrigation, 

Drainage and Rural Water Supply, Ministry of Water 

Resources, China 

09:55 The UN-Water Thematic Initiative “Coping with Water 

Scarcity”. Mr. Alexander Müller, Assistant Director General, 

Sustainable Development Department, Food and Agricultural 

Organisation (FAO) tbc 

10:15 Policies and Institutions for Coping with Environmental Aspects 

of Water Scarcity in Western Asia. Mr. Hosny Khordagui, 

Leader, Water and Environment Teams, UN-Economic and 

Social Commission for Western Asia 

10:30 Providing Information and Knowledge for Decision Making in 

Water-scarce Regions through Water Assessments. 

Mr. Ashbindu Singh, Regional Coordinator, UNEP Division 

of Early Warning & Assessment 

10:45 Decision Support Tools for Confl ict Resolution. Dr. Andras 

Szollosi-Nagy, Director, Division of Water Sciences, UNESCO 

11:00 Panel Discussion: How to Enhance the Impact and Effectiveness 

of the Water Scarcity Thematic Initiative at Local Level; 

at Country Level; at the Level of International River Basins? 

Panellists: 

• Mr. Hector Garduno, Water Resources Planning and 

Management Expert, Mexico 

• Mr. Peter Lee, President, International Commission on 

Irrigation and Drainage 

• Dr. Adeel Zafar, Director Designate, UNU-International 

Network on Water, Environment and Health 

• Mr. Peregrine Swann, Senior Water Advisor, Department 

for International Development, UK 

• Prof. Torkil Jønch Clausen, DHI Water & Environment and 

Senior Advisor, UNEP, Denmark 

• Dr. Mohamed Ait Kadi, Secretary General, Ministry of 

Agriculture, Morocco tbc 

• A Representative from the Italian Directorate General for 

Development Cooperation 

11:35 Open Discussion: Questions and Comments from Participants 

11:55 Summary Report from Discussion. Mr. Stefano Burchi, Senior 

Water Law Officer FAO 

12:00 Closure: Mr. Johan Kuylenstierna, SIWI 

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Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information


Water and Resilience 

– Water Management and Policy 

in an Age of Complexity 

Convenors: Centre for Transdisciplinary Environmental 

Research (CTM, Stockholm University), Stockholm Environment 

Institute (SEI) and Swedish Water House (SWH) 

Agricultural systems, water policy makers and water 

dependent livelihoods across the world are facing fundamental 

challenges. If climatic variability and extreme 

events increase as a consequence of climate change, already 

vulnerable livelihoods will be increasingly under 

threat. In addition, stressed social-ecological freshwater 

systems could suddenly shift from seemingly steady states 

generating high social welfare, to less productive states 

that are difficult or even impossible to reverse. What characterises 

vulnerable social-ecological freshwater systems? 

Which policy initiatives are likely to reduce resilience in 

freshwater systems? And how do we harness complexity 

and uncertainty, and build resilience to the challenges of 

the future? 

This seminar brings together researchers who are working 

at the interface of vulnerability and resilience science 

and policy, to discuss emerging challenges in the field of 

water management. 

Programme Wednesday 23 August , 09:00–12:00 

Norra Latin, Room 351 

Photo: SIWI 

Chair: Dr. Johan Rockström, Executive Director, SEI 

Presentations by: 

• Climate Variability Impacts on the Already Stretched Murray-Darling 

Basin Water System – Assessment and Policy 

Implications. Dr. Albert van Dijk, CSIRO Land and Water, 

Australia 

• Water, Agriculture and Resilience – Mapping Vulnerabilities 

to Regime Shifts at the Global Scale. Dr. Line Gordon, CTM, 

Stockholm University/SEI 

• Water Stress and Food Security – Adaptive Strategies in 

Freshwater Management. Dr. Gina Ziervogel, SEI Oxford 

Office/Climate Systems Analysis Group, UK 

• Water, Livelihoods and Vulnerability – What Strategies Build 

Resilience? Dr. Fiona Miller, SEI 

• Policy Comments. Dr. Henrik Österblom, The Swedish 

Environmental Advisory Council 

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Future Wastewater Treatment 

In Focus: Regions Around the Baltic Sea and Other Closed Seas 

Convenors: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and VARIM 

The seminar aims to predict all aspects of the future of modern 

wastewater treatment. A highlight of the seminar will be the 

latest information on the MARE-model on the Baltic Sea, a 

concept that could be very useful for other closed seas like the 

Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and others. The chairmen 

and the speakers are well-known in the international arena. 

The seminar is part of the technical seminar series 

which was established during the 2005 World Water 

Week and which examines technical water and wastewater 

treatment solutions from the Baltic Region that may 

be of broader interest internationally. 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Photos: SIWI, Stephanie Blenckner, SIWI and SIWI 


Saturday 

26 August 

Chair: Dr. Petr Grau, AquaNova International, Czech Republic 

Co-Chair: Prof. Bengt Hultman, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology 

09:00 Introduction followed by Presentations 

• The MARE-model and the Baltic Sea. Prof. Fredrik Wulff, 

Stockholm University, Sweden 

• Wastewater Treatment in the Future. Requirements and 

Possibilities – Large-scale and Small-scale Solutions. 

Prof. Mogens Henze, Technical University of Denmark 

Technical and Economical Optimisation of Wastewater 

Treatment Plants – Development Perspectives. 

• Control and Automation. Prof. Gustaf Olsson and 

Dr. Christian Rosén, Lund Technical University 

• Economical Optimisation. Mr. Jens Prisum, Managing 

Director, Wastewater Centre Avedöre, Inc., Denmark 

Coffee Break 

How Does the Swedish Water Industry Face Future 

Challenges? 

• The Consultant: Dr. Per Johansson, Managing Director, 

SWECO, Sweden 

• The Industry: Mr. Kjell Axelsson, Vice President, Läckeby 

Purac Group, Sweden 

• The Wastewater Treatment Plant: Dr. Lars Gunnarsson, 

Managing Director, SYVAB, Sweden 

How to Finance Future Investments? 

• Mr. Harro Pitkänen, Vice President, Nordic Investment 

Bank, Finland 

Discussion about the Future 

• Chairman, Speakers and Public 

12:00 Close 

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Information


Water and Wastewater in the Sustainable City 

How Could the Swedish Concept Contribute to Sustainable Solutions 

in Urban and Peri-urban Areas? 

Convenors: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and VARIM 

The Swedish concept of “the Sustainable City” is based on 

holistic and integrated solutions which include all different 

service systems and multidisciplinary functions in a 

city. The concept was first introduced at the World Urban 

Forum in Johannesburg in 2002 and has since successfully 

been introduced around the world. The Stockholm 

seminar will place particular focus on the role of water and 

wastewater in the sustainable city. 

The seminar is part of the technical seminar series which 

was established during the 2005 World Water Week and 

which examines technical water and wastewater treatment 

solutions which may be of broader interest internationally. 


Moderator: Prof. Hans Lundberg, Swedish Environmental Research 

Institute, IVL 

13:30 Introduction followed by Presentations 

• The Sustainable City Concept. Prof. Hans Lundberg, IVL 

• Conditions and Demands for Innovative and Sustainable 

Measures in Cities in Developing Countries. Dr. Graham 

Alabaster and Mr. Pireh Otieno, Lake Victoria Region Water 

and Sanitation Initiative, UN-Habitat. 

• Speaker from India to be confi rmed. 

• Strategic Planning of Future Sustainable Wastewater Systems 

in a Global Perspective – Interactions with Other Infrastructure 

Systems. Prof. Per-Arne Malmqvist, Chalmers University 

of Technology, Sweden, and Ms. Agneta Sander, City of 

Göteborg, Department of Sustainable Water and Waste 

Management, Sweden 

Coffee Break 

Water and Wastewater Management in Urban and Peri-urban Areas: 

Experiences from Swedish Water Utilities and Swedish Industry. 

• Introduction. Mr. Rutger Engsäll, Swedish Trade Council 

• Sjöstadsverket in Stockholm. Dr. Berndt Björlenius, 

Stockholm Water Company, Sweden 

• The Eco San System, Experiences and Possibilities. Dr. Johan 

Rockström, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden 

• Design of Sustainable Treatment Plants in Developing 

Countries. Examples from Bangladesh and Honduras. 

Speakers from Sweco and Purac, members of VARIM 

• Financing of Urban and Peri-urban Activities. Speakers 

from Sida and The World Bank 

Public and Panel Discussion on the Way Forward. How Can Swedish 

Professionals Contribute in Urban and Peri-urban Areas in Developing 

Countries and in Countries under Transition? 

• Moderator, Speakers and Public 

17:00 Close 

The Swedish Water and Wastewater Association (VARIM) invites 

participants to mingle and meet with representatives of Swedish 

companies. Refreshments will be served. 

Photo: SIWI 

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Flowing Upstream and Downstream: 

Collaboration for Better Management 

Convenors: Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM), The World Conservation Union 

(IUCN), Okavango Delta Management Plan (ODMP) and Every River has its People Project (ERP) 

The sharing of ideas, skills, information and experiences 

leads not just to improved management of shared water 

resources but can also be an effective mechanism for sharing 

benefits. Each country has a comparative advantage 

in resources, capacity, knowledge, information, etc. Likewise 

governments have their own priorities and political 

realities. Collaboration through and beyond River Basin 

Organisations can help partner states grasp issues faced 

by the other and develop mechanisms for sharing knowledge, 

skills and information that can flow upstream or 

downstream to meet demand and supply. 

Such collaboration can take the form of joint projects, 

learning exercises, communication strategies, information 

and knowledge sharing to name a few. Could the 

expertise of a downstream country flow upstream or vice 

versa? Currently Okavango River Basin Water Commission 

(OKACOM) is directing a project on information 

sharing to capitalise on the comparative advantages of 

the three countries: hydrological monitoring in Angola, 

training in Botswana and data management in Namibia. 

What other such initiatives could further understanding, 

transfer benefi ts and promote better management? 

The seminar will explore ideas and opportunities for 

collaboration and help to develop a plan for the future. 


Chair: Mr. Armindo M. Gomes da Silva, OKACOM Commissioner 

Rapporteur: Mr. Anton Earle, Director for the African Centre for 

Water Research, South Africa 

13:30 Session 1: Introduction to the Okavango River Basin Water 

Commission and the Basin 

• Welcome and Introduction of Seminar Participants. 

Mr. Armindo M. Gomes da Silva, OKACOM Commissioner 

• Opening Remarks. Hon. Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, 

Hon. Minister of Energy and Water, Angola 

• Opening Remarks. Hon. Charles Tibone, Hon. Minister of 

Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Botswana 

• Opening Remarks. Hon. Dr. Nickey Iyambo, Hon. Minister of 

Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Namibia 

• Introduction to Seminar and Vote of Thanks. Mr. Gabaake 

Gabaake, Commissioner, OKACOM, Botswana 

14:00 Session 2: Presentations and Discussions on Collaborative 

Initiatives on the Management of the Okavango River Basin 

Facilitator: Ms. Tabeth Matiza-Chiuta, IUCN 

14:00 Creating an Enabling Environment for the Management of the 

Okavango River Basin. Mr. Piet Heyns, Commissioner, OKACOM 

14:15 Developing an Environment Conducive to Basin-wide Collaboration 

in the Okavango River Basin: A basin-wide Strategic 

Action Plan. Mr. Isidro Pinheiro, Commissioner, OKACOM 

14:30 Background on Political Will to Facilitate Collective Action 

and Ownership: Collaboration at the Policy-making Level. 

Presentation on the Okavango Delta Management Plan. Ms. 

Portia Segomelo, ODMP Project Coordinator 

14:45 Sharing Information, Data and Know-how to Promote Better Management: 

Collaboration at Technical Levels. Presentation on the 

OKACOM Initiative on Data Gathering, Management, Training 

and Sharing. Mr. Gabaake Gabaake, Commissioner, OKACOM 

15:00 Sharing the Experience, Collective Action: Community Level 

Collaboration Presentation by the Every River has its People 

Project and the Basin Wide Forum. Mr. Montshiwa Montshiwa, 

ERP Project Manager 

15:15 Questions and clarifications 

15:40 Session 3: Discussions, Synthesis and Way Forward 

Flowing Upstream and Downstream: a Strategy for Improved 

Management through Collaboration, Exchange of Information, 

Training, Resources, Capacity and Knowledge 

Facilitator: Ms. Tabeth Matiza-Chiuta, IUCN 

Panel members: 

• Mr. Isidro Pinheiro, Commissioner, OKACOM, Angola 

• Mr. Gabaake Gabaake, Commissioner, OKACOM, Botswana 

• Amb. Ndeutapo Amagulu, Commissioner, OKACOM, Namibia 

• Mr. Piet Heyns, Commissioner, OKACOM, Namibia 

• Ms. Portia Segomelo, ODMP Project Coordinator 

• Mr. John Scanlon, Commissioner, Murray-Darling River Basin 

Commission, Australia 

• Mr. Luis De Almeida, Secretariat-Southern African Development 

Community 

• Mr. Abou Bamba, Senior Advisor for Africa – Ramsar Convention) 

– tbc 

• Ms. Masego Madzwamuse, IUCN 

Expected Outcomes 

a. Tangible collaborative projects to support OKACOM in their 

decision-making process 

b. Lessons for future regional collaboration 

c. The role of communication and coordination in promoting 

basin-wide cooperation. 

17:00 Close of Seminar and Vote of Thanks: Amb. Ndeutapo 

Amagulu, OKACOM Commissioner 

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Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information


Partnership for Capacity 

Development on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): 

Building Commitment 

for Action 

Convenors: Cap-Net, Streams of Knowledge 

and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre 

Photo: David Dahmen 

One of the most important challenges of the Millennium 

Development Goals (MDGs) is to ensure that the water 

and sanitation service targets will be reached and result in 

sustainable access, especially for the poor. It is widely acknowledged 

that capacity development, especially at the 

intermediate and local levels, will be key in this. However 

it is also clear that more needs to be done to scale up and 

maximise the impact of capacity building activities. 

Questions we will address include: 

• What capacities are needed to achieve the MDGs in 

water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)? 

• Are we reaching the right people? 

• Are we managing the knowledge base? 

• How can we build cooperation for capacity building 

action? 

The objectives of the seminar are to build commitment 

and cooperation to address capacity building needs for 

the MDGs on water supply, sanitation and hygiene, and 

to increase understanding of constraints, opportunities 

and priorities for moving forward into action. 

Programme Wednesday 23 August, 13:30–17:00 

Norra Latin, Room 351 

13:30 Introduction – Facilitated by Cap-Net 

Presentations and Discussion: 

• What Capacities are Needed to Achieve the MDGs in WASH? 

