2016 World Water Week programme
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Improving water stewardship and livelihoods through citizen observatories<br />
Introduction<br />
Convenors: Akvo Foundation, Earthwatch, SRC and UNESCO-IHE<br />
ICT-enabled citizen observatories represent an ideal tool for fostering the collective interaction required between stakeholders to attain more<br />
sustainable water management and aquatic ecosystems. This interactive event will identify new opportunities for a paradigm shift in water<br />
resources management and share challenges related to maintaining engagement, quality control and impact.<br />
Sunday<br />
Room: FH 202<br />
14:00 Welcome<br />
14:15 Rotating carousel of 4<br />
interactive demonstrations<br />
of citizen observatories<br />
Earthwatch, UNESCO-IHE,<br />
Akvo Foundation, SRC<br />
Monday<br />
15:15 Concluding remarks and<br />
summary<br />
15:30 Close of event<br />
Tuesday<br />
Large- versus small-scale irrigation: Framing the level of irrigation investment<br />
discourse<br />
Wednesday<br />
Convenor: The <strong>World</strong> Bank Group<br />
This event seeks to promote knowledge exchange on institutional, governance and financing frameworks needed to address persistent<br />
sustainability issues affecting the management and development of small-scale and large-scale irrigation and drainage systems. It will start<br />
with presentations of multilateral institutions (<strong>World</strong> Bank. CAF, IFC and IWMI) followed by a facilitated discussion.<br />
Thursday<br />
Room: NL 357<br />
14:00 Welcome<br />
Steven Schonberger, <strong>Water</strong><br />
Global Practice of The <strong>World</strong><br />
Bank Group<br />
14:10 Lessons learned from recent<br />
experience with small-scale<br />
and large-scale irrigation and<br />
drainage investments<br />
Panelists:<br />
Rita Cestti, The <strong>World</strong> Bank<br />
Group<br />
Abel Mejia, Development Bank<br />
of Latin America<br />
Richard Colback, International<br />
Finance Corporation<br />
Jeremy Bird, Director General,<br />
IWMI<br />
14:50 Q&A<br />
Facilitator: Steven Schonberger<br />
15:20 What have we learned from<br />
each other to inform decision<br />
making on the scale to pursue<br />
in irrigation investments and<br />
possible next steps<br />
Steven Schonberger<br />
Rita Cestti<br />
15:30 Close of event<br />
Photo: Rita Cestti<br />
Friday<br />
General info<br />
<strong>programme</strong>.worldwaterweek.org 93
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