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2 ICID <strong>News</strong> <strong>Update</strong> <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2005been presented during Beijing Congress(2005).Vice President Hon.Peter S. Lee visitsCentral OfficeOn 23 August 2005, Vice PresidentHon. Peter S. Lee visited the CentralOffice and had meeting with SecretaryGeneral Er. M. Gopalakrishnan. Healso held discussions with otherprofessionals at ICID Central Office.Several issues such as budget of ICID,options to balance revenue andexpenditure in the emerging scenarioin future, National Committees inarrears of annual subscription, etc.were discussed. Inter-alia, the scopefor ICID’s input for the World WaterForum-4 to be held in Mexico in March2006 also came up for a review.Workshop onCapacity Building :Design andImplementation ofCapacityDevelopmentStrategiesThe third in the series of workshops oncapacity development in irrigation anddrainage was held in Beijing during the19 th ICID Congress. This workshop wasbased on the outcomes of previousevents in Montpellier (2003) andMoscow (2004) which established thebasic framework of capacitydevelopment and discussedapproaches to capacity needsassessment. The workshop in Beijingfocused on the design andimplementation of capacitydevelopment strategies and had thefollowing objectives :• First, to present a generaloverview on how capacitydevelopment activities are beingpractised in developingcountries, including stepsfollowed when deciding to investin capacity developmentprogrammes and how totranslate the theory into practicalterms and concrete actions.• Second, to provide someguidance for successfullyengaging in the process ofdesigning and implementing, acapacity development strategy,presenting some real casestudies from developingcountries, and• Third, to provide a platform forfurther collaboration andnetworking in the field of capacitydevelopment for agriculturalwater management. Inparticular, it will considerlinkages to the cross-cuttingtheme Capacity-Building andSocial Learning for the 4th WorldWater Forum.The workshop discussed keynotepapers, deliberating on the conceptsand key issues, and followed by aseries of country case studiesreflecting real examples of design and/or implementation. The workshopconcluded with associated plenarydiscussions, from which someguidelines or guiding principles for thedesign and implementation of capacitydevelopment strategies are likely toemerge.For further information, please contact:Prof. Tom Franks, Chairman, WG-CBTE (tom.franks@btinternet.com).GWP CEE – NewwebsiteGWP CEE (Global Water Partnership:Central and Eastern Europe) haslaunched a new website that representsan important step in GWP CEE effortsto promote IWRM principles in CEEcountries. Website is atwww.gwpcee.com.BPW Award (Triennial)The Best Performing WorkbodyAward (BPWA) was instituted in2003 during 54 th IEC in Montpellier(France) to recognize theperformance of workbodies betweenthe two Congresses. The first suchaward has been announced by thePanel of Judges constituted for thepurpose to Working Group onHistory of Irrigation, Drainage andFlood Control (WG-HIST). The awardwas presented during BeijingCongress (2005). We congratulatethe Chairman and Members of theWork Group.Kyoto World WaterGrand PrizeThe World Water Council, the city ofKyoto, Soroptimist <strong>International</strong> ofKyoto and the 4 th World Water Forumare pleased to invite individuals andorganizations to submit theircandidatures for the first Kyoto WorldWater Grand Prize.An award of JPY 500,000 (orapproximately US$ 45000) will be givento the winning individual or organizationwhose grassroot-level activitiesaddress critical water needs ofcommunities and regions,corresponding to the overall theme ofthe 4 th World Water Forum, “LocalActions for a Global Challenge”.The application form is available throughthe Prize’s webpages :www.worldwatercouncil.org/kyoto_prize. Electronic submissionswill be accepted until October 31 st ,2005. E-mail :Kyoto_prize@worldwaterforum4.org.mx.2006 StockholmWater PrizeThe Stockholm Water Prize is presentedannually to an individual, institution ororganization for outstanding water-Managing Water for Sustainable Agriculture • Water for Food and Rural Development