Ms. Rory Villaluna, Streams of Knowledge, Philippines 

• Reaching the Right People Through Innovative Approaches. 

Ms. Erma Uijterwaal, IRC, The Netherlands 

• Working in Partnership for Capacity Building Action. 

Dr. Paul Taylor, Cap-Net, The Netherlands 

• Decentralised Water and Sanitation Systems: Knowledge 

Gaps and Capacity Building Needs to Meet the MDGs. 

Dr. Bekithemba Gumbo, WaterNet, Zimbabwe 

• Networking and Knowledge Management, Improving WASH 

Capacity Building. Dr. Cheick Tandia, CREPA, Burkina Faso 

14:45 Open Space Discussions 

Discussion of Topics Around Capacity Development, Using 

‘Open Space’* Methodology – Facilitated by IRC 

• The topics introduced above will be used to gather experience 

from participants and build commitment to cooperative 

action. The session will be creative and allow participants to 

contribute ideas, and raise additional areas for consideration 

by the group. 

16:30 Synthesis of Outputs and Plans for Follow Up. 

• We will use a simplified Open Space methodology in which 

participants that want to bring in a topic will be asked to do 

a ‘poster session’, which the other participants can join on a 

voluntary basis to contribute to the ideas. 


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The Founders Seminar: Business on the Ground 

When Solving Local Community Water Issues Becomes Part of Doing Business 

Convenors: Stockholm Water Foundation and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), 

presented in honour of the Stockholm Water Prize Laureate and the Stockholm Industry Water Award Winner 

Industry knows about water: without it, businesses fail; 

where it is, investment occurs. And when industry invests 

– as many multinational corporations are doing increasingly 

in developing countries – it looks to secure water for 

its operations. Sometimes, securing a safe water supply 

for facilities also means securing it for those living around 

them. And sometimes securing a healthy operating environment 

means securing the health of the surrounding 

community through adequate sanitation. But industry 

can also be a powerful competitor for available water resources 

and a major source of pollution. 

Confl icts and competition can thus arise: with agriculture, 

the traditionally dominant water user in most 

developing countries; with fast-growing cities thirsty for 

water; and with activists who paint a broad picture that 

industry is always to blame – fairly or not – for water-related 

problems. 

How can industry work with other stakeholders to 

minimise potential social risks? What have different 

companies done in practical terms to share or supply water 

and to protect water resources? What are the limits 

of corporate responsibility? What is the business case for 

looking beyond the factory fence-line? Examples will be 

presented at the Founders Seminar. 

Programme Wednesday 23 August, 14:00–17:00 

Norra Latin, Pelarsalen 

14:00 Part 1 – Interviews 

• World of Water in the Future: Why Existing Predictions 

Will All Be Hopelessly Wrong. Prof. Asit K. Biswas, 2006 

Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 

• Every Drop Counts Business Program. Mrs. Gabrielle Kibble, 

AO, Chairman, Sydney Water Corporation, 2006 Stockholm 

Industry Water Award Laureate Company 

Mr. Nik Gowing, BBC World, will conduct a short interview 

following each presentation 


15:30 Part 2 – Presentations and Panel Discussion: 

High-level Representatives from the Business Sector 

and International Organisations 


Panellists 

• Ms. Camille Dow Baker, Chief Executive Officer, Centre 

for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, Canada 

• Dr. Wolfgang Bloch, VP Corporate Environmental Affairs 

and Technical Safety, Siemens AG 

• Mr. Björn Brovik, Legal Interface, Site Env. Manager, Saab 

Automobile AB, Sweden 

• Mr. Henry J. Driesse, Senior Vice President ITT Corporation 

and President, ITT Fluid Technology 

• Mr. Jürg Gerber, Chief Operating Officer, World Business 

Council for Sustainable Development 

• Mr. Sipho Mosai, Director of Water Services, City of Cape 

Town, South Africa 

• Dr. Dan Vermeer, Director, Environment and Water 

Resources Dept., The Coca-Cola Company, USA 

• Dr. Peter R. White, Associate Director for Corporate 

Sustainable Development, Procter & Gamble, USA 

17:00 Close 

Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 

Photos: SIWI 

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Information


Side Events 


Photo: SIWI 


Green-Blue Initiative: 

Integrated Green-Blue Land and Water 

Resource Management for Poverty 

Alleviation and Ecosystem Sustainability 

Convenors: Stockholm International Water Institute 

(SIWI) and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) 

The Green-Blue Initiative (GBI) is a joint programme of 

a group of international core partners, sharing the interest 

of developing the new green-blue paradigm: SIWI, SEI, 

International Water Management Institute, International 

Food Policy Research Institute, The World Conservation 

Union and the Association for Strengthening Agricultural 

Research in Eastern and Central Africa. 

The goal is green water policy development and proper 

linkages to land use management policies, by integrating 

green and blue water governance in Integrated Water Resource 

Management. Water is seen as a leverage in driving 

livelihood improvements. This ambitious initiative 

will find out what local level mechanisms will be needed 

to benefit more from the green water potential to alleviate 

poverty. 

The programme involves efforts on all scales, from 

the local to the global. Until now, water resource planners 

have been operating within a partial reality, a reality 

based on a rather narrow set of blue water data. Such a 

reality is inadequate to address emerging investment options 

available, livelihood and poverty alleviation, and 

environmental sustainability. 

The core focus of the GBI programme will be at the 

local scale, assessing the role of green and blue water 

flows in poverty reduction. A green and blue water paradigm 

opens new opportunities for investments in water 

management for livelihood improvements. Field activities 

will be carried out in pilot river basins where strong 

partnerships will be established with both river basin and 

community based organisations. Studies will focus on 

governance approaches integrating green and blue water 

management. 


Transboundary Water Cooperation as 

a Tool for Conflict Prevention and 

Broader Benefit Sharing – Book Launch 

Convenor: Expert Group on Development Issues (EGDI), 

Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden 

The study commissioned by the secretariat of the Expert 

Group on Development Issues and written by Dr. David 

Phillips, Consultant, UK; Dr. Marwa Daoudy, Graduate 

Institute for International Studies, Université de Genève, 

Switzerland; Dr. Anthony Turton, University of Pretoria, 

South Africa; Dr. Joakim Öjendal, Gothenburg University, 

Sweden; and Prof. Stephen McCaffrey, University of 

the Pacific in California, USA, will be launched at this 

event. The study considers three case study basins and 

outlines a number of policy lessons. One lesson, for example, 

is that there is an urgent need for more and better coordinated 

support of transboundary water management. 

Also, co-operative “spill-over effects” from transboundary 

water can be attained, particularly in circumstances 

that are not highly “securitised”. And, finally, that donor 

and international financing institutions should take note 

of the need to support weaker states in transboundary 

settings. 

12:15–13:15 Folkets Hus, Congress Hall B 

“Water and Film”: From Mexico City 

to Istanbul via Stockholm 

Convenors: French Water Academy, International 

Secretariat for Water and Comision Nacional del Agua 

(CONAGUA, Mexico) 

The French Water Academy, the International Secretariat 

for Water, CONAGUA and their partners invite you 

to know more about the results of the 1st International 

“Water and Film” Event which took place in Mexico City 

during the 4th World Water Forum in March 2006. 

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Photo: WSSCC 

We will present the film catalogue, as well as some 

trailers of the spots and films awarded, and give an account 

of the roundtable on “Water, Film and Cultural 

Diversity” which was held in the Citizen’s House. 

This side event, which will be chaired by a key figure 

in Swedish Cinema, will also be an occasion to discuss 

about the preparation of the 2nd International “Water 

and Film” Event that will take place during the 5th World 

Water Forum scheduled in March 2009 in Istanbul. 


The Second Edition of 

“Sir Richard Jolly Lecture Series” 

Convenor: Water Supply and Sanitation 

Collaborative Council (WSSCC) 

The WSSCC established the Sir Richard Jolly Lecture Series 

in 2004, in honour of its former chair who is still fighting for 

“Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for ALL” as the Honorary 

Lifetime Patron and Ambassador of the Council. The inaugural 

lecture was held in April 2004 during the csd-12 by the 

Honorable Minister Ronnie Kasrils of South Africa. 

This year’s speaker is Ms. Hilde Frafjord Johnson, coconvener 

of the WSSCC initiative “Women Leaders for 

WASH”. Her commitment to highlight the challenges 

and issues related to water supply, sanitation and hygiene 

(WASH) facing millions of women and girls in developing 

countries, is inspiring and her enthusiasm and leadership 

compelling. 

Ms. Johnson is presently the Special Adviser to the 

President of African Development Bank and the former 

Minister of International Development of Norway, a post 

she held twice from 1997 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2005. 

Ms. Johnson is Co-chair of the Global Coalition for 

Africa and has been a key 

facilitator in the Sudan peace 

negotiations. Ms. Johnson 

has also served on advisory 

groups in the World 

Bank, and in 2003, she was 

awarded the “Commitment 

to Development Award” by 

the Center for Global Development 

and Foreign Policy 

in Washington, D.C. 


Bridging the Gap: Citizens Action for 

Accountability in Water and Sanitation 

Convenor: WaterAid 

The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets 

on water and sanitation look like they will be missed by 

some distance. New momentum is needed so that commitments 

are met and entitlements attained. Something 

is missing: accountability to the people; poor people have 

a right to ask not only where are these basic services but 

also who is responsible. This is the Citizens’ Action initiative: 

local people being supported to negotiate with service 

providers and governments; to hold them to account. 

The session will allow organisations with an interest in 

meeting the MDGs in general, and in governance and accountability 

mechanisms in particular, to join and learn 

about this exciting groundbreaking initiative. The aim is to 

form a loose but expanding network of organisations working 

to bridge the accountability gap. The keynote speaker 

at the event will be Mr. Abdul Nashiru Mohammed, Head 

of Policy and Partnerships, WaterAid, Ghana. 


IWRM at the Grassroots: 

Andhra Pradesh Farmer Managed 

Groundwater Systems Project, India 

Convenors: Andhra Pradesh Farmer Managed 

Groundwater Systems Project, FAO New Delhi 

and World Water Institute 

The session will include a presentation of the Andhra 

Pradesh Farmer Managed Groundwater Systems (AP- 

FAMGS) project and release of “Global Perspective on 

IWRM: A Resource Kit”. The APFAMGS project promotes 

water management strategies based on demand 

management through the involvement of community 

based Groundwater User Groups in Participatory Hydrological 

Monitoring. The project promotes artificial 

groundwater recharge, crop management and efficient 

agricultural practices. Additional groundwater recharge 

potential has been created in seven overexploited aquifer 

zones and more than 1500 farmers have adapted to appropriate 

agriculture practices. 

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Wednesday 

23 August 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information


Side Events 

17:15–18:15 Norra Latin, Room 351 

Teaming Up to Build Capacity 

Through Knowledge Exchange 

Convenor: Global Water Partnership and Cap-Net 

To support the change process towards a more sustainable, 

equitable and effective management of water resources, 

the Global Water Partnership and Cap-Net have joined 

forces to produce a CD that contains a wealth of information, 

tools and training materials on water resources 

management accessible through a user-friendly menu. The 

CD includes all the contents from the IWRM ToolBox 

(www.gwptoolbox.org) and from the training materials 

and E-Library from CapNet (www.cap-net.org). 


Stockholm Industry Water Award 


Wednesday 23 August, 12:30 (by invitation only) 

The Stockholm Industry Water Award was established by 

the Stockholm Water Foundation in cooperation with the 

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and the 

World Business Council for Sustainable Development to 

stimulate business sector contributions to sustainable development. 

The award recognises innovative corporate development 

of water and wastewater process technologies, contributions 

to environmental enhancement through improved 

performance in production processes, new products and 

other significant contributions by businesses and industries 

to better the world water situation. 

The Award Ceremony for the Stockholm Industry 

Water Award will be followed by the Founders Luncheon 

and the Founder Seminar (see also page 49). Previous 

winners of the award have shown that business and the 

environment can go hand in hand, and the Award Ceremony 

will provide yet another opportunity to highlight 

positive contributions by business and industry in building 

sustainable water resources. 

The Sydney Water Corporation of Sydney, Australia has 

been awarded the 2006 Stockholm Industry Water Award 

for its “Every Drop Counts (EDC) Business Program”. The 

programme demonstrates how the utility is working in partnership 

with business, industry and government to help ensure 

the long-term sustainability of Sydney’s water supply. 


World Water Week Dinner 

Wednesday 23 August, 19:30–24:00 

The Butterfly Pavilion in Haga Park 

Photo: Stephanie Blenckner, SIWI 

During an intense week of plenary sessions, seminars, side 

events and workshops, nothing could be better than joining 

your colleagues and friends from around the world for 

a night in the park – Stockholm’s beautiful Haga Park, that 

is – where the official World Water Week buffet dinner 

takes place next to the Butterfly Pavilion. But don’t just expect 

fabulous food, drinks and conversation. After dinner, 

be prepared to dance the night away and have some fun. 

Price: 600 sek 

Roundtrip transportation provided from the Stockholm 

City Conference Centre. 

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Thursday 24 August 

Workshop 3 

Economic Instruments 


Co-convenors: Third World Centre for Water Management, International Water Resources Association (IWRA) and 

the Water and Sanitation Programme-South Asia (WSP-SA) 


Decisions about water supply and other water services have 

to a large extent been guided by administrative principles 

and procedures. The actual performance of these principles 

and procedures has generally not been scrutinised. 

Similarly, the way that water is used and wastewater is 

treated, reused or disposed has similarly not been subject 

to systematic enquiry. With mounting competition for 

water between sectors and various development objectives 

and with serious risks of water and environmental degradation, 

the interest in the use of incentives and sanctions to 

promote best practice and performance has increased. In 

addition, the heavy financial investments that are required 

in connection with the building and maintaining of water 

structures make economic instruments important. 

Combining administrative and economic instruments 

Obviously, it is necessary to have legal and administrative 

procedures in water management. But how can these 

formal management procedures best be combined with 

formal and market based economic instruments? 

Economic instruments, social justice 

and environmental sustainability 

There has been a lingering fear that introduction of economic 

instruments will put the poor at a disadvantaged 

position. Similarly, the assumption that environmental 

values are hard to quantify and tend to be overlooked in 

water management has been a barrier to the introduction 

and use of economic instruments. To what extent 

can these kinds of assumptions be validated? If so, what 

policy measures can be used to rectify any undesirable 

bias in the outcome economic instruments? 

