Final Programme Beyond the River - World Water Week

Wednesday 23 August
Workshop 5
Decision Support Systems and IWRM
Convenor: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Co-convenors: Global Water Partnership (GWP) and Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
Workshop Discussion Entry Points
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
(Invited Speaker)
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)
10:20 Coffee Break
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
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 Final Discussion and Conclusions
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