UNDP Water-CoP Meeting 2007

Thu/Fri 25-26Oct 07 – Hotel Alatau, Almaty / Kazakhstan

Final Agenda (version 24 Oct 07)

Monday 3 DAY 1, Thu 25Oct 07
15:00h – 18:30h
1 large hall / Welcome Opening Remarks (10 min) / - Juerg Staudenmann, UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre
- Steliana Nedera, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, Kazakhstan
Introducing the new UNDP Water Governance Strategy: Support to National Strategies to link IWRM with Equitable Access to Water Supply & Sanitation (30 min) / - Juerg Staudenmann
ENVSEC Transboundary water experience: Highlights from the Amu Darya Assessment Report (15 min) / - Inkar Kadyrzhanova, UNDP Kazakhstan
SDC’s water governance portfolio in Central Asia(35 min)
  • Issues in Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia (based on the SDCIWRMFerghanaValley project review and the recent WB sponsored Central Asia and Caucasus exchange on sustainable WUA development)
  • Parasite testing as an impact indicator in rural water supply projects
/ - Hanspeter Maag, SDC Cooperation Office
- by Olivier Normand(International Water Secretariat, Tashkent)
BREAK 16:30-16:50
  • The EU Water Initiative– an overview (10 min.)
  • National Policy Dialogues (NPD’s) – experiences from Moldova and Armenia (15 min.)
/ - Pierre Hecq (European Commission)
- Bo Libert (UNECE)
The UNECE Protocol on Water and Health (20 min) / - Francesca Bernardini (UNECE)
Plenary Discussion andBrainstorming: (60 min.)
Lead questions:
  • Gap-Analysis: Burning and uncovered issues in the region?
  • How to achieve access to water & sanitation?
  • Concrete opportunities for new (national and transboundary) water initiatives?
  • UNDP’s niche / role vis-à-vis other players (intl. and local organizations, governmental agencies, others ?)
/ Chair/moderator: Bo Libert (UNECE)
Raporteur: Aidai Ashiralieva
  • Diner
  • “Beer-Festival” BUS LEAVES AT 20:00h

Monday 3 DAY 2, Fri 26 Oct 07
9:00-12:30
1 large hall and 2 rooms / The Kazakhstan IWRM Project:: An overview about the past and coming phases / Lessons learned / Moving ahead with implementing the IWRM Plan for Kazakhstan(30 min) / - Alexandr Nikolayenko, Kazakh IWRM project team
Focus group discussion(s):Learning the lessons from the UNDP Kazakhstan project “National IWRM an Water Efficiency Plan for Kazakhstan” (60 min)
Lead questions for discussion:
  • Lessons Learned: What are the 5-10 most important factors that lead towards results? What were (still are?) the major barriers encountered?
  • What come next in Kazakhstan? Steps needed to go from Plan to Implementation in the different river basins
  • Is the Kazakhstan experience unique or can it be replicated? How – and what should be done different next time?
  • What are the partner’s niche / role (and UNDP’s in particular)?
  • How to bring the national efforts into a regional context?
/ Chair/moderator: Hakan Tropp (SIWI)
Raporteurs: Natalya Panchenko (UNDP Kazakhstan) / Alexandr Nikolayenko
Summary by the Raporteurs (20 min) / Moderator: Hakan Tropp
BREAK 11:00-11:30h
Cap-Net: Capacity Building and Networking for National IWRM Planning, integrating Water Supply and Sanitation –Overview and Discussion(60min.) / - Kees Lendertse (Cap-Net)
LUNCH / 12:30 – 14:00
14:00-16:00
1 large hall and 3 rooms / The USAID South Caucasus Water Program (15 min.) / Rafig Verdiyev
Plenary followed by “Coffee table” Discussions: The way ahead in Central Asia & South Caucasus(1Hr 15 min)
  • New UNDP projects in Uzbekistan, KyrgyzstanTajikistan, and Turkmenistan: “Developing a National IWRM Plan and Fostering Transboundary Dialogue” in CA.
  • South Caucasus:National IWRM Planning in the framework of transboundary projects
  • Roundtable on CapacityBuilding and Networking for IWRM Planning
PLENARY Lead questions:
  1. Implementing the concrete experience from past projects
  2. How to support Access to WSS through IWRM
  3. Similarities & differences of the different projects & contexts
  4. Integration of new projects with EUWI (NPD’s) and other frameworks / financing opportunities
PROJECT GROUPS Lead questions:
  • Define/review concrete objectives (gaps and needs analysis)
  • Linking national IWRM projects for dialogue at regional level
  • Work planning
/ Modertor: Juerg Staudenmann
Group chairs (andRaporteurs):
- Anvar Nasritdinov(Barbara Britton)
- Zharas Takenov(Sukhrob Khoshmukhamedov)
- Rovshen Nurmuhamedov (tba)
- Malkhaz Adeishvili (Rafig Verdiyev)
- Kes Lendertse (tba)
  • Short reports by the chairs and discussion (15 min)
  • Wrap-up (10 min)
/ Moderator: Juerg Staudenmann

Speakers and resource persons:

  • Hanspeter Maag, Country Director SDC Kyrgyzstan
  • Olivier Normand, SDC International Water Secretariat, Tashkent
  • Zafar Samadov, SDC Central Asia Coordination Office, Dushanbe
  • Pierre Hecq, European Commission / DG Environment
  • Anna Branwell, European Commission Delegation to Central Asia/Kazakhstan (tbc)
  • Michael Boid (USAID – Kazakhstan/regional mission)
  • Bo Libert, UNECE
  • Francesca Bernardini, UNECE
  • Christophe Bosch, Water Sector Coordinator for CAR, World Bank Kazakhstan office (tbc)
  • Kees Lendertse, Cap-Net
  • Barbara Britton, UNDP-project “National IWRM Plan for Uzbekistan”
  • Colin Steley, UNDP-project “National IWRM and Transboundary Cooperation in Central Asia”
  • Alexander Nikolayenko, Kazakhstan IWRM project manager
  • Hakan Tropp, SIWI/UNDP Water Governance Facility, Stockholm
  • Malkhaz Adeishvili, UNDP-GEF Regional project in Kura-Aras river basin
  • Anvar Nasritdinov, UNDP Uzbekistan
  • Ulugbek Islaimov, UNDP Uzbekistan
  • Zharas Takenov, UNDP Kyrgyzstan
  • Aidai Ashiralieva, UNDP Kyrgyzstan
  • Sukhrob Khoshmukhamedov, UNDP Tajikistan
  • Rovshen Nurmuhamedov, UNDP Turkmenistan
  • Natalya Panchenko, UNDP Kazakhstan