Costs and effectiveness in a time perspective 

Are economic instruments cost effective? That is, are expenses 

and efforts for their introduction and continuous 

functioning commensurable with the outcome? What is 

the time perspective for an effective use of economic instruments? 

Wednesday 

August 23 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Programme Thursday 24 August, 09:00–15:00 Folkets Hus, Room 300 

Chair: Mr. Aly Shady, IWRA 

Co-Chair: Dr. Anna Jonsson, Linköping University, Sweden 

Rapporteur: Dr. Olli Varis, Helsinki University of Technology 

Commentator: Ms. Cathrine Revels, WSP 


09:10 The Potential Role of Economic Instruments for Enhanced 

River Basin Management. Dr. Claudia Ringler, Research 

Fellow, Environment and Production Technology Division, 

International Food Policy Research Institute (Invited Speaker) 

09:35 Assessing Benefits and Costs for Sustainable Water Management: 

The Case of Spain, Dr. José Albiac, Researcher, Agricultural 

Economics Department, Government of Aragon, Spain 


10:00 Follow-up Questions 

10:15 Rational Pricing of Water as an Instrument of Improving 

Water Use Efficiency in the Agricultural Sector: A Case Study 

in Gujarat, India. Dr. Katar Singh, India Natural Resource 

Economics & Management Foundation 



11:15 Meeting Human and Environmental Water Needs: 

Groundwater Mitigation Banking in the Deschutes Basin, 

Oregon, United States. Mr. Brett Golden, Deschutes River 

Conservancy, USA 

11:30 Strategies for Improving Performance of Water Resources 

Schemes – An Experience of Maharashtra State – India. 

Mr. Suresh Sodal, Mumbai Water Resources Department, India 


12:00 Lunch 

13:30 Decoupling the Subsidy for Water Pumping: The Mexican 

Case. Ms. Sara Avila, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico 


14:10 Commentator’s Response 

14:25 Dialogue and Conclusions 

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Saturday 

26 August 


Information


Workshop 10 

Extreme Events and Sustainable 

Water and Sanitation Services 


Co-convenors: International Water Association 

(IWA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Water 

Environment Federation (WEF) 


A number of spectacular extreme natural events during 

recent years have illuminated the vulnerability of virtually 

any society to the forces of nature. It is difficult and 

expensive to develop disaster plans and the risk awareness 

among large segments of the population may not be 

at a level for a smooth and effective implementation of 

post-disaster operations. Apart from medical assistance 

and rescue operations, an early resumption of water and 

sanitation services is, however, vital for the community. 

Role of community organisations and individuals 

To rehabilitate water and sanitation services, a number of activities 

have to be organised and executed. What are the roles 

and responsibilities of different stakeholders? For instance, 

what activities can be taken care of by community organisations 

and individuals in the rehabilitation of water supply 

and sanitation services in areas hit by extreme events? 

Photo: EC/ECHO South Asia Office 

Relation between temporary and permanent facilities 

A typology of actions and time frame are necessary. What 

are the most important short-term measures that are required 

and how are these short-term or temporary measures 

related to more permanent facilities? 

Links between disaster plans and “normal” plans? 

What are the main features of a disaster plan? Who has 

the responsibility to formulate such a plan? Should it be 

part of the normal physical planning or what is the legal 

and formal status of such a plan? 

Programme Thursday 24 August, 09:00–15:00 Folkets Hus, Congress Hall B 

Chair: Prof. Mohamed F. Dahab, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA 

Co-Chair: Ms. Vanessa Tobin, UNICEF 

Rapporteur: Ms. Lynn Orphan, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, USA 

Co-Rapporteur: Dr. Darren Saywell, IWA 

Commentator: Mr. Paul Reiter, IWA 


09:10 Prof. Hans-Peter Nachtnebel, Institute for Water Management, 

Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Austria (Invited Speaker) 

09:35 US Gulf States Assessment of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction 

Costs for Hurricane-Affected Wastewater Systems. Dr. James 

Clark, Black & Veatch Corporation, USA (Invited Speaker) 


10:10 Flood Risk Assessment and Management in Ukranian Part of 

Tisza River Basin. Mr. Alexei Iarochevitch, Ukrainian Centre 

for Environmental and Water Projects 

10:20 Implementation of Multipurpose Strategies to Mitigate 

Extreme Events and Sustainable Water and Sanitation 

Services in Sri Lanka. Mr. Meegasmullage Sirisena, Ministry 

of Irrigation and Water Management, Sri Lanka 


11:00 Emergency Sanitation Measures for Disaster Management. 

Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, India 

11:10 Disappearing Lands: Supporting Communities Affected by River 

Erosion. Mr. Nazmul Islam Chowdhury, Practical Action-Bangladesh 


12:00 Lunch 

13:30 Ensuring Access to Proper Sanitation during Extreme Events: 

A Tsunami Perspective. Mr. Missaka Hettiarachchi, Chemical 

and Process Engineering, Sri Lanka 

13:40 Management of Impacts of Large-scale Accident at Municipal 

Wastewater Treatment Plant. Dr. Volodymyr Kuznyetsov, 

Ministry of Environment, Ukraine 

13:50 Exploring a New Approach to Water Systems Rehabilitation 

in War-affected Cities. Mr. Jean-Francois Pinera, Water 

Engineering and Development Centre, UK 


14:30 Commentator’s Response 

14:35 Dialogue and Conclusions 

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Seminars 

Hydro-Hegemony 

Convenors: King’s College London, London Water Research Group, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) 

and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) 

This seminar will provide analytical tools to enable 

progress to be made by those responsible for projecting the 

concerns of individual riparians. It will also help those who 

have been immersed in the confusing world of trying to 

interpret relations over shared waters in circumstances of 

asymmetric power relations. Very inadequate theory has 

been developed in the fields of international relations and 

international law. There has been endless frustration for all 

concerned with transboundary water relations. 

The concepts of hydro-hegemony developed in the recent 

past have rejuvenated an element of the social science 

community concerned with transboundary relations. 

These ideas are beginning to impact the wider discourse 

on who gets what in transboundary settings. The seminar 

will present the latest theorising on hydro-hegemony and 

counter-hegemony. It will show that just as history is written 

by the victor, so transboundary relations are directed 

by the basin hegemon. The hegemonised have to achieve 

a new basis for engagement which is much more related 

to power than principle. The first part of the seminar will 

deal with these determining contextual discursive issues. 

The second part will use the analytical frameworks of 

hegemony and counter-hegemony to reveal the nature of 

transboundary relations in four river basins through the 

contributions of key riparians. 

Thursday 

24 August 


Friday 

25 August 

Programme Thursday 24 August, 09:00–15:30 Norra Latin, Room 253 

Chairs: Dr. Anders Jägerskog, SIWI, and Prof. John Anthony Allan, 

King’s College London, UK 

09:00 Introductory Framework 

• Introduction. Dr. Anders Jägerskog, SIWI, and 

Prof. John Anthony Allan, King’s College London, UK 

• Power, Hegemony and Water Conflict Analysis. 

Dr. Mark Zeitoun, King’s College London, UK 

• Multiple Layers of Hydro-Hegemony. Mr. Jeroen Warner, 

Wageningen University, The Netherlands 

• Counter Hydro-Hegemony in the Nile River Basin. 

Ms. Ana Cascao, King’s College London, UK 

• Hydro-Hegemony and International Water Law. 

Mr. Melvin Woodhouse, UNESCO Centre for Water Law, 

Dundee University, UK 

• Question and Answer Period 


11:00 Panel Discussion: Hydro-Hegemony on the Jordan 

Mediator: Dr. Mark Zeitoun, King’s College London, UK 

Discussants and Panellists: Representatives from the 

respective states (tbc) 

13:00 Lunch 

14:00 Panel Discussion: Hydro-Hegemony on the Ganges 

Mediator: Dr. Anthony Turton, Council of Scientific and 

Industrial Research, South Africa 

Discussants: 

• Dr. David Grey, The World Bank (tbc) 

• Dr. Jerome Delli-Priscoli, US Army Corps of Engineers, Institute 

for Water Resources, USA (tbc) 

Panellists: 

• Dr. Dipak Gyawali, Former Minister of Water, Nepal 

• Dr. Daanish Mustafa, King’s College London, UK 

• Mr. Narasimah Rao Chilukuri, National Level Monitor under 

the Ministry of Rural Development of the Government of India 

• Prof. Habibur Rahman, Bangladesh University of Environmental 

Engineering, Bangladesh (tbc) 

• Mr. Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Hon. Minister for Water Resources of 

Bangladesh 

15:15 Closing Remarks 

Dr. Anders Jägerskog, SIWI 

Prof. John Anthony Allan, King’s College London, UK 


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Saturday 

26 August 


Information


National IWRM Planning Processes 

– Examples from the Ground 

Convenors: Global Water Partnership (GWP) and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) 

In a world where both governments and citizens are used 

to working in sectoral and hierarchical systems, Integrated 

Water Resources Management (IWRM) strategy and 

plan preparation may come as something new since the 

process encompasses broad stakeholder participation and 

integration, both horizontally and vertically. 

Since late 2003, several donors and countries have 

turned to GWP asking for help to facilitate national 

IWRM planning processes that are being undertaken to 

meet the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development 

(WSSD) target of preparing national IWRM and 

Water Efficiency Plans by 2005. 

GWP through its network of regional and country 

water partnerships as well as other organisations (like 

UNDP, etc) help governments with their IWRM planning 

processes by supporting multi-stakeholder platforms 

that bring together and build consensus among the different 

ministries, sectors and other stakeholders in water. 

Simply put, a national IWRM strategy or plan is a 

roadmap of the changes needed for better water management. 

The plan clearly defines achievable actions as well 

as responsibilities and time frames for implementation. 

Long before the first strategy or plan are completed and 

approved, however, the questions of how to finance and 

implement it are to be tackled. 

This session will outline some of the experiences and 

challenges being gained in countries and regions where 

IWRM planning programmes are currently underway. 

The objective is to present and share experiences regarding 

the role of the GWP network and the approach being 

used to facilitate the preparation of national IWRM 

plans; discuss how to prepare for the implementation of 

the IWRM strategy or plan; and discuss and review the 

approach being followed in the presented cases. 

The expected outputs of the session are improved understanding 

of what facilitation and support to the government’s 

IWRM planning process means in practice and 

recommendations for the implementation and financing 

of the IWRM plan. 

Photo: SIWI 

Programme Thursday 24 August, 09:00–12:00 Folkets Hus, Room 307 

Chair: Mr. Alan Hall, GWP 

09:00 Introduction. Ms. Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair of the GWP 

09:15 GWP and its Facilitation of the IWRM Planning Process: 

• The Role of GWP in the IWRM Planning Process and 

Key Lessons Learned So Far. Mr. Alex Simalabwi, GWP 

Southern Africa 

• How the Indonesia Country Water Partnership is Contributing 

to Put IWRM into Practice. Mr. Ir. Raymond Kemur, Ministry 

for Water, Indonesia 

09:35 Panel Commentary and Plenary Discussion (Panel Composed 

of 5 Experts) 


10:45 Preparations for the Implementation of the IWRM Plan 

– Case Studies: 

• How the IWRM has Added Value to the National Development 

Plan and How the Government is Planning to Finance it. 

Mr. Muhabi Lungu, Principal Planner Ministry of Finance and 

National Planning, Zambia 

• How the IWRM Planning Process is Strengthening Water 

Resources Management at the National and River Basin Level. 

Mr. Amirkhan Kenshimov, Project Director, Deputy Chair of 

the Water Resources Committee of Kazakhstan 

11:05 Panel Commentary and Plenary Discussion 

(Panel Composed of 5 Experts) 

11:55 Wrap-up and Closing of the Session by the Chair 

12:00 Close 

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The Stockholm Water Prize Laureates Seminar: 

Challenges and Opportunities 

within the Water Sector 

Convenor: Stockholm Water Foundation 

Photo: SIWI 

The 2006 World Water Week in Stockholm has the 

unique honour of hosting the first-ever Stockholm Water 

Prize Laureates Seminar. The Stockholm Water Prize has 

been awarded annually since 1991 by the Stockholm Water 

Foundation and honours outstanding efforts on behalf of 

the world’s water environment and all that depends upon 

it. This year, eight Laureates will provide their unique 

perspectives on the “Challenges and Opportunities within 

the Water Sector”. Collectively, the Laureates have 

shown that human ingenuity, technical innovation, scientific 

curiosity and sincere engagement can indeed make 

a difference. By helping to protect, conserve and make 

available our precious water resources, the Laureates have 

helped ensure that the lives of people are improved and 

that critical aquatic and terrestrial resources remain for 

future generations. 

Thursday 

24 August 

Photos: Private 

W. Mitsch S.E. Jørgensen S. Narain P. Wilderer J. Imberger K. Asmal 

Programme Thursday 24 August 24, 09:00–13:00 Norra Latin, Pelarsalen 

Moderator: Mr. Henrik Ekman, Scientific Journalist 

09:00 Introduction. Mr. Ulf Ehlin, Scientific Director, SIWI 

• Trans-disciplinary Approach to Water Supply and Sanitation. 

Prof. Peter A. Wilderer, Technical University of Munich, 

Germany, and 2003 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 

• Active Wastewater Construction – Turning the Point of View. 

Prof. Mogens Henze, Technical University of Denmark, the 1992 


• Reinventing the Water and Waste Paradigm for the South. 

Ms. Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment, New 

Delhi, India, the 2005 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 

• Accountability – Citizens Demanding their Right to Water and 

Sanitation. Ms. Barbara Frost, Chief Executive, WaterAid, the 

1995 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 

• The World Commission on Dams Report: A Lost Cause? 

Prof. Kader Asmal, M.P., Parliament of the Republic of South 

Africa, and 2000 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 

B. Frost 

M. Henze 

10:45 Coffee 

• The Applications of Ecological Principles in Water Management. 

Prof. Sven Erik Jørgensen, Danish University of Pharmaceutical 

Sciences, and 2004 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 

• Ecological and Social Complexity in Restoring Water Resources 

Coastal Louisiana and the Mississippi River Basin in USA, and 

the Mesopotamian Marshlands of Iraq. Prof. William Mitsch, 

The Ohio State University, USA, and 2004 Stockholm Water 

Prize Laureate 

• The Constancy of Change: Disengaging from Reality. 

Prof. Jörg Imberger, University of Western Australia, and 1996 


12:00 Questions and Discussion 

13:00 End 

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Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


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Managing Freshwater Ecosystems to Reach the MDGs 

Convenors: Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Sweden 

According to research by The World Conservation Union 

(IUCN), goods and services derived from inland waters 

(such as food and drinking water), water filtration and 

flood control have an estimated global value of several trillion 

US dollars. The importance of freshwater ecosystems 

cannot be underestimated, particularly for the poor, whose 

very livelihoods often depend on the services they provide. 

