Presentation made by Dr Mohamed Ait Kadi, Chair of the GWP Technical Committee, GWP Consulting Partners Meeting, 26. August 2012, Stockholm, Sweden

1. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Chair’s Report
Mohamed AIT KADI
Consulting Partners Meeting
26 August 2012

2. TEC’s Road Map 2010-2012 1. Creating useful knowledge
 An ambitious publication portfolio
2. A new engagement with the Regions
 Making “deep dives” in the Regions – 2 Regional
Workshops – SAS + SA/EA
 Making the Knowledge Chain work
3. Influencing the international debate
 Participating in major regional/international events
 Engaging with Partners: WWAP, UN WATER, SIWI,
WB-GWMATE, WWC, Bonn 2011…

3. Highlights from 2011…

4. TEC Publications in 2011-2012
Publications Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
IWRM &Social Equity BP
Water Security PP
The Economics of Water Security BP
Transboundary Cooperation HB BP
IUWM PP BP
Synthesis Report of SAS Workshop SR
Proceedings of SA/ES Workshop SR
Exploring the role of water security in KN
regional economic development
Water Demand Management in MED TFP
Region
Groundwater Management HJ PP BP
Water & Food Security PP
Water in the Green Economy PP
Modelling/DSS TFP

5. TEC Publications 2011-2012
Publications Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
IWRM &Social Equity BP PB
Water Security PP BP
The Economics of Water Security BP
Transboundary Cooperation HB BP
IUWM PP BP
Synthesis Report of SAS Workshop SR
Proceedings of SA/ES Workshop SR
Exploring the role of water security in KN
regional economic development
Water Demand Management - The TFP
Mediterranean Experience
Groundwater Management E/HJ PP BP
Water & Food Security PP BP
Water in the Green Economy PP
Modeling/DSS TFP

6. Social Equity & IWRM
 Brings greater clarity to the
concept of “social equity” in the
context of water
 Provides a framework for
considering the multiple
dimensions of equity in water
resources development and
management

7. Equity – Some Key Messages
 Social equity in water management is primarily about
people, not water.
 It is not enough to consider only policies and processes
within the water sector, but also the combined effects of
these with other policies in other sectors and national
development and economic policies.
 Although tradeoffs are sometimes required between the
goals of social equity and economic efficiency, well
designed policies that look at benefits and costs
holistically can often advance both goals.

8. Operational methodology RWP
RTAC
1. Concept Note Knowledge
Publication CWP partners
proposal
2. Perspectives paper
Template
3. Regional case studies,
feedback and validation
4. Background paper

9. Integrated Urban Water Management
 Perspectives Paper published
(Launched during Stockholm
Water Week 2011)
Components of IUWM
 Alignment of water subsectors within cities &
beyond
 Water conservation & Efficiency efforts
 Water sensitive planning & design
 Stormwater & wastewater source control, pollution
prevention, and flow & quality management
 Optimum mix of ecological solutions &
infrastructure
 Use of non –structural tools (education, pricing,
regulations..)

10. Climate Change, Water &
Food Security
 Joint workshop with IWMI on Climate
Change, Food and Water Security in
South Asia held 24-25 February 2011
 Workshop on Regional Approaches to
Food and Water Security in the Face of
Climate Challenges in Southern &
Eastern Africa held 23‐24 May 2011

11. South Asia workshop
 Brought together 75 policy makers, practitioners and
researchers from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the international community
 Outcomes:
 Planning Commissions of India and Pakistan
resolved to develop a collaborative work plan & seek
financial support to set it in motion
 Synthesis available at www.gwp.org
 Follow-up: Support the establishment of a platform on
integrated drought and flood monitoring and
forecasting building on existing country expertise and
encouraging regional cooperation

12. Southern & Eastern Africa workshop
 Organised by: Development Bank of Southern Africa, GWP, IWMI, and
the South African National Planning Commission with the support of
African Development Bank, the EAC, and SADC
 Brought together 100 practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and
representatives from private sector, financial institutions, regional
bodies such as NEPAD and CAADP and international
organisations such as FAO and IHA
 Outcomes:
 Raised the profile of regional cooperation for development on
South Africa’s agenda
 Identified specific opportunities in energy and water
 Provided groundwork for greater regional collaboration, particularly
cooperative strategies with the private sector to improve lives and
livelihoods as well as grow products and profits

