2016 World Water Week programme
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Room: FH 300<br />
Seminar: Financing water infrastructure for sustainable growth<br />
Convenors: 2030 WRG, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, The Netherlands, OECD, SIWI and<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Council<br />
The seminar aims to address such issues as: How to channel additional sources of finance to cover capital and operating expenditures?<br />
Which innovative financing models and investment vehicles can bridge the gap between financial risk and returns from investments in<br />
water security?<br />
Bridging the gap<br />
Facilitator: Henk Ovink, Special Envoy of<br />
the Netherlands<br />
09:00 Introduction<br />
Henk Ovink, Special Envoy of the<br />
Netherlands<br />
09:05 Setting the scene<br />
Anthony Cox, OECD<br />
09:20 Perspectives of financial sector<br />
representatives<br />
Justine Leigh-Bell, Climate Bond<br />
Initiative<br />
Gusha Rao-Monari, Global <strong>Water</strong><br />
Development Partners<br />
09:35 Moderated hard talk:<br />
Financiers meet water project<br />
owners<br />
Marius van Aardt, Sembcorp<br />
Silulumanzi<br />
Gusha Rao-Monari, Global <strong>Water</strong><br />
Development Partners<br />
10:20 Special address: A government<br />
perspective<br />
H. E. Minister of <strong>Water</strong><br />
Resources, Mallanagouda<br />
Basanagouda Patil, India<br />
10:30 Close of seminar<br />
Tuesday Monday<br />
Sunday Introduction<br />
Room: FH 307<br />
Governance of groundwater resources in transboundary aquifers<br />
Convenors: Global Environment Facility, Ministry of Environment Uruguay, Ministry of <strong>Water</strong> and Sanitation<br />
South Africa and UNESCO-IHP<br />
The event will portray a positive message that on-going cooperation over transboundary aquifers are allowing to largely improve understanding<br />
of the current status of this vital resource thanks to the fruitful cooperation among technical experts, policy makers, and international<br />
organizations.<br />
09:00 Welcome remarks<br />
H.E Santiago Wins, Ambassador<br />
of Uruguay in Sweden<br />
Alice Aureli, UNESCO<br />
09:10 Principles of groundwater<br />
governance<br />
Francesco Sindico, Director<br />
of the Strathclyde Centre for<br />
Environmental Law and<br />
Governance, University of<br />
Strathclyd<br />
09:40 How to improve and apply<br />
groundwater governance<br />
principles<br />
Astrid Hillers, Global<br />
Environment Facility<br />
09:55 Groundwater governance in<br />
the Stampriet Transboundary<br />
Aquifer System in Southern<br />
Africa<br />
Tales Carvalho Resende, UNESCO<br />
Wednesday<br />
Thursday<br />
Friday<br />
09:25 Application of groundwater<br />
governance<br />
Alice Aureli, UNESCO<br />
10:15 Q&A<br />
10:30 Close of event<br />
Photo: UNESCO-IGRAC 2015<br />
Transboundary Aquifers Map<br />
General info<br />
<strong>programme</strong>.worldwaterweek.org 57
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