Yet, a fear exists that meeting the Millennium Development 

Goals (MDGs) on water, food and sanitation for the 

poor might mean a massive surge in developing large-scale 

water infrastructure as a means to provide these services. 

Recent reviews of such infrastructure have highlighted their 

technical, economic, environmental and social failures. 

Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest biodiversity 

per unit area of habitat of any biome on Earth. At the 

same time The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment has 

identified inland waters as suffering from the greatest loss 

of biodiversity due to large water infrastructure projects 

and other impacts. This seminar aims to present and discuss 

different views on how freshwater ecosystems can be 

managed in order to continue to sustain local livelihoods 

and how a widespread implementation of affordable, decentralised 

and environmentally sustainable, small-scale 

infrastructure for delivering water and energy services is a 

prerequisite to achieving the MDGs. 

Programme Thursday 24 August, 08:30–12:15 

Norra Latin, Music Room 456 

Chair: Mr. Michael Löfroth, WWF Sweden 

Rapporteur: Mr.Göran Ek, SSNC 

08:30 Opening. Prof. Malin Falkenmark, Stockholm International 

Water Institute (SIWI) 

08:45 The Extent of River Fragmentation in the World and its 

Effects on Freshwater Ecosystems. Prof. Christer Nilsson, 

Umeå University, Sweden 

09:15 The Importance of Freshwater Ecosystems for the Livelihoods 

of Local Communities – A Case Study from the Mekong 

Region. Ms. Pianporn Deetes, South East Asia Rivers Network, 

Thailand 

10:00 How Does Ecosystem Conservation Contribute to Poverty 

Reduction on the Ground and How Can This be Integrated 

in PRPS? Dr. Christopher E. Williams, Global Freshwater 

Programme, WWF 

10:30 Making Infrastructure Work for the Poor. Ms. Ann Kathrin 

Schneider, International Rivers Network 

11:00 Moving Towards Hunger Alleviation In a World With 

Closing Rivers – Time for Ecohydrological Realism. 

Prof. Malin Falkenmark, SIWI 

11:45 Plenary Discussion 

12:15 End 

Photo: Jan Lundqvist, SIWI 

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Photos: Michael Moore, SIWI and Jan Lundqvist, SIWI 

Promoting IWRM Beyond Borders: 

Transboundary Waters and Human Development 

Convenors: UNDP Human Development Report Office and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) 

Thursday 

24 August 

Much progress has been made to promote Integrated Water 

Resources Management (IWRM) at the national level. 

However, a large and growing proportion of the world’s 

population lives in transboundary water basins. Countries 

will face both increasing competition for shared waters as 

well as suffer the negative externalities of basin mismanagement. 

Despite instances of inter-state cooperation, the 

institutional framework to manage growing competition 

in a manner that is consistent with human development 

is missing. River basins are ecosystems and the most appropriate 

level of water management is at the basin level. 

This seminar will probe how IWRM can be extended 

beyond borders. It will propose and discuss how institutional 

mandates can be extended and deepened and the 

changes needed in institutional design. It will also investigate 

the extent to which basin-level management can 

be a source of regional human development. The issues 

discussed in this seminar form an integral part of the upcoming 

UNDP Human Development Report. 



Chair: Dr. Anders Jägerskog, SIWI 

13:30 Welcome. Mr. Anders Berntell, SIWI 

13:35 Address. Ms. Carin Jämtin, Minister for International 

Development Cooperation, Deputy Minister for Foreign 

Affairs, Sweden 

13:45 Introduction and Overview of HDR 2006. 

Mr. Kevin Watkins, Director, Human Development 

Report Office, UNDP 

14:00 Projecting IWRM Beyond Borders. Mr. Arunabha Ghosh, 

Co-author, Human Development Report 2006 

14:15 Substantive Comment: Challenges of Harnessing 

Hydrological Interdependence for Human Development. 

Prof. Malin Falkenmark, SIWI 

14:30 Substantive Comment: Challenges of Building Effective 

River Basin Institutions. Dr. David Phillips, Consultant, 

France 

14:45 General Discussion: Focus on Specific Cases; Agenda 

for Policy Change 

15:05 Conclusions: Mr. Kevin Watkins, UNDP and 

Mr. Anders Berntell, SIWI 

15:15 Close 

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Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information


Side Events 



What can CSD 2008 

do for the Water Agenda? 

Convenors: Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future 

and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) 

chair: Amb. Viveka Bohn, Sweden 

The first cycle of the UN Commission for Sustainable 

Development (CSD) was completed in 2006 and dealt 

with water and sanitation. There was some concern that 

this CSD “water cycle” did not fulfil expectations that 

had been raised in Johannesburg or at CSD 2005. One of 

the outcomes was that CSD would again look at progress 

at CSD 2008. This side event will start to try and map 

out what that might look like. Side event speakers include 

Ms. Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair, Global Water 

Partnership; Mr. Felix Dodds, Executive Director, Stakeholder 

Forum for a Sustainable Future; and Mr. Johan 

Kuylenstierna, Project Director, SIWI. 

12:15–13:15 Norra Latin, Music Room 456 

Wetlands, Water, Sanitation 

and Livelihoods 

Convenor: Wetlands International, WASTE Advisers on 

Urban Environment and Development, IRC International 


Previous international meetings have noted the interdependent 

relationship between ecosystems, health, human 

well-being and economic growth. However there has been 

relatively little implementation of this principle and many 

still view water for people and water for the environment 

as two separate and often conflicting aims. The workshop 

will focus on the development of an initiative where water 

and sanitation experts and sector representatives can 

learn about and develop an integrated approach addressing 

relationships between wetlands, water, sanitation and 

livelihoods. The side event will present and discuss the 

effect on wetlands where this is not taken into account. 


Water for Food, Water for Life: 

Influencing What Happens Next 

Presenting Results of the Comprehensive Assessment of 

Water Management in Agriculture 

Convenor: The Comprehensive Assessment of Water 

Management in Agriculture (CA) 

How can we produce enough food for 2 to 3 billion more 

people, and meet the Millennium Development Goals 

(MDGs) on poverty, hunger and environment? How 

much more water will we need? Where will it come from? 

What type of water management? How well did we manage 

water for food so far? This side event will explore 

these questions through the presentation of the results of 

the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in 

Agriculture. 


Baltic 21 Lighthouse Projects – Advancing 

Sustainable Development in Action 

Convenor: Baltic 21 

Baltic 21 will present information about its innovative 

water-related Lighthouse Projects, which each play an important 

role in realising a common vision of a Baltic Sea 

Eco-region. Lighthouse Projects (LHP) are designed to 

demonstrate sustainable development in practice and to 

produce region-wide results. The LHP concept encompasses 

the objectives of ensuring high project visibility, 

the participation of as many stakeholders from as many 

countries and sectors as possible, and the broader application 

of existing and new solutions. Baltic 21 is a regional 

multi-stakeholder process for sustainable development. 

For more information please visit the Baltic 21 LHP 

webpage http://www.baltic21.org/?lhp. 

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Stockholm Water Prize 


Thursday 24 August, 16:30 

Stockholm City Hall 

The Stockholm Water Prize is presented annually to an individual, 

institution or organisation for outstanding waterrelated 

activities. The activities can be within the fields of 

education and awareness raising, human and international 

relations, research, water management or water-related aid 

and development activities in developing countries. 

The Stockholm Water Prize was first presented in 1991 

and includes a usd 150,000 award and an Orrefors crystal 

sculpture. The Stockholm Water Prize Laureate is announced 

each March in connection with the UN World 

Water Day and honoured each August at a Royal Prize 

Ceremony and Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall during 

the World Water Week in Stockholm. Founders of 

the Stockholm Water Prize are Swedish and international 

companies in cooperation with the City of Stockholm. 

Stockholm Water Prize Laureates have over the years 

represented many water-related activities, professions and 

scientific disciplines and have come from around the 

world. Any activity or actor which contributes broadly 

to the conservation and protection of the world’s water 

resources, and to improved water conditions which contribute 

to the health and welfare of the planet’s inhabitants 

and our ecosystems, is eligible to be nominated for 

the Stockholm Water Prize. 

An international nominating committee appointed 

by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences reviews the 

nominations and proposes the candidate. 

H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is the Patron of 

the Stockholm Water Prize. This year, the prize will be 

presented by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. 

Professor Asit K. Biswas, a tireless water proponent who 

constantly challenges the “status quo“ and who helped 

foster a critical re-think among United Nations agencies, 

national governments, professional associations and others 

about how to improve delivery of water and sanitation services 

and management of our water resources, is the 2006 

Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. Professor Biswas will also 

have the honour of addressing the Opening Plenary Session, 

the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Ceremony and the 

Founders Seminar. 

Photo: SIWI 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

August 25 

Aquatic Adventure 

Thursday 24 August, 17:30–21:00 

The Aquaria Water Museum in Stockholm invites World 

Water Week participants to its unique environment. Experience 

the day-night simulation of a real tropical rainforest 

ecosystem, explore a magnificent coral reef with 

sharks, mangroves and see the unique salmon hatchery 

where fish come directly from the Baltic Sea into the museum 

for spawning. A light meal is served and the beautiful 

surroundings at the shoreline guarantee an interesting 

and relaxing evening. 


Price: 350 sek (light meal included) 

Roundtrip transportation provided from the Stockholm 

City Conference Centre. 

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Photo: David Mårding 

Saturday 

August 26 


Information

Friday 25 August 

World Water Week Closing Plenary Day 

Congress Hall 


Chair: Prof. Peter Rogers, Harvard University, USA 

09:00 Singapore’s Experience in Integrated 

Water Resources Management 

Mr. Khoo Teng Chye, Chief Executive, Public Utilities 

Board, Singapore 

09:20 Sharing Benefits and Responsibilities 

– The Role of Science in Water Management in Africa. 

Dr. Akissa Bahri, International Water Management 

Institute (IWMI), Director for Africa, IWMI Regional 

Office, Ghana 

09:40 Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz, Union Minister of 

Water Resources, India 


Closing Session 

Chair: Mr. Anders Berntell, Executive Director, Stockholm 


10:30 The Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award Presentation 

Ms. Cecilia Björner, Director General, Ministry for 

Foreign Affairs, Sweden 

10:45 Best Poster Award 

Mr. Claus Hagebro, Scientific Programme Committee Member 

11:00 Personal Reflections from the Week 

Prof. Malin Falkenmark, Stockholm International Water 

Institute (SIWI) 

11:10 World Water Week Synthesis Panel 

12:45 Closing Address 

Mr. Anders Berntell, Executive Director, Stockholm 


12:55 The 2006 World Water Week in Pictures 

13:00 End of Closing Session 

Photos: SIWI 

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Seminars 

Photo: Jan Lundqvist, SIWI 

Challenges in Governance of Water 

Convenors: Global Water Partnership (GWP) – Eastern Africa and GWP – Western Africa 

Poor governance causes short and long-term problems regarding 

issues intimately connected to water, from health 

and food security, to economic development, land use and 

the preservation of the natural ecosystems on which the 

water resources depend. In East Africa, it has been linked 

to drought, where there has been huge felling of forests 

for charcoal production and fuel wood. Also, countries in 

West Africa are affected by ineffective water governance: 

inadequate water regimes, water pollution and problems 

linked to fishing, erosion, flooding, clearance and fire because 

of over exploitation. 

The European Community has given GWP funds to 

implement the Programme for Water Governance in East 

and West Africa (PfWG). The programme aims to address 

some of the inconsistencies that exist in the planning 

and management of water resources in seven East 

and West African countries. Improved water governance 

will be promoted through enhancing the participation of 

all stakeholders by facilitating the development of an enabling 

environment that promotes interaction and discussions 

across all levels of stakeholders. These include poli- 

ticians, decision makers, policy makers, managers, water 

users, civil society, researchers and financiers. 

The purpose of the session is to build on the PfWG 

programme and to discuss findings and case studies aiming 

at the expansion of the dialogue on water governance. 

The objective is to present and discuss the approach being 

used by GWP to: assess the water governance situation 

at the regional and country level; present case studies on 

the current lessons learnt for improved water governance; 

discuss the main findings and challenges in water governance 

in East and West Africa, building on the lessons 

learned of the “Programme for Effective Water Governance”; 

and identify a road map for programmes to improve 

water governance in the two regions. 

The expected outputs of the session are an improved 

understanding of the main water governance challenges in 

East and West Africa, and recommendations for a way forward 

and an agreement on the approach towards designing 

programmes for improving water management in East and 

West Africa. 

Thursday 

24 August 

Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 

Programme Friday 25 August, 13:45–17:00 Folkets Hus, Room 300 

13:45 Introduction by Chair. Mr. Johan Holmberg, SIWI and 

Mr. Alan Hall, GWP 

13:50 Introduction of Panel of Experts 

• Mr. Andre Liebert, European Union Water Initiative (EUWI) 

• Dr. Barbara van Koppen, International Water Management 

Institute (IWMI) 

• Executive Director, Mr. Audace Ndayizeye MBE tbc 

• Ms. Audrey Nepveu, International Fund for Agricultural 

Development (IFAD) 

14:00 Background to the Methodology and Processes for PfWG 

Programme. Mr. Simon Thuo, GWP Eastern Africa and 

Mr. Dam Mogbante, GWP Western Africa 

14:20 Keynote Presentation: Democratisation Process and Impacts 

on Sustainable Water Management. Ms. Rasha Omar, IFAD 


15:00 Case Study Presentations from the PfWG Programme: 

• Arbitration in Water Conflicts as an Alternative to Litigation. 

Ms. Elizabeth Nkini, Ministry of Water & Livestock 

Development, Tanzania 

• Local Governance to Secure Access to Land and Water in 

Lower Gash Watershed, Sudan. Hon. Louis Opange, MP, 

Natural Resources Committee, Uganda 

• Building Coalitions to Protect Natural Resources. 

Mr. Hadley Becha, Wetlands Forum, EAWLS, Kenya 

• Summary of Lessons and Future Actions. Mr. Jason Oyugi, 

GWP Eastern Africa 

15:45 Commentary by Panel and Discussions from Floor 

16:45 Closing Remarks by Chair 

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Information

Friday 25 August 

The IWRM 2005 Target 

– Indicators of Implementation 

Convenors: UNEP Collaborating Centre on Water and Environment (UCC-Water) 

in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Danida, Denmark 

A survey in 2005 of 95 countries undertaken by the Global 

Water Partnership showed that Integrated Water 

Resources Management (IWRM) plans are in place or 

under preparation in many countries. While the IWRM 

planning process is important, it is the actual implementation 

of the plans that counts: new policies and laws, reforming 

the institutions at the central and decentralised 

level, building the human capacities and taking action at 

the local level. In 2008 all countries will be requested by 

the United Nations to report their progress towards the 

IWRM 2005 Target to CSD. 

