2016 World Water Week programme
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Room: FH Little Theatre/Lilla teatern<br />
#GetTheGrade: Interactive gaming session on basin report cards<br />
Convenors: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and WWF<br />
Through our interactive game, this session will demonstrate the value of basin report cards as a tool to engage diverse stakeholders, transform<br />
water governance, and drive action to maintain or improve the health of freshwater ecosystems.<br />
09:00 Welcome<br />
An overview of basin health<br />
report cards and the<br />
opportunities they create to<br />
improve basin management<br />
09:15 Play “Get the Grade” game<br />
Interactive table vs. table<br />
competition to understand<br />
how report cards work<br />
10:00 Final results<br />
Prizes are awarded and group<br />
discussion held on next steps to<br />
bringing report cards to basins<br />
around the world<br />
10:30 Close of event<br />
Tuesday Monday<br />
Sunday Introduction<br />
Room: NL Music Hall/Musiksalen<br />
International water law and water-related investments: Reconciling divergent<br />
legal regimes<br />
Convenors: GIZ, GEF, SIWI, The <strong>World</strong> Bank Group, UNESCO-IHE and UNECE<br />
The event addresses important legal questions relating to international investments in water infrastructure on international watercourses<br />
and their linkages to international water law. in After an introductory overview presentation, outlining the key elements of the different<br />
bodies of law, a panel will discuss case studies from investments in different basins.<br />
09:00 Welcome<br />
09:05 Key note address I –<br />
Reconciling international<br />
water and investment law:<br />
The water perspective<br />
Prof Owen McIntyre, University<br />
of Cork<br />
09:20 Key note address II –<br />
Reconciling international water<br />
and investment law:<br />
The investment perspective<br />
Dr Ana Maria Daza, University of<br />
Edinburgh<br />
09:40 Panel discussion: How to<br />
reconcile international water<br />
and investment law<br />
Representatives of:<br />
• national ministries/investment<br />
and planning agencies<br />
• River Basin Organizations<br />
• the hydropower sector<br />
• public and private investors<br />
• the UNECE <strong>Water</strong> Convention<br />
• UNESCO-IHE<br />
• The <strong>World</strong> Bank Group<br />
10:20 Summary and closing remarks<br />
Dr Therese Sjömander-<br />
Magnusson, SIWI<br />
10:30 Close of event<br />
Photo: Dr. Susanne Schmeier<br />
General info Friday<br />
Thursday Wednesday<br />
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