1. 7th Biennial GEF International
Waters Conference
Bridgetown, Barbados
Introduction to the Table
Dialogues on economic
valuation
Eduard Interwies, InterSus

2. Aims of the table dialogues
• To get to know each other and exchange
experiences/good practices
• To consider the applications of economic valuation
in connection with science-based management and
policy-making
• Identify ways of better integrating economic
valuation into policy-making – defining practical
steps (building on the insights of the pre-workshop
– key action points proposed available as printouts)

3. Questions to be discussed:
1. What are/should be the main uses of economic
valuation for policy making? Your personal
experiences
2. What are the main difficulties for using
economic valuation for policy making? Your
personal experiences
3. How to improve the use of economic valuation
for policymaking – practical steps (KEY QUESTION)

4. Practical set-up
• 20 tables, each with 10-15 participants
• One facilitator each (core facilitators from the
pre-workshop on economic valuation, GEFproject managers et al.)
• Participants have been allocated randomly to
the tables – please see lists on the wall & your
badges

5. Practical set-up - proposal
• After personal introduction: for each question
participants to take down 1-3 keywords/ answers on a
card each and pin to the flip chart
• Please consider the draft action points identified in the
pre-workshop
• Moderator to form clusters of answers, rearranging the
cards – discussion
• Participants to prioritize & identify the 3 main key issues
• Summary of discussion to feed into the closing session of
the conference on Friday

6. Let´s start!
Please move fast to your group/table
– we have approx. 1 hour of
discussion time!
Enjoy;)!