The seminar will present how countries have monitored 

the actual implementation of IWRM, how regional institutions 

and donors have supported or plan to support this 

process and discuss how future monitoring systems and 

indicators of IWRM implementation could support the 

implementation of IWRM. 


Chair: Prof. Torkil Jønch-Clausen, Senior Adviser, UNEP 

13:30 Presentation of the Global Progress Towards IWRM 2005 

Target and the Challenges in Monitoring the Progress and 

Reporting to CSD. Mr. Niels Ipsen, UCC-Water, Denmark 

13:45 Indicators of IWRM Implementation 

• In Central Asia, with Focus on the Development and Implementation 

of IWRM Policies and Laws. Dr. Vadim Sokolov, 

GWP Caucasus and Central Asia (CACENA), Uzbekistan 

• In West Africa, with Focus on the Progress in the Institutional 

Reform Processes and Development of Human Capacities. 

Mr. Rui Silva, The Economic Community of West African 

States (ECOWAS) 

• In Central America with Focus on the Integration of IWRM 

Principles and Environmental Aspects in the Water Sector Policies 

and Plans. tbc, Central America 

14:30 Development of Indicators of IWRM Implementation – Short 

Introductory Presentations Followed by Panel Discussion 

• Monitoring of Implementation of IWRM – Examples on 

How Donors Support the Development of National IWRM 

Monitoring Systems. Mr. Jan Møller Hansen, Danida 

• Indicators for IWRM in the World Water Development 

Report. Mr. Carlos Fernandez-Jauregui, World Water 

Assessment Programme 

• Monitoring of IWRM Implementation, FAO Experiences 

and Plans. FAO (tbc) 

• Targeting, Monitoring and Reporting Activities in the Water 

Sector. Dr. Daniel Zimmer, World Water Council (WWC) 

• Monitoring the Implementation of IWRM – Experiences 

and Challenges and the Use of Indicators. 

Mr. Palle Lindgaard-Jørgensen, UCC-Water, Denmark 

15:45 Panel Discussion: Indicators of IWRM Implementation 

– The Way Forward 

16:30 Closure of Seminar 

Photo: SIWI 

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Swedish Baltic 

Sea Water Award 

Friday 25 August, 10:30 

Congess Hall 

The Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award is a regional award 

for water stewardship and recognises direct and practical 

efforts which contribute to improved water quality in 

the Baltic Sea. Given by Sweden’s Ministry for Foreign 

Affairs, the award is seen as an appreciation for what individuals, 

corporations, non-governmental organisations 

and municipalities have done to help improve the Baltic 

Sea’s water environment. 

The Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award was established 

in 1999 and is presented during the World Water Week 

in Stockholm each August. The award winner receives a 

sek 100,000 prize sum, crystal sculpture, diploma and 

travel and accommodation to participate in the activities 

during the World Water Week. 

A jury appointed by the Swedish Government reviews 

the nominations and selects the winner, which can come 

from any of the Baltic Sea countries. 

For setting the bar for individual philanthropy so high 

in pursuit of his dream of an improved Baltic Sea water 

environment, Swedish financier Björn Carlson will receive 

the 2006 Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award. 

The 2006 award is in honour of Mr. Carlson’s 2005 

personal donation of sek 500 million (usd 62.6 million) 

for interdisciplinary projects and creative initiatives that 

support direct and practical efforts which contribute to 

improved water quality in the Baltic Sea. The funds are 

administered by the newly founded Björn Carlson Foundation 

for the Baltic Sea. 

Ms. Cecilia Björner, Director-General, Ministry for 

Foreign Affairs, Sweden, will present the award. 

World Water Week 

Best Poster Award Friday 25 August, 10:45 Congess Hall 

Posters presented during the World Water Week in 

Stockholm have always been an important component 

of the overall World Water Week programme. Special 

efforts are made to make them accessible to participants 

and incorporated into the deliberations taking place 

during the week. 

The posters will be displayed during the poster sessions 

arranged on Tuesday and Wednesday where the author(s) 

Photo: Stephanie Blenckner, SIWI 

will be given an opportunity to highlight the key points 

of the poster, respond to queries and otherwise interact 

with other participants. Poster abstracts are published in 

the abstract volume. 

The winner receives a diploma as well as complimentary 

registration plus travel and accommodation for one 

person for the 2007 World Water Week. 

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Friday 

25 August 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information

Saturday 26 August 

Hard or Soft Landing in Closing Basins? 

Coping with Quantity and Quality Challenges 

Co-convenor: The Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture (CA), the CGIAR Challenge 

Program on Water and Food (CPWF) and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) 

As societies develop, water resources in a basin are increasingly 

used, polluted and controlled. As water is diverted 

and consumed for agricultural, domestic and industrial 

purposes, streamflow is increasingly depleted, reducing 

downstream usefulness and the ability to meet environmental 

flow requirements. Basins are said to be closed 

when depletion exceeds the amount required for environmental 

needs. Over-appropriation of river flow is already 

widespread. Groundwater depletion and pollution threaten 

the water resource base; sediment flushing and salin- 

ity intrusion threaten further the health of the freshwater 

and coastal ecosystems. Society adapts through planned 

and unplanned reallocation of the water resource, further 

complicating upstream-downstream relations. A question 

is whether the resource base will fail causing undue 

hardship in a closed basin, or whether and how society 

can adapt for a soft landing. 

The 2006 SIWI Seminar will address emerging development 

challenges, paying particular attention to efforts to 

achieve the Millennium Development Goals. 

Photos: Mats Lannerstad 

Programme Saturday 26 August, 09:00–17:00 Folkets Hus, Room 307 

09:00 Welcome 

09:15 Introduction by Keynote Speaker: Hard or Soft Landing in 

Closing Basins. Dr. David Molden, International Water 

Management Association (IWMI) 

09:45 Session 1: Development of Closed Basins – Why do Basins 

Close, and What are Symptoms of Closure? 

Jordan Basin: The Process of Basin Closure. 

Dr. Jean-Phillipe Venot, IWMI 

10:05 Olifants Basin: The Process of Basin Closure. Washy Nyabeze, 

Makgaleng Projects, South Africa 

10:30 Coffee 

11:00 Large-scale Groundwater Withdrawal and Basin Closure: Case 

Study on Upper Musi Basin, India. Venkateswara Rao, India 

11:20 Moving Upstream: Dynamics in Bhavani Basin, India: 

Planned and Spontaneous Intensification in Water Use. Prof. 

Jan Lundqvist, SIWI, and Mr. Mats Lannerstad, Linköping 

University, Sweden 

11:40 Future Biomass Energy Supply: The Consumptive Water Use 

Perspective. Dr. Göran Berndes, Chalmers University, Sweden 

12:00 Lunch 

13:30 Session 2: Social and Ecological Impacts of Closure 

– Adaptation Processes to Come to a Soft Landing 

Basin Closure and Environmental Flow Requirements. 

Dr. Vladimir Smakhtin, IWMI 

13:50 Basin Closure and Surface Water Allocations in the 

Lerma-Chapala Basin, Mexico. Mr. Flip Wester, Wageningen 

University, The Netherlands 

14:10 Meeting the River Depletion in the Yellow River. Dr. Hong 

Yang, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology 

14:30 Coffee 

15:00 Large-scale Conjunctive Surface, Groundwater and 

Hydropower Development in India: The Swadeshi Ganga 

Water Machine. Prof. Mahesh C. Chaturvedi, Indian National 

Academy of Engineering 

15:20 Why Enough is Not Enough: The Societal Determinants of 

River Basin Closing. Dr. Francois Molle, IWMI 

15:40 Session 3: General Discussion 

16:50 Conclusions 

17:00 End of Session 

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Technical Tours 

Hammarby Sjöstad 

– The Eco-cycle City Area 

Saturday 26 August, 09:00–13:00 

This new residential area represents the most advanced 

eco-cycle oriented city planning project in Stockholm. 

High environmental goals have been set for energy, water, 

sewage and solid waste management. Building material 

and processes have been selected in order not to harm 

the environment. New high-tech solutions are being used 

to generate energy, handle solid waste and save water. 

Stormwater is taken care of and treated so that it will be a 

clean, attractive contribution to the area. The spectacular 

glasshouse is the advanced information and communication 

centre for inhabitants, building companies, etc. 

Price: 350 sek (lunch included) 

Photo: Erik Freudenthal 

Water and Regional Spatial Planning in 

the City of Stockholm 

Photo: SIWI 

Sätra Gård 

– Recycling Thinking and Methods 


In a beautiful natural environment near to Stockholm is 

Sätra Gård. Here, very near to the Högbytorps waste treatment 

facility, Ragn-Sells operates a unique conference facility 

that offers the latest in modern, holistic recycling thinking 

and methods. Sätra Gård is a complete experience which is 

based on three cornerstones: education, development and 

experience. World Water Week participants are welcome to 

see how residual products and waste are handled and refined 

in a problem-free manner and used as secondary raw material, 

fuel and soil conditioner. Don’t miss the opportunity to 

see recycling principles in action through waste minimisation, 

source separation, reuse and recycling (including energy 

recovery) and safe disposal of untreatable wastes. All 

of this is on display at Sätra Gård. 



The Office of Regional Planning and Urban Transportation 

(RTK) is responsible for regional spatial planning 

in the Stockholm County and will present how water issues 

are represented in the Regional Development Plan 

for the Stockholm region. A look at the demands placed 

by the EU Water Framework Directive will also be a part 

of the discussion. RTK also deals with issues concerning 

the environment, nature conservation, rural areas and the 

Stockholm archipelago, including monitoring and initiation 

of structural issues for Stockholm County and the 

region around Lake Mälaren. RTK also cooperates internationally 

within the area of regional development. 


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Photo: Erik Sunna 

Saturday 

26 August 


Information

Special Sessions 

Photos: SIWI, Frida Lanshammar, SIWI, 

and Mats Lannerstad 

Celebrating 10 Years of 

the Global Water Partnership 

Convenor: Global Water Partnership (GWP) 

18-20 August: Consulting Partners Meeting 

20 August: 10th Anniversary Celebration 18:00–19:30 

Norra Latin, Aulan 

Conceived in 1995 and launched in 1996, the Global Water 

Partnership (GWP) will be celebrating its 10th anniversary 

on August 20, 2006. 

The idea of the GWP grew out of the United Nations 

Conference on Environment and Development 

(UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 – where 

water was recognised as a scarce resource, an integral 

part of the ecosystem and a social and economic good. 

The conference highlighted the fragmentation of responsibilities 

for water resources development among sectoral 

agencies and called for effective implementation and 

coordination mechanisms to promote Integrated Water 

Resources Management based on public participation 

– including that of women, youth, indigenous people and 

local communities – in water management policy- and 

decision-making. 

Created in response to this call, the GWP advocated an 

approach to better water resources management that brings 

more integration among the water user sectors, more value 

ascribed to the resource, more financially sustainable systems, 

more attention to management processes including 

better laws and consultation with those involved in water 

resources development, management and use. To get this 

process going, the GWP established a worldwide network 

of believers by bringing water experts from several countries 

together at the regional level. Now, ten years on, broad 

multi-stakeholder water partnerships have been established 

in fourteen regions and in over fifty countries. 

The resulting efforts of these partnerships, together with 

many others, have indeed succeeded in contributing towards 

raising water higher on political agendas around the 

world. And ultimately, in a bold, ambitious leap of faith by 

those participating in the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable 

Development, a call for national IWRM and Water 

Efficiency Plans to be developed by 2005 was made. 

Though this target was practically impossible to fully 

reach within the given three year period, it has created a 

momentum and good progress is being made everywhere: 

the second informal survey undertaken by GWP at the end 

of 2005 on the status of IWRM planning suggests that over 

three quarters of the countries surveyed have either completed 

or have a process in place to prepare their national 

plans. The challenge today is how to keep this momentum 

going and ensuring continuous efforts are made towards 

achieving the Millennium Development Goals. 

The GWP itself has been directly involved in these efforts, 

helping governments by facilitating their planning 

processes in fourteen countries, mostly in Africa. Though 

an advocacy and awareness organisation, the GWP had a 

moral duty to respond to these requests for practical support. 

With sustainability in mind, the GWP has focused 

on the local ownership and experience needed. 

In the Consulting Partners meeting that will be held 

on August 18 and 20 – prior to the Anniversary – the 

GWP will be looking ahead and, based on the lessons 

learned and the momentum that the 2005 target has 

raised, identify what GWP can do and what is required 

to keep this process going – a process that in many cases 

has just started and in need of more support. 

The Anniversary celebration will reflect on GWP’s contributions, 

big or small, and those who made it possible. 

Our patrons, donors, ministers and friends world wide will 

celebrate with us and we look forward to seeing you there. 

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The Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, 

and the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food 

From Assessment to Research and Actions 

Developing and managing water resources to help end 

poverty and hunger, feed an additional 2 billion people, 

while reversing trends of ecosystem degradation presents 

the most significant water challenge of our time. Despite 

great gains in food production, the use of water for food 

security and poverty reduction remains unfinished business 

for millions of rural poor. The dilemma posed by 

this challenge is that more people will require more water 

for agriculture, yet the way in which people use water 

in agriculture is the most important driver of ecosystem 

degradation. Taking up this challenge will lead us toward 

attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 

on poverty, hunger and environment. 

Sharply diverging views exist on the water-food-ecosystem 

choices. Some place emphasis on developing more 

water through large infrastructure to relieve scarcity, to 

fuel economic growth, and as a way to relieve pressure 

on the environment. At the other end of the spectrum is 

a call for a halt to agricultural and hydraulic infrastructure 

expansion, and promotion of practices that restore 

ecosystems to their original balance. The divergence of 

positions is exacerbated by differences in language and 

approach used to describe the situation. There is growing 

interest for common ground. The Comprehensive Assessment 

of Water Management in Agriculture (the CA) was 

formed to bring these diverse views together. 

Over the past five years, the CA has critically evaluated 

the benefits, costs and impacts of 50 years of water development, 

the water management challenges communities 

are facing today, and solutions people have developed. The 

results of these findings will be presented and discussed 

during the 2006 World Water Week in Stockholm. The 

overarching picture of the water-food-livelihoods-environment 

nexus offered by the CA enables the CGIAR 

Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) to put 

results into action by investing in research that leads to 

better management and investment decisions in water 

and agriculture and aims to address both human and environmental 

water needs. 