13. Transboundary Cooperation
A diversified portfolio of activities:
 Set-up of GWP/ Dundee Knowledge Chain
Scholarship Programme on International Water
Law – proposed 30 scholarships awarded annually
over 5 years = 150 capacity enhanced participants
across the GWP network
 First round of 28 students
(out of 87 applicants)
accepted & trained

14. Transboundary Cooperation
 Background paper on legal aspects of transboundary
cooperation in close collaboration with RWPs through the
Knowledge Chain to harvest issues on the ground and
lessons learned.
 GWP/GEF project – building upon GEF’s on-going activities
in transboundary as a key partner in this field (GWP-hosted
GEF meeting 8 May 2011)
 Contribution to INBO handbook on IWRM at the
transboundary basin level for dissemination at WWF6 in
Marseille

15. The power of IWRM
• IWRM can play a powerful role in facilitating
green growth
• A lens through which to identify and coordinate
drivers and consequences of economic, social
and environmental change
• The key word is integration

16. TEC’s Road Map 2010-2012 1. Creating useful knowledge
 An ambitious publication portfolio
2. A new engagement with the Regions
 Making “deep dives” in the Regions – 2 Regional
Workshops – SAS + SA/EA
 Making the Knowledge Chain work
3. Influencing the international debate
 Participating in major regional/international events
 Engaging with Partners: WWAP, UN WATER, SIWI,
WB-GWMATE, WWC, Bonn 2011…

17. Influencing the International Debate- 2011
Conferences/Meetings Date/Location Contribution
1st & 2nd Meeting of the International Steering Bonn 15-16 December 2010 Strong and convincing voice for the nexus approach
Committee of the Conference on the water –energy Bonn 30-31 March 2011 and the centrality of IWRM
and food security nexus and water in the Green GWP to lead a hot topic session on “integrated land
Economy and water planning” with FAO and ILC as co-
conveners
GWP in charge of the regional consultation process of
the conference
6th World Water Forum Preparatory Workshops Paris, 17-18 January 2011 Member of the Core Group of the Priority Thematic
Area on “Balancing Multiple Water Uses through
IWRM”
GWP leads the Target 5 on modeling
GWP co-organize with DHI a session on modeling
with contributors from leading institutions in the
subject
EU Green Week Brussels, 24-27 May 2011 Water Security & Green Economy: links through
IWRM: A guiding paradigm for Rio +20’s water years
of agenda
7th World Islamic Economic Forum Astana, Kazakhstan, 7-9 June , 2011 Panelist « Food Security: balancing trade and social needs
Bonn 2011 Conference Bonn , !5-!8 November, 2011 Convenor of the Session on Íntegrate or desintegrate:
takling growing competition on land and water resources
Gulbenkian Foundation International Think Tank on Lisboa, Portugal, 20-22 November 2011 Lead author of a book chapter on « Water Security: How
Water and Food Security to Feed 9 billion »
International Workshop on « Water & History » Tokyo, Japan, 13-14 December, 2011 Presentation « Water & Power: Lessons fromthe history of
droughts in Morocco »

18. The power of IWRM
 IWRM can play a
powerful role in
facilitating green
growth
 A lens through which
to identify and
coordinate drivers
and consequences of
economic, social and
environmental change

19. Bonn2011 Conference
The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus
Solutions for the Green Economy – 16-18 November 2011
Hot topic Session: “Integrate or Disintegrate:
Tackling competition for water and land”
Organized by GWP, FAO & ILC
17 November, 2011

20. Issues tabled Panel
1.Looking ahead: long term prospects for land •Xianbin Yao
and water resources and the significance of •Director General, Regional and Sustainable Development Dpt
integrated land and water management in •Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
•Alexander Müller
achieving food production, energy conservation
•Assistant Director-General. Natural Resources Management
and environmental targets and Environment Department, FAO
2.Strategies/policies for promoting an integrated •Joachim von Braun
approach to land and water management •Director of the Centre for Development Research (ZEF)
3.Improving implementation: what can lessons • Al Duda
from successes and failures teach us? •Senior Advisor, International Waters, GEF
•Madiodio Niasse
4.Building political will and capacities and
•Director, International Land Coalition
strengthening governance • Kalanithy Vairavamoothy
5.Roles and responsibilities of actors and •Director , School of Global sustainability
facilitating partnerships •University of South Florida
• Facilitator
•
• Mohamed Ait Kadi