Special Session 


Poster Sessions 

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General 

Information


Multi-scale Water Governance 

Convenors: The Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture (CA) and 

the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) 

As water moves through the landscape, it presents opportunities 

and/or imposes sustainable development 

challenges at different scales – local, catchment, sub-basin, 

basin, national and regional. A suite of governance 

mechanisms applied at different scales are required to 

address conflicts associated with the development, allocation, 

use and management of water resources by diverse 

stakeholders with different perceptions, interests, 

values and influence. 

The objective of this seminar is to explore opportunities 

for ensuring that institutional mechanisms applied at 

different scales are coherent, supportive and lead to improving 

water governance. The seminar presentations will 

(a) highlight governance challenges and opportunities at 

different scales, (b) illustrate how governance at one scale 

affects governance at the next scale, and (c) share success 

stories in multi-scale water governance. After the presentations, 

the participants will discuss the way forward with 

reference to (a) dissemination and application of available 

knowledge and (b) knowledge gaps and priorities. 



Co-chairs: Dr. Claudia Ringler, International Food Policy 

Research Institute (IFPRI), USA; Dr. Francis Gichuki, IWMI 

Sri Lanka; and Dr. Veliyil Vasu Sugunan, WorldFish Center 

(ICLARM), Egypt 

09:00 Opening Remarks 

09:05 Indigenous Voices in Transboundary Water Management, 

Limpopo River Basin, South Africa. Dr. Jaqui Goldin, African 

Water Issues Research Unit, University of Pretoria, South Africa 

09:25 Governance and Poverty, Insights from the SCALES Project 

in the Andes. Dr. Nancy Johnson, Leader, Water and People in 

Catchments Research Theme, CGIAR Challenge Program on 

Water and Food; International Center for Tropical Agriculture 

(CIAT), Colombia 

09:45 Governance and Poverty, Insights from the SCALES 

Project in the Nyando Sub-basin of Nile Basin. Dr. Brent 

Swallow, Principal Economist and Theme Leader, World 

Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) 



10:50 Governance Issues Viewed Through a Fishing Net: 

Including Fisherfolk in the Debate. Dr. Christophe Béné, 

Portfolio Director, West and Central Africa, WorldFish 

Center, Egypt 

11:10 The Need for Adaptive and Multi-scale Governance in 

Times of Increasing Uncertainties. Prof. Claudia Pahl-Wostl, 

University of Osnabrück, Germany 


11:45 Concluding Remarks 



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Practical Implementation of IWRM in Africa 

Convenors: The CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF) and the European Union Water Initiative 

The concept of Integrated Water Resources Management 

(IWRM) has polarised researchers and development 

practitioners alike into those who advocate strongly the 

idea and practice and those who are critical of its “blueprint” 

like application to diverse settings. This seminar 

aims to share IWRM experiences in Africa and explore 

its impact on access to safe water, sustainable sanitation 

and food security in the region. 

The overall objective of the workshop is to address barriers 

for the promotion of a knowledge-based approach to 

adaptive IWRM. 

Specific objectives are to: 

• Review the progress made towards practical implementation 

of IWRM 

• Identify how CPWF research can contribute to the 

generation and application of the required knowledge. 

• Identify how EUWI research efforts can generate momentum 

for capacity building and research-practice 

interfaces needed for the implementation of adaptive 

IWRM. 

• Identify specific joint initiatives that EUWI and 

CPWF could undertake together (including other 

strategic partnerships) to better integrate IWRM implementation. 

The expected result of the seminar is the initiation of the 

production of guidelines for adapting IWRM research to 

real life planning and implementation scenarios. 

Programme Tuesday 22 August, 13.30–17.30 Folkets Hus, Lilla Teatern 

13:30 Introduction and Welcome 

13:45 Session 1: Understanding Current State of Progress in 

Implementing IWRM Approaches, Constraints and 

Opportunities: A Practitioner’s Perspective 

Chair: Dr. Chris Dickens, Institute of Natural Resources, 

South Africa 

• Hurdles and Progress Made in Implementing IWRM in Eastern 

Africa. Mr. Simon Thuo, Global Water Partnership-East Africa 

• Implementing IWRM in Ghana: Challenges and Progress. Dr. 

Charles Biney, Water Resources Commission, Ghana 

14:15 Session 2: Exploring the Contributions of CPWF in Promoting 

IWRM Approaches in Africa 

Chair: Dr. Alain Vidal, CPWF Management Team and EUWI 

Research Working Group 

• IWRM, Water Productivity and Poverty Reduction: Understanding 

Linkages and Potential Interventions for Catalyzing 

Change. Dr. Francis Gichuki, IWMI Sri Lanka 

• African Models of Transboundary Governance. Dr. Amy Sullivan, 

IWMI, South Africa 

• Small Multi-Purpose Reservoir Ensemble Planning. Dr. Mark 

Andreini, IWMI, Ghana 


15:15 Session 3: Exploring the Contributions of EUWI in 

Promoting IWRM Approaches in Africa 

Chair: Mr. Zissimos Vergos, European Commission, Directorate 

General for Research and EUWI Research Working Group 

• The Case of Orange River Basin in Southern Africa (NEWater 

Project). Dr. Chris Dickens, Institute of Natural Resources, 

South Africa 

• The Case of Nile River Basin (NEWater project). tbc 

• The Case of Oueme River Basin, Benin (Rivertwin project). 

Prof. Karl Stahr, University of Hohenheim, Germany 


• The participants will work in three groups to deliberate on the 

recommendations and the way forward for practical implementation 

of IWRM at the three scales: (a) system level with 

emphasis on agricultural water; (b) river basin level; and (c) national/regional/continental 

levels. They will also highlight how 

the knowledge being generated by CPWF and EUWI should 

be transformed into practical recommendations and applied. 

• A relevant guidance text shall be prepared in collaboration 

between CPWF and EUWI appointed resource persons. 

17:00 Synthesis from Groups and Workshop Conclusions 

17:30 Close 

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Turning Assessment Findings into Action: 

Results of The Comprehensive Assessment On 

Water Management In Agriculture (CA) 

Convenors: The Comprehensive Assessment on Water Management in Agriculture (CA) and 

the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) 

Photo: SIWI 

Key findings of the CA will be presented and illustrated 

by action oriented research of the Challenge Program on 

Water and Food (CPWF) and projects by others. The 

programme will feature ample discussion on the results 

and debate around contentious issues that emerge. The 

day will feature presentations and dialogues on effective 

water management actions in agriculture to end poverty 

and enhance equity; the relative role of rainfed and irrigated 

agriculture; the amount and type of investments in 

water management; and decentralisation and the role of 

the state. The seminar, co-sponsored by the CA and the 

CPWF, brings new thinking for research and action. 

Programme Thursday 24 August, 09:00–15:30 Folkets Hus, Congress Hall C 

Chairs: Ms. Eiman Karar, Director, Water Resource Management, 

Water Research Commission, South Africa, and Dr. Peter 

Bridgewater, Secretary General of RAMSAR Secretariat 

Rapporteurs: Ms. Domitille Vallee and Dr. Lisa Schipper, 

CA Secretariat 

Note: Presentations will be short to allow for many opportunities for active 

interaction with the audience. Most of the field projects presented 

are supported by the Challenge Program on Water for Food. 

09:00 Taking the Comprehensive Assessment on Water Management 

in Agriculture from Research to Action 

Welcome. Ms. Eiman Karar, Water Research Commission, 

South Africa 

Keynote Speech: Water for Food, Water for Life, What an 

Assessment Enables Us to Say. Dr. David Molden, Coordinator 

of the CA, Sri Lanka 

Discussion: ‘Futures for Agricultural Water Management’ 

Panel Discussion: From Assessment to Action: The How’s. 

• Dr. Jonathan Woolley, CPWF 

• Dr. Akissa Bahri, IWMI, Ghana 

• Dr. Theib Oweis, International Center for Agricultural Research 

in the Dry Areas, Syria 

• Dr. Suhas Wani, International Crops Research Institute for the 

Semi-Arid Tropics, India 

10:00 Message 1: Investment Choices in Water Management for 

Agriculture: A Continuum of Options 

Introduction by Chair. Ms. Eiman Karar, Water Research 

Commission, South Africa 

• From Blue to Green Water: A Continuum of Options Today 

and in the Future. Mr. Jean Marc Faures, Food and Agricultural 

Organization 

• The Significance and Challenges of Informal Irrigation Sector 

with Low-quality Water. Examples from Urban and Peri-urban 

West Africa. Dr. Pay Dreschel, IWMI, Ghana 

Discussion: Rethinking our Investment Choices 


10:45 Message 2: Promising Pathways for Poverty Reduction 

• Unlock the Potential of Rainfed Farming Targeting 

Smallholders. Dr. Johan Rockström, Executive Director, 

Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden 

• Promising Pathways for Poverty Reduction, Integrating Social 

Justice, Equity, Health and Investing in Multiple Use Systems. 

Dr. Barbara van Koppen, Lead CPWF-MUS Project 

• Focus on One of the Poorest Groups, the Herders: From Assessment 

to Action Example from Research in the Nile. Dr. Don 

Peden, International Livestock Research Institute, Ethiopia 

• Healthy Ecosystems and Farming Systems to Support Fisheries 

and Livelihoods. Dr. Veliyil Vasu Sugunan, WorldFish Center 

(ICLARM), Egypt 

Questions and Discussions 


13:30 Message 3: Agriculture can Support Healthy Ecosystems 

and Livelihoods 

• Introduction of the Two Next Sessions. Dr. Peter Bridgewater, 

RAMSAR 

• Multifunctionality of Agro-ecosystems. Dr. Line Gordon, 

Stockholm University, Sweden 

• Managing Irrigated Rice as a Human Made Wetland and 

Promoting Synergies with Aquaculture. Dr. Bas Bouman, I 

nternational Rice Research Institute, Philippines 

• Conserving Water, Managing the Land: Benefits for Smallholders 

and the Environment. Dr. Deborah Bossio, IWMI, Sri Lanka 

• Brainstorming on “Approaches in Agriculture to Support 

Ecosystem Services” 

14:30 Message 4: Stimulating a Shift in Thinking and Change 

in Water Management in Agriculture 

• Looking at River Basins Differently to Stimulate Change. 

Dr. Francois Molle, IRD/IWMI, France 

• Social Learning to Stimulate Shift in Thinking and Adaptation 

in Societies, Example from Latin America. Dr. Nancy Johnson, 

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia 

• Training Women in Water and Soil and its Impacts on 

Management, Example from Uganda. Ms. Josephine Kizza, 

Saint Jude Family Project, Uganda 

• Conclusions and Brainstorming on Next Steps: Strategies for Outreach, 

Capacity Building and Awareness Raising as Critical Pathways 

15:30 Close 

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Drought, Risk and Management for 

Agricultural Water Use 

Convenors: The Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in 

Agriculture (CA) and the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) 

Drought risk is a major impediment to development of 

rural livelihoods. The mere expectation of drought prevents 

farmers from investing in ways that would otherwise 

improve livelihoods, such as diversifying into high 

value crops, increasing fertiliser use or improving local 

infrastructure. Farmers adopt a range of strategies to cope 

with risk, including avoidance, management or risk-sharing. 

The impact of these strategies on long-term development 

is examined, together with options for intervention 

through financial and policy instruments. 


Chairs:Dr. Alok Sikka, CPWF-IGB Unit, Patna, India and Dr. Claudia 

Ringler, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA 

13:30 Risk and Uncertainty Analysis in Water Allocation and 

Agricultural Water Management. Dr. Rajendra Singh and Dr. 

Narendra S. Raghuwanshi, Indian Institute of Technology, 

Kharagpur 

13:50 Dynamic Decision Making for Sustainable Water Resources 

Management Under Risk and Uncertainty: Concept and a 

Case Study. Prof. Bruce Lankford, School of Development 

Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 

14:10 Coping with Risk and Uncertainty Under Extreme Weather 

Conditions. (tbc) 



15:15 Water Scarcity, Water Quality – Risks for Food Consumption: 

A Discussion. Ms. Puja Jawahar and Dr. Claudia Ringler, 

IFPRI, USA 

15:35 Decision Support Systems to Enable Better Management of Water 

Use in Agriculture Under Uncertainty. Dr. Alok Sikka and Dr. Adlul 

Islam, CPWF-IGB Unit, Patna, India, Dr. Balaji Rajagopalan, University 

of Colorado, Boulder, USA, and Dr. A. Haris, Patna, India 

15:55 Financial Instruments to Cope with Drought Risk in Agriculture. 

Dr. Simon Cook, CGIAR Challenge Program on Water 

and Food, Sri Lanka 



17:00 End 


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EU Water Initiative Partners Meeting 

Convenor: European Commission 

Supported by the Swedish Water House 

The EU Water Initiative was launched at the 2002 World 

Summit on Sustainable Development as a contribution 

to achievement of the Millennium Development Goals 

for drinking water and sanitation, within the context of 

an integrated approach to water resources management. 

It is intended as a catalyst and a foundation for action. 

A multi-stakeholder process mobilising partners from 

governments, IFIs and donors, civil society organisations, 

water users and the water industry, both in Europe and 

in partner countries, facilitates progress and coordinates 

the efforts of all actors involved. The meeting consists of 

three sessions. 

Infrastructure and Water 

and Sanitation Services for the Poor 

This session will be focused around the EU Strategy for 

Africa and the EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure. 

The Partnership, a joint EU effort, responds to the 

development goals of the African Union and its New Partnership 

for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). It aims to 

substantially increase EU investment in African infrastructure 

and to support programmes that facilitate interconnectivity 

at a continental and regional level. It will 

encompass transboundary, regional and national infrastructure 

in the widest sense: transport networks, water 

and energy infrastructure and connections as well as telecommunication 

networks. In water, activities will be focused 

on regional water issues – cooperation on the use 

of the resources of shared rivers, respecting the needs of 

all stakeholders, developing rivers and water infrastructure 

to reduce vulnerability to droughts, better manage 

floods, to ensure more water, more food and more electricity, 

and to do so in a way that respects the needs of the 

river system itself. This means building a strong foundation 

for cooperative action and for future investment 

projects to follow the decision making framework of the 

World Commission on Dams Report of 2000. 

Photos: EC-ECHO-François 

Goemans, and EU 

Audiovisual Library 


Folkets Hus, Lilla Teatern 

Chair: Dr. Henry Ntale, Chair of African Ministers’ Council on 

Water Technical Advisory Committee 

Rapporteur: tbc 


09:35 The EU-Africa Infrastructure Partnership. Presentation 

by European Commission 

10:55 Priorities of AU-NEPAD-AMCOW. Presentation by 

AMCOW/NEPAD 

10:15 Finance Better Reaching the Poor Through More Innovation. 

The European Investment Bank New Approach. 

Mr. José Frade, European Investment Bank 

10:35 Stakeholder Involvement in Planning and Development of 

Water Infrastructure. Dr. Edward Kairu, Chair of Africa Civil 

Society Network on Water and Sanitation (ANEW) (tbc) 

11:00 Discussion: How can the EUWI Help to Build a Strong 

Foundation for Cooperative Action and for Future 

Investment Projects in the Water Sector? 

12:15 Conclusions and Wrap-up 

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Moving the EUWI Forward 

– Monitoring, Alignment 

and Harmonisation 

There have been calls for a strengthening of the activities 

and accountability of the EU Water Initiative, including 

the setting of tough measurable targets for its impact and 

for the publishing of regular six-month progress reports. 

This session will review the development of a monitoring 

system for the EUWI, how this needs to be linked to the 

achievement of objectives on aid effectiveness and how 

reporting may be enhanced. 

Photo: SIWI 

Programme Wednesday 23 August, 14:00-17:30 


Chair: Representative of the Italian Foreign Ministry (TBC) 

Rapporteur: Mr. Johan Holmberg, Stockholm International 

Water Institute (SIWI) 


14:10 Development of a Monitoring Methodology for the EUWI. 

Presentation by Italy, Chair of the EUWI Monitoring 

Working Group 

14:40 NGO Contributions to Monitoring the EUWI. Presentation 

by Tear Fund/WaterAid 

15:10 Linking the EUWI to the Paris Declaration and Regional 

Monitoring Initiatives. Dr. Andrew Cotton, Water, 

Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), UK 



EU Water Initiative 

Multi-stakeholder Forum 

The 2006 Multi-stakeholder Forum will provide a review 

of progress made by the EUWI during 2005/6, followed 

by discussion on the main issues and problems and endorsement 

of plans for 2007. As in previous years, the 

Forum will be held in the context of the World Water 

Week to further mobilise EUWI partners, to attract new 

ones and to develop synergies with other international 

processes. 



Chair: European Commission 

Discussion Facilitator: Mr. Paul van Koppen, IRC International 


09:30 Welcome and Introduction by Chair 

09:35 Keynote Address 

09:50 Review of EUWI Activities 2005/6 

Presentation by EUWI Secretariat 


10:50 The Way Forward 

Review of EUWI. Presentation by Representative from UK of 

the Inception Report of a Study Looking at the Strategy and 

Governance of the EUWI 

Presentations by the Leads of the Regional Components of the EUWI 

on their Forward Strategy and Work Plan: 

• Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) 

Component (Commission ENV) 

• Mediterranean (MED) Component (Greece) 

• Latin America (Spain) 

• Africa (Germany/AMCOW) 



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17:00–18:45 Folkets Hus, Glas Hall A + B 

Posters presented during the World Water Week have 

always been an important component of the overall programme. 

Special efforts are made to make them accessible 

to participants and incorporated into the deliberations 

taking place during the World Water Week. 

Posters follow the same themes as the individual workshops, 

and this year they will be displayed all week in 

highly visible areas of the World Water Week venue. In 

addition, two time slots have been set aside when the authors 

will be available at their posters in order to provide 

short introductions and comments. The first opportunity 

will be on Tuesday, August 22, at 17:00 and the second 

opportunity will be on Wednesday, August 23, also at 

17:00. The poster sessions take place when there are no 

workshops and seminars, and refreshments will be served 

in connection with the presentations. In preparation for 

the poster presentations, the chairs of the different workshops 

will provide an overview of the posters in their respective 

workshop sessions. 

Best Poster Award 

The Best Poster Award will be presented during the closing 

plenary session on August 25. 

Workshop 1: 

Tools for Benefit Sharing 

in Transboundary Settings 

• European Funds as a Tool for Strengthening Transnational 

Cooperation in the Field of Water Management 

in the Scheldt River Basin District. Ms. 

Veronique Van Den Langenbergh and Mr. Michiel Van 

Peteghem, Flemish Environment Agency, Belgium 

• Cooperation for Development: Emerging Frameworks 

for Sharing Benefits in The Euphrates-Tigris 

River Basin. Dr. Aysegul Kibaroglu, Middle East 

Technical University, Turkey 

• Politics, Economics, Stakeholder Benefits, and Transboundary 

Ground Water: Lessons from North America. 

Dr. Michael Campana, Oregon State University, USA 

• Laying the Basis for a Future Transboundary Management 

of the Volta Basin in West Africa – the Case 

of the Volta Water Governance Project. Mr. Kwame 

Odame-Ababio, IUCN-BRAO, Burkina Faso 

• Planning in Transboundary Water Basins as a Tool 

for Sustainable Water Management. Ms. Natalia 

Alexeeva, Center for Transboundary Cooperation 

– St. Petersburg, Russian Federation 

• Towards Hydropolitical Cooperation in the Nile Basin: 

Win-Win Projects between Sudan and Ethiopia 

to Transform Conflicts. Mr. Mohammed Abbas, Ministry 

of Irrigation and Water Resources, Sudan 

• The Disputed Silala River Basin: A Catalyst for Cooperation? 

Mr. Joshua Newton, UPTW, USA 

• Reducing the Transboundary Degradation of Kura- 

Aras River Basin in South Caucasus. Dr. Lazlo Iritz, 

Sweco International, Sweden 

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• Africa’s Lakes: An Atlas of Our Changing Environment. 

UNEP’s representative 

Workshop 3: 

Economic Instruments 

• WaterAid – The Empty Glass Campaign. Ms. Sally 

Warren, WaterAid, UK 

• FEASIBLE – A Tool to Improve Environmental Financing. 

Dr. Peter Maksimenko, COWI, Russian 

Federation 

• Cost-benefit Analysis: Economic Instrument for Establishing 

Benefits and Responsibilities in Water Management-based 

on Examples from Argentina. Ms. Maria 

Onestini, Centro de Estudios Ambientales (CEDEA), 

Argentina 

• Event-driven Indexed Drought Insurance Instruments 

for Poor Farmers. Dr. Simon Cook, CIAT, Colombia 

• Poverty Reduction Through Attitudinal Change. Mr. 

Reynolds Shula, Agric. Support Programme, Zambia 

Workshop 4: 

Benefits and Responsibilities of Decentralised 

and Centralised Approaches for 

Management of Water and Wastewater 

• Challenges to Water Allocation Reform. Ms. Noxolo 

Ncapayi, Department of Water Affairs and Forrestry, 

South Africa 

• The Cathedral and the Bazaar: An Examination of 

Centralised and Distributed Models of River Basin 

Management. Dr. Bruce Lankford, University of East 

Anglia, UK 

• Harnessing the Potential of Water for Improved Livelihoods 

in a Rural Household in Pretoria, South Africa. 

Ms. Stellamaris Sendagi, Makerere University, Uganda 

• Planning and Implementation of Ecological Sanitation 

Projects. Dr. Christine Werner, Deutsche Gesellschaft 

für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH, Germany 

• About Horizontal and Vertical Integration for Water 

Governance in Central Asia. Dr. Vadim Sokolov, Scientific-Information 

Center ICWC, Uzbekistan 

Workshop 5: 

Decision Support Systems and IWRM 

• Improving Software for Decision Support Systems of 

Dnieper River. Mrs. Nataliia Rozhenko, Frantsevich Institute 

for Problems of Materials Science of NASU, Ukraine 

• Development of a Portfolio of Computational and 

Participatory Tools for Lower Mekong Basin. Dr. Juha 

Sarkkula, Finnish Environment Institute 

• Water Supply: A Gift from God or Does it Come 

with a Cost? Ms. Clarence Mazambani, Desert Research 

Foundation of Namibia 

• Industrial Enterprises and Public Participation in the 

IWRM Bulgaria. Ms. Milkana Mochurova, Bulgarian 

Academy of Sciences 

• Mapping of Local Water Supply Coverage – A Case 

Study from the Lake Kiyanja Watershed, Masindi 

District, Uganda. Mr. Andrew Quin, KTH, Sweden 

• RIVERTWIN – Development of a Regional Model 

for Integrated Management of Water Resources. Prof. 

Dr. Karl Stahr, University of Hohenheim, Germany 

• Decision Support Systems, IWRM and INMAS, Towards 

a Full Integration of All Stakeholders in to the 

IWRM in Sri Lanka. Mr. Meegasmullage Sirisena, Ministry 

of Irrigation and Water Managment, Sri Lanka 

• Widening the Scope of IWRM from Natural to Socio- 

Economic Watersheds – The Conceptual Framework 

of a Research Network in the Jordan Valley. Dr. Heinz- 

Peter Wolff, University of Hohenheim, Germany 

• A Bayesian Approach to IWRM Policy Analysis: The 

Mekong Case. Dr. Olli Varis (co-author: Mr. Marko Keskinen), 

Helsinki University of Technology, Finland 

Workshop 6: 

Changing Diets and Their Implications 

for Water, Land and Livelihoods 

• Improving the Diet of the People through Poverty 

Reduction from Freshwater Stimulated Livestock, 

Fish and Crop Production. Mr. Ephraim Okpoko, Anambra 

State University of Science and Technology, 

Nigeria 

• Changing Diets and their Implications for Water, 

Land and Livelihoods: Case study from Lake Victoria 

Basin. Mr. Stephen Byekwaso, Rural Community 

Environmental Advocacy, Uganda 

• Coping with Floods for Livelihoods. Mr. Rudolph 

Cleveringa, International Fund for Agricultural Development 

• Multi-purpose Use of Runoff Water as a Community 

Initiative to Improve Livelihoods. Ms. Mary Namwebe, 

Uganda 

• The State of Fishery and Aquaculture and Hydroecological-economical 

Conditions for their Development 

in Amudarya River Basin, Central Asia. Prof. 


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Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences 

Workshop 7: 

Sharing the Benefits of Ecosystem 

Services and the Costs of Ecosystem 

Degradation 

• Sharing the Benefits of Ecosystem Services and the 

Cost of Ecosystem Degradation. (Lake Victoria is 

Deteriorating Now). Mr. Hussein Ssezibwa, Uganda 

• Preparing the Amazon Ecosystems for the Changing 

Climate. Mr. Veli Albert Kallio, Isthmuses’ Protection 

Campaign of the Arctic and North Atlantic 

Oceans, UK 

• Ecosystem Degradation and Associated Costs Due 

to Groundwater Extraction in Bangladesh. Prof. M. 

Habibur Rahman, Bangladesh University of Environmental 

Engineering 

• Willingness to Pay (WTP) Approach, a Tool in Understanding 

Benefits and Cost of Degradation of 

Ecosystem. Mr. W. D. L. Stanley, Sri Lanka 

• The Experience and Challenge of Community Based 

Fishery Management in Lake Saroma: Toward Multi-Stakeholder 

Governance. Dr. Kaori Fujita, St. Andrew’s 

(Momoyama Gakuin) University, Japan 

• Benefits of Ecosystems in Flood & Storm Moderations 

and the Costs of Degradation: Case Studies of 

Hurricane Katrina and South East Asia Tsunami. 

Mr. Monirul Mirza, Adaption & Impacts Research 

Group, Canada 

• Collaborative Suite, a Tool for River Basin’s Planning. 

(Pantanal Project – Brasil, Bolivia and Paraguay – As 

an Example). Dr. Antonio Giles, Green Cross, Brazil 

Workshop 8: 

Large Lakes as Drivers for Regional 

Development 

• The Methodology of Long-range Forecast of the Level 

and Water Balance Components of the Lakes Accounting 

the Periodicities in their Time Series. Dr. Alexey Babkin, 

State Hydrological Institute, Russian Federation 

• Effects of Human Activity to Sustainable Fisheries for 

Regional Development at Katosi Landing Site, Lake 

Victoria. Ms. Carolyne E. Nabalema, Katosi Women 

Fishing & Development Association, Uganda 

• Inflatable Barrier at Ramspol, The Netherlands. Ms. 

Tatiana Bogdanova, Waterboard Groot Salland, The 

Netherlands 

• Remotely Sensed Data for Support of Monitoring, 

Management and Protection of Lake Ladoga Coastal 

Zone and Water Environment. Dr. Leontina Sukhacheva, 

Institute of Remote Sensing Methods, Russian 

Federation 

• The Largest Lake of Belarus Naroch and Its Regional 

Problems of Recreation and Tourist Industry. Ms. 

Hanna Varabyova, Republican Hydrometeorological 

Centre, Belarus 

• Bottom Sediments in the Pollution Control Program 

for Lake Ladoga. Dr. Sviatoslav Usenkov, St. Petersburg 

State University, Russian Federation 

• Arnasay Lake System; One Example for Large Human 

Made Lakes of the Aral Sea Basin – Hydroecology, 

Biodiversity and Bioproductivity Studies. Prof. 

Bakhtiyor Karimov, Institute of Water Problems of 

Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences 

• Lakes Basin Management in Venezuela: A Case Study 

from the Valencia and Maracaibo Lakes. Mr. Crisanto Silva 

Aguilera, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany 

• Lake Victoria. Ms. Maria Onyango, Maseno University, 

Kenya 

• Large Lakes as Drivers for Regional Development: A 

Case Example of Lake Chad Basin of Nigeria. Ms. 

Elizabeth Okoro, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, 

Nigeria 

Workshop 9: 

Safe Water Storage and Regulation 

During Floods and Droughts 

• Reservoir Regulation under Conflicting Flood and 

Conservation Storage Demands. Mr. H. K. Varma, 

Central Water Commission, India 

• Impact of Seasonal Changes of the Ecological Condition 

of Water Storage on Drinking Water Quality. 

Prof. Nataliya Klymenko, Ukrainan National Academy 

of Sciences 

• Are Floods and Droughts the Fate of Turkey? Mr. Hasan 

Basri Yuksel, State Hydraulic Works (DSI), Turkey 

• Irrigation and Flood Control Strategies in Southern 

Indian State. Dr. Joseph Sebastian Paimpillil, Center for 

Earth Research and Environment Management, India 

• Transboundary Floods: Conflict, Vulnerability and 

Adaptability. Ms. Marloes Bakker, Oregon State University, 

USA 

• Living with the Drought: Strategies for Brazilian 

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Semiarid Region. Mr. André Teixeira Hernandes, São 

Carlos Federal University, Brazil 

• Alluvial Aquifers as Potential Safe Water Storage in 

Semi Arid Areas: Case Study of the Lower Mzingwane 

Catchment, Limpopo Basin, Zimbabwe. Mr. 

William Moyce, University of Zimbabwe 

Workshop 10: 

Extreme Events and Sustainable Water 

and Sanitation Services 

• Supply of Water for Human Consumption in Extreme 

Situations and Barren Zones by Means of Generators 

by Condensation of Potable Water. Mr. Enrique Veiga- 

Gonzales and Mr. Juan Veiga Bastos, Asesoramiento 

Frigorifico S.L., Spain 

• Flood Management Approaches, a Case of Crisis 

Management Versus Risk Management. Dr. Farhad 

Yazdandoost, Water Research Institute, Iran 

• Alternative Energy Reverse Osmosis for Water Potabilization 

during Extreme Natural Events. Dr. Belzahet 

Trevino, Instituto del Agua del Estado de Nuevo 

Leon, Mexico 

• Improving Water Management and Sanitation in Rural 

Area in Ukraine: Role of Extension Service. Prof. 

Valentyna Pidlisnyuk, National Agricultural University, 

Ukraine 

• Sustainability in the Guanabara Water Basin (Rio de 

Janeiro Metropolitan Area): Case Study of the Guanabara 

Bay Cleaning Programme Implementation 

and Impacts. Mr. Victor Silva, The Royal Danish 

Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark 

• Lessons from Using PUR-Purifier of Water for Providing 

Safe Household Water in Emergency Situations 

Dr. Peter R. White, Procter & Gamble, UK 

• Water Disasters in Sri Lanka in the Recent Past. Mr. 

L.W. Seneviratne, Irrigation Department/NWS & 

DB, Sri Lanka 

• Application and Development of Emergency Water 

Purification Plants in Tsunami-affected areas in Sri 

Lanka. Prof. Dietrich Maier, International Water Aid 

Organization, Germany 

• Vulnerability of Sanitation Systems and Sustainable 

Alternatives Available. Dr. Arno Rosemarin, Stockolm 

Environment Institute, Sweden 

• Impact of Tsunami in Coastal Tamilnadu (India) and 

Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services. Mr. Palaniappan 

Gomathinayagam, India 

SIWI Seminar for Young Water Professionals: 

Co-management of Water for 

Livelihoods and Ecosystems 

• The Wise Use Principle: When Words of Wisdom 

are Confronted with Reality. Dr. Sebastià Semene 

Guitart, The Ramsar Convention, Switzerland 

• Resource Recovery, Ecosystem Conservation and 

Livelihood Options in Bengal Deltic Region. Ms. 

Arunima Guha, Centre for Built Environment, India 

• Adoption of Rainwater Harvesting to Mitigate the 

Impacts of Land Cover Changes on the Local Hydrology 

– Case Study of Lare Division in Kenya. Mr. 

Joseph Sang, Regional Land Management Unit (REL- 

MA) in ICRAF, Kenya 

• Revival of Lake Ecosystem for Enhancing Livelihood 

Options through Co-management of Kondakarla 

Ava Wetland, India. Ms. Jayati Chourey, Indian Institute 

of Forest Management, India 

• Integrating Human and Ecological Dimensions: The 

Principle of Equitable and Reasonable Utilization 

and Participation in the UN Watercourse Convention. 

Mr. Christian Behrmann, Augsburg University, 

Belgium 

• Managing Sydney’s River Systems – It’s Not Technology, 

It’s The Ideology That Needs Changing! Mr. Amit 

Chanan, Kogarah Municipal Council, Australia 

• Knowledge Management in Water(shed) Management. 

Dr. Ramkumar Bendapudi, Intercooperation, India 

• Groundwater Management in Iraq, Using Remote 

Sensing Technology: A Means for Combating the 

Desertification. Prof. Moutaz Al-Dabbas, Baghdad 

University, Iraq 


Finalist Posters 

• Argentina 

Bio-controlling Fish – an Option to Control Vector 

Transmitted Illnesses 

• Australia 

The Sustainability of the Brisbane River for Recreational 

and Commercial Use 

• Benin 

Every Drop is Important 

• Cameroon 

Community Health Education and School Sanitation 

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• Canada 

Living in the Sydney Tar Ponds – an Analysis of the 

Microbial Community 

• Chile 

Cultivating the Desert with Sea Water 

• China 

Research and Experiment in Technologies for Ecological 

Restoration of Urban Polluted Rivers 

• Denmark 

Fertilizer against Global Heating 

• Estonia 

Water Quality in Blueberry Plantations and Natural 

Bog Areas 

• Finland 

A Comparison of the Effects Glucose and Fructose 

Have on the Growth Rate of Activated Sludge Process 

• France 

When CO 2 Cares About H 2 

O – Learn About Water 

While We Learn Our Trade 

• Germany 

Annual Invasion of “Blue Poison Dwarfs” – Algal 

Blooms in the Lake Banter See 

• India 

Ou Lota (a liane of Tetracera sarmentosa) – An alternative 

Source of Potable Water 

• Israel 

A Modular System, Made of a Floating Stable Impervious 

Fence and Magnetic Receivers, for Containing 

and Collecting Oil Slicks Leaked by Tankers on the 

Sea Surface 

• Italy 

The Water of the Hill 

• Japan 

A Tiny Case with Big Possibilities – Environment 

Friendly and Water Conserving Nursing Method for 

Rice Seedling Production 

• Latvia 

The Investigation of Jugla Lake Water Composition 

• Mexico 

Elimination of NOx though Reactive Barriers of Fe (0) 

• Nigeria 

The Roles of Youths and Children in Water Supplies 

and Management in the Peri-Urban and Rural Areas 

of Anambra State, Nigeria 

• Norway 

Rovebekken – Who Should Take Responsibility for 

the Environment in the Rovebekk? 

• Poland 

Water Shortage Concerns You – Let’s Help 

• Russia 

How to Preserve River Island Ecosystems for People 

and for Nature? 

• South Africa 

Improvement of Grey Water – Plant Tea 

• Spain 

Sea Pollution by Zinc Chloride Effects of Sea Pollution 

by Zinc Chloride on the Embryonic Development 

of Mytilus sp. 

• Sri Lanka 

Water Conservation in Paddy Cultivation 

• Sweden 

The Quantity of Bacteria in Drinking Water at Various 

Temperatures - A Comparison Between “Cooler” 

Drinking Water and Tap Water 

• Ukraine 

Device for Electrochemical Treatment of Industrial 

Wastewater with Environmentally Clean Inexhaustible 

Energy Source 

• USA 

A Tale of Two Oysters – A Vital Management Issue 

for the Chesapeake Bay 

• Vietnam 

Solution – Improving Traditional Filter with the Use 

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General Information 

The 2006 World Water Week in Stockholm takes place 

August 20–26, 2006, mainly at the Stockholm City Conference 

Centre, which is conveniently located in central 

Stockholm and consists of two venues, “Folkets Hus” and 

“Norra Latin”. A number of activities are located at other 

venues, as listed in this programme. 

Registration/Information Desk 

The Registration/Information Desk is located just outside 

of the main plenary hall in the Stockholm City Conference 

Centre/Folkets Hus, Barnhusgatan 12–14. Representatives 

of the Stockholm Convention Bureau are on 

hand to answer questions about registration and tickets, 

Stockholm and much more. 

The registration desk will be open: 

Saturday, 19 August 15.00–17.00 

Sunday, 20 August 08.00–18.00 

Monday, 21 August 08.00–18.00 

Tuesday, 22 August 08.00–18.00 

Wednesday, 23 August 08.00–18.00 

Thursday, 24 August 08.00–18.00 

Friday, 25 August 08.00–15.00 

Saturday, 26 August 08.00–13.00 

World Water Week Secretariat 

The Secretariat, Room 201, handles all logistical and programme-related 

details during the World Water Week. 

During the World Water Week, August 2006: 

City Conference Centre/Folkets Hus, Room 201 

Barnhusgatan 12–14; PO Box 70471 

SE-107 26 Stockholm, Sweden 

Tel: +46 8 506 166 00, Fax: +46 8 10 90 71 

Computer Resource Room 

In connection to the Secretariat is a Computer Resource 

Room (Room 401), where attendees can read and send 

e-mail and print out documents. A wireless network is 

available in the entire building. 

SIWI Publications and Other General Information 

A wide variety of SIWI research publications, reports and 

other material will be available for free all week at the information 

table across from the Registration/Information 

Desk. Take some for yourself and for your colleagues! 

Speaker Ready Room 

Workshop speakers can check their slides and overhead 

projections in Room 202, the Speaker Ready Room. This 

should be done the day before the actual presentation. Mr. 

Erik Freudenthal and his staff in Room 202 can assist and 

answer any questions related to visual presentations. 

Press Room 

A fully staffed press room is available to accredited journalists, 

who can get assistance with interview requests, 

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for instance at the Central Railway Station, open daily 

08:00–21:00. Ask the concierge at your hotel for the location 

and opening hours of the exchange office closest to 

your hotel. At Arlanda Airport you will find the exchange 

offices in the terminals 2 and 5. 

Telephone 

Payphones are available at the City Conference Centre/Folkets 

Hus both for local and long-distance calls. 

Credit card phones are available throughout the city and 

also at the conference venue. Mobile telephones must be 

switched off during all meetings. 

Emergency 

In an emergency situation, you should contact the Swedish 

Police by phoning ”112”. This emergency number is 

for use when an immediate response is required. In nonemergency 

situations, call the Stockholm police or visit 

the nearest police station. 

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work in a quiet environment, obtain information on 

scheduled press events, or enjoy a cup of coffee. The press 

accreditation and work room is Room 204. Room 206 is 

also a work room for press when not booked for private 

interviews or hosting press events. 

Language 

English is the official language and will be used for all 

presentations and printed material. Simultaneous interpretation 

will not be available. 

Insurance 

Neither the organisers of the event nor the Stockholm 

Convention Bureau, StoCon, accept any liability for personal 

injuries sustained, or for loss or damage to property 

belonging to participants, either during or as a result of 

the meeting. 

Credit Cards 

Most hotels, restaurants and shops in Stockholm accept 

the major credit cards. 

Banking and Exchange Facilities 

There are a number of exchange offices in Stockholm, 

Useful numbers: 

Emergency phone number: 112 

Stockholm County Police phone number: 401 00 00 

Fire emergency phone number: 454 87 00 

Ambulance phone number: 112 

Stockholm Water Front World Water Week Daily 

Keep informed all week long with the World Water Week 

Daily, a special edition of Stockholm Water Front which will 

present highlights and summaries events during the week. 

After the World Water Week: 

Stockholm International Water Institute 

Drottninggatan 33 

se-111 51 Stockholm, Sweden 

Tel: +46 8 522 139 60, Fax: +46 8 522 139 61 

E-mail: sympos@siwi.org 

Organisers 

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) organises 

and hosts the World Water Week in Stockholm. 

SIWI is comprised of Mr. Anders Berntell, Executive Director; 

Ms. Gunnel Sundbom, Director, Stockholm Water 

Prize; Ms. Katarina Andrzejewska, Coordinator, World 

Water Week; Ms. Britt-Louise Andersson, Communications 

Manager; Mr. Ulf Ehlin, Scientific Director; Ms. 

Malin Falkenmark, Professor; Mr. Johan Holmberg, Project 

Coordinator; Dr. Anders Jägerskog, Project Manager; 

Ms. Kerstin Harnesk, Head of Administration; Mr. Stefan 

Heilscher, Administrative Officer; Ms. Pernilla Kontio, 

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Administrative Officer; Mr. Johan Kuylenstierna, Project 

Director and Manager, Swedish Water House; Ms. Frida 

Lanshammar, Manager, Stockholm Junior Water Prize; 

Ms. Rebecca Löfgren, Project Administrator; Prof. Jan Lundqvist, 

Scientific Program Committee Chair; Mr. Manfred 

Matz, Project Director; Mr. Michael Moore, Project Administrator; 

Ms. Adèle Skogsfors, Project Assistant; Ms. 

Maria Stenström, Communications Manager; Dr. Håkan 

Tropp, Project Director, UNDP Water Governance Facility 

at SIWI; and Mr. David Trouba, Communications 

Manager. 

SIWI’s summer assistants: Mr. Henrik Alsterbo, Ms. 

Annika Börje (intern), Ms. Hedvig Berntell, Ms. Bianca 

Dochtorowic, Ms. Lotten Hubendick, Mr. Anders Sandstedt 

and Ms. Elin Weyler. 

SIWI would like to thank Mr. Erik Freudenthal of the 

Stockholm Water Company, Ms. Helena Stark and the staff 

at the Stockholm Convention Bureau, Ms. Marie Györi at 

Quadrata, and Mr. Erik Kristensen at Eriks Evenemang. 

EU Water Initiative Meetings – Practical Information 

The Meetings on the EU Water Initiative will take place 

August 22–24, 2006. The sessions are free of charge. 

Venue 

The meetings on the EU Water Initiative will take place 

at Stockholm City Conference Centre/Folkets Hus, 

Barnhusgatan 12–14, in central Stockholm. The meetings 

will be held in the room “Lilla Teatern”. 

Registration Desk– EU Water Initiative Meetings 

The registration desk at the Stockholm City Conference 

Centre/Folkets Hus will be open near the room “Lilla 

Teatern” at these times: 

Tuesday 22 August 08:00–10:00 

Wednesday 23 August 13:30–15:00 

Thursday 24 August 08:30–10:00 

During the Meetings August 23–25: 

City Conference Centre/Folkets Hus, Room 201 

Barnhusgatan 12–14, PO Box 70471 

se-107 26 Stockholm, Sweden 

Tel: +46 8 506 166 00, Fax: +46 8 10 90 71 

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design Quadrata 

World Water Week in Stockholm 

Building Capacity – Promoting Partnership 

– Reviewing Implementation 

The World Water Week in Stockholm is the leading annual 

global meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building 

and follow-up on the implementation of 

international processes and programmes in water and development. 

It includes topical plenary sessions and panel 

debates, scientific workshops, independently organised 

seminars and side events, exhibitions and festive prize 

ceremonies honouring excellence in the water field. Stockholm: 

it’s the meeting place for experts from businesses, 

governments, the water management and science sectors, 

inter-governmental organisations, NGOS, research and 

training institutions and United Nations agencies. 

www.worldwaterweek.org 

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL WATER INSTITUTE, SIW I 

DROTTNINGGATAN 33, SE-111 51 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 

PHONE +46 8 522 139 60 ✦ FAX +46 8 522 139 61 ✦ siwi@siwi.org ✦ www.siwi.org

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